Avaliação de pacientes com amputações de membros inferiores em uma comunidade por meio dos instrumentos SF-36 e SRQ-20

• Ano de defesa: 2011
• Autor(a) principal: Nunes, Marco Antonio Prado [UNIFESP]
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
• Palavras-chave em Português: Adaptação psicológica; Extremidade inferior; Qualidade de vida; Amputação; Amputados/psicologia; Questionários; Lower extremity; Psychological adaptation; Quality of life; Amputation; Amputees/psychology; Questionnaires
• Link de acesso: http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/9064

Objective: To evaluate people with lower limb amputations in community base and describe the demographic and clinical variables, and identify which of these influence the quality of life and psychological disorders. Methods: A cross-sectional study that included people who undergone amputation at all levels and etiologies; were excluded younger than 14 years. Was used the SF-36 and SRQ-20 to assess quality of life and the psychological changes respectively in relation to demographic, social and clinical variables. Results: 138 low income and education people was interviewed; the SF-36 showed that only those who were not married had average scores significantly higher in several dimensions and assessment of psychological conditions were influenced by women, not being married, not independent, time of amputation, and number of associated diseases, but after logistic regression, only the number of associated diseases and independence were significant. Conclusions: changes in quality of life were associated with the presence of morbid conditions and to having a partner, 43% of patients had mental illness that were associated with the number of chronic diseases and that they were not independent and, moreover, ware excluded labor market and ware not being rehabilitated.