Specialized nursing terminology for people with diabetic foot ulcers

Abstract

Objective

To build a specialized nursing terminology for people with diabetic foot ulcers in Primary Health Care.

Methods

This is methodological research with quantitative approach, guided by guidelines for elaborating the International Classification for Nursing Practice terminology subsets. A terminology was elaborated from the terms collected in 62 scientific articles and five official documents, by means of a computational tool, normalized and mapped with the proposed international classification.

Results

After collecting 12,696 terms, 308 were considered relevant for people with diabetic foot ulcers. Of these, 182 were listed and 126 were unlisted in the classification used. The terms listed showed prevalence in axis Focus (46%), followed by Action (19%), Location (12%), Means (11%), Judgment (5%), Time (5%) and Client (2%). Among the unlisted terms, 48% were classified as more restricted, 46% were considered more comprehensive and 6% did not agree with any primitive term of the International Classification for Nursing Practice 2019/2020.

Conclusion

Specialized nursing terms constituted in this study will contribute to building the International Classification for Nursing Practice terminology subsets for people with diabetic foot ulcers in Primary Health Care. Achieving the objective provides an advance in knowledge about classification, with the potential to foster information systems in Primary Health Care with a view to qualifying care for people with the chosen priority.

Diabetic foot; Standardized nursing terminology; Primary health care; Nursing process