FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PREVALENCE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES: ANALYSIS OF THE 2015 HEALTH SURVEY OF SÃO PAULO
Reinaldo José Gianini*, José Augusto Camargo and Anderson Porto
ABSTRACT
Background: Millions of dollars are spent on public services with the treatment of pathologies. The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence of epilepsy or seizures, migraine or hemicrania, and headache reported in the ISA Capital 2015 survey and to analyze the association with sociodemographic variables, use of health services and health spending. Methods: Using the ISA Capital 2015 questionnaire response database, 4.043 patients with pathologies were analyzed in the city of São Paulo. The data with sociodemographic variables of all subjects will be described. Results:There was a predominance of women, young and white people, Catholics, subjects in stable unions, subjects born in the municipality of São Paulo, subjects with an occupation, subjects with an income of 5-9 minimum wages (MW), subjects with elementary school level, SUS users, and subjects spending R$ 100.00 or more on health according to the variables analyzed. Conclusions: The most sensitive factor for the determination of differences in its categories was ?age group‘, followed by ?sex‘, ?marital status‘, ?place of birth‘ and ?household income‘ which, in turn, were followed by ?religion‘, ?occupation‘ and ?educational level‘.
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