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ArticleRevista brasileira de medicina do trabalho : publicacao oficial da Associacao Nacional de Medicina do Trabalho-ANAMT2017

Profile of clinical information in medical records of tobacco farmers in Alagoas, Brazil.

Ana Caroline Melo Dos Santos, Imaculada Pereira Soares, Josino Costa Moreira, Maria Betânia Monteiro de Farias, Renise Bastos Farias Dias, Karol Fireman de Farias

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Article in Revista brasileira de medicina do trabalho : publicacao oficial da Associacao Nacional de Medicina do Trabalho-ANAMT, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ana Caroline Melo Dos SantosNursing Department, Regional School of Bahia (Faculdade Regional da Bahia - FARB) - Arapiraca (AL), Brazil.
Imaculada Pereira SoaresHealth Residency Technical School - Palmeira dos Índios (AL), Brazil.
Josino Costa MoreiraCenter of Studies on Workers' Health and Human Ecology, National Public Health School - Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil.
Maria Betânia Monteiro de FariasNursing Department, Regional School of Bahia (Faculdade Regional da Bahia - FARB) - Arapiraca (AL), Brazil.
Renise Bastos Farias DiasNursing Department, Regional School of Bahia (Faculdade Regional da Bahia - FARB) - Arapiraca (AL), Brazil.
Karol Fireman de FariasNursing Department, Regional School of Bahia (Faculdade Regional da Bahia - FARB) - Arapiraca (AL), Brazil.
Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia · BRNational School of Public Health · GR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe study of the profile of medical records of tobacco growers contributes to discussions on the establishment of diagnosis and its causal correlation with work.

objectiveTo investigate the profile of clinical information in medical records of tobacco growers.

methodsThe present was a descriptive field and documentary study, with quantitative approach, of 149medical records of farmers who visited basic health units in rural communities in the municipality of Arapiraca, Alagoas, Brazil, from 2008 to 2013.

resultsAbout 66% of the investigated population was female, with average age 58.6 years old (standard deviation ±16.4). The most significant clinical complaint found in the records was headache (16.71%), followed by low back pain (10.20%), dysuria or other urinary problems (8.90%) and stomachache (8.30%). Medical diagnoses included gastritis (15.1%), depression (7.1%), anxiety (7.1%), myalgia (7.1%) and arthritis/arthralgia (5.3%). Correlation between clinical complaints and work performed by tobacco growers was registered on one single medical record.

conclusionThe clinical profile of tobacco growers described in the medical records might be associated with their social and working conditions and related to pesticide and nicotine poisoning. However, the scarcity of information on the environmental and occupational risk context limits the establishment of a causal link. As a function of the relevance of the occupational-clinical conditions of this population of workers, improving medical records is necessary, as the temporal relationship between exposure and outcomes might account for the occurrence of the reported symptoms.

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medical recordsoccupational healthpesticidespublic health surveillance

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PMID32377586
PMCPMC7200139
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