2010-2020年巴西老年人中获得的梅毒
Josiane Araújo da Cunha1,2, Marquiony Marques Dos Santos2, Kenio Costa de Lima1,3
1Graduate Program in Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
PloS one
|September 6, 2024
概括
在老年巴西人中发现梅毒的数量从2010年至2018年增加,尽管在2020年出现了下降. 这一趋势凸显了针对老年人群梅毒的有针对性的公共卫生干预措施的必要性.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 老年病的医生 老年病的医生
背景情况:
- 梅毒是由Treponema pallidum引起的,是严重的公共卫生问题,不成比例地影响60岁以上的人.
- 梅毒研究和对老年人群的干预仍然缺乏资源.
- 本研究涉及60-120岁巴西人梅毒的检测率和流行病学概况.
研究的目的:
- 从2010年到2020年,评估巴西老年人 (60-120岁) 中梅毒检测率.
- 在这个人口群体中描述梅毒的流行病学概况和相关因素.
- 分析巴西老年人梅毒发病率的时间趋势.
主要方法:
- 一项生态,时间序列研究,利用疾病强制通报信息系统的数据.
- 根据社会人口统计学变量进行流行病学分析.
- 使用Joinpoint回归模型进行的趋势分析.
主要成果:
- 梅毒检测在2010-2018年间呈现上升趋势,在2018年达到顶峰,随后在2019-2020年出现下降.
- 总体患病率为每10万人中12.84,平均年龄为68.04岁,白人和黑人男性的患病率更高.
- 梅毒在南方和东南地区最为普遍,在巴西所有地区,性别和年龄组都有显著,均的增加.
结论:
- 老年人中梅毒病例的持续增加趋势需要积极的公共卫生规划.
- 有效的策略对于对抗日益增长的老年人口中的梅毒至关重要.
- 在老年医学中治疗梅毒对于全面的公共卫生管理至关重要.
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