title: [People with venous ulcers: a study of the psychosocial aspects of the Roy Adaptation Model].
abstract: A transversal descriptive quantitative study, conducted with 50 people with Venous Ulcer (VU) at an University Hospital, that aimed to ascertain the level of psychosocial adaptation of the Roy Model of people with VU. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee. The data were collected with a structured form. After organizing the data, composed of changes in the lives of people with VU, we classified it according to Roy's psychosocial aspects. We found that in the self-concept mode, 36% felt dissatisfied with physical appearance, and 18% had negative feelings; in the role-function mode: change in the working role (52.0%), housework (34.0%), marital (6.0%), leisure, pain, social, educational and transportation restrictions (82.0%); interdependence mode: support in treatment (82.0%), discrimination (58.0%). The identification of the psychosocial aspects directs nursing actions to consider the whole of the person receiving care in its relations with the environment, thus promoting a better level of adaptation.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Rio Grande do Norte, Brasil. isabellekfc@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Isabelle Katherinne Fernandes
authors.initials: IK
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: Walkíria Gomes
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: da Nóbrega
authors.forename: Isabel Karolyne Fernandes
authors.initials: IK
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: Gilson de Vasconcelos
authors.initials: Gde V
authors.lastname: Torres
authors.forename: Ana Luiza Brandão de Carvalho
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Lira
authors.forename: Francis Solange Vieira
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Tourinho
authors.forename: Bertha Cruz
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Enders
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016294:Models, Nursing; D014647:Varicose Ulcer / Q000523:psychology*