巴西和葡萄牙初级保健中治疗静脉性腿部溃疡患者的健康相关生活质量。
Health-related quality of life in patients with venous leg ulcer treated in primary care in Brazil and Portugal.
机构信息
Health Unit of Igapó, Primary Health Care, Municipal Health Secretary, Natal, Brazil.
Emergency Care Unit Maria Nazaré Silva dos Santos, Parnamirim, Brazil.
出版信息
PLoS One. 2018 Apr 24;13(4):e0195990. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0195990. eCollection 2018.
BACKGROUND
Venous ulcers constitute an important public health problem as they can cause disability with consequences for multiple dimensions of quality of life.
OBJECTIVE
To describe the quality of life in patients with venous leg ulcer treated in primary care in two cities from Brazil and Portugal.
METHODS
This was a cross-sectional comparative study with a non-probabilistic sample of 171 patients with venous leg ulcers who were treated in primary care in two cities from Brazil and Portugal, namely, Natal and Évora. A form covering sociodemographic and health data and the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey were used, and descriptive and inferential analyses were performed.
RESULTS
Significant differences in age and income were observed between the two samples. Patients with venous leg ulcer from Brazil had lower income and were younger than those from Portugal. Quality of life scores were significantly higher in Portugal for the physical aspects, pain, and social functioning, among domains, and for the physical health dimension and total score of QOL.
CONCLUSION
The quality of life was better in Portugal than in Brazil and the differences between the countries need further investigation.
背景
静脉溃疡是一个重要的公共卫生问题，因为它们会导致残疾，对生活质量的多个方面产生影响。
目的
描述在巴西和葡萄牙两个城市的初级保健中接受治疗的静脉腿部溃疡患者的生活质量。
方法
这是一项横断面比较研究，采用非概率抽样方法，选取了巴西和葡萄牙两个城市（纳塔尔和埃武拉）的 171 名静脉腿部溃疡患者作为样本。使用了一份涵盖社会人口统计学和健康数据以及医疗结果研究 36 项简短健康调查的表格，并进行了描述性和推断性分析。
结果
两个样本在年龄和收入方面存在显著差异。巴西静脉腿部溃疡患者的收入较低，年龄也比葡萄牙患者小。在各个领域中，葡萄牙的生活质量评分在身体方面、疼痛和社会功能方面以及身体健康维度和生活质量总分方面均显著较高。
结论
葡萄牙的生活质量优于巴西，两国之间的差异需要进一步调查。
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