Clinical Manifestations Suggestive of Depression in Patients Served with Febrile Illness in Campo Grande (MS) and Dourados (Ms), Brazil

Abstract

Introduction: In Brazil, a country with high temperatures, favorable to the development of the vector, the mosquito has already become a problem, not only because of Dengue, Zika and Chikungunya, which plague some Brazilian regions. Objectives: To identify patients assisted in Campo Grande (MS) and Dourados (MS) with febrile symptoms and their possible depressive symptoms. Methodology: This is a cohort study with patients who obtained a proven clinical-epidemiological and laboratory diagnosis of Dengue (ELISA; qRT-PCR and NS1), treated at the SUS network in the cities of Campo Grande (MS) and Dourados (MS). The collection period was from 2018, starting from April to September 2019. The CES-D instrument was used to perform the possible diagnosis of depression. Results: In the 115 participants positive for Dengue, a sample in V0 was verified with 63.5% who developed symptoms of depression. In period V14, patients positive for Dengue totaled 37.4% and these patients did not develop depression according to the sample of the instrument used and totaled 62.6%. Discussion: It was possible to verify in this study that depression is a mood disorder whose symptom together brings suffering and, mainly, social and occupational damage to the analyzed sample. Conclusion: There is a significant direct relationship between the number of patients who developed depression in the illness process of febrile illnesses.