EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PROFILE OF CHILDREN INFECTED BY THE NEW CORONAVIRUS: CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v27i0.82798

Keywords:

Child, Coronavirus Infections, Child Health, Epidemiology, Pandemics.

Abstract

Objective: to describe the epidemiological profile of children infected by the new coronavirus from the notifications of cases to the Ministry of Health. Method: epidemiological, cross-sectional, and descriptive study, carried out through the notifications in the Epidemiological Surveillance Information System of Influenza from the first to the twentieth epidemiological week of 2021. Notifications from children aged zero to nine years were included. Variables were analyzed using bivariate analysis and multivariate logistic regression. Results: 3,041 cases were notified, among which 414 (13.6%) confirmed the diagnosis of COVID-19. Children between six and nine years old were 1.33 times more likely to develop COVID-19 and be admitted to the intensive care unit (CR=1.46; CI: 1.12-1.87) and had a greater chance (CR=3.30; CI: 1.92-5.66) of dying. Conclusion: the findings contribute to guide and modulate interventions aimed at mitigating transmission and control of aggravations about COVID-19 in children.

Author Biographies

Dayvanne Pereira Soares da Silva Damasceno, Universidade Federal Fluminense - Campus Rio das Ostras, RJ, Brasil.

Graduanda do Curso de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal Fluminense. Rio das Ostras, RJ, Brasil.

Aline Cerqueira Santos Santana da Silva, Universidade Federal Fluminense - Campus Rio das Ostras, RJ, Brasil.

Enfermeira. Doutora em Enfermagem. Docente do Departamento de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal Fluminense. Rio das Ostras, RJ, Brasil.

Luciana Fernandes Portela, Departamento de Enfermagem do Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.

Enfermeira. Doutora em Enfermagem. Docente do Departamento de Enfermagem do Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.

Fernanda Garcia Bezerra Góes, Universidade Federal Fluminense - Campus Rio das Ostras, RJ, Brasil.

Enfermeira. Doutora em Enfermagem. Docente do Departamento de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal Fluminense. Rio das Ostras, RJ, Brasil.

Elena Araujo Martinez, Instituto Nacional Fernandes Figueira. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.

Enfermeira. Doutora em Enfermagem. Docente do Departamento de Enfermagem do Instituto Nacional Fernandes Figueira. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.

Gisele de Lima Neves, Universidade Federal Fluminense - Campus Rio das Ostras, RJ, Brasil.

Graduanda do Curso de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal Fluminense. Rio das Ostras, RJ, Brasil.

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Published

2022-02-21

How to Cite

Damasceno, D. P. S. da S., Silva, A. C. S. S. da, Portela, L. F., Góes, F. G. B., Martinez, E. A., & Neves, G. de L. (2022). EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PROFILE OF CHILDREN INFECTED BY THE NEW CORONAVIRUS: CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY. Cogitare Enfermagem, 27. https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v27i0.82798

Issue

Vol. 27 (2022)

Section

Especial Covid-19

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