Epidemiological characterization of stroke cases under rehabilitation on the Brazilian Unified Health System in Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte

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Alini Dantas Custodio
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0355-2957
Alcivan Batista Morais Filho
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9743-0853
Aline Thaiz Nunes Gomes
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4200-2704
Inácia Allyne Fernandes Lobato
José Rodolfo Lopes de Paiva Cavalcanti
Daniel Falcão
Marco Aurelio M Freire
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6483-0498

Abstract

Objectives: To identify the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of patients undergoing treatment for a stroke at the only public rehabilitation clinic in Mossoró/RN (Doctor Ozias Alves de Souza Rehabilitation Center). Methods: Quantitative, prospective, descriptive, cross-sectional, exploratory study, structured from responses to a clinical-epidemiological and sociodemographic questionnaire with 39 items, to assess aspects concerning the profile of patients affected by stroke and undergoing rehabilitation treatment. Results: Twenty-eight individuals with stroke sequelae undergoing treatment at the rehabilitation center were identified, whose clinical-epidemiological characteristics revealed equivalence concerning gender (50% male:female), the predominance of white and brown color/race (46.4% each), and overweight (35.7%). Most of the patients lived in a family environment with a spouse (64.3%), were retired (71.4%), with monthly income between one and two minimum wages (64.3%), with hemiplegic sequelae resulting from the stroke (85.7%) and difficulties in adapting to the current way of life (75%). Conclusion: The present study allows an initial scrutiny of stroke cases in Mossoró/RN and their rehabilitation process. Such data may contribute to a better understanding of issues concerning stroke by government sectors, aiming to improve care and multidisciplinary interventions to provide patients with reinsertion in both work practice and in everyday social relationships.



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Custodio AD, Morais Filho AB, Gomes ATN, Lobato IAF, Cavalcanti JRL de P, Falcão D, Freire MAM. Epidemiological characterization of stroke cases under rehabilitation on the Brazilian Unified Health System in Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte. Health Sci J [Internet]. 2021Dec.23 [cited 2024Mar.28];11(4):70-7. Available from: https://portalrcs.hcitajuba.org.br/index.php/rcsfmit_zero/article/view/1163
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Author Biographies

Alini Dantas Custodio, State University of Rio Grande do Norte (UERN)

Nurse, Master in Health and Society by the State University of Rio Grande do Norte. Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Alcivan Batista Morais Filho, State University of Rio Grande do Norte (UERN)

5th year medical student at the State University of Rio Grande do Norte. Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Aline Thaiz Nunes Gomes, State University of Rio Grande do Norte (UERN)

5th year medical student at the State University of Rio Grande do Norte. Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Inácia Allyne Fernandes Lobato, State University of Rio Grande do Norte (UERN)

5th year medical student at the State University of Rio Grande do Norte. Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

José Rodolfo Lopes de Paiva Cavalcanti, State University of Rio Grande do Norte (UERN)

Nurse, Doctor in Psychobiology from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN). Graduate Program in Health and Society, State University of Rio Grande do Norte (UERN). Mossoró, RN, Brazil.

Daniel Falcão, Virginia Commonwealth University

Physician, Specialist in Vascular Neurology at the University of South Florida. VCUHealth Systems, Virginia Commonwealth University. Richmond, Virginia, USA.

Marco Aurelio M Freire, State University of Rio Grande do Norte (UERN)

Biologist, PhD in Neurosciences and Cell Biology from the Federal University of Pará (UFPA). Postgraduate Program in Health and Society, State University of Rio Grande do Norte (UERN). Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

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