Perfil dos pacientes atendidos no programa melhor em casa em um município da região sudoeste de goiás

Abstract

The Home Care Services allow actions to promote, prevent, treat the pathologies and recover the individual within the home, in addition to providing comfort and approximation of the affective bonds with their relatives established by the team responsible for the patient. This study aimed to know the sociodemographic and pathological profile of the patients treated in the Best Home Program by the staff of the Home Care Service of a municipality in the Southwest Region of Goiás. This is a descriptive and exploratory study with simple statistical analysis for the quantitative data regarding the variables age and sex and for the pathologies treated by the Home Care Service. A structured questionnaire was used for the patients and / or family members attended by the program in March 2017. The largest number of patients attended by the team comprises the age group of people over 64 years old (57.4%), 43% of the females and 57% males. The study found that the main cause of home hospitalization was COPD - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (33.33%), followed by (14.58%) of neoplasms. Conclusion: The present study reinforces the importance of basic care programs and actions in an articulated and multidisciplinary way, for the treatment of patients who need humanized and qualified care in a timely manner at home.