Epidemiological profile of anemia in hematology outpatient clinic in private health sector
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Anemia, Prevalence, EpidemiologyAbstract
In the context of anemias, it is estimated that its prevalence in Brazil and in the world is around 30%, that is, much higher than expected as acceptable by the World Health Organization. Due to the lack of official Brazilian records on the epidemiological distribution of disease, this study aims to demonstrate the prevalence of anemia in a private hematology outpatient clinic, and to verify its distribution in terms of sex, age, severity and etiology. Thus, a cross-sectional descriptive analysis was performed, with collection of secondary data, from the medical records of patients in the first consultation of a hematology outpatient clinic in the private network of Campinas/SP. A total of 1422 patients were selected, 456 diagnosed with anemia (32%), with a predominant age range between 40-49 years (21.7%), and with women occupying 77% of the sample. In the evaluation of blood counts, the mean hemoglobin was 10.52 g / dL, in most cases being normocytic and mild anemias. Regarding the etiology, 62.7% of the sample had iron deficiency anemia, and of this, 78.7% of hemorrhagic origin. The second most prevalent cause was anemia of inflammation (14.4%). In view of the results obtained, it was possible to draw an epidemiological profile of anemia in the referred clinic, finding that people with anemia are mostly women of childbearing age, with mild and microcytic anemia, and infer that, in most cases, anemia is a preventable disease, making it possible to decrease its prevalence.
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