Prevalência de acidente vascular cerebral em idosos no rio grande do sul
International Journal of Development Research
Prevalência de acidente vascular cerebral em idosos no rio grande do sul
Received 12th September, 2022; Received in revised form 09th October, 2022; Accepted 24th November, 2022; Published online 25th December, 2022
Copyright©2022, Daniel Costa Schwanck et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The aim of the study was to identify the prevalence of the Cerebrovascular accident (CVA) cases in the elderly population of the state of Rio Grande do Sul (RS), Brazil. Epidemiological studies, data from DATASUS and hospital registries of elderlies with non-specific CVA (2016-2021) in RS were included. The prevalence of VCA in the old population varied from 1.34% to 1.44% with major occurrence in white women between 70 and 79 years old. The mortality rate was higher in elderlies over 80. The average hospital stayranged from 7.4 to 8.3 days being longer among the older individuals. This study contributed to a deeper knowledge about the elderly victims of VCA profiles in RS provided that, with this information, it is possible to elaborate prevention and control strategies of the risk factors both in a collective and individualized way for the counties because not only the illness has a huge impact on the individuals lives it also results in costs to the health system with hospitalization, treatment, rehabilitation and monitoring.
