Study of the epidemiological profile of mortality by secondary Parkinson in Brazil

Abstract

Introduction: Secondary Parkinson is a neurodegenerative disease that can affect individuals of any age. It originates in the degradation of the black substance, which is caused by the use of medicines, compromising the dopaminergic pathway in which bradykinesia triggers, excessive activity of postural musculature and stiffness. The nurse assists the patient in adapting to motor activities within the limitation that the disease imposes and, mainly, promote health seeking the independence of the individual with the performance of physical, cognitive and behavioral activities. Objective: This is a descriptive, retrospective, time-series epidemiological study whose objective was to trace the epidemiological profile of Secondary Parkinson mortality in Brazil, between 1997 and 2017. Method: The data were obtained by the Department of Informatics of the Brazilian Unified Health System (DATA/SUS) and health information systems, taking as elements the variables of sex, age at death, Federative unit, region and year of death. For the development of the research, publications were collected in the electronic databases Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde (BVS), Pubmed and Scielo® by means of the descriptors: the descriptors: ‘Parkinson Secundário, ‘Epidemiologia' and ‘Mortalidade por Parkinson Secundário, from the time frame from 2003 to 2020, published in Portuguese, English and Spanish. Results: It was obtained 28 articles, 2 master's theses, and 3 books, published in Portuguese, English, and Spanish and arranged in their entirety. Regarding secondary Parkinson’s disease, the information obtained revealed that more men, older than 70 years, living in the Southeast region, more precisely in the State of São Paulo. Conclusion.Thus, it is concluded that over the years, the secondary Parkinson’s has affected the population more frequently.