The reliability of information records in the Health Information System: surveillance of intra-domiciliary leprosy contacts

Authors

  • Clinton Fábio Gomes da Silva Faculdade de Medicina de Rio Preto. São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brasil. Fundação Regional de Medicina, Hospital de Base de São José do Rio Preto. São José do Rio Preto, SP
  • Susilene Maria Tonelli Nardi Instituto Adolfo Lutz. São José do Rio Preto, SP
  • Vânia Del' Arco Paschoal Faculdade de Medicina de Rio Preto. São José do Rio Preto, SP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v13i4.1666

Keywords:

Leprosy, Health communication, Health Information System, Public health surveillance, Epidemiology.

Abstract

The objective of this study was to compare intra-domiciliary contacts (IDCs) in the Health Information System (SIS) with records of people diagnosed with leprosy. This was a cross-sectional, retrospective, and quantitative study based on the physical information collected in medical records and the SIS records in 2015 and 2016, in a municipality in the countryside of the State of São Paulo. We used an instrument with variables related to IDCs such as gender, age, relationship, disease, BCG-ID vaccine, SIS records, and descriptive analysis. Out of the 81 IDCs from 40 diagnosed patients, 72 were evaluated, and 71 were included in the SIS. One IDC became ill after the end of treatment of the index case. The prevalent gender among IDCs was female, young adults, and children. A difference of 12.4% as observed between the physical and SIS records; a difference of 11.1% was observed when correlating 81 records with the frequency of the 72 evaluated IDCs. It is concluded that the IDC and SIS records are in disagreement.

Author Biographies

Clinton Fábio Gomes da Silva, Faculdade de Medicina de Rio Preto. São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brasil. Fundação Regional de Medicina, Hospital de Base de São José do Rio Preto. São José do Rio Preto, SP

Especialização em Vigilância em Saúde pela Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto.

Susilene Maria Tonelli Nardi, Instituto Adolfo Lutz. São José do Rio Preto, SP

Doutorado em Ciências da Saúde pela Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto.

Vânia Del' Arco Paschoal, Faculdade de Medicina de Rio Preto. São José do Rio Preto, SP

Doutorado em Ciências da Saúde pela Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto.

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Published

2019-12-20

How to Cite

Silva, C. F. G. da, Nardi, S. M. T., & Paschoal, V. D. A. (2019). The reliability of information records in the Health Information System: surveillance of intra-domiciliary leprosy contacts. Revista Eletrônica De Comunicação, Informação & Inovação Em Saúde, 13(4). https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v13i4.1666

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 4 (2019): Dossiê Saúde, etnicidades e diversidade cultural: comunicação, territórios e resistências

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Original articles

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