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Vitoy AT, Mota EP, Moraes KL, Leão-Cordeiro JAB, de Almeida RJ, et al. (2019) Quality of Life and Clinical-Epidemiologic Profile of Clinical Infirmary Patients. Int Arch Nurs Health Care 5:130. doi.org/10.23937/2469-5823/1510130

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© 2019 Vitoy AT et, al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

ORIGINAL ARTICLE | OPEN ACCESS DOI: 10.23937/2469-5823/1510130

Quality of Life and Clinical-Epidemiologic Profile of Clinical Infirmary Patients

Amanda Travaglia Vitoy1, Esther de Paiva Mota1, Katarinne Lima Moraes1, Jacqueline Andréia Bernardes Leão-Cordeiro2, Rogério José de Almeida1, Cesar Augusto Sam Tiago Vilanova-Costa3 and Antonio Márcio Teodoro Cordeiro Silva1,4*

1Departamento de Medicina, Escola de Ciências Médicas, Biomédicas e Farmacêuticas, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brazil

2Faculdade de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brazil

3Associação de Combate ao Câncer em Goiás, Laboratório de Biologia Tumoral, Hospital Araújo Jorge, Goiânia, GO, Brazil

4Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Ambientais e Saúde, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brazil

Abstract

Aims and objectives

To evaluate the quality of life of patients hospitalized in a clinical ward and correlate it with the clinical-epidemiological aspects of these patients.

Background

Traditionally, the evaluation of involvement in patient medical care was grounded in mortality and morbidity rates. Therefore, medical judgement followed clinical, laboratorial and statistic parameters. However, the clear need for a monitoring and evaluation method centered on the patient gave birth to new methods and tools with the aim of measuring individual quality of life subjectively.

Methods

Traditionally, the evaluation of involvement in patient medical care was grounded in mortality and morbidity rates. Therefore, medical judgement followed clinical, laboratorial and statistic parameters. However, the clear need for a monitoring and evaluation method centered on the patient gave birth to new methods and tools with the aim of measuring individual quality of life subjectively.

Results

Traditionally, the evaluation of involvement in patient medical care was grounded in mortality and morbidity rates. Therefore, medical judgement followed clinical, laboratorial and statistic parameters. However, the clear need for a monitoring and evaluation method centered on the patient gave birth to new methods and tools with the aim of measuring individual quality of life subjectively.

Conclusions

Traditionally, the evaluation of involvement in patient medical care was grounded in mortality and morbidity rates. Therefore, medical judgement followed clinical, laboratorial and statistic parameters. However, the clear need for a monitoring and evaluation method centered on the patient gave birth to new methods and tools with the aim of measuring individual quality of life subjectively.