Open AccessCapacidade funcional e qualidade de vida de pacientes com feridas crônicas
Author(s) -
Aline Costa de Oliveira,
Andressa dos Santos Alvarenga,
Franciane Freitas,
Daniel de Macêdo Rocha,
Sandra Marina Gonçalves Bezerra,
Lídya Tolstenko Nogueira
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
estima
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2595-7007
pISSN - 1806-3144
DOI - 10.30886/estima.v16.612_pt
Subject(s) - bathing , medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , activities of daily living , personal hygiene , hygiene , physical therapy , gerontology , life quality , family medicine , nursing , pathology
Objective: To evaluate functional capacity and quality of life (QoL) of patients with chronic wounds. Methods: A cross-sectional analytical study composed of 74 patients with chronic wounds accompanied at a reference center for the treatment of complex wounds in Teresina, state of Piaui. Data were collected using the Katz index and the Cardi Wound Impact Schedule. Results: Among the domains, the “well-being” had a lower mean score and the degree of dependence obtained a signicant association with the well-being and “social life” domains. The bathing, dressing, personal hygiene and locomotion activities showed an association between the domains of QoL. Conclusion: The degree of independence in performing the basic activities of daily living, especially bathing, dressing and personal hygiene, presented higher scores between domains, indicating a better QoL. It is expected that the implantation of measures that help to preserve the functional capacity will improve the patients’ QoL.