Perfil de pacientes com hepatite B crônica em serviços ambulatoriais de referência de Salvador (Bahia): Um estudo descritivo

Abstract

Objective: A descriptive, retrospective, study, carried out with patients attending referral centers in Salvador (Bahia, Brazil) aiming to evaluate the profile of patients with a diagnosis of Hepatitis B in follow-up. Methodology: The data was investigated through clinical data questionnaire, with the information collected in medical records and treated with exploratory analysis to obtain the means, medians, standard deviation and percentage for the numerical variables, and the proportions for the categorical variables. Results: 72 individuals met the inclusion criteria. The predominant sociodemographic profile was women, with a mean age of 48.8 years, mulattoes. The most prevalent disease stage was chronic non-reactive HBeAg infection; the risk factor most frequently associated with possible exposures to B virus was the sharing of puncture-sharp objects, and a high frequency of alcoholic patients and individuals with significant tea consumption were identified. Conclusion: The socio-demographic profile of the studied population agrees with data from the literature regarding the age group, while it diverges in the sex and race; the clinical profile found, in turn, is in accordance with the worldwide trend of predominance of non-reactive HBVH individuals, among them a higher proportion of active disease. The greatest focus needs to be the goal of vaccination of the target population with strengthening of Primary Care, and promotion of health education by professionals in direct contact with this population.