Mobile pre hospital attendance: identification aggravations for the elderly person

Autor: Patrício, Anna Cláudia Freire de Araújo, Santos, Jiovana de Souza, Albuquerque, Karla Fernandes de, Alves, Karoline de Lima, Duarte, Marcella Costa Souto
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 8, 2, 4223-4230
Druh dokumentu: journal article<br />Zeitschriftenartikel
ISSN: 2175-5361
DOI: 10.9789/2175-5361.2016.v8i2.4223-4230
Popis: Objective: investigate the major health disorders that affect the elderly population in the ambit of mobile pre hospital in João Pessoa-PB city. Method: documental research, quantitative in 240 medical records of elderly with 75,5±9,5 years, being 54,6% (131) female, attended by the respective service. Data were collected by means of a semi structured questionnaire, in September 2012. Results: It was verified that 69,2% (166) of the occurrences were clinics; 18,8% (45) occurrence of falls at the same level; 9,6% (23) essential hypertension. Conclusion: It is hoped that this study can consubstantiate specific intervention measures directed to the assistance for the elderly, a way for the promotion of health, implementation of prevention actions of these occurrences, since most of them may be prevented.
Databáze: SSOAR – Social Science Open Access Repository