Retrato da Prevalência e Desigualdades na Participação em Rastreios Oncológicos de Base Populacional em Portugal

Autores

  • Carlota Quintal Centre for Business and Economics Research (CeBER). Faculdade de Economia. Universidade de Coimbra. Coimbra; Centro de Estudos e Investigação em Saúde da Universidade de Coimbra (CEISUC). Coimbra.
  • Micaela Antunes Centre for Business and Economics Research (CeBER). Faculdade de Economia. Universidade de Coimbra. Coimbra. Portugal.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20344/amp.19443

Palavras-chave:

Detecção Precoce de Cancro, Factores Socioeconómicos, Neoplasias/diagnóstico, Neoplasias/prevenção e contolo, Portugal, Rastreio

Resumo

Introdução: Os rastreios reduzem a morbilidade e mortalidade associadas ao cancro. O objetivo deste estudo foi analisar os níveis de participação em rastreios oncológicos de base populacional em Portugal, e respetivas desigualdades.
Métodos: Os dados provêm do Inquérito Nacional de Saúde 2019. As variáveis utilizadas são: mamografia, citologia e a pesquisa de sangue oculto nas fezes. Calculámos prevalências e índices de concentração ao nível nacional e regional. Analisámos a participação ‘devida’ (idade/intervalo recomendados), ‘insuficiente’ (nunca ou em atraso), ‘excessiva’ (frequência superior à recomendada ou em idade não recomendada).
Resultados: A participação ‘devida’ atingiu 81,1%, 72% e 40%, enquanto a participação ‘insuficiente-nunca’ atingiu 3,4%, 15,7% e 39,9% para cancro da mama, cancro do colo do útero e cancro colorretal, respetivamente. A prevalência de participação ‘excessiva’ foi mais alta no cancro do colo do útero; relativamente ao cancro da mama, um terço das mulheres mais novas e um quarto das mulheres mais velhas fez mamografia. Este ‘excesso’ está concentrado nas mulheres com rendimento mais elevado. A participação ‘insuficiente-nunca’ está concentrada nos indivíduos com rendimentos mais baixos no cancro do colo do útero e nos rendimentos mais altos no colorretal. Acima da idade recomendada, 50% dos indivíduos nunca rastrearam para cancro colorretal e 41% das mulheres nunca o fizeram para cancro do colo do útero.
Conclusão: No rastreio do cancro da mama, no geral, a participação foi elevada e as desigualdades foram reduzidas. No cancro colorretal, a prioridade deve ser aumentar a participação no rastreio.

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2023-06-19

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Quintal C, Antunes M. Retrato da Prevalência e Desigualdades na Participação em Rastreios Oncológicos de Base Populacional em Portugal. Acta Med Port [Internet]. 19 de Junho de 2023 [citado 16 de Maio de 2024];36(9):577-8. Disponível em: https://www.actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/19443

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