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- Title
Mobile pre hospital attendance: identification aggravations for the elderly person.
- Authors
Freire de Araújo Patrício, Anna Cláudia; de Souza Santos, Jiovana; Fernan des de Albuquerque, Karla; de Lima Alves, Karoline; Costa Souto Duarte, Marcella; de Almeida Becerra Pérez, Vera Lúcia
- Abstract
Objective: investigate the major health disorders that affect the elderly population in the ambit of mobile pre hospital in João Pessoa-PB city. Method: documental research, quantitative in 240 medical records of elderly with 75,5±9,5 years, being 54,6% (131) female, attended by the respective service. Data were collected by means of a semi structured questionnaire, in September 2012. Results: It was verified that 69,2% (166) of the occurrences were clinics; 18,8% (45) occurrence of falls at the same level; 9,6% (23) essential hypertension. Conclusion: It is hoped that this study can consubstantiate specific intervention measures directed to the assistance for the elderly, a way for the promotion of health, implementation of prevention actions of these occurrences, since most of them may be prevented.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; HYPERTENSION epidemiology; EMERGENCY medical services; EMERGENCY medicine; ACCIDENTAL falls; HEALTH promotion; HEALTH status indicators; MEDICAL care use; PATIENTS; PREVENTIVE health services; QUANTITATIVE research; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental, 2016, Vol 8, Issue 2, p4223
- ISSN
1809-6107
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.9789/2175-5361.2016.v8i2.4223-4230