Table 1. Sociodemographic characteristics of 100 patients with chronic wounds.
| Variables | n |
|---|---|
| Sex | |
| Male | 51 |
| Female | 49 |
| Age | |
| 18 to 30 years | 5 |
| 31 to 59 years | 29 |
| ≥ 60 years | 66 |
| Marital status | |
| Married | 53 |
| Not married | 13 |
| Consensual Union | 6 |
| Separated | 10 |
| Widowed | 18 |
| Number of children | |
| 0 | 11 |
| 1 | 10 |
| 2 to 3 | 39 |
| More than 3 | 40 |
| Schooling | |
| Incomplete Elementary School | 66 |
| Complete Elementary School | 6 |
| Incomplete high school | 2 |
| Complete high school | 17 |
| Complete high school technical course | 2 |
| Complete higher education | 6 |
| Incomplete higher education | 1 |
| Family income* | |
| Without income | 6 |
| Up to 1 minimum wage | 30 |
| 1 to 3 minimum wages | 55 |
| 4 to 10 minimum wages | 7 |
| 10 to 20 minimum wages | 2 |
| Occupation | |
| Formal worker | 4 |
| Self-employed | 10 |
| Retired | 75 |
| Housewife | 6 |
| Unemployed | 5 |
* 1 minimum wage in 2018: R $ 954 reais. Note: 1US dollar = R $ 3.88 reais.