Abstract
Objective
to describe the completeness of the data and evaluate the quality of the COVID-19 Panel Database in Espírito Santo in 2020, as to the completeness of its variables, as well as to analyze the confirmation of the disease and its evolution by children, adolescents and young people.
Methods
exploratory descriptive study. Completeness of filling in the form on the COVID-19 Panel was classified as excellent (less than 5% incomplete), good (5% to 10%), fair (10% to 20%), poor (20% to 50%) or very bad (50% or more).
Results
regular quality was observed for the confirmation criterion (16%), poor for the classification of the disease (44%) and notification status (30%) and very poor for the evolution (79%). Regarding the epidemiological variables, the race-skin color variable with regular completeness (17%) stands out.
Conclusion and implications for the practice
permanent education of professionals is necessary to fill in the data correctly. in the case of a pandemic due to a new virus, these data must be available immediately, and with quality so that control measures can be adopted.
Keywords:
Coronavirus Infections; Pandemics; Epidemiology; Health Information Systems; Disease Notification