Notificação de AIDS no estado da Paraíba: prevalência e fatores associados às manifestações orais

Abstract

Oral manifestations may represent the first clinical signs of HIV infection, being indicators of immunological compromise and of the disease progression. Thus, to investigate these expressions is crucial for the understanding of the epidemiology of AIDS. In this study, it was examined the prevalence of oral manifestations reported in patients with AIDS in the State of Paraíba and its associated factors, according to the Information System for Notifiable Diseases / SINAN, from 2000 to 2010. A quantitative cross-sectional epidemiological study was developed, using secondary data collected from the junction of SINAN W and Net from DST/AIDS program of Paraíba, in patients over 13 years old, who had a complete record of their case evolution. The sample census considered the inclusion criteria previously reported. Statistical analysis covered descriptive and analytical techniques, adopting a confidence interval of 95% and Pearson s chi-squared and prevalence ratio tests . The project was approved by the Ethics Committee of the State University of Paraiba, under CAAE 0404.0.133.000-10.For a total of 2.944 reported AIDS cases, occurred the record of 1009 oral manifestations for this disease, being 76.3% of Oral Candidiasis or Hairy Leukoplakia, 20% of Herpes Zoster and 3.7% of Kaposi's sarcoma. It was demonstrated a significant association between Oral Candidiasis or Hairy Leukoplakia and the variables years of research, macro-regions, years of education and evolution of cases, and it was found in the Herpes Zoster association between the variables years of research, age group and cases development (p <0.05 ). The largest number of oral manifestations identified for AIDS was established in the state capital, João Pessoa. According to the obtained results, the notification of oral manifestations of the disease under study has occurred in less than a half of the confirmed cases.