Sífilis congênita: análise dos casos notificados em Santo Antônio de Jesus-BA

Abstract

Congenital syphilis (CS) is considered a major public health problem in Brazil because it affects large numbers of children, causing health problems and death to most of them. It is an easily preventable disease through the early access to testing during prenatal care, and proper treatment of pregnant women and the partner should be notified. Therefore, the present study aimed to analyze the cases of congenital syphilis reported in Santo Antonio de Jesus, Bahia, from 2013 to 2014. This is a descriptive study of quantitative approach being used secondary data from the compulsory notification forms of congenital syphilis Epidemiological Surveillance (VIEP) of the municipality. The collected data were entered, tabulated and analyzed using the SPSS statistical software, version 20. To characterize the cases the following variables were used: 1) cases progenitors of SC 2) evolution of the cases of SC, and 3) reporting failures. Were reported 25 reported cases of SC in the period studied, and the results obtained from the variables showed that 54 % of women who have acquired syphilis and transmitted to their fetuses, are in the age range of 20-30 years, and 67% are color / brown race, 38% with low levels of education have not finished elementary school, and 28% being housewives / home. From these pregnant women, 79 % had prenatal, and 42% of women were diagnosed with syphilis after delivery, who were diagnosed 75 % had inadequate treatment regimen and 67 % did not have the treaty partner concomitantly with pregnant. However, 68 % of these fetuses survived. They also identified some shortcomings in the identification of cases of congenital syphilis, as the inadequate completion and / or incomplete the reporting forms. Therefore, the findings obtained in this study confirm the importance of using congenital syphilis rates as a quality indicator of prenatal care, so there is precisely the implementation of more significant actions to control this disease, and the importance of proper notification of these cases by the professionals, for this reason, the importance of the commitment of all when the subject of discussion is the health of this population.