Cuidados paliativos en pacientes con enfermedades crónicas avanzadas en el Centro de Salud Tierras Coloradas, 2019

Abstract

Abstract: The work is entitled: "Palliative Care in patients with advanced chronic diseases in the Tierras Coloradas Health Center, 2019", for this purpose the general objective was set: to evaluate the degree of implementation of the guide of clinical practice of palliative care of the Ministry of Public Health of Ecuador and characterize the palliative care tax patients in the “Tierras Coloradas” health center. A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out, during the first half of 2019, the methods used were synthetic, analytical, inductive and deductive, for the collection of the information the survey technique was used, through the application of own questionnaires, NECPAL -ICO, (2 doctors) and the Edmonton symptom assessment questionnaire (ESAS), (sample of 8 patients). The results obtained: the degree of implementation of the Palliative Care Clinical practice guideline and the level of knowledge of doctors are low, the prevalence of need for palliative care is low, women, widowers predominate dand all patients do not work due to the disease, all present symptoms of moderate to severe intensity.