Prevalência e perfil epidemiológico da esclerose múltipla na cidade de Cuiabá, Centro-Sul de Mato Grosso, em 2018

Abstract

Epidemiological studies of MS in Brazil have been evolving since the 1990s and, as well as existing data throughout Latin America, present a great variability of results that are influenced by environmental, genetic factors, diagnostic criteria and diverse methodologies. In the Midwest region of Brazil, three prevalence studies are published: Brasília-DF (2004) with 5.85/100,000 cases per inhabitants, Cuiabá-MT (2007) with 4.41/100,000 cases per inhabitants and Goiânia-GO (2015) with 22.4/100,000. This thesis aims to update epidemiological data in the city of Cuiabá 11 years after the publication of the last study, which makes it unique in this region of the country. Method: Observational and cross-sectional epidemiological study conducted in the city of Cuiabá, capital of the state of Mato Grosso in 2018 with three different sources of information. Results: Seventy-nine patients with MS were found, removing the overlays from the source. The prevalence of MS in the city of CuiabáMT in December 2018 was 13.01 cases/100,000 inhabitants. Predominance of females, white race, between the second and fifth decades of life, which is similar to the world literature. Conclusion: The prevalence of MS in Cuiabá has doubled in the last 11 years, as in by this study.