FACTORS ASSOCIATED TO MORTALITY IN HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS DUE TO EXTERNAL CAUSES

Objective: To analyze the factors associated to mortality in hospitalized patients due to external causes, according to the characteristics of the individuals, the injuries and hospitalizations.Method: Cross-sectional study based on secondary data from medical records of patients admitted to a general hospital in Bahia who died from external causes. Data was analyzed through descriptive statistics, and for verification of the factors associated with hospital mortality Pearson’s Chi-square test was performed.Results: There were 5,537 hospitalizations due to external causes at the referred hospital from 2009 to 2013, of which 192 (3.7%) evolved to death. There was an association between hospital deaths and the variable: age group (p = 0.001), city where the injury/violent act occurred (p = 0.018), type of external causes (p = 0.001), injury nature (p = 0.018), body segment (p = 0.001) and day of the week (p = 0.005).Conclusion: Identification of the factors associated with hospital mortality from external causes may contribute to the development of actions and measures that reduce and prevent such deaths..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24, p e61545

Enthalten in:

Cogitare Enfermagem - 24, p e61545(2019)

Sprache:

Englisch ; Spanisch ; Portugiesisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Vanessa Almeida Cardoso Silva [VerfasserIn]
Adriana Alves Nery [VerfasserIn]
Juliana da Silva Oliveira [VerfasserIn]
Érica Assunção Carmo [VerfasserIn]
Tatiane Oliveira de Souza Constâncio [VerfasserIn]
Marcela Andrade Rios [VerfasserIn]
Givaní Moraes Santos [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Accidents
External causes
Hospital Mortality
Medicine (General)
Nursing
Public aspects of medicine
Violence

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DOAJ055669492