Sociodemographic and clinical profile of patients with venous ulcers in outpatient follow-up: descriptive cross-sectional study

Aim: to identify the sociodemographic and clinical profile of patients, who were outpatients from a university hospital in southern Brazil and that had venous ulcers. Method: this is a descriptive and transversal survey conducted in a angiology clinic of a university hospital. Data were collected th...

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Published inRevista de Enfermagem da UFSM Vol. 6; no. 4; pp. 539 - 547
Main Authors Thaís Dresch Eberhardt, Suzinara Beatriz Soares de Lima, Luis Felipe Dias Lopes, Jocelaine Cardoso Gracióli, Graziele Gorete Portella da Fonseca, Lorena Foureaux Ribeiro
Format Journal Article
LanguagePortuguese
Published Universidade Federal de Santa Maria 01.01.2017
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assistência ambulatorial
enfermagem
perfil de saúde
úlcera varicosa
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Summary:Aim: to identify the sociodemographic and clinical profile of patients, who were outpatients from a university hospital in southern Brazil and that had venous ulcers. Method: this is a descriptive and transversal survey conducted in a angiology clinic of a university hospital. Data were collected through form, from 21 patients with venous ulcers, from March to July 2015 and analyzed by means of simple descriptive statistics. Results: the participants were mostly aged between 64 and 72, male, caucasian and retired. Each one of them had a venous ulcer with less than one year of existence and no relapses. Conclusion: patients with venous ulcers are mostly elderly men with a recent venous ulcers without recurrence.
ISSN:2179-7692
2179-7692
DOI:10.5902/2179769223054