A relação entre a artralgia da Febre Chikungunya e as alterações do sono em idosos assistidos por uma unidade básica de saúde

Abstract

It is known that the Chikungunya virus has an impact on the health of individuals, supported by a large network of multiple factors, which can lead to chronic consequences. Of the factors that can directly influence the severity and the interference of this pain perpetuating it we have the sleep alterations that correlate with the chronic pain increasing its perception. The Brazilian scenario regarding the large number of cases of people infected by the Chikungunya virus still needs to be investigated, adding to the existence in the literature of few studies with elderly people evaluating the relation between sleep and pain specifically caused by this virus. when considering personal pathological antecedents. Thus, this research aimed to relate this relationship (sleep and chronic pain from CHIK V) with changes also in markers of sleepiness, anxiety, depression and quality of life. The research design is characterized as an observational cross-sectional study with the collection of the Basic Health Unit of Aparecida in the neighborhood of Mãe Luiza in Natal. Seven validated questionnaires were applied, preceded by the completion of a sociodemographic record. Firstly, we performed the descriptive statistical analysis of the variables obtained including the determination of the characteristic of the distribution of each variable and, later, the inferential statistical analysis in order to search for relationships between pain, anxiety, depression, quality of life and quality variables and regularity of sleep in the individuals interviewed. Specifically, we sought to use multiple correlation and regression tests to determine the predictive variables of pain. After analyzing the data, we concluded that only the anxiety variable showed no significant association with the pain variables, and that the quality of sleep measured by the IQSP and the quality of life measured by the SF-36 were the variables that best predict arthralgia in this sample. Therefore, we conclude that both sleep health and the maintenance of adequate levels of quality of life impact the daily life of the individuals affected by the Chikungunya virus and that this knowledge must be taken into consideration and evaluated in our patients, aiming to reduce the risks to that are linked to their occurrence.