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- Title
CIRURGIAS DE AMPUTAÇÃO REALIZADAS EM HOSPITAIS PÚBLICOS DE REFERÊNCIA.
- Authors
Maria Fernandes Borges, Ana; Ambrosina de Oliveira Vargas, Mara; Dornelles Schoeller, Soraia; Yuriko Kinoshita, Erika; Regina Souza Ramos, Flávia; Karine Souza Lima, Daniella
- Abstract
Objective: characterizing the amputation surgeries in limbs, except ends, carried out in public hospitals of reference, between 2008 and 2010. Method: this is a quantitative study with a sample determined by amputation surgery reports conducted; the statistical analysis was performed by SEstatNET. The research project was approved by the Research Ethics Committee, Opinion n° 95.521. Results: it is emphasized that men are the majority and the same are younger than the women. External causes were one of the reasons related to amputation and affect young adults and, as age increases, the greater is the relation to chronic degenerative diseases. Conclusion: there must be actions that promote health that reduce the rate of these diseases; however the effectiveness of public policies involved in decreasing the rates of risk factors amputation is needed.
- Subjects
AMPUTATION; AMPUTEES; DISEASES; RESEARCH methodology; NOSOLOGY; PEOPLE with disabilities; PUBLIC hospitals; RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE research; QUANTITATIVE research; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Journal of Nursing UFPE / Revista de Enfermagem UFPE, 2015, p9053
- ISSN
1981-8963
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5205/reuol.8074-70954-1-SM0907supl201515