Profile of hospitalizations of women with heart failure in public hospitals in the municipality of Macapá, Amapá, 2016 to 2021

Amanda Silva Arenhardt, Amanda Maria de Almeida Moreira, José Natanael Gama dos Santos, Hilton José Vaz, Thayana Sousa Silva, Lidiane Assunção de Vasconcelos, Luiz Euclides Coelho de Souza Filho, Claudia Damares Ribeiro Sousa, Paulo Victor Caldas Soares, Ralrizonia Fernandes Sousa, Luciano Gil Saldanha Torres, Jennyfer Karolaine dos Santos Lima, Layse da Silva Carvalho, Ronnes de Azevedo Dias, Ana Trindade Pereira, Bruno Rafael Ribeiro de Almeida, Danielle Rosa de Souza Penha Viana, Karina Faine da Silva Freitas, Brenda Beatriz Silva Monteiro, Lauricéia Valente de Oliveira, Mariana Valente de Oliveira, Leomeria Lima do Nascimento, Lilian Cristina Mainardes de Miranda, Larissa Pereira de Barros Borges, Lis Gomes Rodrigues, Naellem Jasminye Batista Gomes, Leonardo Martins Silva, Jéssica Maria Lins da Silva, Ana Paula dos Reis Freire, Zara Fernanda Lima Martins dos Reis, Soraya Galvão Martins, Fernanda Silva do Monte, Laura de Fátima Lobato Silva, Juliana Rosario de Moraes, Yanka Macapuna Fontel,Eliana Maria dos Santos, Yasmin Martins de Sousa, Cristiane dos Santos Silva, Yasmin Pacheco Ribeiro, Michele de Pinho Barreiros, Márcia Cardoso Pimentel, Wanne Letícia Santos Freitas, Larissa Renata Bittencourt Pantoja, Nayana Carvalho Pereira, Charles Gabriel Santiago Telles, Carolina Marinho de Pina Carvalho, Aline Oliveira Gama, Samara Costa Fernandes, Suellen Patricia Sales da Costa Loureiro, Diego João de Lima Arrais, Tainá Sayuri Onuma de Oliveira, Helana Augusta Andrade Leal Dias, José Daniel Rodrigues dos Santos, Vitória Fernanda Valadares Coelho, Alda Lima Lemos, Patrícia da Silva Souza, Elizângela Serrão dos Santos, Rosineide Ribeiro da Costa Silva, Niceane dos Santos Figueiredo Teixeira, Anderson Lineu Siqueira dos Santos, Tatyellen Natasha da Costa Oliveira, Lucianne do Socorro Nascimento de Araújo, Luceme Martins Silva, Ana Caroline Guedes Souza Martins

Sociodemographic profile, Internment, Cardiac insufficiency, Women.

Objective: describe the sociodemographic profile of hospitalizations of women with heart failure in public hospitals in the city of Macapá, Amapá. Method: Retrospective study, with a quantitative approach, analyzing the profile of 704 women hospitalized with heart failure in four public hospitals in the city of Macapá-AP, between July 2016 and July 2021. The Hospital Information System of the Health, through DATASUS and the Brazilian Institute of Geography. Results: The results indicate that females represented 42.25% of hospitalizations, 75.55% occurred in the Emergency Hospital, 63.3% of hospitalized women were over 60 years old; 33.78% were brown; and 73.25% were hospitalized as an emergency. Conclusion: It is concluded that although women represent a large audience in the city of Macapá, the demand for hospitalization is still low in relation to heart failure, but it has been growing in the age group from 60 years old, which demonstrates the need to implement policies public services in Primary Health Care for disease prevention.

Received: 07 Jan 2022, Received in revised form: 21 Feb 2022, Accepted: 01 Mar 2022, Available online: 10 Mar 2022

10.22161/ijaers.93.5