This study aimed to identify the socio-demographic and clinical characteristics; obtain the risk factors for pressure ulcers identified in hospitalized senior citizens. This is a prospective, descriptive, and quantitative study. The sample consisted of 215 hospitalized elderly people in a public hospital in Teresina, PI, Brazil, in orthopedic, neurological, medical, and surgical clinics, and Intensive Care Unit...
The objective was to describe the social-demographic and functional characteristics of elderly after ischemic stroke. Descriptive quantitative study carried out with a sample of accessibility of 52 elderly patients with ischemic stroke, in a health service in Fortaleza-CE-Brazil, between May and August 2009. We calculated the average and standard deviation for continuous variables and chi-square test to compare...
This study was accomplished with the aim of describing the socio-demographic and economical characteristics, of time in the function and support received by the family caregiver of elderly with ischemic cerebrovascular stroke. This is a descriptive and exploratory study with quantitative approach, carried out with elderly caregivers assisted at a reference neurology clinic in the city of Fortaleza-CE-Brazil, fr...
This study aimed to identify the socio-demographic and clinical characteristics; obtain the risk factors for pressure ulcers identified in hospitalized senior citizens. This is a prospective, descriptive, and quantitative study. The sample consisted of 215 hospitalized elderly people in a public hospital in Teresina, PI, Brazil, in orthopedic, neurological, medical, and surgical clinics, and Intensive Care Unit...
Objetivou-se identificar características sociodemográficas e clínicas; levantar os fatores de risco para úlceras por pressão identificadas em idoso hospitalizado. Estudo de coorte prospectivo, descritivo e quantitativo. A amostra foi composta por 215 pessoas idosas internadas em hospital público de Teresina, PI, Brasil, nas clínicas ortopédicas, neurológica, médica, cirúrgica e Unidades de Terapia Intensiva, de...
Objetivou-se descrever as características sociodemográficas e funcionais do idoso após o acidente vascular encefálico isquêmico. Estudo descritivo, quantitativo, realizado com amostra de acessibilidade de 52 idosos acometidos por acidente vascular encefálico isquêmico, em serviço de saúde de Fortaleza-CE-Brasil, entre maio e agosto de 2009. Calcularam-se média e desvio padrão para as variáveis contínuas e teste...
The objective was to describe the social-demographic and functional characteristics of elderly after ischemic stroke. Descriptive quantitative study carried out with a sample of accessibility of 52 elderly patients with ischemic stroke, in a health service in Fortaleza-CE-Brazil, between May and August 2009. We calculated the average and standard deviation for continuous variables and chi-square test to compare...