Avaliação dos fatores que contribuíram para o processo de cicatrização de úlcera crônica de perna

Abstract

Background: Leg ulcers cause considerable biopsychosocial impact on its patients and relatives . The treatment of the disease requires time and multidisciplinary actions , a fact that contributes to significant burden on public coffers . Objective: To analyze the evolution of people with chronic ulcers in a university hospital over eight months. Methods: This study is a longitudinal cohort study, which was observed in fifty patients with chronic ulcers of the lower limbs. Results: The average age of the group studied was 51.4 years, being 54 % of the cases female. There wasn’t statistically significant (p < 0.05) between sociodemographic variables and wound healing. Among the clinics ones, high blood pressure has been shown to adversely affect the process of healing of these wounds (p = 0.042). Conclusion: The number of patients with lower limb ulcers tends to increase with the aging population and it makes the knowledge of the factors that interfere with the healing of them a matter of public health. In this study, blood pressure was the condition most strongly related to delayed healing, but the subject is complex and requires further investigation for better understanding.