Clinical profile and factors associated with hospitalization during a Chikungunya epidemic in Ceará, Brazil

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posted on 2019-10-09, 02:40 authored by José Reginaldo Pinto, Geraldo Bezerra da Silva Junior, Rosa Maria Salani Mota, Pollyana Martins, Artur Keyler Teixeira Santos, Dean Carlos Nascimento de Moura, Roberto da Justa Pires Neto, Elizabeth De Francesco Daher

Abstract INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to characterize the clinical-epidemiological profile of Chikungunya virus infection and the factors associated with hospitalization during the peak of the most recent epidemic period in Brazil (2016-2017). METHODS Two official databases of the State Health Secretariat of Ceará were used, and a total of 182,731 notifications were analyzed. RESULTS Independent factors associated with hospital admission were chronic kidney disease (OR 4.56, 95% CI 3.36-6.17), hypertension (OR 1.90, 95% CI 1.69-2.14), leukopenia (OR 1.89, 95% CI 1.56-2.30) and diabetes mellitus (OR 1.70, 95% CI 1.44-1.99). CONCLUSIONS The pre-existing comorbidities have shown the potential to destabilize the patients' clinical status.