Samilly Márjore Dantas Liberato

Quality of life for venous ulcer patients: a comparative study in Brazil/Portugal

Introduction: Venous ulcers are a public health problem that affect quality of life (QOL) and are determined by socioeconomic context, health assistance and lesion characteristics. Aim: To compare the QOL of patients suffering from venous ulcers in Natal/Brazil with patients in Evora/Portugal. Method: Comparative and quantitative research involving 170 individuals suffering from venous ulcers, using the SF-36 instrument. Results: In Portugal, all dominion and dimension averages were higher than in Brazil, especially regarding social aspects (70.62). There were also a larger number of people with positive treatment characteristics. As for the lesion characteristics, these affected QOL dominions and dimensions in both countries. Discussion: The socioeconomic reality in Portugal is different from that in Brazil; the former has a larger variety and quantity of material resources available for lesion treatment. Conclusion: QOL in Portugal is better than in Brazil in terms of the aspects under consideration in this research.

Revisão integrativa das características definidoras do diagnóstico de enfermagem: disposição para resiliência melhorada em ostomizados

Objective: to identify in the scientific literature, the defining characteristics of the nursing diagnosis “willingness to improved resilience” in studies conducted with ostomized people. Method: this was an integrative literature review conducted in the Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature, Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online, Bibliographic Spanish Index in Health Sciences, PubMed Central, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Web of Science and SciVerse Scopus databases, using the non-controlled descriptors in the Medical Subject Headings vocabulary (MeSH): “Ostomy,” “Resilience”, “Psychological Adaptation” and “Quality of life”. The inclusion criteria were: scientific articles available in full; in Portuguese, English, and Spanish; with patients aged over 18 years, published between 2009 and 2014; and presenting at least one defining characteristic of the studied nursing diagnosis in their results. After the analysis, the final sample consisted of nine articles. Results: international studies predominated with the level of evidence VI. Among the defining characteristics, 10 out of 17, which are present in the NANDA International for nursing diagnosis “willingness to improved resilience,” were found in the literature. Conclusion: the defining characteristic presented in the taxonomy for the diagnosis “willingness to improved resilience” were found in studies with ostomized population.