Pacientes com lesões crônicas em membros inferiores, atendidos em hospital particular: estudo de prevalência

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the population affected by injuries, seen in a service for the careof chronic wounds in an outpatient clinic of a private hospital. Method: Descriptive, cross-sectional, and analytical study. The sample consisted of 320 patients with injuries. Data were collected through the electronic medical records. Calculation of the prevalence rate of lower limb injuries and of absolute and relative frequencies were used to describe the variables collected and mean and standard deviation. Results: The majority was female, white, married, retired, with a mean age of 68.2 years, overweight and with a single lesion. Most had venous ulcers, followed by diabetic foot injury and arterial injury. The remainder totaled 33.4%. The prevalence of lower limb injuries was66%. Conclusion: The prevalence of injuries in the lower limbs was high, and in the studied population there were no healthy patients since all had some type of chronic injury