Associação entre as variáveis sociodemográficas e epidemiológicas de crianças com COVID-19 e o desfecho internação

Isabela Araújo Linhares Castro; Jade Elizabeth Prado dos Santos; Daisyanne Augusto de Sales Santos; Janeth Roxana Guerrero  Vargas; Rhaiany Kelly Lopes de Oliveira; Fernando Daniel de Oliveira Mayorga; Maria Vera Lúcia Moreira Leitão Cardoso

doi:10.15253/2175-6783.20242593052

Authors

Isabela Araújo Linhares Castro Universidade Federal do Ceará https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5462-1027
Jade Elizabeth Prado dos Santos Universidade Federal do Ceará https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0086-5111
Daisyanne Augusto de Sales Santos Universidade Federal do Ceará https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3051-1384
Janeth Roxana Guerrero Vargas Universidade Federal de São Paulo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6343-1113
Rhaiany Kelly Lopes de Oliveira Universidade Federal do Ceará https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5404-2287
Fernando Daniel de Oliveira Mayorga Universidade Federal do Ceará https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8488-5234
Maria Vera Lúcia Moreira Leitão Cardoso Universidade Federal do Ceará https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0481-6440

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15253/2175-6783.20242593052

Keywords:

Child; COVID-19; Child Health; Epidemiology; Pandemics.

Abstract

Objective: to identify the association between sociodemographic and epidemiological variables in children with COVID-19 and the hospitalization outcome. Methods: this was a cross-sectional, analytical study using secondary data on children with COVID-19 from birth to nine years of age, reported on the Influenza Epidemiological Surveillance System and e-SUS Epidemiological Surveillance. Sociodemographic variables (age, gender, race, region of residence), epidemiological variables (diagnostic criteria, symptoms, comorbidities, evolution), and hospitalization outcomes were extracted. Descriptive statistics, inferential analysis using Chi-square test and Poisson model with robust variance, bivariate and multiple analysis were carried out. Results: there were a total of 1,048 cases, 37.5% up to the age of three, 96.3% laboratory-confirmed, and 58.0% symptomatic. In the final adjusted model, association was found between the variables: age group, color/race, and region of residence with the prevalence of hospitalization for COVID-19. Conclusion: in this study, age was a protective factor against hospitalization for COVID-19, while color/race and child's regional office of residence were factors that increased prevalence of this outcome. Contribution to practice: data can support and strengthen issues related to health of children with COVID-19 in both literature and practice, broadening discussions among health managers and professionals and promoting public policies to prevent the disease.

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