BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Priapism is one of the complications of sickle cell disease characterized by a persistent and painful erection, which can lead to erectile dysfunction and sexual impotence. The objective of this study was to understand how men with sickle cell disease and priapism access emergency care. METHODS: A qualitative study conducted in a reference healthcare unit to people with sickle cell disease in the second largest city in Bahia. Seven adult men with sickle cell disease who had experienced priapism participated in the study. The data were collected by semi-structured interview and thematic story designs and submitted to content analysis. RESULTS: Priapism is seen as a lack of genital health. Participants use strategies to manage it at home to avoid embarrassment, which ends up in cocooning. Access to emergency services is motivated by persistent and relentless pain; and limited by the fear of priapism being mistaken for sexual deviance, lack of knowledge about the complication as a urologic emergency and financial shortfall, which confers a worse prognosis about erectile function. Men are embarrassed and discriminated by healthcare and support professionals, which discourages them from accessing these services in the future. CONCLUSION: This study emphasizes the importance of early diagnosis of sickle cell disease, the orientation of family members Access of men with sickle cell disease and priapism in emergency services Acesso de homens com doença falciforme e priapismo nos serviços de emergência
Objectives: to analyze the characteristics of stigma in the interactions of people with pain and sickle cell disease and the coping strategies adopted. Methods: qualitative study, conducted in Bahia’s reference units between January and July 2018. In-depth interviews were applied to 25 adults, followed by content analysis and interpretation in light of the Sociological Theory of Stigma. Results: four categories emerged from the data: Stigma in interactions with family members; Stigma in interactions with people in the general public; Stigma in interactions with health workers; and Strategies for coping with stigma. Final Considerations: in the participants’ interactions, stigma produced discrediting pain reports, labeling and stereotyping, blaming patients for not improving their health, discrimination, racism, inadequate pain assessment, and delay in care. Coping included silencing, covering up, aggressive behavior, exposure to risk, reading religious texts and praises, and church attendance.
Objetivo: descrever o processo de implantação de Planos de Alta na Clínica Cirúrgica de um hospital de grande porte de Salvador (BA). Método: relato de experiência que descreve aspectos relacionados a elaboração, atualização e implantação de cinco planos de alta hospitalar de enfermagem para pacientes atendidos nessa clínica cirúrgica. Foram direcionados aos seguintes procedimentos cirúrgicos: hernioplastias, colecistectomia, histerectomia, amputação e prostatectomia. Resultados: foram atualizados cinco planos de alta, os quais foram analisados pela coordenadora de enfermagem, médico cirurgião geral e supervisora do componente obrigatório; após sugestões e alterações realizadas, foram encaminhados para a Comissão de Padronização desse Hospital para serem implantados nas Unidades de Clínica Cirúrgica. Conclusão: a experiência possibilitou a afirmação dos instrumentos como um importante material didático para os pacientes sobre as condutas pós-cirúrgicas e para o enfermeiro, que através desse material consegue direcionar as orientações necessárias.
<p>Objetivo: caracterizar as pessoas assistidas em um Centro de Referência em doença falciforme em uma cidade do estado da Bahia. Método: estudo quantitativo, descritivo e retrospectivo, realizado entre agosto de 2016 e fevereiro de 2017. Os dados secundários coletados em 326 prontuários foram processados no STATA, versão 12.0. Resultados: prevalência de adultos jovens, do sexo feminino, solteiras, pretas, com renda de até um salário mínimo, não alfabetizadas, protestantes, com até três filhos. As complicações prevalentes foram crise álgica, icterícia e alterações do baço. As medicações mais utilizadas foram ácido fólico, hidroxiureia, ibuprofeno e dipirona. Permaneceram em tratamento 67,79% das pessoas, enquanto 4,60% foram a óbito. Conclusão: pessoas com doença falciforme assistidas em um centro de referência possuíam elevado grau de vulnerabilidade e estavam sujeitas à variabilidade clínica. <br />Descritores: Doenças de células falciformes. Perfil de saúde. Epidemiologia.</p>
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