title: [Creation of a data bank for sustainability of leprosy post elimination].
abstract: São José do Rio Preto reached the World Health Organization goal eliminating leprosy as a Public Health problem in the year 2006, with a prevalence of 0.79/10,000 inhabitants. In order to warrant reliable information to promote management measures that keep this status, the aim of this study was to create a leprosy data bank in the city with information from 1998 to 2006. A data collection protocol was used and it contained 74 clinical-epidemiological variables that were gathered from primary and secondary sources. This work was initiated with 442 cases registered in the municipal control program database, from those 168 were excluded and 85 were inserted. There were 24 cases not notified in the National Information System (SINAN). The 74 variables collected will allow further studies about themes: epidemiological profiles, household contacts control, reactions and deficiencies, and others. The difficulties faced during the elaboration of the database were related to decoding medical files data and inconsistency in the SINAN. The frequent mistakes while entering the data weaken the information system and difficult the plan of precise actions regarding health. These facts are relevant to the quality of attention and the maintenance of the leprosy elimination status.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto, São José do Rio Preto, SP 15090-000. vaniapaschoal@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Vânia Del Arco
authors.initials: Vdel A
authors.lastname: Paschoal
authors.forename: Susilene Maria Tonelli
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Nardi
authors.forename: Maria Rita de Cássia Oliveira
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Cury
authors.forename: Clovis
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lombardi
authors.forename: Marcos da Cunha Lopes
authors.initials: Mda C
authors.lastname: Virmond
authors.forename: Renée Matar Dourado Neta
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: José Antonio Armani
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Paschoal
authors.forename: Lílian Carla
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Magalhais
authors.forename: Ellen Carolina Marques
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Conte
authors.forename: Rosina Maria Martins
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Kubota
authors.forename: Rosa Maria Cordeiro
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Soubhia
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D016208:Databases, Factual; D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*