EFFECT OF AN NURSING EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION ON THE MENTAL ADJUSTMENT OF THEPATIENT WITH CHRONIC ULCER IN THE LOWER LIMBS: AN INTERVENTIONAL STUDY

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.159222217015

• Palavras-chave: Adjustment, Mental, Family Nursing, Leg Ulcer, Foot Ulcer.

• Keywords: Adjustment, Mental, Family Nursing, Leg Ulcer, Foot Ulcer.

• Abstract:

  This study aimed to evaluate the effect of an educational intervention carried out by nurses for the mental adjustment of people with chronic ulcers in the lower limbs. A prospective analytical and interventional quantitative study was chosen, in which a convenience sample of 21 people with chronic ulcers in the lower limbs followed in two Primary Health Care Units in the Central Region of Portugal was studied. Data collection was carried out through the application of the Mental Adjustment to Illness Scale before and one month after the educational intervention, between September 2017 and February 2018, fulfilling all inherent ethical requirements.

  With the study, it was found that in the evaluation before the educational intervention (moment 1) the subscales with the largest number of participants classified as adjusted were “Fighting spirit” and “Despair/Hopelessness”. After the educational intervention (moment 2), the subscales that possibly revealed a more fruitful intervention were “Anxious Worry” and “Avoidance/Denial”, with all participants classified as “non-adjusted” at moment 1 to become “adjusted”. ” at moment 2. The only subscale whose number of participants was the same in both moments was “Fighting Spirit”.

  Thus, we conclude that the educational intervention carried out by the Nurse is relevant for the mental adjustment of people with chronic ulcers in the lower limbs, contributing to the increase of knowledge, improvement of prevention and self-care practices, facilitating the experience of the health/disease transition process.

   

   

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