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...
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...