Risco para lesão por fricção em idosos longevos na atenção primária à saúde

Abstract

Objective: To identify the risks for the development of friction injury (FI) in long-lived elderly in primary health care. Methods: Descriptive research of quantitative approach. Participants were 42 elderly aged 80 years or more. Conducted structured interview and applied form. Simple descriptive analysis was realized by means of the absolute and relative frequency of the variables. Verified the level of significance between the most frequent clinical factors and sociodemographic factors: age, ethnicity and gender, using the chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test. The contingency coefficient was performed with the parameters: c ≥ 0.750 = strong association; 0.500 to 0.749 = moderate association; ≤ 0.499 = weak association. Results: Age ranged from 80 to 100 years, prevailing between 80 and 85 years (59.5%), 28 (66.7%) women, 38 (90.5%) white and 30 (71.4%) with incomplete first degree. In 41 elderly patients (97.6%), there were dermatological alterations related to the risk for FI (dry skin, senile blemish, ecchymosis and edema). Age was the demographic factor with the highest association with clinical findings (p = 0.0397). Conclusion: Faced with these findings, it becomes imperative that nurses be equipped with scientific knowledge, which allow them to propose care capable of controlling the risk factors for FI development.

Caracterização da produção científica acerca das lesões por fricção: revisão integrativa

“…As LFs são classificadas em categorias 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b e 3 de acordo com a avaliação clínica de pele. Seu desenvolvimento varia de lesões sem alterações na coloração da pele, com presença de retalho susceptível de realinhamentoe até a perda completa do retalho (Tristão, Girondi, Hammerschmidt, Soares, Martins & Lima, 2018).…”