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- Title
Characterization socio-demographic of patients with venous ulcers treated at a university hospital [sic].
- Authors
de Macedo, Eurides Araújo Bezerra; de Oliveira, Aminna Kelly Almeida; Melo, Gabriela de Sousa Martins; da Nobrega, Walkiria Gomes; Costa, Isabelle Katherinne Fernandes; Dantas, Daniele Viera; Mendes, Felismina Rosa Parreira; Torres, Gilson de Vasconcelos
- Abstract
Objective: to characterize sociodemographic patients with venous ulcers (UV) participating in a study developed at University Hospital, Natal/RN. Methodology: this is an analytical study of therapeutic intervention intra-group, not randomized, with 18 patients performed with UV outpatient clinic of Angiology from a university hospital in Natal/RN. Data collection was performed in four months, through a survey instrument consisting of a structured interview applied in the patient's admission to the study and an observation script checks implemented in the ten checks subsequent admission following the categorization in Microsoft Excel and processed using the SPSS 15.0 by descriptive statistics. This study has been approved by the Ethics and Research/CEP HUOL UFRN (nº 276/09). Results: identified himself a predominance among patients with UV female (88.9%), equality in the two age ranges, mostly with low education (83.3%) and low family income (77.8%), with any profession (94,4%), and for the current occupation most patients were retired or unemployed (55.6%). Conclusion: it was noticed a trend of emergence of UV, in females, with socio-economic conditions unfavorable and with low education. Descriptors: venous ulcer; nursing; hospital care.
- Publication
Journal of Nursing UFPE / Revista de Enfermagem UFPE, 2010, Vol 4, Issue 4, p1919
- ISSN
1981-8963
- Publication type
Journal Article