[Applicability of the risk scale to the organization of the work process with families in a health care unit in the city of Vitória, Espírito Santo State].

The objective of this study was to evaluate the applicability of Coelho's scale (CS) and to determine its adaptation to the reality observed in the families accompanied in the Maria Rangel Passos health care unit (USFMRP) in the city of Vitória, Espírito Santo State. This is a cross-sectional exploratory, descriptive study developed in the area of health of Greater Maruípe. First, it was made the classification of the families according to CS and the results were presented for a discussion group that proposed changes and possible alterations in CS, being the new tool denominated as "UFES criterium".