Characterization after hospital admission due stroke in hospitals from Passo Fundo – RS

Authors

  • Rodrigo Costa Schuster
  • Janaine Cunha Polese Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
  • Silvia Lanziotti Azevedo Silva Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
  • Viviane Perin Universidade de Passo Fundo
  • Yolanda Petterson Seben Universidade de Passo Fundo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5585/conssaude.v8i4.2004

Keywords:

Acidente cérebro-vascular, Fisioterapia, Hospitalização.

Abstract

Objectives: Pacients characterization after hospital admission due stroke in two hospitals from Passo Fundo (RS). Methods: We conducted a retrospective study with data collected from hospital records. We collected sex, race, age, city of origin, type of stroke and request for physical therapy of 775 patients admitted during the period March 2005 to March 2006. Descriptive analysis was made of the data. Results: Among the records evaluated, 53.68% were males, 30.74% of those aged between 70 and 79 years. The ischemic stroke, assailed 83.14% of the subjects, most of them were white. 62.84% had physical therapy, motor, respiratory or both. Conclusions: These results led to draw a profile of patients who suffer strokes in the city of Passo Fundo and region, highlighting its importance to the understanding of these patients, looking for possible measures of prevention and treatment.

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Author Biographies

Rodrigo Costa Schuster

Fisioterapeuta, especialista em Ciências Morfofisiológicas UDESC, mestre em Ciências Médicas - UFRGS

Janaine Cunha Polese, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Fisioterapeuta, mestranda em Ciências da Reabilitação - UFMG

Silvia Lanziotti Azevedo Silva, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Fisioterapeuta, especialista em Geriatria e Gerontologia - FES, mestranda em Ciências da Reabilitação - UFMG

Viviane Perin, Universidade de Passo Fundo

Graduanda em Fisioterapia - UPF

Yolanda Petterson Seben, Universidade de Passo Fundo

Graduanda em Fisioterapia - UPF

Published

2010-03-03

How to Cite

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Schuster RC, Polese JC, Silva SLA, Perin V, Seben YP. Characterization after hospital admission due stroke in hospitals from Passo Fundo – RS. Cons. Saúde [Internet]. 2010 Mar. 3 [cited 2024 Jul. 17];8(4):581-5. Available from: https://periodicos.uninove.br/saude/article/view/2004

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