Factores de riesgo de trombosis venosa profunda en el personal administrativo de una universidad ecuatoriana

• Autor(a) principal: Robalino Freire, Angela Del Rocio
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Rojas Conde, Luis Geovanny
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: spa
• Título da fonte: Journal Health NPEPS
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unemat.br/index.php/jhnpeps/article/view/11084
• topic: Trombosis de la Vena; Enfermedades Vasculares; Salud Laboral; Personal Administrativo

Introduction: Deep vein thrombosis encompasses a series of risk factors that produce such pathology, when identifying them is associated with administrative personnel and its close relationship with work performance. Thus, work, habits, history and symptoms are the possible items considered to be investigated in order to know which of them is more prevalent in this type of population. Objective: To generate a diagnosis of risk factors for deep vein thrombosis in the administrative staff of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the Technical University of Ambato. Methodology: Quantitative, positivist research. The participants of the study were 71 people from the administrative area, for data collection a test was used which is an adaptation of the descriptive study questionnaire of the management of chronic venous insufficiency between levels of care developed by Martin et al. (2015) and Chao et alt. (2014) previously validated for analysis. Results: Of the total sample 61% female and 39% male, the outstanding age range comprises from 25 to 35 years 76%, the absolute majority admits being mixed race, 53.5% consider that the work schedule has affected their health status, 80. 3% state that they have never had blood coagulation disorders, 53.5% state that they have never asked their mother if she has a history of varicose veins, 59.2% state that they sometimes feel symptoms of radiculopathy, 63.4% sometimes feel heaviness in their legs during their work. Conclusion: Anticoagulants in therapeutic doses constitute the cornerstone of deep vein thrombosis treatment. Invasive treatment focuses on two options: removing the blood clot and cutting the inferior vena cava. After some time, non-surgical treatments do not relieve symptoms, the physician may recommend surgery.