RT Journal Article
T1 Nursing Care Ethical Implications Regarding Chronic Patients at Hospital Discharge
A1 Coronado Vázquez, María del Valle
A1 Canet Fajas, Carlota
A1 Ramírez Durán, María del Valle
A1 Gómez Salgado, Juan
AB Mortality rates among pluripathological patients are significantly higher in the hospitalsetting, with advanced age and dependence on certain vital functions the main clinical aspects.Other features involved in the care, such as the loss of autonomy and social problems, have importantethical implications. The aim of this article is to analyze the health problems and the functional andsocial situation of chronic patients after hospital admission in order to determine their care needsand the ethical implications these might have. For this, a cross-sectional descriptive study is beingcarried out with a sample of 111 chronic pluripathological patients admitted to the internal medicineservice and discharged later. Overall, 96.6% of the patients in the sample were dependent, 91.7%had social problems or were at social risk and 36.9% had cognitive impairment. Among dependentpatients, 59.4% had social problems (p = 0.029), 19.2% lived alone (p = 0.13), and in 73.3% of cases thehousing was inadequate (p = 0.47). Among those with cognitive impairment, 79.5% of patients hadsocial problems (p = 0.001), and 10.3% lived alone (p = 0.038). The results of the study confirm thepresence of dependence and social problems at hospital discharge in a high proportion of chronicpatients. Planning their care can lead to ethical conflicts related to the use of information technologies,which are destined to promote the patients’ autonomy, and to the social problems associated withthe illness.
PB MDPI
SN 2227-9032
YR 2020
FD 2020-06
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/18837
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/18837
LA eng
NO Coronado Vázquez, V., Canet Fajas, C., Ramírez Durán, M. V., ... Gómez-Salgado, J. (2020). Nursing Care Ethical Implications Regarding Chronic Patients at Hospital Discharge. Healthcare, 8(2), 167. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare8020167
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 31 may 2026