Perfil sociodemográfico dos pacientes em cuidados paliativos em um hospital de referência em oncologia do estado do Pará, Brasil

Bárbara Rafaela Bastos; Adrya Karolinne da Silva Pereira; Cinthia Costa de Castro; Maria Margarida Costa de Carvalho

doi:10.5123/S2176-62232018000200004

Authors

Bárbara Rafaela Bastos Universidade do Estado do Pará, Belém, Pará, Brasil
Adrya Karolinne da Silva Pereira Universidade do Estado do Pará, Belém, Pará, Brasil
Cinthia Costa de Castro Hospital Universitário João de Barros Barreto, Belém, Pará, Brasil
Maria Margarida Costa de Carvalho Hospital Ophir Loyola, Belém, Pará, Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5123/S2176-62232018000200004

Keywords:

Health Profile, Oncology, Palliative Care

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:

To describe the sociodemographic profile of patients in palliative care at an oncology referral hospital in Pará State, Brazil.

MATERIALS AND METHODS:

A retrospective, descriptive, and cross-sectional study was carried out by analyzing 239 medical records of inpatients at the Oncology Palliative Care Clinic of Hospital Ophir Loyola from 2010 to 2014.

RESULTS:

The majority of the patients were females (59.41%), over 60 years of age (38.91%), from the Metropolitan Region of Belém (46.44%), with "housewife" occupation (27.62%), married or in a stable union (51.05%), Catholic religion (34.73%), and low levels of schooling (38.91% of them had incomplete elementary school). There was a prevalence of patients with history of smoking (56.90%) and alcohol consumption (53.56%), with no family history of cancer (41.00%), and hospitalization due to emergency situations (93.72%).

CONCLUSION:

The profile of these patients allows a better understanding of their characteristics, helping the multidisciplinary team of palliative care clinic in assistance planning, as well as contributing significantly to preventive health policies be implemented in Pará.