2022, Number 01
Active investigation for the confrontation to COVID-19 in El Caney town
Full text
Language: Spanish
References: 11
Page: 60-69
PDF size: 793.20 Kb.
ABSTRACT
Introduction: The COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The seriousness of its transmission worldwide, has transformed it into a pandemic with great social, economic impacts and in the population health.Objective: To describe the results of the active investigation as confrontation strategy to COVID-19 in El Caney town.
Methods: An observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out in a population of 872 houses and 2 601 inhabitants, belonging to the family doctor offices 9, 11 and 25 of Dr. Mario Muñoz Monroy Polyclinic in El Caney town from Santiago de Cuba, so the active investigation was carried out for the confrontation to COVID-19 that had the participation of the medical sciences students, during February - April, 2021.
Results: Most of the houses visited belonged to the family doctor office No. 25 (99.1 %); the less number of investigated people corresponded to the No. 9 (72.99 %) and although No. 11 showed the less percentage of houses visited and investigated, it had most of the confirmed cases (3).
Conclusions: The active investigation contributed to the early detection of patients with symptoms of the virus related to COVID-19, which demonstrated once again the role of medicine in the community with the incorporation of students from the University of Medical Sciences.
REFERENCES
Sierra Pérez D, Muñiz Roque AM, Gandul Salabarría L, Pérez Charbonier C, Barceló Montiel Z, Fernández Corona BG, et al. Programa del médico y enfermera de la familia. La Habana: ECIMED; 2011 [citado 05/05/2021]. Disponible en: http://www.bvs.sld.cu/libros/programa_med_enf_familia/programa_med_enf_completo.pdf
Montano Luna JA, Tamarit Díaz T, Rodríguez Hernández O, Zelada Pérez MM, Rodríguez Zelada DC. La pesquisa activa. Primer eslabón del enfrentamiento a la COVID-19 en el Policlínico Docente Antonio Maceo. Rev. habanera cienc. méd. 2020 [citado 05/05/2021]; 19 (supl. 1). Disponible en: http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1729-519X2020000400010
Roque Roque L, Iglesisas Armenteros A, Bouza Cabrera L, Bello Alpízar J, Menéndez Rodríguez G, Martín Ojeda M. Experiencias de la pesquisa activa estudiantil. Policlínico docente Fabio D´Celmo. Caonao. Cienfuegos. MediSur. 2020 [citado 08/09/2021]; 18 (5). Disponible en: http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-897X2020000500772
Pérez Marín D, Guerra Domínguez E, Martínez Ginarte GJ, González Rodríguez MR, Gamboa Suárez D. Conocimientos sobre COVID-19 en médicos de familia recién egresados de la universidad. Multimed (Bayamo). 2021 [citado 08/09/2021]; 25 (1). Disponible en: http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1028-48182021000100004