Recent Findings from R.RFR. de Alencar and Co-Authors Yields New Data on Chronic Disease (Prevalence of Self-Reported Chronic Diseases and Health…

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Recent Findings from R.RFR. de Alencar and Co-Authors Yields New Data on Chronic Disease (Prevalence of Self-Reported Chronic Diseases and Health Services Utilization by Ethnic Minorities in Manaus Metropolitan Region)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Managed Care Weekly Digest -- Data detailed on Disease Attributes - Chronic Disease have been presented. According to news reporting out of Manaus, Brazil, by NewsRx editors, research stated, "To assess the prevalence of, and associated factors to, self-reported chronic diseases and health care utilization by ethnicity in the Manaus Metropolitan Region. We conducted a cross-sectional, population-based survey from May through August 2015."

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research, "Using probabilistic sampling in three stages, we recruited adults aged greater than or equal to18 years. Ethnicity was self-identified as White, Black, Yellow, Brown (Brazilian mixed-race), and Indigenous. We calculated adjusted prevalence ratios (PR) and 95% CI of chronic diseases and health service utilization for each ethnic minority and compared the data using Poisson regression with data from White respondents. In this study, we interviewed 4,001 people. Of these, 15.9% were White, 7.5% Black, 3.4% Yellow, 72.1% Brown, and 1.0% Indigenous. Indigenous respondents had the highest prevalence of self-reported hypertension (29.4%), diabetes (12.3%) and hypercholesterolemia (17.0%) among the ethnic respondent groups. Compared with the White population, Browns had less health insurance coverage (PR=.76; 95% CI: .62-.93) and reported hypertension (PR=.84; 95% CI: .72-0.98) and diabetes (PR=.69; 95% CI: .51-.94) less frequently. Yellows visited the doctor more frequently than Whites (PR=1.13; 95% CI: 1.04-1.22), with no significant difference in prevalence of diseases. Indigenous respondents had higher prevalence rates of the investigated diseases."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "Compared with Whites, Brown respondents had lower rates of self-reported arterial hypertension and diabetes, as well as lower rates of private health insurance coverage."

For more information on this research see: Prevalence of Self-Reported Chronic Diseases and Health Services Utilization by Ethnic Minorities in Manaus Metropolitan Region. Ethnicity and Disease, 2018;28(1):49-54. Ethnicity and Disease can be contacted at: I S H I B, 100 Auburn Ave, NE; Ste 401, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA (see also Disease Attributes - Chronic Disease).

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting R.R.F.R. de Alencar, Federal University of Amazonas College of Medicine, Manaus, Brazil. Additional authors for this research include T.F. Galvao, B.VR. Antonio and M.T Silva.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.18865/ed.28.1.49. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

Publisher contact information for the journal Ethnicity and Disease is: I S H I B, 100 Auburn Ave, NE; Ste 401, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.

Keywords for this news article include: Manaus, Brazil, Epidemiology, Hypertension, South America, Chronic Disease, Health Insurance, Disease Attributes, Health and Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases and Conditions.