Prevalência de feridas em pacientes atendidos em uma rede primária de saúde

Abstract

Demographic and epidemiological movements indicate an increase in chronic conditions. These lead people to a constant wear and inability. The population most affected by the chronic / complex wounds are the elderly. Regardless of etiology, these injuries cause permanent problems as pain, suffering, disability, loss of self-esteem, social isolation, cost and requires specialized care. In the outpatient setting, Brazil suffers from a lack of epidemiological studies on the wounds, with remarkable grace in the Midwest region. The research is cross-sectional, quantitative, descriptive paper, which identified the sociodemographic and clinical factors, with the main objective to determine the prevalence of chronic / complex wounds in patients seen in Primary Health Network Três Lagoas / MS, with a sample of 53 patients. The results showed that the mean age was 62,17 years; slight predominance of females with 52,83%; the non-white races accounted for 56,60% of respondents with incomes equal to or less than the minimum wage for people; 94.33% were professionally inactive and 60,30% live without a partner. The hypertension and venous insufficiency were the most frequent diseases. There was a predominance of single lesion with location in the right leg and extension area <50cm².