An evaluation of the completeness of records of accidents caused by snakes, spiders and scorpions held on the Notifiable Health Conditions Information System (Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação – SINAN), found improvement in filling out the fields related to accidents and care, which was considered either excellent or good.
The article Completeness of notifications of accidents involving venomous animals in the Information System for Notifiable Diseases: a descriptive study, Brazil, 2007-2019, written by researchers of the Instituto de Saúde Coletiva of the Universidade Federal da Bahia was based on SINAN notifications made in the period 2007-2019 and classified completeness of notification form fields as excellent (>95%), good (95-90%), regular (89-80%), poor (79-50%) or very poor (<50%).
A total of 1,871,462 accidents in the period were evaluated, of which 59% were caused by scorpions, 21% by snakes and 20% by spiders. Greater record incompleteness was found for the North, Northeast, and Midwest regions of Brazil. The fields related to care (“local manifestations”, “systemic manifestations” and “case classification”) had excellent and good completeness in all regions of the country. Completeness of socioeconomic information related to the accidents, such as education and occupation, was poor or very poor.
Overall, completeness of notifications improved in most fields, but socioeconomic data that would help to outline preventive measures in social groups at higher risk were neglected. It is possible that making such fields mandatory would improve the completeness of socioeconomic data related to accidents.
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Brito, M., ALMEIDA, A.C.C., CAVALCANTE, F., MISE, Y.F. Completude das notificações dos acidentes por animais peçonhentos no Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação: estudo descritivo, Brasil, 2007-2019. Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde. 2023, vol. 32(1): e2022666 [viewed 29 June 2023]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/S2237-96222023000100002. Available from: https://www.scielo.br/j/ress/a/hsYxP7Frz7gwzCLRDF6LxFs/
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Mariana Brito: http://lattes.cnpq.br/2931596811103344 ;
Yukari Mise: http://lattes.cnpq.br/1891929654889209