Social estructural determinants of dengue epidemics in Ica city, 2017

Objective: To describe the structural social determinants and the clinical characteristics presented by patients with a confirmed diagnosis of dengue in the province of Ica, during the year 2017. Materials and methods: A descriptive, retrospective, non-experimental study was conducted of the review of the epidemiological surveillance notification system database of 133 confirmed cases of Dengue, of the year 2017. Results: 56.4% were men and 43.6% were women, with a male / female ratio of 1.22. The average age was 34.5 years and the most affected group was 41-50 years (18.1%) followed by the groups 15-20 years and 31-40 years with 14.3%. According to the occupation in the majority group was that of students (26.3%), in the field of housing, urban was the largest with 60.0% of cases; In the Dengue epidemic in Ica, 96.58% corresponded to non-severe Dengue, of which 9.40% had alarm signals with favorable clinical evolution and (87.18%) were notified as Dengue without warning signs. There were 4 cases of severe dengue (3.42%) deceased; 81.95% presented fever, headache, 84.21%, body pain: 83.46% arthralgia and 78.19% myalgia, 79.70% general malaise. In cases of Dengue with alarm signals, abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea occurred.. Conclusions: The present study evaluated the structural social determinants and clinical characteristics of patients with confirmed diagnosis in the Dengue epidemic in Ica in 2017, which will help to take preventive measures in the environment and make the appropriate diagnosis knowing the varied symptomatology of the disease. (AU)