Abstract
The evaluation of quality of life (QOL) faced with chronic ischemic pain involves the clients in their subjectivity and multidimensionality. This descriptive study aimed to evaluate the quality of life of clients who presented chronic ischemic pain. A total of 100 clients of hospital institutes participated in the study. The instrument used to assess pain was an 11 point numerical scale, and to assess the quality of life, the World Health Organization Quality of Life-abbreviated questionnaire. The arithmetic mean for chronic pain was 5.59 ± 3.16 points. The means for quality of life were: in the physical domain, 44.75 ± 16.98; in the overall domain, 50.0 ± 22.40; in the environment, 55.06 ± 13.51, in the psychological, 56.21 ± 17.19 and in the social domain, 68.33 ± 21.84. Thus, the physical domain was, among the areas analyzed, the one which presented a greater impact on the quality of life of the clients with chronic ischemic pain.
Highlights
In Brazil, the characterization of the quality of life of patients suffering from chronic pain as a consequence of peripheral vascular diseases, such as Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD), is an underexplored area of study
It was identified that the physical domain, composed of seven sub-domains, obtained the lowest mean, amounting to 44.75±16.98, followed by the overall quality of life with a mean of 50.0±22.40, environment domain 55.06±13.51, the psychological domain 56.21±17.19 and for the social domain, which obtained the highest average, 68.33±21.84
The four domains of WHOQOL-BREF explained 36.1% of the overall quality of life of 211 elderly patients with a mean age of 71.09±8.09 years, with the physical domain being the one that most contributed with 28.2%, followed by the environment domain with 6.2%, the psychological with 1.3% and the social with 0.4%(9)
Summary
In Brazil, the characterization of the quality of life of patients suffering from chronic pain as a consequence of peripheral vascular diseases, such as Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD), is an underexplored area of study. By conducting a search for articles in the Scientific Electronic Library Online database - SciELO Brazil, using the keyword “quality of life” (subject), 654 articles were found, refining the search using the keyword “Peripheral Arterial Disease” (subject) obtained the a result “no article”. A separate search on SciELO, with the keyword “Peripheral Arterial Disease” (subject) yielded five published articles. Searching the Theses Bank of the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education PersonnelCAPES, with the keyword “quality of life” (exact term), 7453 records of dissertations and theses were found, but with the inclusion of the keyword “pain” the results were reduced to 45 records and adding the keyword “Peripheral Arterial Disease”, the result of the search was “no record”. Peripheral Arterial Disease affect the physical www.eerp.usp.br/rlae
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