Estudo epidemiológico da prevalência de escoliose idiopática do adolescente em escola da rede pública de ensino

Abstract

The objective of the study was to carry out a survey on the prevalence of scoliosis in students from a municipality in Uberaba / MG representative of a medium-sized city. Through a cross-sectional study from January to February 2020 carried out at a municipal school by signing an informed consent form, a clinical evaluation of the students was carried out through the measurement of gibosity, cut triangle and radiographic evaluation when clinical alteration was detected. The data were formed using the chi-square test. In the evaluated sample, it was observed that 3.6% of the students had scoliosis since it is in accordance with the world literature. It was also observed that when compared to the male and female school population, there was a difference, a statistic being more prevalent in the female sex. This study has a social impact, since it awakens in children and young people the importance of health care and, concomitantly, bringing health professionals, residents and academics together, an environment that is not part of the usual professional practice, the school.