Hilze Benigno de Oliveira Moura Siqueira

Evaluation of the quality of life of clients with chronic ischemic pain

The evaluation of quality of life (QOL) faced with chronic ischemic pain involves the clients in their subjectivity and multidimensionality. This descriptive study aimed to evaluate the quality of life of clients who presented chronic ischemic pain. A total of 100 clients of hospital institutes participated in the study. The instrument used to assess pain was an 11 point numerical scale, and to assess the quality of life, the World Health Organization Quality of Life-abbreviated questionnaire. The arithmetic mean for chronic pain was 5.59 ± 3.16 points. The means for quality of life were: in the physical domain, 44.75 ± 16.98; in the overall domain, 50.0 ± 22.40; in the environment, 55.06 ± 13.51, in the psychological, 56.21 ± 17.19 and in the social domain, 68.33 ± 21.84. Thus, the physical domain was, among the areas analyzed, the one which presented a greater impact on the quality of life of the clients with chronic ischemic pain.Correspondencia: Fatima Aparecida Emm Faleiros Sousa Universidade de Sao Paulo. Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirao Preto. Departamento de Enfermagem Geral e Especializada. Laboratorio de Psicofisica Clinica sala 131 Av. dos Bandeirantes, 3900 Bairro Monte Alegre CEP: 14040-902 Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brasil E-mail: faleiros@eerp.usp.br Evaluacion de la calidad de vida en clientes con dolor cronico isquemico

Avaliação da qualidade de vida em clientes com dor crônica isquêmica

The evaluation of quality of life (QOL) faced with chronic ischemic pain involves the clients in their subjectivity and multidimensionality. This descriptive study aimed to evaluate the quality of life of clients who presented chronic ischemic pain. A total of 100 clients of hospital institutes participated in the study. The instrument used to assess pain was an 11 point numerical scale, and to assess the quality of life, the World Health Organization Quality of Life-abbreviated questionnaire. The arithmetic mean for chronic pain was 5.59 ± 3.16 points. The means for quality of life were: in the physical domain, 44.75 ± 16.98; in the overall domain, 50.0 ± 22.40; in the environment, 55.06 ± 13.51, in the psychological, 56.21 ± 17.19 and in the social domain, 68.33 ± 21.84. Thus, the physical domain was, among the areas analyzed, the one which presented a greater impact on the quality of life of the clients with chronic ischemic pain.Correspondencia: Fatima Aparecida Emm Faleiros Sousa Universidade de Sao Paulo. Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirao Preto. Departamento de Enfermagem Geral e Especializada. Laboratorio de Psicofisica Clinica sala 131 Av. dos Bandeirantes, 3900 Bairro Monte Alegre CEP: 14040-902 Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brasil E-mail: faleiros@eerp.usp.br Evaluacion de la calidad de vida en clientes con dolor cronico isquemico

Evaluation of the perception of chronic ischemic pain in humans with peripheral arterial disease

The perception of pain is multidimensional, subjective, and unique to each individual and can be influenced by several dimensions of pain. The objective of this study was to evaluate the perception of chronic ischemic pain using the descriptors of pain and to rate the main descriptors of chronic pain to people with peripheral arterial disease (PAD). The study was conducted in two hospitals in Brazil and consisted of two phases. In phase I, 100 participants with a diagnosis of PAD and chronic pain evaluated 50 descriptors of pain using the Multidimensional Pain Evaluation Scale by the psychophysical method of category estimation using a numerical scale with 11 points. In phase II, 30 participants judged the 10 first descriptors selected in phase I by the psychophysical method of magnitude estimation. The average intensity of chronic ischemic pain was 5.59 ± 3.16. The descriptors of chronic pain with higher scores obtained by the method of category estimation were unpleasant, followed by disturbing, strong, concern, tiring, boring, terrible, painful, sickening, and uncomfortable. By the method of magnitude estimation, the descriptors of pain showing sensitive, affective, and cognitive dimensions were identified by the descriptors terrible, follow by painful, uncomfortable, concern, tiring, sickening, strong, disturbing, boring, and unpleasant. This study showed that the chronic ischemic pain by PAD is associated with multidimensional components of pain.

Evaluación de la calidad de vida en clientes con dolor crónico isquémico

The evaluation of quality of life (QOL) faced with chronic ischemic pain involves the clients in their subjectivity and multidimensionality. This descriptive study aimed to evaluate the quality of life of clients who presented chronic ischemic pain. A total of 100 clients of hospital institutes participated in the study. The instrument used to assess pain was an 11 point numerical scale, and to assess the quality of life, the World Health Organization Quality of Life-abbreviated questionnaire. The arithmetic mean for chronic pain was 5.59 ± 3.16 points. The means for quality of life were: in the physical domain, 44.75 ± 16.98; in the overall domain, 50.0 ± 22.40; in the environment, 55.06 ± 13.51, in the psychological, 56.21 ± 17.19 and in the social domain, 68.33 ± 21.84. Thus, the physical domain was, among the areas analyzed, the one which presented a greater impact on the quality of life of the clients with chronic ischemic pain.Correspondencia: Fatima Aparecida Emm Faleiros Sousa Universidade de Sao Paulo. Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirao Preto. Departamento de Enfermagem Geral e Especializada. Laboratorio de Psicofisica Clinica sala 131 Av. dos Bandeirantes, 3900 Bairro Monte Alegre CEP: 14040-902 Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brasil E-mail: faleiros@eerp.usp.br Evaluacion de la calidad de vida en clientes con dolor cronico isquemico