Abstract

MORENO GOMEZ, Germán Alberto et al. Compliance in reporting probable cases of dengue in the Colombian West Metropolitan Area in 2014. Revista médica Risaralda [online]. 2016, vol.22, n.2, pp.75-78. ISSN 0122-0667.

Objectives: Quantifies the compliance of notification concerning to probable cases of dengue in the West Metropolitan Area in 2014. Methods: This research corresponds to an observational cross-sectional study that has as populations the sets of records about dengue diagnoses and differential diagnoses identified in the individual records of provide services (RIPS) and the surveillance system in public health (SIVIGILA) in 2014 of the elementary generating data units (UPGD) in the West Metropolitan Area of the department of Risaralda. All the records of dengue were selected (census) and a sample of the differential diagnoses was obtained with a confidence level of the 95%, a p=0,5 and an accuracy of the 5%. Subsequently compliance rates were calculated for dengue and differential diagnoses. Results: 64% of dengue diagnosis’s patients were reported to SIVIGILA in 2014. The 10.7% of the differential diagnoses fulfill criteria for probable case of dengue and 12,9% of probable cases of dengue were reported to SIVIGILA in 2014. Discussion: The results of this research are important as they provide useful information about the epidemiological surveillance system in dengue for the public UPGD in the West Metropolitan Area of the department of Risaralda, where a deficit is evident in the notification. Also to compare the results with other international (Costa Rica, Brazil and Chile) and national (Santander and Valle) studies, similar problems are observed in the respective Epidemiological Surveillance Systems

Keywords : dengue; mandatory reporting; dengue virus; under-registration; epidemiological surveillance.

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