Patients vulnerability to bothrops accidentes at Hospital Vital Brazil do Instituto Butantan - São Paulo

Author(s)

Camila Morato da Conceição Scatena

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Medicina (FM/SBD)
• Defense date: 2013-11-08

Examining board members

Francisco Oscar de Siqueira França; Maria Aparecida Basile; Lucia Yasuko Izumi Nichiata

• Advisor: Francisco Oscar de Siqueira França

Abstract

The snakebite accident has been recently included in the group of neglected diseases by the World Health Organization This injury affects mostly the poor people who live in rural areas, where, in general, health services are inadequate, with limited problem-solving capacity and anti-poisons may be of limited distribution (WHO, 2007). Justified, therefore, this study, in view of the epidemiological importance of snakebite accidents that can lead to death and disability, as well as producing relevant physical suffering of those suffering from these accidents. The study, cross-sectional, had the theoretical reference, the vulnerability concept. The 21 patients have been interviewed at the Hospital Vital Brazil (HVB) do Instituto Butantan da Secretaria de Saúde do Estado de São Paulo, in the period from 2010-2012, by means of an instrument with open and closed questions. The largest portion of the subjects consisted of males (95.2%), aged 21-30 years and 51-60 (23.8%), married (%) and living with family members (57, 1%). They were mainly from the northeast (33.3%), all lived in brick houses and used the public health service (81%). The accident occurred at a higher prevalence in the foot (42.9%) or hand (38.1%). There have been highlighted potential vulnerability conditions, in terms of personal characteristics and regarding to work / life conditions , such as poor education, low professional qualification, informal work, unemployment, insufficient income to live, lack of running water, sewage and regular garbage collection, as well as non-participation in community groups. At the time of the accident, these individuals were working (52.4%) or were at recreational activity (47.6%). Open questions have been considered by the appropriate technique of analysis of discourse and revealed that the most inadequate procedures performed at the bite site (66.7%) and that there was delay of more than three hours until admission at HVB. There have also been identified conditions that compromised the patients accessibility to treatment, such as having to travel to more than one health facility for proper diagnosis and / or availability of serum. It is concluded that it is necessary to consider such elements that integrate individual, social and programmatic vulnerability by the assistance and implementation of appropriate social and health policies, improving thus the National Program for Control of Accidents Caused by Venomous Animals and reducing morbidity and mortality and sequelae resulting from these accidents (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 10/01644-0 - Vulnerability in Bothrops snakebites admitted to Hospital Vital Brazil (Instituto Butantan)
• Grantee: Camila Morato da Conceição Scatena
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master