Transition of care in post-hospitalization patients due to covid-19 in a hospital in northeastern Brazil.

Autor: Dantas MNP; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil., Sousa ES; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil., Faustino SLF; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil., Azevedo IC; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil., Santos VEP; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
Jazyk: English; Portuguese
Zdroj: Revista brasileira de enfermagem [Rev Bras Enferm] 2023 Oct 09; Vol. 76Suppl 1 (Suppl 1), pp. e20230030. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Oct 09 (Print Publication: 2023).
DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0030
Abstrakt: Objective: To analyze the transition of care for post-hospitalization patients due to covid-19 in a hospital in northeastern Brazil.
Methods: Quantitative, cross-sectional, descriptive, and analytical study carried out between 2020 and 2021. The sample had 78 patients. Data collection took place by telephone with the support of a sociodemographic questionnaire and the care transition assessment instrument (Care Transitions Measure).
Results: The average length of stay was 24.04 days. The average score for care transition was 71.68 (±11.71). "Self-management training" and "Understanding of medications" had higher averages, 75.15 (±13.76) and 74.10 (±16.20).
Conclusions: The average length of stay was 24.04 days. The average score for care transition was 71.68 (±11.71). "Self-management training" and "Understanding of medications" had higher averages, 75.15 (±13.76) and 74.10 (±16.20).
Databáze: MEDLINE