Transition of care in post-hospitalization patients due to covid-19 in a hospital in northeastern Brazil

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the transition of care for post-hospitalization patients due to covid-19 in a hospital in northeastern Brazil. Methods: Quantitative, cross-sectional, descriptive, and analytical study carried out between 2020 and 2021. The sample had 78 patients. Data collection too...

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Main Authors: Marianny Nayara Paiva Dantas, Evelyn Silva de Sousa, Sarah Lyandra Furtado Faustino, Isabelle Campos de Azevedo, Viviane Euzébia Pereira Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem 2023-10-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://revodonto.bvsalud.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672023000200170&lng=en&tlng=en
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Summary:ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the transition of care for post-hospitalization patients due to covid-19 in a hospital in northeastern Brazil. Methods: Quantitative, cross-sectional, descriptive, and analytical study carried out between 2020 and 2021. The sample had 78 patients. Data collection took place by telephone with the support of a sociodemographic questionnaire and the care transition assessment instrument (Care Transitions Measure). Results: The average length of stay was 24.04 days. The average score for care transition was 71.68 (±11.71). “Self-management training” and “Understanding of medications” had higher averages, 75.15 (±13.76) and 74.10 (±16.20). Conclusions: The average length of stay was 24.04 days. The average score for care transition was 71.68 (±11.71). “Self-management training” and “Understanding of medications” had higher averages, 75.15 (±13.76) and 74.10 (±16.20).
ISSN:1984-0446