Diet quality of patients with acute coronary syndrome receiving public and private health care.

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate the quality of the diets consumed by patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) who received public and private health care. METHODS: This observational, prospective, longitudinal cohort study evaluated patients with ACS who attended three private and one public cardiology reference hospitals. Information about dietary parameters during the 6 mo before the acute ACS event was collected at admission and 180 d later using a semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire. Diet quality was assessed using the Alternative Healthy Eating Index (2010), and a multilinear regression model was developed to evaluate the associated variables. RESULTS: The 581 volunteers included in this study comprised 325 (55.9%) and 256 (44.1%) patients treated at private and public hospitals, respectively. Although the dietary index increased significantly after ACS (P < 0001), diet quality remained unsatisfactory, particularly in terms of reductions in the consumption of cardioprotective components (vegetables, fruits, and eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic fatty acids). Compared with patients receiving private health care, those attending a public hospital reported lower dietary quality (P < 0.001). The best diet quality was found to correlate with female sex (P < 0.001), receipt of dietary guidance at hospital discharge (P < 0.001), private health care (P < 0.001), a stable relationship status (P, 0.016), and older age (P < 0.001). CONCLUSION: The overall post-ACS diet quality remained unsatisfactory, especially in terms of cardioprotective components and among patients receiving public health care. Sociodemographic factors and the assistance model/quality were determinants of the observed differences in dietary quality.

Sentimentos dos familiares em relação ao paciente internado na unidade de terapia intensiva / Feelings of relatives regarding the patient who is admitted in intensive care unit / Sentimientos de familiares en relación al paciente ingresado en la unidad de terapia intensiva

Trata-se de um estudo de abordagem qualitativa sobre os sentimentos dos familiares em relação ao paciente internado na unidade de terapia intensiva. Foram entrevistados 24 familiares de um hospital público da cidade de Aracaju nos meses de julho e agosto de 2007. Os dados foram coletados por meio de uma entrevista, sendo analisados por meio da análise de conteúdo. Os resultados evidenciaram os seguintes sentimentos: ansiedade; preocupação; angústia e tristeza; impotência; dor e mágoa; perda; medo e pânico; confiança e segurança; insegurança; fé e esperança; e inexplicável. A ansiedade foi o mais freqüente que decorreu entre outros fatores, do ambiente estranho, procedimentos diversificados, incerteza do amanhã ou expectativa da melhora do familiar.

This is a study with qualitative approach focusing on the relatives' feelings related to the patient who is admitted in intensive care unity. Twenty-four relatives were interviewed in a public hospital in Aracaju, SE, Brazil between July and August, 2007. The information was collected through an interview and evaluated according to content analysis. The results showed the following feelings: anxiety; worry; anguish and sadness; powerless; pain and sorrow; lost; fear and panic; stress; trust and security; insecurity; faith and hope and unexplainable feelings. Anxiety was the most common one and was related to the strange environment, the diversified procedures, fear of what will happen tomorrow and expectations of their relatives to get better.

Se trata de un estudio con abordaje cualitativo sobre los sentimientos de familiares en relación al paciente ingresados en unidad de terapia intensiva. Fueron ntrevistados 24 familiares de un hospital público en la ciudad de Aracaju en los meses de julio y agosto, 2007. Los datos fueron recogidos a través de una entrevista, evaluados por el análisis de contenido. Los resultados destacaron los siguientes sentimientos: ansiedad; preocupación; ansiedad y tristeza; desamparo; dolor y tristeza; pérdida; miedo y pánico; estrés; confianza y seguridad; inseguridad; fe y esperanza; y inexplicable. La ansiedad es el más frecuentemente entre otros factores, el ambiente extraño, diversos procedimientos, la incertidumbre del futuro o expectativas de mejora de la familiar.

[Feelings of relatives regarding the patient who is admitted in intensive care unit]. / Sentimentos dos familiares em relação ao paciente internado na unidade de terapia intensiva.

This is a study with qualitative approach focusing on the relatives' feelings related to the patient who is admitted in intensive care unity. Twenty-four relatives were interviewed in a public hospital in Aracaju, SE, Brazil between July and August, 2007. The information was collected through an interview and evaluated according to content analysis. The results showed the following feelings: anxiety; worry; anguish and sadness; powerless; pain and sorrow; lost; fear and panic; stress; trust and security; insecurity; faith and hope and unexplainable feelings. Anxiety was the most common one and was related to the strange environment, the diversified procedures, fear of what will happen tomorrow and expectations of their relatives to get better.