Quality of life of hospitalized patients with chronic wounds

Abstract

The aim was to assess the quality of life of hospitalized patients with chronic wounds. An analytical, cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach. The study sample was composedof30 patients admitted with chronic woundsin a university hospital in the northeast region of Brazil, fromAugust 2017 to January 2018. For the data collection, a mental health assessment questionnaire, socio-economic and clinical formsand the Brazilian version of the Freiburg Life Quality Assessment Wound were used. The domain with higher interference in the quality of life of hospitalized patients was the social life and the one with least interference, the psychological well-being. There was a significant association between the higher age and totally limitedmobility with a worse quality of life of admitted patients. This study contributes to the planning and implementation of nursing actions focused onthe biopsychosocial aspects to collaborate to a better quality of life of patients and with aids for future studies.