title: Quality of life of people with chronic ulcers.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Patients with chronic ulcers have physical, social, and psychological changes that directly affect their quality of life.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the quality of life and analyze the association between personal and health characteristics in patient quality of life for those with chronic ulcers.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study, nonprobabilistic. The questionnaire to evaluate personal and health characteristics and the Ferrans and Power Quality of Life Index-Wound Version were used for the data collection. The sample consisted of 200 patients with chronic ulcers of several etiologies (venous ulcers, pressure ulcers, diabetic ulcers, and mixed) recruited at the basic health units in two cities in the South of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overall, the study found that their quality of life was rated as good. There was a positive correlation between the different ages (P = 0.0165), number of children (P = 0.0083), and practice of religion (P = 0.0394) with quality of life.
authors.affiliation: Nursing School Wenceslau Braz, Itajubá, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
authors.forename: Karina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: de Fátima Rodrigues Dos Santos
authors.affiliation: Nursing School Wenceslau Braz, Itajubá, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
authors.forename: Paula Rogéria
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.affiliation: Nursing School Wenceslau Braz, Itajubá, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
authors.forename: Valéria Tristão
authors.initials: VT
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.affiliation: Nursing Faculty of the State University of Campinas, UNICAMP, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: elaine_wdb@yahoo.com.br.
authors.forename: Elaine Aparecida Rocha
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Domingues
authors.affiliation: Nursing School Wenceslau Braz, Itajubá, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ivandira Ribeiro Anselmo
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Simões
authors.affiliation: Nursing Faculty Federal of Alfenas (Unifal), Alfenas, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rogério Silva
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.affiliation: Nursing Faculty of the State University of Campinas, UNICAMP, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Neusa Maria Costa
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Alexandre
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged; D001938:Brazil; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D017719:Diabetic Foot / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012923:Social Class; D029181:Spirituality; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014647:Varicose Ulcer / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D014945:Wound Healing