People with Disabilities and Covid-19 in the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil

Between invisibility and lack of Public Policies

Bibliographic Data

ID16825424
AuthorsDouglas Christian Ferrari De Melo (0000-0003-2761-0477, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo), Priscila Carminati Siqueira (0000-0002-3346-3509, UFES, Brasil), Ethel Leonor Noia Maciel (0000-0003-4826-3355, UFES, Brasil), Jessica Cristina Silva Delcarro (0000-0003-3478-2269, Instituto Federal do Espírito Santo), Igor Martins Medeiros Robaina (0000-0002-2188-5245, UFES, Brazil), Pablo Medeiros Jabor (0000-0002-3580-8937, Instituto Jones dos Santos Neves, Brasil), Etereldes Goncalves Junior (0000-0002-7035-1792, UFES, Brazil), Eliana Zandonade (0000-0001-5160-3280, UFES, Brasil)
Year2022
Volume27
Issue11
Pages4203-4212
Publication date2022-11-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCiência & Saúde Coletiva (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1413-8123 • E-ISSN: 1678-4561
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/1413-812320222711.08232022en
OpenAlexW4311800272
SciELOS1413-81232022001104203
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited9

This article aims to analyze the profile of people with disabilities among the cases notified by the COVID-19 panel of Espírito Santo and the possible associations with the positive result of the COVID-19 test. Descriptive cross-sectional study among people with disabilities with positive and negative tests for the diagnosis of COVID-19. Associations of epidemiological and clinical variables were performed using the chi-square test and logistic regression models to estimate the odds ratio. Lethality rate of COVID-19 was 4.9% (175 cases) in the group of people with disabilities, and 3% (3,016) in the group without disabilities. People with disabilities, male (OR=1.34; 95%CI 1.22-1.47), race/black color (OR=1.55; 95%CI 1.09-2.20), and those who were hospitalized (OR=2.27; 95%CI 1.71-3.02) were associated with positive tests for COVID-19. The pandemic emphasizes the need to create specific legal care mechanisms and targeted public policies for this population

Descriptive statistics · Disease · Environmental health · Logistic regression · Odds · Odds ratio · Pandemic · Pathology · Population · Public health · Sociology · Statistics · COVID-19 and healthcare impacts · COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies · Demography · Medicine · Nursing · Public Health and Environmental Issues · Epidemiology · Gerontology · Internal Medicine

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