Caracterização dos cuidadores das crianças e dos adolescentes atendidos pelo projeto de extensão de um hospital universitário infantil

Abstract

artigOs RESUMO: Este estudo objetivou caracterizar os cuidadores das crianças e dos adolescentes participantes do projeto de extensão em um hospital universitário infantil, localizado no litoral catarinense. Realizou-se um estudo quantitativo de caráter descritivo em um hospital universitário infantil, localizado em um município catarinense. Foi realizada a aplicação de um formulário embasado no instrumento de avaliação de condição de saúde. As variáveis coletadas a partir destes formulários constituíram questões de identificação, características socioeconômicas, hábitos de vida e saúde. A amostra da pesquisa foi de 100 cuidadores de ambos os sexos. Os mesmos foram tabulados e analisados no programa Microsoft Excel. Por meio dos resultados foi possível perceber que 91% dos cuidadores eram do sexo feminino; a maioria dos entrevistados não pratica nenhum tipo de exercício físico (63%); possui histórico de doença familiar (61%), principalmente diabetes (36%); não fazem uso de bebidas alcoólicas (80%) e não são tabagistas (86%) e uma parcela significativa (28%) faz uso de medicamentos de uso contínuo, entre os quais os antidepressivos aparecem com maior frequência. PALAVRAS-CHAVE:Perfil de saúde. Cuidadores. Hospitalização. Educação em saúde. Humanização da assistência. ABSTRACTThis study aimed to characterize caregivers of children and adolescents participating in the extension project at a children's university hospital, located on the Santa Catarina coast. We conducted a quantitative, descriptive study in a university children's hospital located in a municipality of Santa Catarina. A form was applied, based on the tool to assess health condition. The variables collected through these forms consisted of identification questions, socioeconomic characteristics, lifestyle habits, and health. The survey sample included one hundred caregivers of both sexes. The data were tabulated and analyzed in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. The results showed that 91% of the caregivers were women, the majority of the respondents did not practice any physical exercise (63%), had a family history of disease (61%), especially diabetes (36%), did not

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