FACTORES CONDICIONANTES DE LAS VARICES EN MIEMBROS INFERIORES Y MEDIDAS PREVENTIVAS EN PROFESIONALES DE ENFERMERÍA DE UN HOSPITAL PÚBLICO DEL PERÚ.

Taipe Arteaga, Carolina; Urure Velazco, Isabel Natividad

Analyze the determining factors of varicose veins in the lower limbs and the level of preventive measures in nursing professionals at the San Juan de Dios Hospital - Pisco 2022. Material and methods: Quantitative, descriptive, non-experimental and cross-sectional study, with a sample of 92 nursing professionals, using a survey technique and a validated questionnaire as an instrument. Results: 58.7% had a regular proportion of conditioning factors for varicose veins, 47.8% with a high proportion, and 19.5% with a low proportion, by dimensions it was found in terms of non-modifiable factors that 55.4% had a family history, 68.5% had more after two pregnancies, and 79.3% with care work for more than 5 years, in non-modifiable factors, 90.2% remain 5 or more hours on their feet, and 55.4% do not perform physical activity for at least 30 minutes daily. Preventive measures were regular in 69.6%, good in 20.7% and deficient in 9.7%. By dimensions, food was mostly regular 71.7%, physical activity deficient 67.4%, and regular personal care 56.5%. Conclusions: The conditioning factors of varicose veins are of a regular proportion in nursing professionals at the San Juan de Dios Hospital in Pisco, and preventive measures are more prevalently regular, with significant gaps showing the need to improve preventive measures at a good level to deal with the large proportion of conditioning factors of varicose veins in this population group.

PERU; PUBLIC hospitals; RISK assessment; CROSS-sectional method; WORK; LEG; HOSPITAL nursing staff; SCIENTIFIC observation; QUESTIONNAIRES; VARICOSE veins; QUANTITATIVE research; FAMILY history (Medicine); SURVEYS; FOOD; RESEARCH methodology; PREVENTIVE health services; PHYSICAL activity; PERSONAL grooming; DISEASE risk factors

Nursing at the Vanguard / Revista Enfermería a la Vanguardia (REVAN), 2024, Vol 12, Issue 1, p3

2308-1791

Academic Journal

10.35563/revan.v12i1.582