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Vive Revista de Salud
versão impressa ISSN 2664-3243
Resumo
RODRIGUEZ BRAVO, Dayanna Lisbeth et al. Prevalence of neuro-musculoskeletal diseases, in the Community of San Eduardo. Vive Rev. Salud [online]. 2021, vol.4, n.11, pp.22-31. ISSN 2664-3243. https://doi.org/10.33996/revistavive.v4i11.84.
Musculoskeletal diseases are alterations of the locomotor system. A term that encompasses a set of congenital, traumatic or pathological disorders that trigger deficiencies, ailments and motor disorders.
Objective
. To determine the prevalence of neuro-musculoskeletal diseases in the Community of San Eduardo.
Methodology
. The research work had a descriptive scope, a cross-sectional quantitative approach and a deductive character. For the study, the RFT 5-33 instrument was used, which contains five sections, the first four identified the family by location data; role played by the participant; family type and composition; individual risks; family pathological history and the fifth section, the profile of community members.
Results.
Age according to sex predominated in 2,759 people, 75% (n = 2,069) over 42 years old; 25% (n = 690) to children under 13 years of age; average age of 28.6 years, a median of 25 years and a maximum of 99 years of which 1,388 (50.3%) were men and 1,371 (49.7%) were women, who did not represent significant differentiation with respect to sex. Regarding the prevalence of neuro-musculoskeletal diseases, low back pain was determined in 26%; arthritis 16%; osteoporosis 14.1%; osteoarthritis in 13.6% and in a lower percentage the central neurological disorder in 7% related to mental illness and epilepsy.
Conclusion
. The musculoskeletal diseases that prevailed were low back pain, arthritis, osteoporosis and osteoarthritis, according to a database from the Healthy Families and Communities Project.
Palavras-chave : Prevalence; diseases; nervous system; skeletal muscle, community.