RISK OF IMPAIRED SKIN INTEGRITY IN HOSPITALIZED ELDERLY

Authors

  • Suelen Gomes Malaquias
  • Maria Márcia Bachion
  • Adélia Yaeko Kyosen Nakatani

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v13i3.13040

Keywords:

Idoso, Enfermagem, Diagnóstico de enfermagem, Pele=pt, Aged, Nursing, Nursing diagnosis, Skin=en, Anciano, Enfermería, Diagnóstico de enfermería, Piel=es

Abstract

Skin health is essential to the maintenance of human health. With aging, frequent hospitalizations, elderly

people are exposed to the “Risk of impaired skin integrity”. Objective: This paper aimed at analyzing the occurrence of this

nursing diagnosis in hospitalized elderly patients. It is a descriptive study carried out in a teaching-hospital in Goiânia,

state of Goiás, from May to June/2007. Data collection was held by means of an instrument which used clinical and sociodemographic

data related to the risk factors for the studied Nursing Diagnosis (ND). A total of 23 elderly subjects took part

in this study, 56.52% were women, ranging from 70 to 79 years of age (60.87%). The nursing diagnosis studied in 100% of

the subjects was identified. Risk factors were found involving changes due to aging process, exposure to extrinsic factors

or events, lifestyle and health behaviors.

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Published

2008-12-09

How to Cite

Malaquias, S. G., Bachion, M. M., & Nakatani, A. Y. K. (2008). RISK OF IMPAIRED SKIN INTEGRITY IN HOSPITALIZED ELDERLY. Cogitare Enfermagem, 13(3). https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v13i3.13040

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 3 (2008)

Section

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

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