title: Impact of home visits on the functional capacity of patients with venous ulcers.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to assess the impact of protocol home visits on the functional capacity of adult and elderly patients with venous ulcers, before and after guidance received at home.
  
  
  METHODS
  clinical experimental, randomized, nonblinded and controlled study, developed with 32 patients (case and control groups). Fields of research were the Wound Outpatient Care Unit of the Antônio Pedro University Hospital and households of patients treated in the outpatient unit. Data collection occurred from February to June 2014, by means of an assessment tool of the health care unit, the TINETTI index and a script for directions to be provided to study participants who received home visits.
  
  
  RESULTS
  participants in the case group showed significant and differentiated improvement post-intervention when compared to the control group, which remained stable.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  directions provided in the home context were beneficial to the members of the case group.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências do Cuidado em Saúde, Escola de Enfermagem Aurora de Afonso Costa, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fabiana Lopes
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Joaquim
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências do Cuidado em Saúde, Escola de Enfermagem Aurora de Afonso Costa, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Alessandra Conceição Leite Funchal
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Camacho
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências do Cuidado em Saúde, Escola de Enfermagem Aurora de Afonso Costa, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Vera Maria
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Sabóia
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências do Cuidado em Saúde, Escola de Enfermagem Aurora de Afonso Costa, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Renata da Costa
authors.initials: Rda C
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências do Cuidado em Saúde, Escola de Enfermagem Aurora de Afonso Costa, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Lívia da Silva Firmino Dos
authors.initials: Lda S
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências do Cuidado em Saúde, Escola de Enfermagem Aurora de Afonso Costa, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Glycia de Almeida
authors.initials: Gde A
authors.lastname: Nogueira
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006792:House Calls; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014647:Varicose Ulcer / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology