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- Title
THE SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF PATIENTS IN THE IMMEDIATE POSTOPERATIVE PROSTATECTOMY.
- Authors
Araújo Saldanha, Elisandra de; de Sá, Jéssica Dantas; Lima e Silva, Fernanda Beatriz Batista; de Queiroz Frazão, Cecília Maria Farias; de Oliveira Lopes, Marcos Venícios; de Carvalho Lira, Ana Luisa Brandão
- Abstract
Objective: to identify the sociodemographic profile of patients of prostatectomy. Method: quantitative study, transversal and descriptive, performed at a surgical clinic of a Teaching Hospital at Natal/RN/Brazil, with 50 samples in immediate postoperative of prostatectomy. Data collection took place with anamnesis and physical examination. Statistical analysis of data was obtained using a Software called Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, version 16.0. The reserch project was performed by the Ethics Committee from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, under protocol number 130/10 CEP/UFRN. Results: interviewed male samples were between 67 and 78 years old, 80% had partners, the number of kids varied from 0 to 4 (56%). Conclusion: knowing the sociodemographic profile of patients of prostatectomy auxiliates a clear vision for nursering actions in accordance to the life perspectives of the population, since the user profile is similar to those observed in other Brazilian cities.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; ACADEMIC medical centers; CONFIDENCE intervals; EMPLOYMENT; INCOME; MARITAL status; RESEARCH methodology; NURSING assessment; OPERATING room nursing; PATIENTS; POSTOPERATIVE period; PROSTATE tumors; PROSTATECTOMY; RELIGION; SURGERY; BENIGN prostatic hyperplasia; QUANTITATIVE research; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; EDUCATIONAL attainment; CROSS-sectional method; PARITY (Obstetrics); DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Journal of Nursing UFPE / Revista de Enfermagem UFPE, 2013, Vol 7, Issue 1, p62
- ISSN
1981-8963
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5205/reuol.3049-24704-1-LE.0701201309