Sociodemographic, clinic and health characterization of people with venous ulcers attended at the family health strategy

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Objective: characterizing the sociodemographic, health and assistential aspects of people with venous ulcers treated at the Family Health Strategy (FHS) in Maceió-Alagoas and analyzing the quality of care provided. Method: a cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach conducted in 36 FHS units with 59 people with venous ulcers through a structured form. Results: people with venous ulcers treated > 1 year (69,5%), female (71,2%) and ≥ 60 years old (67,8%). Most were nonsmoker and nonalcoholic and 100,0% had two or more risk factors and pathological personal antecedents each. Had time of injury > 6 months (64,4%), pain in the ulcer / member (86,4%) and rocker ≤ 30% granulation/epithelialization (78,0%). The quality of care was poor in 57,6% and the aspects that mostly affected were the inadequacy of: professional that was accompanying/performing curative, products in the past 30 days and access to consultation with angiologist. Conclusions: the people with venous ulcers had low socioeconomic status, chronic diseases and unfavorable lesion characteristics contributing to chronicity of the lesions.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Weitere Titel: Caracterização sociodemográfica, clínica e de saúde de pessoas com úlceras venosas atendidas na estratégia saúde da família ; Caracterización sociodemográfica, clinica y de salud de personas con úlceras venosas en la estrategia de salud de la familia
• ISSN: 2175-5361
• Umfang: Seite(n): 50-59
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anmerkungen: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 6(supl.)

Klassifikation und Themen

• Thema: Soziologie, Anthropologie ; Medizinsoziologie ; Gesundheitsdienst ; Leistungsbewertung ; Grundversorgung ; Gesundheitsversorgung ; Hilfeleistung ; Brasilien ; Lateinamerika ; Südamerika

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Torres, Sandra Maria da Solidade Gomes Simões de Oliveira ; Monteiro, Vera Grácia Neumann ; Salvetti, Marina de Góes ; Melo, Gabriela de Sousa Martins ; Torres, Gilson de Vasconcelos ; Maia, Eulália Maria Chaves
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wann): 2014

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.9789/2175-5361.2014.v6i5.50-59
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-54409-0
• Rechteinformation: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 21.06.2024, 16:26 MESZ