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- Title
PERFIL DO PACIENTE OBESO SUBMETIDO À CIRURGIA BARIÁTRICA.
- Authors
De Oliveira, Michelle Santos; Almeida Lima, Eliane De Fátima; Costa Leite, Franciéle Marabotti; Primo, Cândida Caniçali
- Abstract
This retrospective and descriptive study aimed to outline the profile of patients receiving bariatric surgery in a teaching hospital in Vitória, in the state of Espirito Santo, based on examination of the patient health records of 54 patients who received the surgery between January and December 2010. It was observed that the majority were married women from the metropolitan region, who had completed high school (37%) and had a monthly income varying between less than one minimum salary and up to three minimum salaries (66.7%). The age range attended most was patients between 26 and 35 years of age, with an average age of 37. In relation to the co-morbidities, 14 patients had three or more co-morbidities associated with obesity, and a Body Mass Index over 50 kg/m² was identified in 20 patients. The results emphasize the importance of actions for preventing ill health in the face of the co-morbidities associated with obesity.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; ACADEMIC medical centers; INCOME; MARITAL status; RESEARCH methodology; BARIATRIC surgery; PATIENTS; SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; QUANTITATIVE research; MORBID obesity; EDUCATIONAL attainment; BODY mass index; RETROSPECTIVE studies; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Cogitare Enfermagem, 2013, Vol 18, Issue 1, p90
- ISSN
1414-8536
- Publication type
Article