Clinical and epidemiological profile of patients diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

André Augusto Lemos Vidal De Negreiros¹  Rilva Lopes De Sousa-munõz¹  Bianca Etelvina Santos De Oliveira¹  Paulo Virgolino Da Nóbrega¹  Laíse Leilane Dias Monteiro¹ 

关键词: multiple sclerosis;    epidemiology;    prevalence;    esclerose múltipla;    epidemiologia;    prevalência;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0004-282X20150111

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Prevalence rates of multiple sclerosis (MS) suggest an interrelationship between genetic and environmental factors, ranging worldwide.Objectives Clinical and epidemiological characterization of MS patients in João Pessoa, Paraíba city.Methods Study involving patients treated in five services in the city.Results It included 87 patients with MS, representing a prevalence of 12.0 cases/100,000 population, mainly women (77%) and white people (66.7%) with mean age of 43 years and average age of the first outbreak of 32.2 years. Motor symptoms (65.5%) and relapsing-remitting clinical form (78.2%) predominated; the average of the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) scores was 3.5 and 72% used a type of immunomodulatory drug. There was a positive correlation between the number of outbreaks and the duration of the disease with EDSS scores.Conclusions The prevalence of the disease is considered average. The clinical and epidemiological characteristics are in line with most similar Brazilian studies.

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