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[Current situation of rare diseases in Bogotá: Notification to Sivigila from 2019 to 2022]
Julián Serrano-Giraldo1, Martha P Becerra-Muñoz2, Jennifer A Tijaro-Santos3
1JS: MD. Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Bogotá, Colombia serrano.julian@javeriana.edu.co Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Facultad de Medicina Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Bogotá Colombia serrano.julian@javeriana.edu.co.
Objective:
To analyze the reports of orphan diseases in Bogotá, in order to describe the epidemiological profile, based on the cases reported to the Public Health System (Sivigila), from January 2019 to March 2022.
Methods:
A descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out in which the cases reported to Sivigila in Bogotá were analyzed in the period between January 2019 and March 2022. Absolute and relative frequencies, frequency distribution and prevalences and averages of different variables were calculated. notified in the notification sheets.
Results:
From January 2019 to March 2022, 10,399 patients with orphan diseases have been notified to Sivigila in Bogotá, of which 56.25% (5,849) are female and 43.75% (4,550) are female. male sex. 87.10% (9,060) of the cases belong to the contributory regime. The town with the highest number of reports was Suba with 15.85% (1,294). The most reported orphan diseases were: multiple sclerosis with 13.1% (1,363), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with 4.04% (421) and Guillain-Barre syndrome with 3.6% (374). A patient with an orphan disease in Bogotá takes 61.3 months on average from the beginning of their symptoms to obtaining a diagnosis (SD 101.9).
Conclusions:
From the notification to Sivigila in Bogotá, compared to the global prevalence, there is an under-registration of patients with orphan diseases and the delay in the diagnosis of these diseases is evident.
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