Isabelle Burnier, Juliane Ratté, Sophie De Roock, Stéphanie Benoît, Manon Denis-LeBlanc
[Clinical reasoning and simulation: facilitating hypothesis prioritization using simulated patients. Data from quantitative research]
Canadian medical education journal
indigenous communities brazil complex epidemiological profile increases chances contracting sexually transmitted diseases however limited data available treponema pallidum infections population investigated seroprevalence risk factors associated pallidum infection indigenous population dourados mato grosso sul blood samples collected september 2017 march 2020 participants interviewed obtain comprehensive data demography sexual behavior serological tests performed detect pallidum infection besides conducting descriptive analysis performed chisquared tests determined bivariate odds ratio data also analyzed using logistic regression among 2190 invited individuals 1927 88 included study seroprevalence pallidum infection 291 results multivariate analysis showed individuals 3039 years old 4 years school education living households without piped water history genital lesions multiple sexual partners history stis highest seroprevalence pallidum study showed behavioral social economic factors play important role transmission pallidum within indigenous population thus targeted intervention including imparting education native language mass testing initiatives implementing public policies improve socioeconomic indicators needed reduce cases syphilis community