The user with respiratory symptoms of tuberculosis in the primary care: assessment of actions according to national recommendations
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The user with respiratory symptoms of tuberculosis in the primary care: assessment of actions according to national recommendations
Autor Correspondente: L. B. Antunes | [email protected]
Palavras-chave: Tuberculosis, Primary Health Care, Health Evaluation.
Resumos Cadastrados
Resumo Português:
Objetivo: averiguar a avaliação do sintomático respiratório de tuberculose nos serviços de Atenção Primária à Saúde, segundo as normas do Programa Nacional de Controle da Tuberculose. Métodos: estudo de corte transversal realizado, por meio de aplicação de formulário a 99 pessoas com tuberculose pulmonar.Resultados: 87,9% relataram tosse como um sintoma que motivou a busca pelo primeiro atendimento, destas 27,3% procuraram por unidades de atenção primária, onde 96,3% receberam atendimento nesse serviço, entre as quais 46,2% referiram ter sido solicitada baciloscopia de escarro pelos profissionais das unidades.Conclusão: mais da metade dos participantes buscou serviços de nível secundário ou terciário ao apresentar sintomas da tuberculose e, ainda, menos da metade dos indivíduos atendidos na Atenção Primária tiveram exames diagnósticos solicitados por profissionais desse serviço.
Resumo Inglês:
Objective: to investigate the evaluation of the user with respiratory symptoms of tuberculosis in Primary Health Care services according to the norms of the National Program for Tuberculosis Control. Methods: cross-sectional study with application of a form to 99 people with pulmonary tuberculosis. Results: a total of 87.9% participants reported cough as the symptom that motivated the search for Primary Care; from these, 27.3% sought Primary Care units, 96.3% received care in this service, of which 46.2% reported that sputum smear was requested by professionals in the units.Conclusion: more than half of participants sought secondary or tertiary services due to the symptoms of tuberculosis, and also less than half of patients assisted in Primary Care had diagnostic tests requested by professionals of that service.
