Epidemiological overview of hospitalization for multiple sclerosis in Brazil from 2015 to 2019

Abstract

Introduction: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, autoimmune and progressive pathology, is it the primary demyelinating disease of the nervous system and the most frequent in the world. Therefore, becomes relevant set the epidemiological profile of MS in Brazil aiming to understand hospitalization dynamics and evolution of disease. Objective and Methods: To analyze epidemiological profile hospitalization for MS in Brazil, from 2015 to 2019. An epidemiological, retrospective, descriptive study was realized through the Hospital Information System (SIH/SUS/ DATASUS), from 2015 to 2019. Categories used: sex, color/race and age group. It is not required appreciation by the Research Ethics Committee for using publics information, without identifying the participants. Results: In Brazil, from 2015 to 2019, 18.536 hospitalizations happened for MS, having growth from 2015 (n=2.083) to 2018 (n=4.755), with a decrease in 2019 (n=4.021). Southeast had higher percentual (66,98%, n=12.416), South (13,95%, n=2.585), Midwest (10,65%, n=1.965), Northeast (6,42%, n=1.190) and North (2%, n=370). The most of hospitalization it is in the age of 20 to 49 years (75%, n=13.892), with prevalence in females (69,8%, n=12.941), over males (30,2%, n=5.595) and proportion 2,31W:1M. White color is majority (53,7%, n=9.951), grayish-brown (24,8%, n=4.597) and indigenous people (0.005%, n=1). Conclusion: It was realized prevalence of hospitalization in women, of color white, age between 20-49 years, from Southeast. It urgent the importance of investigation, forward diagnostic and treatment of that pathology in country, to try decrease to the maximum injury affected population.