Objective: To assess the impact of Unna boot therapy on subjective wellbeing, hope and spirituality in patients with venous leg ulcers (VLU). Method: This was a prospective, descriptive, analytical, multicentre clinical trial conducted in a nursing care and education centre, an outpatient wound care clinic and a primary health care unit in Brazil. Adult patients with VLUs took part in the study. Patients with diabetic foot ulcers and mixed ulcers were excluded. A questionnaire assessing sociodemographic and religious characteristics of patients, the Subjective Wellbeing Scale, the Spirituality Self-Rating Scale (SSRS), and the Herth Hope Index (HHI) were administered to all patients. Results: A total of 60 patients (63.3% female; 86.7% aged ≥60 years) participated. Before Unna boot therapy, 65%, 66.7% and 65% of patients reported a score of one on positive affect, negative affect and life satisfaction, respectively, indicating poor subjective wellbeing. After one month of compression therapy, 66.7%, 50.0%, and 80.0% of patients reported a score of three for each element positive affect, negative affect and life satisfaction, respectively, showing a significant improvement in subjective wellbeing (p=0.029). A significant increase in total SSRS scores (p=0.017) was found between baseline (mean: 9.77) and one month of treatment (mean: 25.47), indicating a significant increase in a sense of spirituality. There was also a significant increase in total HHI values (p=0.009) between baseline (mean: 15.68) and one month of compression therapy (mean: 39.38), suggesting a significant increase in hope among patients. Conclusion: Patients with VLUs treated with Unna boot therapy in this study showed significant improvement in subjective wellbeing, spirituality and hope for cure.
Objetivo: associar as características sociodemográficas e de saúde com a capacidade de autocuidado. Método: Trata-se de um estudo com abordagem quantitativa e transversal. Participaram da pesquisa 200 pessoas acima de 60 anos, em condição de internação há, no mínimo, 24 horas, nas unidades de clínica médica, cirúrgica e de cardiologia, com capacidade cognitiva e comunicação verbal preservadas internado. Foram excluídos as pessoas idosas que apresentaram-se em situação de dependência e de fragilidades físicas com alterações hemodinâmicas. Utilizaram-se os instrumentos: caracterização sociodemográfica e de saúde de pessoas idosas e a Escala para avaliar as Capacidades de Autocuidado. Resultados: As comparações entre capacidade de autocuidado com renda (p=0,037) e com incapacidade física (p=<0,001) foram estatisticamente significantes. Ao correlacionar idade com capacidade de autocuidado, o valor de p correspondeu a 0,006. Conclusões: Os fatores condicionantes básicos: idade, renda e incapacidade física se associaram com as capacidades de autocuidado.
Verificar el estado de salud del anciano para actuar en el mundo del trabajo e identificar los prejuicios sociales que enfrenta en su cotidiano. Se realizó una encuesta sobre las condiciones de salud, capacidad e interés en el trabajo de los ancianos. Esta búsqueda se realizó utilizando las siguientes bases de datos: Scientific Electronic Library Online (Scielo); Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina (Pubmed); Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe en Ciencias de la Salud (LILACS); Biblioteca Virtual en Salud (MEDLINE/BIREME), utilizando los siguientes descriptores tanto en portugués como en inglés: “Anciano”; "trabajar"; “Prejuicio”, “Longevidad” y “Calidad de Vida”. Se constató que los ancianos contemporáneos, desde el punto de vista de la salud, están debidamente preparados para la inserción o reinserción en el mundo del trabajo. Sus prejuicios sociales son diversos, lo que dificulta su desempeño social.
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