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Epidemiología de ostomías de eliminación en diferentes unidades de salud del Distrito Federal

2009; Volume: 14; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

2007-932X

Otilia Cruz Castañeda, Marco Antonio Cano Garduño, Lucía Pat Castillo, Ma. del Pilar Sánchez Bautista, Juán Manuel Espinosa Estévez, Juán Gabriel Rivas Espinosa, Sandra Hernández Corral,

Frailty in Older Adults

Bowel and urinary diversion surgeries are a common procedure in hospitals and the health outcomes are reflected in increased life expectancy of patients that require specific and standardize care. The purpose of this study is to describe the epidemiology of intestine and urinary ostomies in different health institutions of Mexico City. Method: This is a multi centric, descriptive, retrolective and transverse study; it was done in 11 hospitals from 5 Mexico City health service institutions, the sample was constituted by 1688 patients. The instrument was developed with 9 epidemiological variables and validated by experts in the area. Results: It was found that 53% are male, predominant age group is from 19 to 62 years old with 54%. Colon, rectum and uterus cancer (35%) as well as inflammatory bowel disease (11%) are the most frequent. 38% are flat and 7% are protruded. In relation to occupation 85% are active. Discussion: This study contributes with a general view of bowel and urinary diversion surgeries noting that inflammatory bowel disease, colon and rectum cancer are the most frequent diagnoses 45% of patients do not have a stoma with normal characteristics with the implications that this condition has; this is why the relevance of standardizing registers to unify epidemiological data that will offer information to plan nursing interventions as well as noting the importance that this health problem represents to the Mexican population.