Determining factors related to the incidence of the tuberculosis in a municipality of Santiago de Cuba
Introduction: Tuberculosis is an infectocontagious disease that affects a great number of people worldwide. Objective: To describe the characteristics of this disease in themunicipality ofMella, according to some social-demographic, social -cultural, social-behavioural, biological, environmental de...
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Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas,
2019-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | Introduction: Tuberculosis is an infectocontagious disease that affects a great number of people worldwide. Objective: To describe the characteristics of this disease in themunicipality ofMella, according to some social-demographic, social -cultural, social-behavioural, biological, environmental determinants as well as of health services and to identify the risk factors present in the community. Methods: An ecological, cross sectional study with combined designs was carried out. The universe was constituted by the 7 cases notified with lung tuberculosis in themunicipality ofMella,Santiago de Cuba, from 2016 to 2018. Results: Among the most affected risk groups we can mention: elderly, alcoholic, diabetics and undernourished adults; with more incidence in male sex. Among other findings, the possible associations between the incidence of tuberculosis and the risk factors were detected. Conclusions: The rates of incidences were associated in a direct way to the populational density, overcrowding, little ventilation and scarce illumination. |
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