Morbidade hospitalar de crianças de zero a nove anos em um hospital universitário: uma análise entre 2013 e 2022.

Abstract

Introduction: Most children present at some point in their lives with an illness or health problem that requires hospital care. Knowing the hospital morbidity of children can help to understand the illness profile in this age group and thus outline health care measures that prevent hospitalization. Objective: To evaluate the child-related hospital morbidity of children from zero to nine years old at the University Hospital of Lagarto, Sergipe, Brazil (HUL) in the last ten years. Method: An ecological time-series study was carried out, considering the number of annual hospital admissions as the primary variable. The temporal trend of incidence between 2013 and 2022 was estimated, in addition to describing morbidity indicators and comparing the incidence in relation to sex, age group and ICD-10. Results: In the last ten years, almost six thousand hospital admissions of children from zero to nine years old were approved at the HUL. The average value of each hospitalization was R$ 433.61, with an average length of stay of 4.8 days. The temporal tendency was stationary for all age groups (under one year old, between one and four, and between five and nine years old)(p >0.05). However, the incidence of hospitalizations of children under one year old was significantly higher when compared to other age groups (p <0.05), as well as female children when compared to male (p <0.05). Finally, it was observed that respiratory system diseases were the most common, whose incidence was significantly higher than all other ICD-10 disease groups (p <0.05). Conclusion: Over the past ten years, the HUL has shown a specific pattern of hospital morbidity in children aged zero to nine years, with a predominance of diseases of the respiratory system, males and children under one year of age.