Análise da Produ??o Bibliográfica sobre Qualidade de Vida de Portadores de Feridas Cr?nicas

摘要

Bibliography on the quality of the life of patients with chronic wounds in Brazil between 2000 and 2009 is analyzed. A systematic review of the literature was undertaken through a search on studies indexed at BIREME databases. Seven articles, a dissertation and a thesis were obtained; the former, corresponding to 50% of material, were mostly published in 2001 and 2006. Results showed that three articles were published in the online journal Ciencia y Enfermería, online Brazilian Journal of Nursing and The Journal of Nursing of UERJ, with one article each (16.6%). Four articles were published in the Jornal Vascular Brasileiro and in the Journal of Angiology and Vascular Surgery with two article each (33.3%). Taking into consideration the publications’ professional category, 62.5% belonged to the nursing field and 37.5% to the medicine one, all published in the southeastern region of Brazil. Knowledge on the characteristics on life quality of chronic wound patients would produce a change of focus which may establish more attention on one of the most important problems in Brazilian public health.