Dependency levels in hospitalized patients in surgical units of a university hospital
Abstract
Objective: To identify the dependency levels of hospitalized patients in surgical clinical units.
Method: It is a cross-sectional study. A total of 5,083 evaluations were performed through the User Dependency Evaluation Tool between May and October 2015, totaling 120 days of collection in two surgical hospitalization units of a university hospital in the southern region of Brazil. The User Dependency Evaluation Tool is a new Patient Classification System developed in Brazil to access the patients’ dependency levels and the demand of the nursing team.
Results: It was evidenced that in 2,452 (48.2%) of the evaluations the patients required intermediate care, followed by 1,913 (37.6%) requiring minimal care, 652 (12.9%) requiring high dependency care and 59 (1.1%) requiring semi-intensive care. No patients were classified as requiring intensive care.
Conclusion: The results identified the degree of patient dependency in relation to nursing care, providing support to the management practice in nursing, especially for staff dimensioning in surgical units.
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