Pain Prevalence, Socio-Demographic and Clinical Features in Patients With Chronic Ulcers
Chronic wounds are considered a worldwide epidemic and pain is the most frequently symptom referred by the patients who have this type of wound. The aim was to assess the prevalence of pain in chronic wounds and relate socio-demographic and clinical variables to pain. This is an analytical cross-sectional study, carried out in Basic Health Units (BHU), Family Health Strategy (ESF) and in a university hospital in two cities of Minas Gerais. 200 individuals who had chronic ulcers of different etiologies participated.
Source: Journal of Tissue Viability - Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Elaine Aparecida Rocha Domingues, Marianna Carvalho e Souza Leão Cavalcanti, Paula Cristina Pereira da Costa, Maria Helena Baena de Moraes Lopes, Inês Monteiro, Neusa Maria Costa Alexandre Tags: Basic research Source Type: research
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