[Hospitalization from the traffic victims'and their family caregivers' points of view].
This study describes the context of hospitalization experienced by traffic accident victims and their family caregivers. Using a qualitative approach and orientated by the convergent analysis, the investigation took place at an emergency hospital, in Fortaleza, Ceará, in 2004, with 14 people - seven patients with skeletal muscle trauma and seven relatives accompanying them. In the participants' standpoint, the hospitalization moment is permeated by depression, anxiety, sadness, fear, concern, unawareness, affront from the health team to the patient and family, being exacerbated by the physical traumas, economical difficulties, social and legal implications. According to the integral principle, care to traffic victims should be extended to their relatives, because the latter also suffer injuries when they come across sudden death, serious traumas and sequels in significant persons.
Sousa Filho
Osvaldo Albuquerque
OA
Enfermeiro da Unidade Traumatológica do Instituto Dr. José Frota, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil. osvaldoasf2005@oi.com.br
Xavier
Erika Porto
EP
Vieira
Luiza Jane Eyre de Souza
LJ
D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000523:psychology*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult
Hospitalização na optica do acidentado de trânsito e de seu familiar-acompanhante.