TY - JOUR
KW - General Medicine
KW - Cooperação   e   adesão   ao   tratamento
KW -  doenças  transmissíveis
KW - duração da terapia
KW - Hanseníase
KW - incidência
AU - Triches A
AU - Auzani MEDO
AU - Calmon MFBF
AU - Gonçalves MP
AU - De Souza TG
AU - Auzani GDO
AU - Soares BA
AU - Da Silva LM
AB - <p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease, whose etiological agent is Mycobacterium leprae, transmitted through droplets of saliva eliminated when speaking, coughing and sneezing.</p>

<p><strong>Objective:</strong> The article in question aims to identify the factors associated with the incidence of abandonment of leprosy treatment in the State of Mato Grosso. Methods: A retrospective cohort study was used, analyzing data provided by the DATASUS database, in the period 2011-2021.</p>

<p><strong>Results:</strong> Over a 10-year period, the disease showed a high incidence in the age group from 15 to 59 years old, in both sexes. The main reasons for this were: alcohol intake, socioeconomic conditions, forgetfulness, non-acceptance of the disease and mainly the patient's mental health.</p>

<p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The profile obtained highlighted the importance of full adherence to treatment, in order to interrupt the chain of transmission and avoid possible complications.</p>

BT - Revista Foco
DO - 10.54751/revistafoco.v17n2-078
IS - 2
LA - Por
N2 - <p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease, whose etiological agent is Mycobacterium leprae, transmitted through droplets of saliva eliminated when speaking, coughing and sneezing.</p>

<p><strong>Objective:</strong> The article in question aims to identify the factors associated with the incidence of abandonment of leprosy treatment in the State of Mato Grosso. Methods: A retrospective cohort study was used, analyzing data provided by the DATASUS database, in the period 2011-2021.</p>

<p><strong>Results:</strong> Over a 10-year period, the disease showed a high incidence in the age group from 15 to 59 years old, in both sexes. The main reasons for this were: alcohol intake, socioeconomic conditions, forgetfulness, non-acceptance of the disease and mainly the patient's mental health.</p>

<p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The profile obtained highlighted the importance of full adherence to treatment, in order to interrupt the chain of transmission and avoid possible complications.</p>

PB - South Florida Publishing LLC
PY - 2024
SP - 1
EP - 11
T2 - Revista Foco
TI - Leprosy treatment abandonment rate and associated factors in Mato Grosso
UR - https://ojs.focopublicacoes.com.br/foco/article/view/4455/3153
VL - 17
SN - 1981-223X
ER -