Different types of bath in critical patients and factors associated with bed bathing

Abstract

Objective: to identify the type of bath done in critically ill patients on admission and when leaving the intensive care unit and to evaluate the factors associated with bathing in the bed of these patients in these two moments. Method: observational, quantitative, longitudinal, retrospective
study, carried out with information from 85 medical records of critically ill patients admitted to an intensive care unit. The Mc Nemar test assessed the difference in the types of baths performed with critically ill patients, at admission and when leaving the unit. Logistic regression assessed the factors associated with bathing in the bed in these two moments. Results: male patients predominated (56.50%), with a mean age of 65.4 years old. The bed bath was the most performed, both on admission (88.2%) and when leaving the unit (78.8%). Among the patients discharged,
there was a difference in the types of bath performed at the beginning and end of hospitalization (p = 0.013). Patients who died only received the bed bath. Upon admission to the intensive care unit, the chance that a patient undergoing oxygen therapy indicated bed bathing was higher (Odds Ratio = 6.24). When leaving this sector, this chance was greater in patients using oxygen therapy (Odds Ratio = 13.81) and Indwelling bladder catheter (Odds Ratio = 5.56). Conclusion: in critically ill patients the bed bath was the most frequently performed and its indication was associated with the use of oxygen supply and urinary control devices.