Prevalencia de úlceras por presión en adultos mayores de un Instituto Psiquiátrico en la ciudad de Guayaquil, 2018.

Abstract

Pressure ulcers are lesions of ischemic origin, localized in the skin and underlying tissues with loss of cutaneous substance produced by prolonged pressure between two hard planes. In our study on the prevalence of UPP in the elderly of the Institute of Neurosciences whose objective was to determine the prevalence of PU in older adults, type of descriptive study, quantitative method, retrospective time, cross-sectional design, the population corresponds to 65 older adults , Instrument: matrix of information collection, indirect observation technique, statistical data analysis in Excel. Results: Regarding age 75% corresponds to 61 to 70 years, 20% to 71 to 76 years, 5% to 77 to 80 years, 68% of sex are men, 32% are women, according to the evaluation was determined that 15.4% presented ulcers by pressure, of which 7.7% in stage I, 6.16% in stage II and 1.54% in stage IV, in relation to the site of presentation of the UPP, was the sacrum with 6.6% followed by coccyx with 4.62% and others with 4.62%, in terms of hospital stay 100% of them are housed more than five years, of the most prevalent pathologies, schizophrenia is suffered by 35 patients representing 54% and Parkinson's 26 users with 26%, Conclusion, nursing care provided to users influenced the decrease in pressure ulcers.