Notification of Self-inflicted Injuries in the Caparaó Capixaba Region: Suicide Prevention Interfaces

Abstract

Abstract Background: Complex by nature and with a wide social impact, the suicide spectrum includes fatal and non-fatal behaviors and a series of terminologies related to them. In Brazil, the epidemiological surveillance system adopts the term self-inflicted injury for cases of self-inflicted violence, registering them in the National Disease Notification System (NDNS). Information systems must be continuously evaluated in order to verify the quality of their operability. Objective: to evaluate the quality, according to the attributes of completeness and duplicity of self-harm records on NDNS from 2011 to 2019, in the region of Caparaó Capixaba-ES-Brazil. Method: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted using secondary data on self-harm obtained from NDNS, covering the municipalities of the Caparaó Capixaba region from 2011 to 2019. The data were exported from the NDNS municipal databases and analyzed in the Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 25 for Windows. The results were presented in the form of percentage averages and classified according to the parameters adopted. Results: No duplicates were identified in the analyzed records. Regarding completeness, an average of 18.34% of variables remained incomplete during the period from 2011 to 2014. There was an improvement in the subsequent period from 2015 to 2019, with a reduction to 12.35% of incomplete entries. Conclusions: Over the period from 2011 to 2019, there was a proportional percentage variation of 4500% in the number of cases registered for self-inflicted injuries in the region. Duplicity indicated adequate performance; however, despite the increase in the completeness rate, the averages remained classified as regular. Keywords: Suicide Attempt, Suicide, Health Information Systems, Epidemiological Monitoring