Mobile pre hospital attendance: identification aggravations for the elderly person

Patrício, Anna Cláudia Freire de Araújo; Santos, Jiovana de Souza; Albuquerque, Karla Fernandes de; Alves, Karoline de Lima; Duarte, Marcella Costa Souto

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%T Mobile pre hospital attendance: identification aggravations for the elderly person
%A Patrício, Anna Cláudia Freire de Araújo
%A Santos, Jiovana de Souza
%A Albuquerque, Karla Fernandes de
%A Alves, Karoline de Lima
%A Duarte, Marcella Costa Souto
%J Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online
%N 2
%P 4223-4230
%V 8
%D 2016
%@ 2175-5361
%> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-53757-8
%X 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.
%C MISC
%G en
%9 journal article
%W GESIS - http://www.gesis.org
%~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info