OBJETIVOS: comparar as necessidades de cuidados de enfermagem e as intervenções terapêuticas realizadas em pacientes idosos e não idosos em UTI, segundo o Nursing Activities Score (NAS). MÉTODOS: Compuseram a amostra, 50 pacientes adultos admitidos na UTI de um Hospital Universitário do município de São Paulo, a partir de 26 de setembro de 2003. O teste de Mann-Whitney foi utilizado para a comparação entre as variáveis. RESULTADOS: Da amostra de pacientes, a média de idade foi de 70 anos. O mais freqüente tipo de tratamento foi clínico (78,0%), observando-se uma média de permanência de 3,5 dias e mortalidade de 38,0%. A pontuação média NAS foi de 66,57% (+ 9,15) permanecendo acima de 60,0% durante o período analisado. Não se observou diferença na média NAS de pacientes idosos (66,44%) e não idosos (66,33%), assim como não houve diferença entre as intervenções terapêuticas realizadas nos dois grupos de pacientes. CONCLUSÃO: Os resultados mostram a necessidade de discussões sobre a indicação de UTI, frente às implicações éticas, econômicas e sociais inerentes à assistência intensiva.
OBJECTIVE:The risk factors for diseases and premature deaths are important in drawing up preventive measures. This study had the aim of analyzing the risk factors for death among elderly people.
METHODS:This study was carried out among participants in the SABE (Health, Wellbeing and Aging) study, in the city of São Paulo in 2000. Interviews were conducted with 2,143 elderly people (60 years old or over), using a standardized questionnaire for the SABE study. The sample was obtained from census tracts, in two stages, with replacements and with probability proportional to the population, and with supplementation of the sample of people aged 75 years or over. The final data were weighted so that they could be expanded. Between the two data collection times, there were 38 deaths which comprised study sample. Logistic regression was utilized for the data analysis, with a significance level of 5%.
RESULTS:The risk factors found were: locomotion difficulty, advanced age, male gender, self-assessment of health as "bad" and difficulty in going to the bathroom, OR=3.15; 2.93; 2.90; 2.69 and 2.51, respectively.
CONCLUSIONS:The results may contribute towards the adoption of preventive measures for elderly people, with the aim of diminishing the expected number of fatal outcomes.
The project used the audit and feedback strategy to translate evidence into practice. Some of the measured criteria improved to moderate-high compliance with best practice. The results showed that implementation of evidence-based practice leads to an improvement in falls prevention. Future audits are required to sustain improvements.
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