title: Social repercussions experienced by elderly with venous ulcer.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Understand the social consequences experienced by elderly affected by venous ulcers.
  
  
  METHODS
  descriptive and exploratory study with a qualitative approach carried out in 2012 with eight participants at a physiotherapy clinic in the state of Bahia. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews and analyzed through Bardin's thematic content analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  They showed that elderly patients with venous leg ulcers have become victims of prejudice, discrimination and have experienced embarrassment and shame in their daily routines because of the chronic wounds in their bodies, which makes than different from other people.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the presence of chronic wounds has social implications and is associated to a human suffering process. Thus, dealing with older people with venous leg ulcers requires technical and scientific skills, as well as whole and humanized care by the nursing staff.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Departamento de Enfermagem, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem. Salvador, Bahia, Brasil.
authors.forename: Aline Cristiane de Sousa Azevedo
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Aguiar
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Departamento de Enfermagem, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem. Salvador, Bahia, Brasil.
authors.forename: Dora
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sadigursky
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Departamento de Enfermagem, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem. Salvador, Bahia, Brasil.
authors.forename: Lucas Amaral
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Departamento de Enfermagem, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem. Salvador, Bahia, Brasil.
authors.forename: Tânia Maria de Oliva
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Menezes
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia (UNEB), Departamento de Educação Campus XII. Guanambi, Bahia, Brasil.
authors.forename: Alana Libânia de Souza
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Departamento de Enfermagem, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem. Salvador, Bahia, Brasil.
authors.forename: Luana Araújo Dos
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Reis
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014647:Varicose Ulcer / Q000523:psychology*