Abstract

ABATH, Marcella de Brito et al. Evaluation of the completeness, consistency and duplicity of cases of violence registered on the National Disease Notification Information System in Recife, Pernambuco State, Brazil, 2009-2012. Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde [online]. 2014, vol.23, n.1, pp.131-142. ISSN 1679-4974.

OBJECTIVE: to evaluate the completeness, consistency and duplicity of cases of violence registered on the National Disease Notification Information System in Recife-PE, Brazil, 2009-2012. METHODS: descriptive study. The quality of this database was evaluated regarding the completeness and consistency of 35 variables and non-duplicity of records each year. Chi square for trend (p<0.05) was calculated. RESULTS: A 283.9% increase was observed in the number of notifications. The average percentage of completeness, consistency and duplicity was 70.3%, 98.5% and 0.2%, respectively. Comparing the number of notifications recorded in the 2009 and 2012, there was a 53.9% decrease in the degree of completeness and an increase of 66.7% in consistency. The percentage of duplicated cases was zero in 2009 and 0.5% in 2012. CONCLUSION: the average percentage of completeness, consistency and duplicity was considered regular, excellent e acceptable, respectively.

Keywords : Epidemiological Surveillance; Health Information Systems; Violence; Domestic Violence.

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