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- Title
Venous ulcer: risk factors and the Nursing Outcomes Classification.
- Authors
de Almeida Medeiros, Ana Beatriz; de Queiroz Frazão, Cecília Maria Farias; de Sá Tinôco, Jéssica Dantas; de Paiva, Maria das Graças Mariano Nunes; de Oliveira Lopes, Marcos Venícios; de Carvalho Lira, Ana Luisa Brandão
- Abstract
Objective. To explore the relationship between the risk factors for the development of venous ulcers and the indicators of tissue integrity from the Nursing Outcomes Classification. Methodology. A cross-sectional study conducted in 2013 in a university hospital in Natal/RN (Brazil). Fifty individuals selected by consecutive sampling participated in an interview and physical examination. Results. The most important risk factors were: 44% presented with arterial hypertension, 26% allergy, 20% diabetes mellitus, 4% participated in some physical activity, 6% were smokers and 14% drank alcohol. There was a statistically significant association between diabetes mellitus and the texture of the lesion (p=0.015) and tissue perfusion (p=0.026); allergy and texture (p=0.034); physical activity and hydration (p = 0.034); smoking and thickness (p = 0.018); and alcoholism and exudate of the ulcer (p=0.045). Conclusion. The relationship between risk factors and the nursing outcome indicators generated information relevant to the development of guidelines for the monitoring and treatment of venous ulcer information.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; LEG ulcers; ACADEMIC medical centers; INTERVIEWING; RESEARCH methodology; NOSOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING assessment; PHYSICAL diagnosis; SCALE analysis (Psychology); STATISTICS; TRAUMATOLOGY diagnosis; WOUND care; DATA analysis; BODY mass index; CROSS-sectional method; DATA analysis software; MEDICAL coding; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; MANN Whitney U Test; ULCERS; DISEASE risk factors
- Publication
Investigacion & Educacion en Enfermeria, 2014, Vol 32, Issue 2, p252
- ISSN
0120-5307
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.17533/udea.iee.v32n2a08