Qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde de adultos após cirurgia de fêmur ou quadril

• Main Authors: Dione Lima Braz, Maria Elena Echevarría-Guanilo, Roxana Isabel Cardozo-Gonzales, Rosani Manfrin Muniz, Celmira Lange, Simone Coelho Amestoy, Josiele de Lima Neves
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel) 2017-11-01
• Series: Journal of Nursing and Health
• Subjects: Fraturas do fêmur; Fraturas do quadril; Qualidade de vida.
• Online Access: https://periodicos.ufpel.edu.br/ojs2/index.php/enfermagem/article/view/6844

Objective: identifying changes occurred during the evaluation of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of adults between the third and the sixth month after surgery. Methods: quantitative approach, longitudinal design, conducted from June to November 2013. A characterization questionnaire and the Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) were applied. Descriptive analyses, Mann-Whitney and Wilcoxon test were carried out. Significance level p=0.05. Results: 24 adults participated. There was a reduction of average scores in five of the eight domains of the SF-36, representing worsening of HRQOL in the sixth month. The domain Physical aspect was the most affected. The averages of Pain domain were higher and statistically significant for women (p=0.04), there was improvement in the general health status (p=0.01) and Emotional aspect (p=0,05) in the sixth month. Conclusion: there is worsening of HRQOL between adults undergoing surgery of hip or femur during the first six months after discharge the day of surgery.