Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Use of the Nursing Outcomes Classification - NOC to assess the knowledge of patients with venous ulcer |
| Authors: |
Osmarin, Viviane Maria, Boni, Fernanda Guarilha, Bavaresco, Taline, Lucena, Amália de Fátima, Echer, Isabel Cristina |
| Source: |
Revista Gaúcha de Enfermagem. January 2020 41 |
| Publisher Information: |
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Escola de Enfermagem, 2020. |
| Publication Year: |
2020 |
| Subject Terms: |
Varicose ulcer, Wound healing, Standardized nursing terminology, Knowledge, Outcome assessment (Health care) |
| More Details: |
Objective: To evaluate the knowledge of patients with venous ulcers (VU) on their chronic disease, treatment, and prevention of complications, according to the Nursing Outcomes Classification-NOC. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study conducted between 2017 and 2018 in a Brazilian hospital. The sample consisted of 38 patients with VU attended in outpatient nursing consultations. The study analyzed sociodemographic, clinical and nine indexes from the Knowledge: Chronic Disease Management (1847) of the NOC, assessed using a five-point Likert scale, analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results: The mean of the result Knowledge: Chronic Disease Management (1847) was 3.56±1.42. The clinical index Procedures involved in treatment regimen had the highest mean 4.18±0.21, followed by Pain management strategies with 3.92±0.27. In the association between knowledge and healing, the best scores were in patients with at least one healed VU. Conclusion: The knowledge of the patients was moderate and it was necessary to promote educational actions according to individual demands. |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
text/html |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
1983-1447 |
| DOI: |
10.1590/1983-1447.2020.20190146 |
| Access URL: |
http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1983-14472020000200410 |
| Rights: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Accession Number: |
edssci.S1983.14472020000200410 |
| Database: |
SciELO |
