title: Impact of home visits on the functional capacity of patients with venous ulcers.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to compare the impact of home visits, before and after instructions, on the functional capacity of adult and elderly patients with venous ulcers, by means of the KATZ-EIAVD Scale.
  
  
  METHODS
  experimental, clinical, randomized, non-blind and controlled study, developed with 32 patients (case and control groups). The research settings were the Wound Care Clinic of the University Hospital Antonio Pedro, and the homes of patients assisted in this clinic. Data collection took place from February to June 2014, by means of a health unit evaluation tool, the KATZ-EIAVD Scale, and a script of instructions to be given to the research subjects that had received a home visit.
  
  
  RESULTS
  the studied population present excellent independence for activities of daily living, with no significant variation among them.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the studied groups have functional capacity with similar progress.
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate Program in Healthcare Sciences, Aurora de Afonso Costa Nursing School, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fabiana Lopes
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Joaquim
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate Program in Healthcare Sciences, Aurora de Afonso Costa Nursing School, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Alessandra Conceição Leite Funchal
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Camacho
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate Program in Healthcare Sciences, Aurora de Afonso Costa Nursing School, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rose Mary Costa Rosa Andrade
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate Program in Healthcare Sciences, Aurora de Afonso Costa Nursing School, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Bruna Silva
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Leite
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate Program in Healthcare Sciences, Aurora de Afonso Costa Nursing School, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Raquel Santos de
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Queiroz
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate Program in Healthcare Sciences, Aurora de Afonso Costa Nursing School, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Cíntia Raquel da Costa de
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Assis
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D006792:House Calls; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D014647:Varicose Ulcer / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology