Objective: To evaluate the odds ratio of risk factors of sociodemographic and functional capacity of adults with spinal cord injury. Methods: Analytical, cross-sectional, quantitative study accom- plished with a group of 47 people with spinal cord injury in hospitals and 27 in the household. The data were collected through a structured instrument composed of independent variables related to epidemiological and ...
Problem: Nursing care requires attention and systematized care in the immediate postoperative period in order to prevent complications. Aim: To characterize the care provided to patients in the immediate postoperative period; to identify the care offered by nurses to patients and correlate the difficulties of nurses in terms of the use of nursing care systematization. Method: This was a cross-sectional study th...
This research seeks to evaluate functionality conditions for the development of Activities of Daily Living with people suffer of spinal cord injuries based on Barthel Index. For this purpose I opted to do a qualitative research in home and hospital environments. The sample was made up of 74 people with traumatic spinal cord injuries – 47 were in hospital and 27 at home – who were nursed in public municipal hosp...