FACTORES SOCIODEMOGRÁFICOS Y CLÍNICOS ASOCIADOS A LA TUBERCULOSIS RESISTENTE EN UNA ASEGURADORA DEL VALLE DEL CAUCA 2020

Lisnaydyn Alexandra Mejia; Alejandra Rodriguez; Catalina Ruiz Hurtado; Simon Andres Giraldo Oliveros

doi:10.1590/SciELOPreprints.7296

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Lisnaydyn Alexandra Mejia Saint Martin University
Alejandra Rodriguez Saint Martin University
Catalina Ruiz Hurtado Saint Martin University
Simon Andres Giraldo Oliveros Saint Martin University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1489-2241

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/SciELOPreprints.7296

Keywords:

Tuberculosis, Sociodemographic factors, Resistant tuberculosis, Drugresistant tuberculosis

Abstract

Introduction: In the present investigation, the term resistant tuberculosis was used to refer to all types of resistance to this disease, covering the sociodemographic and clinical factors that are usually related to it.

Objective: To determine the sociodemographic and clinical factors associated with resistant tuberculosis in an insurance company in Valle del Cauca 2020.

Methodology: This is a cross-sectional observational epidemiological study with analytical intent, since it aims to determine the sociodemographic and clinical factors that best explain resistant tuberculosis. The study area is event 813 SIVIGILA, which is tuberculosis, specifically cases reported in affiliates of an insurance company in Valle del Cauca during 2020.

Results: according to the differential focus populations, it was more prevalent in the prison population, which corresponds to persons on parole or home detention; the municipalities with the highest number of notified and confirmed cases of tuberculosis were Santiago de Cali, Buenaventura, Palmira, Buga and Tuluá.

Conclusions: Most of the notified and confirmed tuberculosis cases in 2020, were male, urban area residents, affiliated to the subsidized regime, low socioeconomic strata (1 and 2), Afro-Colombian ethnicity, the prevalence of resistant tuberculosis was 6.9% equivalent to 32 confirmed cases.