Predictors of nursing workload in elderly patients admitted to intensive care units

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem

Cleber Ricardo De Sousa²  Leilane Andrade Gonçalves¹  Maria Cecília Toffoleto¹  Karine Leão¹  Kátia Grillo Padilha¹ 

[1] ,Hospital Nove de Julho First Aid Post ,Brazil

关键词: intensive care units;    elderly;    workload;    nursing;    unidades de terapia intensiva;    ancianos;    carga de trabajo;    enfermería;    unidades de terapia intensiva;    idoso;    carga de trabalho;    enfermagem;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0104-11692008000200008

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The age of patients is a controversial issue in admission to intensive care unit (ICU). The aim of this study was to compare severity and nursing workload of elderly patients with 60-69, 70-79, and e"80 years of age and to identify predictors of nursing workload in elderly patients. A cross sectional study was performed with a sample of 71 elderly patients admitted to three ICU in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil from October to November 2004. Data were prospectively collected using Nursing Activities Score (NAS) and Simplified Acute Physiology Score II (SAPS II). There was no significant difference in nursing workload among the elderly patients age subgroups (p=0.84). Multiple regression analysis indicated that the independent risk factors of high nursing workload were severity, age e"70 years, and to be a surgical ICU patient. Age as an isolated factor should not be discriminative for elderly patients admission to ICU.

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