Quality of life assessment of patients with and without venous ulcer.

Autor:	Dias TY; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil., Costa IK; Departamento de Enfermagem, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil., Melo MD; Departamento de Enfermagem, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil., Torres SM; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil., Maia EM; Departamento de Psicologia, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil., Torres Gde V; Departamento de Enfermagem, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil.
Jazyk:	English; Portuguese; Spanish; Castilian
Zdroj:	Revista latino-americana de enfermagem [Rev Lat Am Enfermagem] 2014 Jul-Aug; Vol. 22 (4), pp. 576-81.
DOI:	10.1590/0104-1169.3304.2454
Abstrakt:	Objectives: to compare the quality of life of patients with chronic venous disease with and without ulcer and to identify the most affected aspects. Method: cross-sectional study with a sample of 204 patients with chronic venous disease. The quality of life was assessed with the help of the SF-36 questionnaire. To compare the scores between the groups, the Mann-Whitney test was used, considering a statistically significant difference when p<0.05. Results: the quality of life score of patients with ulcer was lower when compared to that of patients without ulcer, in all domains and dimensions of the SF-36, particularly in the domains physical aspect and functional capacity, with very low scores. Conclusion: all aspects of quality of life were more compromised in people with ulcers. These findings can contribute towards a better understanding of the effects of chronic venous disease on the quality of life and towards a better orientation of therapeutic interventions in this population.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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