Abstract
Hip fractures are the most common cause of hospitalization in orthopaedic wards, and are frequent in the elderly population. There is a high level of morbidity and mortality during hospitalization and it requires urgent treatment. The aim was to analyze the narratives of patients hospitalized with hip fractures, in order to consider the events that led to the fall and their experience of hospitalization. This is a qualitative, descriptive and analytical study carried out at an Urgency and Emergency Hospital in São Luís-MA. Patients hospitalized due to a proximal femur fracture and cognitively able to express themselves verbally were included. Those in ICU/semi-intensive care beds, with senile disease, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, stroke sequelae and cognitive impairment were excluded. Participant observation and semi-structured interviews were used, based on the thematic analysis proposed by Minayo. The sample included 12 women and 3 men, with an average age of 71, minimum of 60 and maximum of 85. The complaint of pain was described as a near-death experience. Prolonged hospitalization was a factor in the users' negative evaluation of the hospitalization, as well as the ward environment and the privacy between beds. Patients hospitalized for more than 30 days do not know the name of the doctor, nurse or nursing technician. There is no privacy in the 04-patient ward for bathing in bed or for physiological needs, which are taken care of by a companion, if there is one. There is a change, at the end of the second week, to a more depressed mood.
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