title: [Elderly victims of trauma: preexisting conditions, medications taken at home and indexes of trauma].
abstract: The objective was to identify the sociodemographic profile of the elderly victims of trauma, to characterize preexisting conditions and medications taken at home, and to calculate indices of trauma and clinical outcomes. This is a retrospective and exploratory analysis from a database of a general hospital between 2008 and 2010. There were studied 131 elderly, mean age 69.9 years, 73.3% male, 55.1% married, 54.7% retired, 65.6% had preexisting conditions and 48.9% used drugs at home. There was a representative number of falls (31.3%), followed by running over (28.2%), with the head/neck region being the most affected (59.5%). Moderate trauma prevailed (44.3%), with conditions of survival after the event (80.2%). There was an association between mechanism of trauma and preexisting disease (p=0.01) and between mechanism of trauma and sex (p=0.03). The knowledge of the variables involved with the elderly victims of trauma enables healthcare professionals to plan preventive measures aimed at improving the assistance.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Gláucia Costa
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Degani
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Cirurgia e Anatomia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Gerson Alves
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Pereira Júnior
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Rosalina Aparecida Partezani
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Bruna Moretti
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Luchesi
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Sueli
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marques
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*