%0 Journal Article
%T ¨²lceras por presi¨®n en personas con lesi¨®n medular: conocimiento de familiares y cuidadores
%A DE FIGUEIREDO
%A ZUILA MARIA
%A TIRADO
%A JUAN JOS¨¦
%A MULET
%A FRANCISCO VICENTE
%A N¨²£¿EZ
%A ANTONIO JOS¨¦
%A DE ANDRADE
%A LUCIENE MIRANDA
%A DI CIERO MIRANDA
%A MAIRA
%A GORETTI SOARES MONTEIRO
%A MARIA
%J Avances en Enfermer¨ªa
%D 2010
%I Universidad Nacional de Colombia
%X purpose: to assess knowledge of risk factors and prevention of pressure ulcers from the perspective of relatives and caregivers of patients with spinal cord injury at home. method: cross-sectional, descriptive, quantitative study. the sample was made up by 50 people. data were collected through a questionnaire in august and december 2008. the statistical analysis was performed using spss windows, version 13.0. results: we found that family caregivers have correct knowledge about its role in the prevention, 80% of cases and higher risk patients are bedridden, paraplegic and elderly (74%); patients and relatives should be counseled about the risk factors of pressure ulcers (100%); keeping the skin dry and clean prevents the onset of up (64%). with regard to cognitive errors, these are related to the periodicity in assessing the integrity of the skin (84%) and the use of sheets in the transfer and mobilization of the patient (80%). discussion: the high success rate on risk factors shows that families and caregivers have good knowledge: they are prepared to care, meanwhile, the high incidence of errors on pressure ulcers prevention measures shows that relatives and caregivers lack of adequate knowledge of such measures. conclusions: research shows that assessing the knowledge of relatives and caregivers is of the essence to implement corrective actions to suit them to take care of people with spinal cord injury
%K knowledge
%K primary prevention
%K risk factors
%K family
%K caregivers
%K skin.
%U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0121-45002010000300003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en