Quais as características de uma população avaliada por incapacidade laborativa em um ambulató-rio de neurologia no Brasil? Na literatura médica atual não existem respostas ou dados claros para esta questão. Nações desenvolvidas têm por praxe investigar quais as condições nosológicas mais frequentemente associadas com incapacidade laboral 1 . Aliás, este conhecimento é um requisito essencial para o desenvolvimento de estratégias visando a prevenção e controle das mesmas.Revisando a diminuta literatura disponível que discute as questões referentes aos aspectos epide- The most common disorders in neurological clinic for medico-legal assessment of labour capacity at the Brazilian Social Security System (INSS) in Florianópolis -SC, Brazil. ABSTRACT -Objective:To present the most frequent diagnosis among patients refered for neurological evaluation to estimate their labour capacities at the unit of National Institute of Social Security (INSS), Florianópolis-SC, southern Brazil. Method: Review of all medical records of 108 patients evaluated between October 97 and May 98. The sample was submited to judicious medico-legal assessment to define their final diagnosis. Results: Neurological evaluation disclosed as the commonest disorders, in decreasing order of frequency: epilepsy, rheumatic diseases, psychiatric illnesses, neurological disorders related to chronic alcoholism, head trauma syndrome and cerebrovascular diseases. Conclusion: Neurological disorders may be responsible for important disability among workers in our society. However, the potential for social rehabilitation, often underestimated, must be considered. Moreover, diverse non-neurological conditions used to be sent for neurological evaluation.KEY WORDS: medico-legal report, neuroepidemiology, epilepsy. miológicos e sociais que envolvem a política previdenciária nacional, encontramos Possas 2 , analisando os benefícios concedidos por incapacidade temporária. A autora encontrou os transtornos neuróti-cos, síndrome de dependência do álcool, outras psicoses não orgânicas e a psicose esquizofrênica como responsáveis, juntos, por cerca de 10% do total de benefícios concedidos. Quando ainda levou em conta epilepsia (1%), a psicose alcoólica (0,7%) e as psicoses afetivas (0,5%), esse total se elevou, no ano referido, para 12% dos benefícios considerados. Outro autor, Narciso 3 , ao avaliar 1028 segurados em
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