Prevalência de úlceras de membros inferiores em um município do interior de Minas Gerais

Abstract

Ulcers in leg or lower limbs manifest as ulcerative wounds below the knee including the foot, they characterize as chronic wounds and the etiology is related to the vasculogenic system besides metabolic disturbances. This study had the purpose to estimate the prevalence of patients with ulcers in lower limbs in a municipality of small size in the interior of Minas Gerais State. It was a quantitative and cross study, of descriptive and exploratory type, involving the population registered and attended by the twenty teams of the Strategic Family Health, which can present the profiling of clients in relation to sociodemographic and clinical aspects, clinical categorization of ulcers in lower limbs and identification of the treatment for ulcers in lower limbs. The prevalence of ulcers in lower limbs in the overall population was of 0.11% or 1.1 per 1000 inhabitants and in the population from the study (people above 20 years accepted to participate in the study) the prevalence of ulcers was of 0.17% or 1.7 per 1000 inhabitants. The dominance in the etiology for ulcers in lower limbs was of venous origin, located in the inferior 1/3 of the leg, with more than 5 years of involvement, considered painful, with imperceptible odor and intact area surrounding the lesion. In conclusion, the prevalence study herein will collaborate for the plan of assistance for the population with ulcers of lower limbs in the municipality. Similarly, it exhibits subsidies for the acquisition of coverings used in the treatment of ulcers, agreeing with the assertiveness of the dispensed assistance and helping in the calculus of the cost-effectiveness of this assistance.