title: Venous ulcer: risk factors and the Nursing Outcomes Classification.
abstract: To explore the relationship between the risk factors for the development of venous ulcers and the indicators of tissue integrity from the Nursing Outcomes Classification.
  
  
  
  A cross-sectional study conducted in 2013 in a university hospital in Natal/RN (Brazil). Fifty individuals selected by consecutive sampling participated in an interview and physical examination.
  
  
  
  The most important risk factors were: 44% presented with arterial hypertension, 26% allergy, 20% diabetes mellitus, 4% participated in some physical activity, 6% were smokers and 14% drank alcohol. There was a statistically significant association between diabetes mellitus and the texture of the lesion (p=0.015) and tissue perfusion (p=0.026); allergy and texture (p=0.034); physical activity and hydration (p = 0.034); smoking and thickness (p = 0.018); and alcoholism and exudate of the ulcer (p=0.045).
  
  
  
  . The relationship between risk factors and the nursing outcome indicators generated information relevant to the development of guidelines for the monitoring and treatment of venous ulcer information.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte -UFRN-, Brasil.
authors.forename: Ana Beatriz
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: de Almeida Medeiros
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte -UFRN-, Brazil.
authors.forename: Cecília Maria Farias
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: de Queiroz Frazão
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte -UFRN-, Brazil.
authors.forename: Jéssica Dantas
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: de Sá Tinôco
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte -UFRN-, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria das Graças Mariano
authors.initials: Md
authors.lastname: Nunes de Paiva
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Ceará, Brazil, marcos@ufc.br.
authors.forename: Marcos Venícios
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: de Oliveira Lopes
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte -UFRN-, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ana Luisa
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Brandão de Carvalho Lira
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology; D001938:Brazil; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000453:epidemiology; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology; D014647:Varicose Ulcer / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*