Nursing diagnoses for patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in critical care units in Brazil: A cross-sectional study

IF 1.1 Q3 NURSING

Enfermeria Intensiva Pub Date : 2025-03-24 DOI:10.1016/j.enfi.2025.500541

Giovanna Maria de Lima-Medeiros RN , Caio Rodrigo Menezes-dos-Santos RN , Thiago de Jesus-Santos MSN , Edilza Fraga-Santos RN , Andreia Centenaro-Vaez PhD , Fernanda Gomes de Magalhães Soares-Pinheiro PhD , Damião da Conceição-Araújo PhD

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Abstract

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant global impact, particularly on patients hospitalized in critical care units. Studies addressing nursing diagnoses in the context of the pandemic are essential to strengthen the evidence and contribute to the development of clinical practice.

Objective

Analyze the prevalence of nursing diagnoses in hospitalizations of critically ill adult patients with COVID-19 in northeastern Brazil.

Method

This is a cross-sectional study conducted in a university hospital in northeastern Brazil. The sample included 117 hospitalizations between 2020 and 2021. Data were retrospectively collected from electronic medical records and analyzed using absolute frequencies, percentages, and bivariate and multivariate analyses.

Results

The results revealed a predominance of nursing diagnoses such as risk for falls in adults (95.7%), risk for infection (94%), and bathing self-care deficit (89.7%). Patients on mechanical ventilation had higher prevalence rates of imbalanced nutrition, diarrhea and impaired physical mobility.

Conclusions

The prevalence of nursing diagnoses in critically ill COVID-19 patients highlights the complexity of care required and the importance of evidence-based practice to improve clinical outcomes.

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Enfermeria Intensiva NURSING-

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2.50

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23.10%

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