NUMERO: #20220005

Título: IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 ERA IN BRAZILIAN ORAL MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM: DATA UPDATE

Nome do Apresentador: Nelson Pereira MARQUES

Categoria do Trabalho: Trabalhos Aprovados para Disponibilização em Vídeo (ADV)

Área Temática: Estomatologia

Resumo: Objectives: In our first study, the data collected from the public database showed the damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Oral Medicine (OM) practice in Brazil, with a deficit of -65.59% consultations during the first pandemic period. In this way, the aim of this present study was to compare the clinical consultations number of OM from the first half of the pandemic with second half, to update the data and verify if measures to return clinical activities were effective in the following months.
Study Design: A descriptive analysis of data extracted from the public database of the Ministry of Health of Brazil was performed.
Results: There was an increase in the number of OM consultations in the second half of the pandemic throughout Brazil (+64.2%), representing more 9,235 appointments in this period. After the pandemic second half, even with the increase in COVID-19 cases caused by the second wave, the number of consultations in OM remained stable.
Conclusion: These positive numbers can be explained by the several movements that have begun after lockdown in the 1st half of 2020, to take place for the return of health assistance, following strict hygiene and safety protocols against the dissemination of COVID-19.

Autor 1:  Nelson Pereira MARQUES

E-mail 1:  [email protected]

Autor 2:   Nádia Carolina Teixeira MARQUES

E-mail 2:  [email protected]

Autor 3 :  Denise Maria Mendes Lúcio da SILVEIRA

E-mail 3:  [email protected]

Autor 4:  Natália Lopes CASTILHO

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Autor 5:  Edson Hilan Gomes DE LUCENA

E-mail 5:  [email protected]

Autor 6:  Daniella R. Barbosa MARTELLI

E-mail 6:  [email protected]

Autor 7:  Hercílio MARTELLI-JUNIOR

E-mail 7:  [email protected]