Health-related quality of life in patients with venous leg ulcer treated in primary care in Brazil and Portugal.

Background: Venous ulcers constitute an important public health problem as they can cause disability with consequences for multiple dimensions of quality of life.

Objective: To describe the quality of life in patients with venous leg ulcer treated in primary care in two cities from Brazil and Portugal.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional comparative study with a non-probabilistic sample of 171 patients with venous leg ulcers who were treated in primary care in two cities from Brazil and Portugal, namely, Natal and Évora.

Clinic validation protocol for venous ulcers in high complexity.

Objective: To perform clinical validation of a clinical protocol for treatment of individuals with venous ulcers in highly complex health services.

Method: Methodological quantitative study conducted by four specialist nurses who evaluated 32 patients with venous ulcers, at the Onofre Lopes University Hospital, in Natal/Rio Grande do Norte. Data was collected between July and December/2013 and analysis was carried out using Kappa test (K), considering K ≥ 0.

[Harnessing of corneas captured and processed for transplantation in an ocular tissue bank of North-eastern Brazil].

The aim of this study was to describe the harnessing of corneas captured and processed for transplantation in an ocular tissue bank in north-eastern Brazil.This was a transverse and retrospective study, with a sample group of 612 individuals whose corneas were do- nated and captured between January/2007 and July/2012. This study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee under number 007.