Descriptive study of the initial cases of COVID-19 in a city in the interior of Ceará, Brazil

Descriptive study of the initial cases of Covid-19 in a city in the interior of Ceará, Brazil Estudio descriptivo de los casos iniciales de Covid-19 en una ciudad del interior de Ceará, Brasil

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Guimarães Ximenes Neto, F. R. ., Carneiro Flor, S. M. ., Carvalho da Silva, R. C. ., Alves Dorneles, J., Ferreira-Serafim, T. ., Dourado Júnior, F. W. ., Carneiro Marques, J. P. ., Garcia Lourenção, L. ., Guimarães Ximenes, M. . R. ., -dos-Santos, F. D., Aguiar Ribeiro, M. ., Nazaré Oliveira, E., Siqueira Lima Freitas, C. A., & Mont'Alverne Napoleão-Albuquerque, I. . (2021). Descriptive study of the initial cases of COVID-19 in a city in the interior of Ceará, Brazil: Estudio descriptivo de los casos iniciales de Covid-19 en una ciudad del interior de Ceará, Brasil. Archivos De Medicina , 21(2). https://doi.org/10.30554/archmed.21.2.3989.2021
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Guimarães Ximenes Neto, F. R. ., Carneiro Flor, S. M. ., Carvalho da Silva, R. C. ., Alves Dorneles, J., Ferreira-Serafim, T. ., Dourado Júnior, F. W. ., Carneiro Marques, J. P. ., Garcia Lourenção, L. ., Guimarães Ximenes, M. . R. ., -dos-Santos, F. D., Aguiar Ribeiro, M. ., Nazaré Oliveira, E., Siqueira Lima Freitas, C. A., & Mont'Alverne Napoleão-Albuquerque, I. . (2021). Descriptive study of the initial cases of COVID-19 in a city in the interior of Ceará, Brazil: Estudio descriptivo de los casos iniciales de Covid-19 en una ciudad del interior de Ceará, Brasil. Archivos De Medicina , 21(2). https://doi.org/10.30554/archmed.21.2.3989.2021

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Francisco Rosemiro Guimarães Ximenes Neto
University (UVA). Sobral, Ceará, Brazil. 
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7905-9990 ORCID
Sandra Maria Carneiro Flor
Secretary of Health of the Municipality of Sobral.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2266-9699 ORCID
Regina Célia Carvalho da Silva
Secretary of Health of the Municipality of Sobral. Ceará, Brazil.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3832-9624 ORCID
Josiane Alves Dorneles
Secretary of Health of the Municipality of Sobral. Ceará, Brazil.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5856-2941 ORCID
Tarciana Ferreira-Serafim
Secretary of Health of the Municipality of Sobral. Ceará, Brazil. 
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3707-4842 ORCID
Francisco Wellington Dourado Júnior
Health Sciences Center, Vale do Acaraú State University (UVA).
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3326-338X ORCID
João Paulo Carneiro Marques
Federal University of Ceará (UFC), Sobral Campus. Sobral, Ceará, Brazil. 
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9850-7034 ORCID
Luciano Garcia Lourenção
Federal University of Rio Grande. Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. 
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1240-4702 ORCID
Maria Roselange Guimarães Ximenes
INTA University Center (UNINTA). Sobral Campus. Sobral, Ceará, Brazil. 
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0483-0872 ORCID
Francisco Diogenes -dos-Santos
. Federal University of Ceará (UFC), Sobral Campus.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0849-5525 ORCID
Marcos Aguiar Ribeiro
Federal University of São Paulo. São Paulo, Brazil. 
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7299-8007 ORCID
Eliany Nazaré Oliveira
Health Sciences Center, Vale do Acaraú State University (UVA).
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6408-7243 ORCID
Cibelly Aliny Siqueira Lima Freitas
Health Sciences Center, Vale do Acaraú State University (UVA). Sobral, Ceará, Brazil. 
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0585-5345 ORCID
Izabelle Mont'Alverne Napoleão-Albuquerque
Health Sciences Center, Vale do Acaraú State University (UVA)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0856-5607 ORCID
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Francisco Rosemiro Guimarães Ximenes Neto,

Nurse. Doctor in Sciences. Health Sciences Center, Vale do Acaraú State University (UVA). Sobral, Ceará, Brazil. 

Sandra Maria Carneiro Flor,

Nurse. Master's student in Family Health. Secretary of Health of the Municipality of Sobral. Ceará, Brazil. 

Regina Célia Carvalho da Silva,

Nurse. Doctoral student in Public Health. Secretary of Health of the Municipality of Sobral. Ceará, Brazil.

Josiane Alves Dorneles,

Physician. Master in Family Health. Secretary of Health of the Municipality of Sobral. Ceará, Brazil.  

Tarciana Ferreira-Serafim,

5Dentist. Master's student in Family Health. Secretary of Health of the Municipality of Sobral. Ceará, Brazil. 

Francisco Wellington Dourado Júnior,

Nursing Student. Health Sciences Center, Vale do Acaraú State University (UVA). Sobral, Ceará, Brazil.

João Paulo Carneiro Marques,

Physical educator. Master's student in Family Health. Federal University of Ceará (UFC), Sobral Campus. Sobral, Ceará, Brazil. 

Luciano Garcia Lourenção,

Nurse. Doctor in Health Sciences. School of Nursing, Federal University of Rio Grande. Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. 

Maria Roselange Guimarães Ximenes,

Physical education student. INTA University Center (UNINTA). Sobral Campus. Sobral, Ceará, Brazil. 

Francisco Diogenes -dos-Santos,

10Nurse. Master's student in Family Health. Federal University of Ceará (UFC), Sobral Campus. Sobral Campus. Sobral, Ceará, Brazil. 

Marcos Aguiar Ribeiro,

Nurse. Doctoral student in Sciences. Federal University of São Paulo. São Paulo, Brazil. 

Eliany Nazaré Oliveira,

Nurse. Doctor in Nursing. Health Sciences Center, Vale do Acaraú State University (UVA). Sobral, Ceará, Brazil. 

Cibelly Aliny Siqueira Lima Freitas,

13Nurse. Doctor in Nursing. Health Sciences Center, Vale do Acaraú State University (UVA). Sobral, Ceará, Brazil. 

Izabelle Mont'Alverne Napoleão-Albuquerque,

14Nurse. Doctor in Nursing. Health Sciences Center, Vale do Acaraú State University (UVA). Sobral, Ceará, Brazil. 

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Objective: to describe the sociodemographic, epidemiological and clinical characteristics of the initial cases of COVID-19 in the municipality of Sobral, Ceará, Brazil. Materials and methods: descriptive, temporal and quantitative epidemiological study, developed in the municipality of Sobral - Ceará, Brazil, with 110 confirmed cases of COVID-19. Descriptive and analytical analysis was performed, using the Chi-square test and Logistic Regression to verify the association between variables. The level of significance was set at 95% (p≤0.05). Results: it was observed that 60% of cases occurred in women, 74.5% were adults between 20 and 59 years old, 15.5% health workers and the lethality rate was 1.8%. In 58.2% of cases the main reporting unit was the hospital, 10% required hospitalization, and 64.5% were diagnosed with rapid tests. The main symptoms manifested were: cough (58.2%), fever (57.3%), sore throat (36.4%) and difficulty breathing (31.9%). There was an association between age and the presence of fever, cough and sore throat (p=0.05). Conclusion: The results suggest that older people are more susceptible to some symptoms when compared to younger people. Associated with global estimates, this work can provide subsidies for COVID-19 prevention and control actions in small and medium-sized Brazilian municipalities.

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