Quality of life in patients submitted to amputation

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5902/217976924703

Keywords:

Nursing, Life quality, Amputated patients, Delivery of Health Care

Abstract

Objective: to characterize the interviewed subjects regarding age frame, pathology and amputation level; to evaluate the quality of life of these patients. Method: a quantitative study. It had the participation of 11 patients submitted to amputation in 2009 in a public hospital from Porto Alegre, RS. The data were collected in the hospital records and by means of interview. Analysis utilized Epi-Info Software and WHOQOL-Bref instrument. Results: indication that 36.4% of the subjects evaluated their quality of life as neither bad nor good while 27.3% reported it as bad and very bad. The most frequent amputations refer to Diabetes Melittus, masculine sex and age frame between 41 and 60 years old. Conclusions: when people experience it, they face a condition that implies changes in their way of moving, working and getting along socially. The prevention and treatment of chronic diseases with their numberless complications are important and needed

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Author Biographies

Renata Milioli, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, São Leopoldo, RS

Enfermeira Graduada pela Universidade do vale do Rio dos Sinos


Mara Ambrosina de Oliveira Vargas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC

Doutora em Enfermagem pela UFSC.

Docente da Graduação e PósGraduação da UFSC.

Membro do Grupo PRAXIS/UFSC


Sandra Maria Cezar Leal, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS

Doutorado e Mestrado em Enfermagem, pela escola de Enfermagem da UFRGS.

Profa. Adjunto da Graduação em Enfermagem e profa. Colaboradora do Mestrado Profissional em Enfermagem da UNISINOS.

Pesquisadora do GESC - Escola  de Enfermagem da UFRGS.

Enfermeira do HPS.

Alexandra Antunes Montiel, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Porto Alegre, RS

Enfermeira Graduada pela Universidade do vale do Rio dos Sinos

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Published

2012-08-14

How to Cite

Milioli, R., Vargas, M. A. de O., Leal, S. M. C., & Montiel, A. A. (2012). Quality of life in patients submitted to amputation. Revista De Enfermagem Da UFSM, 2(2), 311–319. https://doi.org/10.5902/217976924703

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Vol. 2 No. 2 (2012)

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Artigos Originais

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