• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Sociodemographic, clinic and health characterization of people with venous ulcers attended at the family health strategy
  • Other titles: Caracterização sociodemográfica, clínica e de saúde de pessoas com úlceras venosas atendidas na estratégia saúde da família
  • Contributor: Torres, Sandra Maria da Solidade Gomes Simões de Oliveira [Author]; Monteiro, Vera Grácia Neumann [Author]; Salvetti, Marina de Góes [Author]; Melo, Gabriela de Sousa Martins [Author]; Torres, Gilson de Vasconcelos [Author]; Maia, Eulália Maria Chaves [Author]
  • Published: 2014
  • Language: English
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.9789/2175-5361.2014.v6i5.50-59
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  • Keywords: Gesundheitsdienst ; Leistungsbewertung ; Grundversorgung ; Gesundheitsversorgung ; Hilfeleistung ; Brasilien ; Lateinamerika ; Südamerika
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  • Footnote: Veröffentlichungsversion
    begutachtet (peer reviewed)
    In: Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online ; 6 (2014) supl. ; 50-59
  • Description: 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.
  • Access State: Open Access
  • Rights information: Attribution - Non Commercial (CC BY-NC)