PREVALÊNCIA DE INFECÇÃO DO TRATO URINÁRIO EM IDOSOS ASSISTIDOS POR UM PROGRAMA DE MEDICINA PREVENTIVA EM CASCAVEL/PR

The Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the most frequent cause of bacterial infection on the elderly, which can be defined as the microbial colonization on the urine, with the invasion of any structure of the urinary tract. The present study is a field research, documental, epidemiologic, retrospective, descriptive and exploratory with both qualitative and quantitative nature, on which the objective is to identify the prevalence of urinary infection on the elderly assisted by a preventive medical care program in the city of Cascavel-PR, verify the profile of the patients afflicted by urinary infections, identify the gender with the highest prevalence of UTI and specify the anti-bacterial treatment used most frequently on the elderly. The data collection occurred after the release of the Ethics committee of the University, where an instrument containing five questions was used, which were answered with the analysis of thirty-eight medical charts of the elderly patients from the year of 2016, who were afflicted by UTI. After the data collection, it was observed a higher prevalence of UTI on female patients. Given the total of 38 patients, 29(76%) where women, furthermore, 23(60,52%) of the total of 29(76%) women where over eighty years old. Also a low schooling rate was observed, being 11(28,9%) women and 2 (5,26%) men with incomplete primary school. Antibiotics used the most were Norfloxacin with 13 (34,21%) and Ciprofloxacin with eight (21,05%). Around seven (18,42%) patients had a recurrent episode of UTI. This study helped improve the understanding of UTI, prevention of the infections, health improvement, better quality of life and health assistance to the patient.