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The hospitalizations are part of cancer care and has been studied by researchers worldwide. A better understanding about their associated factors may help to achieve improvements on this area. The aims of this study were to investigate the association between demographic and clinical characteristics and hospitalizations, as well as between these characteristics and the length of stay (LOS), within the first year of outpatient treatment, for the most incident cancers in the Brazilian population. In this cohort study, we investigated 417,477 patients aged 19 years or more, who started outpatient cancer treatment, from 2010–2014, for breast, prostate, colorectal, cervix, lung and stomach cancers. The outcomes evaluated were: i) Hospitalizations within the first year of outpatient cancer treatment; and ii) LOS of the hospitalized patients. It was performed a binary logistic regression to evaluate the association between the explanatory variables and the hospitalizations and a negative binomial regression to evaluate their influence on the length of hospital stay. The hospitalizations occurred for 34% of patients, with a median of LOS of 6 days (IQR: 2–15). Female patients were 16% less likely to be hospitalized (OR: 0.84; 95% CI: 0.82–0.86), with lower average of LOS (AR: 0.98; 95% CI: 0.97–0.99), each additional year of age reduced in 2% the hospitalization odds (OR: 0.98; 95% CI: 0.98–0.99) and in 1% the average of LOS (AR: 0.99; 95% CI: 0.98–0.99), patients from South region had twice more chances of hospitalization than from North region (OR: 2.01; 95% CI: 1.93–2.10) and patients with colorectal cancer had greater probability of hospitalization (OR: 4.42; 95% CI: 4.27–4.48), with the highest average of LOS (AR: 1.37; 95% CI: 1.35–1.40). In view of our results, we consider that the government must expand the policies with potential to reduce the number of hospitalizations.

Estudo realizado com 34 enfermeiros para conhecer o nível de satisfação desta classe profissional em relação ao trabalho. Utilizou-se o questionário do Índice de Satisfação Profissional (ISP), traduzido, validado para a língua portuguesa e adaptado para a assistência domiciliar analisando seis componentes: Interação, Autonomia, Remuneração, Status Profissional, Normas Organizacionais e Requisitos do Trabalho. Os resultados mostraram os enfermeiros mais satisfeitos nos aspectos Autonomia, Interação e Requisitos do Trabalho. O ISP encontrado no estudo foi de 13,19. Esse valor foi baixo, considerando a possível variação de 0,9 a 37,1, embora tenha sido superior aos índices de satisfação encontrados em outras pesquisas envolvendo enfermeiros. The objective of this study was to learn the level of satisfaction that nurses have about their work. Participants were 34 nurses, who answered the Professional Satisfaction Index (PSI), translated and validated for the Portuguese language and adapted to home care. The following six components were analyzed: Interaction, Autonomy, Remuneration, Professional Status, Organizational Norms, and Working Requirements. The PSI found in the study was 13.19. This was a low value, considering the possible variation from 0.9 to 37.1, though it was greater than the satisfaction indexes found in other nurse studies. Estudio realizado con 34 enfermeros para conocer el nivel de satisfacción de esta modalidad profesional en relación al trabajo. Se usó cuestionario de Índice de Satisfacción Profesional (ISP) traducido, validado para lengua portuguesa y adaptado para la atención domiciliaria, analizando seis componentes: Interacción, Autonomía, Remuneración, Status Profesional, Normas Organizacionales y Requisitos Laborales. Los resultados mostraron a los enfermeros más satisfechos en los aspectos Autonomía, Interacción y Requisitos Laborales. El ISP resultante del estudio fue de 13,19. Ese valor resultó bajo considerando la posible variación de 0,9 a 37,1, a pesar de haber sido superior a los índices de satisfacción encontrados en otras investigaciones involucrando personal de enfermería.

The objective of this study was to learn the level of satisfaction that nurses have about their work. Participants were 34 nurses, who answered the Professional Satisfaction Index (PSI), translated and validated for the Portuguese language and adapted to home care. The following six components were analyzed: Interaction, Autonomy, Remuneration, Professional Status, Organizational Norms, and Working Requirements. The PSI found in the study was 13.19. This was a low value, considering the possible variation from 0.9 to 37.1, though it was greater than the satisfaction indexes found in other nurse studies.