Completude das fichas de notifica es de tuberculose em cinco capitais do Brasil com elevada incidência da doen a Completeness of tuberculosis reporting forms in five Brazilian capitals with a high incidence of the disease

O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a completude das fichas de notifica es de tuberculose de cinco capitais brasileiras com alta incidência regional de tuberculose em 2010 - Salvador, Rio de Janeiro, Cuiabá, Porto Alegre e Belém - através dos relatórios de tabula o do Sistema Nacional de Informa o de Agravos e Notifica es. Porto Alegre e Cuiabá apresentaram os melhores resultados, enquanto o Rio de Janeiro, capital com o maior número de notifica es de tuberculose no país, apresentou o pior. A baixa completude desses formulários pode comprometer a qualidade do Programa Nacional de Controle da Tuberculose e repercutir na assistência e nos processos decisórios. The aim of this study was to evaluate the completeness of tuberculosis reporting forms in the greater metropolitan areas of five Brazilian capitals where the incidence of tuberculosis was high in 2010 - Salvador, Rio de Janeiro, Cuiabá, Porto Alegre, and Belém - using tabulations obtained from the Sistema Nacional de Informa o de Agravos de Notifica o (National Case Registry Database). The degree of completeness was highest in Porto Alegre and Cuiabá, whereas it was lowest in Rio de Janeiro, where there are more reported cases of tuberculosis than in any other Brazilian capital. A low degree of completeness of these forms can affect the quality of the Brazilian National Tuberculosis Control Program, which will have negative consequences for health care and decision-making processes.