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Enfermería Global
On-line version ISSN 1695-6141
Abstract
LEITE, Juliana Mayara da Silva et al. Sociodemographic and clinical characterization of patients with chronic hepatitis C. Enferm. glob. [online]. 2019, vol.18, n.55, pp.157-194. Epub Oct 21, 2019. ISSN 1695-6141. https://dx.doi.org/10.6018/eglobal.18.3.316971.
Objective
To describe the sociodemographic and clinical characterization of patients with chronic hepatitis C followed at the outpatient clinic of a reference hospital in infectology.
Method
A cross-sectional, descriptive, quantitative study with chronic hepatitis C patients attended at a referral hospital during November 2015 to April 2016 with a sample of 47 users.
Results
The participants were male (76.6%), 57 years old (57.5%), brown (38.3%), married (55.3%), (61.7%), with a discovery time of up to 6 years (68.1%), not knowing the form of contamination (57.5%), immunized against hepatitis B (65.9%), undergoing drug therapy (85.1%) with Ribavirin (55.6%); And 70.2% had adverse effects.
Conclusion
Sociodemographic and clinical characterization assist the clinical practice of the multiprofessional team with patients with chronic hepatitis C.
Keywords : Hepatitis C, Chronic; epidemiology; Continuity of Patient Care.
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