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RESEARCH01-01-2017
Promoting oral care in the preschool child: effects of a playful learning intervention
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(3):519-525
Abstract
RESEARCHPromoting oral care in the preschool child: effects of a playful learning intervention
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(3):519-525
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0237
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Objective:
To compare the number of appropriate behaviors for tooth brushing before and after a playful learning intervention with preschool children.
Method:
A quasi-experimental, quantitative, before and after study design was conducted in an early childhood educational institution, with children between three and five years of age. The intervention consisted of three meetings with educational activities about tooth brushing, whose outcome was evaluated by means of observation of ten behaviors suitable for tooth brushing.
Results:
Forty-four children participated in the study. The mean of adequate behaviors was 4.4 before the intervention, and 8.5 after the intervention. A significant increase in the adoption of appropriate behaviors for tooth brushing (p <0.01) was identified.
Conclusion:
Nurses can enhance oral health promotion actions with preschoolers in preschool institution using playful learning interventions
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RESEARCH01-01-2017
Violence against children and adolescents: the perspective of Primary Health Care
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(3):511-518
Abstract
RESEARCHViolence against children and adolescents: the perspective of Primary Health Care
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(3):511-518
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0471
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Objective:
To analyze the care provided by Basic Health Units (BHU) to families involved in domestic intrafamily violence against children and adolescents.
Method:
Qualitative research, based on the Paradigm of Complexity. Data collection was performed with 41 professionals through focus groups and semi-structured interviews.
Results:
The following categories emerged from data analysis: ‘Everything comes here’, which reflects the legitimate place of BHUs for the population and the actions taken to build care for families; and ‘We only do what is really necessary’, which brings the look to violence still based on the positivist and biomedical paradigm.
Final considerations:
The model of understanding and construction of work processes in the BHU is structured in the aforementioned paradigm. Nurses have the possibility to become agents of change, both in professionals’ training and in the care thought and provided to communities.
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RESEARCH01-01-2017
Integrality of care: challenges for the nurse practice
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(3):504-510
Abstract
RESEARCHIntegrality of care: challenges for the nurse practice
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(3):504-510
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0380
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Objective:
to understand the role of the nurse in the collegiate management model of a teaching hospital, in the integrality of care perspective.
Method:
a single case study with multiple units of analysis, with the theoretical proposition “integrality of care is a result of the care offered to the user by multiple professionals, including the nurse”. Data were obtained in a functional unit of a teaching hospital through interviews with 13 nurses in a non-participant observation and document analysis.
Results:
from the analytical categories emerged subcategories that allowed understanding that the nurse promotes integrality of care through nursing management, team work and integration of services.
Final considerations:
the theoretical proposition was confirmed and it was verified that the nursing management focus on attending to health care needs and is a strategy to provide integrality of care.
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RESEARCH01-01-2017
Low completion rate of hepatitis B vaccination in female sex workers
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(3):489-494
Abstract
RESEARCHLow completion rate of hepatitis B vaccination in female sex workers
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(3):489-494
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0567
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Objective:
to assess predictive factors for noncompletion of the hepatitis B vaccination schedule in female sex workers in the city of Teresina, Northeastern Brazil.
Method:
402 women were interviewed and, for those who did not wish to visit specialized sites, or did not know their hepatitis B vaccination status, the vaccine was offered at their workplaces. Bi- and multivariate analyses were performed to identify potential predictors for noncompletion of the vaccination schedule.
Results:
of the 284 women eligible for vaccination, 258 (90.8%) received the second dose, 157/258 (60.8%) and 68/258 (26.3%) received the second and third doses, respectively. Working at clubs and consuming illicit drugs were predictors for noncompletion of the vaccination schedule.
Conclusion:
the high acceptability of the vaccine’s first dose, associated with low completion rates of the vaccination schedule in sex workers, shows the need for more persuasive strategies that go beyond offering the vaccine at their workplaces.
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RESEARCH01-01-2017
Cost of nursing most frequent procedures performed on severely burned patients
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(3):481-488
Abstract
RESEARCHCost of nursing most frequent procedures performed on severely burned patients
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(3):481-488
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2015-0034
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Objective:
to identify the mean direct cost (MDC) of the most frequent procedures performed by nursing professionals on severely burned patients in an Intensive Care Unit.
Method:
exploratory-descriptive quantitative single-case study. The MDC was calculated by multiplying time (timed) spent by nursing professionals in the performance of the procedures by the unit cost of direct labor, and adding the costs of material and medicine/solutions.
Results:
a MDC of US$ 0.65 (SD=0.36) was obtained for “vital signs monitoring”; US$ 10.00 (SD=24.23) for “intravenous drug administration”; US$ 5.90 (SD=2.75) for “measurement of diuresis”; US$ 0.93 (SD=0.42) for “capillary blood glucose monitoring”; and US$ 99.75 (SD=129.55) for “bandaging”.
Conclusion:
the knowledge developed can support managerial decision-making, contribute to the efficiency distribution of the resources involved and, when possible, provide cost-containment or cost-minimization strategies without impairing the quality of nursing care.
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RESEARCH01-01-2017
Nursing Activities Score and Acute Kidney Injury
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(3):475-480
Abstract
RESEARCHNursing Activities Score and Acute Kidney Injury
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(3):475-480
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0266
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Objective:
to evaluate the nursing workload in intensive care patients with acute kidney injury (AKI).
Method:
A quantitative study, conducted in an intensive care unit, from April to August of 2015. The Nursing Activities Score (NAS) and Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) were used to measure nursing workload and to classify the stage of AKI, respectively.
Results:
A total of 190 patients were included. Patients who developed AKI (44.2%) had higher NAS when compared to those without AKI (43.7% vs 40.7%), p <0.001. Patients with stage 1, 2 and 3 AKI showed higher NAS than those without AKI. A relationship was identified between stage 2 and 3 with those without AKI (p = 0.002 and p <0.001).
Conclusion:
The NAS was associated with the presence of AKI, the score increased with the progression of the stages, and it was associated with AKI, stage 2 and 3.
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RESEARCH01-01-2017
Nursing appointment and cardiometabolic control of diabetics: a randomized clinical trial
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(3):468-474
Abstract
RESEARCHNursing appointment and cardiometabolic control of diabetics: a randomized clinical trial
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(3):468-474
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0352
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Objective:
to verify the effect of nursing appointment on cardiometabolic profile of people with Diabetes Mellitus type 2.
Method:
randomized controlled trial, developed with 134 individuals chosen for two groups: intervention and control. The intervention consisted of three nursing appointments alternated bimonthly, with two phone calls, over five months. The control group received usual care offered by the Health Unit. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews before and after the intervention, in addition to conducting laboratory tests.
Results:
after the intervention, a significant difference was shown in the amount of glycated hemoglobin (p = 0.006) and in the systolic blood pressure (p = 0.031), which were higher in the control group.
Conclusion:
besides being low-cost and easy to develop on the monitoring routine of people with diabetes, the intervention performed influenced positively the biochemical profile.
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RESEARCH01-01-2017
Terms of the specialized nursing language for the care of ostomates
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(3):461-467
Abstract
RESEARCHTerms of the specialized nursing language for the care of ostomates
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(3):461-467
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2015-0058
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Objectives:
to identify terms of the specialized nursing language for the care of ostomates from the literature of the area, and to map the identified terms with terms of the International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP®).
Method:
descriptive study of quantitative approach guided by the guidelines for the elaboration of terminology subsets of the ICNP®. The terms were collected in 49 scientific articles, extracted using a computational tool, selected according to the relevance for the theme, and normalized and mapped with the ICNP®.
Results:
20,668 terms were extracted. The standardization process resulted in 425 relevant terms (151 were constant in ICNP® and 274 were not contained in ICNP®), of which 154 were similar, 19 were more comprehensive, 50 were more restricted, and 51 were not in concordance.
Conclusion:
the use of standardized language can minimize the ambiguities and redundancies identified in the mapping. The existence of terms not in concordance with the ICNP® reinforces the need for constant updating of this classification.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE01-30-2023
Adverse dermatoneurological events and impacts on daily activities of patients with gastrointestinal neoplasms undergoing chemotherapy
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(1):e20220161
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEAdverse dermatoneurological events and impacts on daily activities of patients with gastrointestinal neoplasms undergoing chemotherapy
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(1):e20220161
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0161
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Objective:
to associate the presence and grading of adverse dermatoneurological events (peripheral neuropathy and hand-foot syndrome) and the interference in the activities of daily living of patients with gastrointestinal neoplasms undergoing systemic antineoplastic treatment.
Method:
this is a longitudinal, prospective study, using instruments to assess hand-foot syndrome and peripheral neuropathy.
Results:
there were 36 patients: 66.7% diagnosed with colon cancer and 83.2% on combination therapy. From cycle 5 onwards, all of them had hand-foot syndrome, with a majority of grade 1, unrelated to interference in activities of daily living. Regarding peripheral neuropathy, there was a moderate to strong correlation from cycle 1 of treatment.
Conclusion:
peripheral neuropathy negatively affects activities of daily living. The monitoring of dermatoneurological events by oncology nurses contributes to the clinical practice of nursing and subsidizes the development of advanced practice in the country.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-16-2023
Elderly Mortality due to Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions and Primary Health Care Coverage in the Federal District
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(1):e20220170
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEElderly Mortality due to Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions and Primary Health Care Coverage in the Federal District
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(1):e20220170
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0170
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Objectives:
To describe the mortality coefficients of elderly due to primary care sensitive conditions, from 2008 to 2018, and determine its association with the coverage of the Primary Health Care (Family Health Strategy and Basic Care models) in the Federal District.
Methods:
Ecological time series of mortality in Federal District elderly, from 2008 to 2018. The Poisson regression model was applied, considering as significant those with p<0.05, with a CI of 95%.
Results:
There were 70,503 deaths. There was a decrease in the risk of death of elders due to cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. Higher primary care coverage decreased the chance of death by sensitive conditions, both in Basic Care (OR: 0.994, CI: 0.990-0.998) and in the Family Health Strategy (OR: 0.997, CI: 0.995-0.999).
Conclusions:
Primary Care coverage was associated with a lower chance of death of the elderly due to Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions, especially in Basic Care.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE11-28-2023
Syphilis in pregnancy and congenital syphilis: women’s experiences from the perspective of symbolic interactionism
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(1):e20220210
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLESyphilis in pregnancy and congenital syphilis: women’s experiences from the perspective of symbolic interactionism
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(1):e20220210
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0210
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Objectives:
to understand the meanings attributed by women to the diagnosis and treatment of syphilis and congenital syphilis, and to outpatient follow-up of their children.
Methods:
this is a qualitative study conducted with 30 mothers of children with congenital syphilis using audio-recorded semi-structured interviews, which were submitted to inductive thematic analysis. Symbolic interactionism was the theoretical framework considered in this study.
Results:
two themes were identified, showing the maternal diagnosis involved shock, guilt, and fear of social exclusion, in addition to frustration due to failure to prevent vertical transmission. Moreover, the painful clinical procedures for the child’s treatment enhanced maternal guilt, and the symbolic process of re-signification of the disease/treatment took place with the child’s healing.
Final Considerations:
understanding the intersubjective aspects involved in this experience helps nurses rethink their care practice and contributes to their critical role in the context of syphilis.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE11-28-2023
Brazilian undergraduate nursing students’ critical thinking need to be increased: a cross-sectional study
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(1):e20220315
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEBrazilian undergraduate nursing students’ critical thinking need to be increased: a cross-sectional study
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(1):e20220315
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0315
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Objectives:
to map Brazilian undergraduate nursing students’ critical thinking level and investigate the correlation between selected sociodemographic data and critical thinking domains.
Methods:
in this descriptive cross-sectional study, participants’ (N=89) critical thinking was assessed using the Health Science Reasoning Test. Correlation between critical thinking domains and sociodemographic data was assessed using the Pearson correlation coefficient.
Results:
the overall results showed a moderate level of participants’ critical thinking (mean = 70.7; standard deviation 5.7). A poor performance was identified in 5 of the 8 critical thinking domains. A significant positive correlation was found between education period and critical thinking (p<.001).
Conclusions:
poor level in students critical thinking domains may lead to negative consequences for their learning outcomes. Further studies should be carried out to confirm our results, in addition to investigation of teaching methods that encourage and ensure the development of students’ critical thinking skills during nursing education.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE02-06-2023
Teaching entrepreneurship in undergraduate Nursing course: evaluation of an educational proposal
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(2):e20210244
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLETeaching entrepreneurship in undergraduate Nursing course: evaluation of an educational proposal
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(2):e20210244
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2021-0244
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Objective:
To evaluate a proposal for teaching entrepreneurship in an undergraduate Nursing course that uses active methodologies and activities based on the theory of meaningful learning.
Methods:
Interventional, prospective study, with a quantitative perspective, with a total of 102 participating students, carried out from July 2017 to December 2019 at a public university in the state of Sao Paulo. Statistical analysis were performed by non-parametric Chi-square or Fisher’s exact tests, with differences considered statistically significant if p < 0.05.
Results:
Improvements were observed in almost all items evaluated, revealing that meaningful learning became more effective with the use of active teaching methodologies. Most students need adaptation and effort to be put into these methods.
Conclusions:
The proposal offers pedagogical content adaptation, specifically for nursing students. New research should expand teaching-learning techniques for the development of future nurses, preparing them adequately for the job market.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE03-06-2023
Medication reconciliation in pediatrics: a validation of instruments to prevent medication errors
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(2):e20210755
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEMedication reconciliation in pediatrics: a validation of instruments to prevent medication errors
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(2):e20210755
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2021-0755
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Objectives:
to develop and validate the content of two instruments for promoting medication reconciliation for the transition of care of hospitalized children.
Methods:
methodological study, conducted in five stages: scope review for conceptual structure; elaboration of the initial version; content validation with five specialists using the Delphi technique; reassessment; and construction of the final version of the instruments. A content validity index of at least 0.80 was adopted.
Results:
three rounds of evaluation were carried out to reach the validity index of the proposed contents, whereas a new analysis of 50% of the 20 items of the instrument aimed at families, and 28.5% of the 21 items aimed at professionals was necessary. The instrument aimed at families reached an index of 0.93, and the instrument for professionals, 0.90.
Conclusions:
the proposed instruments were validated. It is now possible to proceed with practical implementation studies to identify their influence on safety during medication reconciliation at transition of care.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE05-08-2023
Precarious work at a surgical center: implications for the organization and for the health of nursing workers
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(2):e20220120
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEPrecarious work at a surgical center: implications for the organization and for the health of nursing workers
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(2):e20220120
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0120
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Objectives:
to analyze the implications of precarious work for the organization of work and for the health of nursing professionals in a surgical center.
Methods:
qualitative, descriptive study in which the interview technique was applied on 30 nursing professionals from a surgical center in a university hospital located in the Southeast region of Brazil. The project was approved by the research ethics committee. Thematic content analysis was applied in the categorization of speeches.
Results:
precarious work in the surgical center negatively affects the organization of work due to staff turnover, loss of skilled talent, and the need for continuous training of temporary workers. It also affects the quality of care, leading to risks to patient safety and workers’ health.Final Considerations: it is important to make work conditions less precarious in order to minimize staff turnover and promote the quality of the service offered and the health of the worker.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE04-07-2023
Suicide attempts by adolescents assisted in an emergency department: a cross-sectional study
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(2):e20220137
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLESuicide attempts by adolescents assisted in an emergency department: a cross-sectional study
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(2):e20220137
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0137
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Objectives:
to identify and characterize the care provided to adolescents admitted to an emergency department due to a suicide attempt.
Methods:
an observational, cross-sectional, descriptive study with a retrospective approach, carried out with medical records of adolescents aged 10 to 19 admitted for suicide attempts, between January 2015 and July 2020, in an emergency department. Data were subjected to descriptive and inferential analysis.
Results:
eighty-eight service occurrences were identified, mainly to females, exposed to multiple risk factors. Exogenous intoxication was the main method used, occurring at home and on weekdays. There were systemic repercussions, requiring multiple interventions and hospitalizations. Only 26% of cases were notified.
Conclusions:
adolescents treated for suicide attempts were exposed to multiple risk factors, with intoxication as the main means used. There is concern about the underreporting of cases and the logic of clinical care and medicalization.
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REVIEW12-05-2019
Financial-patrimonial elder abuse: an integrative review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2019;72:328-336
Abstract
REVIEWFinancial-patrimonial elder abuse: an integrative review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2019;72:328-336
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0703
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Objective:
to analyze the available evidence in the nursing literature about financial-patrimonial elder abuse.
Method:
integrative review of articles indexed in the databases CINAHL, Scopus, Web of Science, LILACS and MEDLINE, from 2007 to 2017. The combination of controlled and uncontrolled descriptors was used in Portuguese, English and Spanish.
Results:
15 studies developed in seven countries were included. In the thematic analysis, three categories emerged: epidemiological data, risk factors and institutions providing services to the elderly. The occurrence of this type of violence concomitantly to the other subtypes was highlighted among the most frequent.
Final considerations:
the literature points to important epidemiological data, risk factors and characteristics of this type of violence, including within institutions providing services to the elderly, in different countries, essential aspects for structuring and rethinking public policies for protection and appreciation of the elderly.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-05-2019
Quality of life, burden, family emotional support: a model for older adults who are caregivers
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2019;72:169-176
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEQuality of life, burden, family emotional support: a model for older adults who are caregivers
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2019;72:169-176
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0439
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Objective:
To investigate associations between quality of life, sex, age, burden, and nature of emotional support available in the family in older adults who are caregivers of older relatives.
Method:
Cross-sectional and correlational study on 148 caregivers gathered in public and private healthcare services, who were subjected to psychological measures of quality of life, burden, exchange of emotional support, sex, and age. Data were analyzed using Chi-square, Fisher’s exact test and path analyses (p < 0.05).
Results:
A total of 77% women, average age of 69.7 years. There were significant associations between exchange of support and burden due to the provided assistance, being a woman and satisfaction with the received support, satisfaction with the received support and burden, burden and quality of life, and satisfaction with the received support and feeling of burden due to the provided support.
Conclusion:
Satisfaction with the received emotional support moderate the association between sex and burden, and such moderate the association between satisfaction with emotional support and perceived quality of life.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE11-26-2022
Vulnerability and quality of life of older persons in the community in different situations of family care
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2022;75:e20210034
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEVulnerability and quality of life of older persons in the community in different situations of family care
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2022;75:e20210034
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2021-0034
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Objective:
to correlate socio-contextual aspects, physical vulnerability and quality of life of older persons in the community in different situations of family care.
Methods:
epidemiological, a cross-sectional and analytical study, with elderly people in the community (n=769), with application of the instruments: Vulnerable Elders Survey-13 (VES-13), World Health Organization Quality of Life for Older Persons (WHOQOL-OLD) and the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF); and socio-contextual data questionnaire.
Results:
the population assessed presented an average of regular quality of life in both the WHOQOL-BREF and the WHOQOL-OLD. Older non-vulnerable persons (62.2%) and those with close family contact (82.6%) have a better quality of life than the vulnerable (p<0.0001).
Conclusion:
lower quality of life scores and more distant families are related to vulnerable elderly people; thus, the assessment of family proximity and physical vulnerability of older persons is shown to be an important factor in improving quality of life.
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03-19-2021
Validity and reliability of Kessler Psychological Distress Scale for Brazilian elderly: a cross-sectional study
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74:e20200365
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Validity and reliability of Kessler Psychological Distress Scale for Brazilian elderly: a cross-sectional study
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74:e20200365
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0365
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Objective:
to verify the validity and reliability of the Psychological Distress Scale for screening mental distress.
Methods:
a cross-sectional study with 75 elderly people. Psychological Distress scale and Self Reporting Questionnaire were used. Criterion validity was verified using Spearman’s correlation and diagnostic accuracy measures. Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was used to investigate reliability.
Results:
the total internal consistency of the Psychological Distress Scale was α=0.844. Concurrent validity between this instrument and the Self Reporting Questionnaire was ρ=0.722 (p<0.001). The best cut-off point for screening mental distress among elderly people was a total score greater than 14, with sensitivity equal to 75.47% and specificity equal to 85.0%.
Conclusions:
the scale was robust for screening mental distress, given its high reliability, in terms of homogeneity, and adequate criterion validity, whose best cut-off point for screening was a score greater than 14.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-05-2019
Functional capacity assessment of long-lived older adults from Amazonas
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2019;72:49-55
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEFunctional capacity assessment of long-lived older adults from Amazonas
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2019;72:49-55
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0798
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Objective:
To evaluate the functional capacity of long-lived older adults from Amazonas.
Method:
A cross-sectional epidemiological study was carried out with 116 older adults aged 80 years or older, registered in a primary health care unit in Belém, in the state of Pará, Brazil. The Functional Independence Measure (FIM) was used for functional capacity assessment and the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) for cognitive screening. Univariate and bivariate analyses were carried out, in addition to the Pearson’s chi-square test.
Results:
The older adults presented modified independence in the self-care, sphincter control and locomotion dimensions, and needed supervision for mobility/transfers. In mobility, men presented complete independence. Modified independence was found in the 80-89 age group. It was observed that, the lower the education level, the worse the cognitive performance.
Conclusion:
In spite of their advanced age, long-lived older adults still present functional capacity for activities of daily living, even though they required supervision for high energy expenditure tasks, such as mobility and transfers.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-05-2019
Self-care activities, sociodemographic variables, treatment and depressive symptoms among older adults with Diabetes Mellitus
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2019;72:22-29
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLESelf-care activities, sociodemographic variables, treatment and depressive symptoms among older adults with Diabetes Mellitus
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2019;72:22-29
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0579
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Objective:
to analyze the association between self-care activities of older adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM) and sociodemographic variables, type of treatment and depressive symptoms.
Method:
inferential and cross-sectional study, with 121 older adults with Type 2 DM in ambulatory care. We used a questionnaire for characterization of sociodemographic and health, questionnaire self-care activities with DM, Mini Mental State Examination and Geriatric Depression Scale. The association of variables was used (Fisher’s exact test) and for comparing the means (Student’s t-test and analysis of variance).
Results:
The mean age was 68.1 years, the majority were women (57.2%), retired (71.9%) and married (65.3%). The highest averages were for the activities: “to dry the spaces between the toes, after washing them” and smaller averages for “exercise”.
Conclusion:
In spite of high average for self-care activities, there is a need for enhanced performance and compliance to them.
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12-04-2023
Nursing and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): An Essential Commitment
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(6):e760601
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Nursing and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): An Essential Commitment
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(6):e760601
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2023760601
Views0The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a global initiative launched by the United Nations (UN) in September 2015 as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, whose objectives summarize a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the environment and ensure that all people have access to opportunities and well-being, all in an […]See more -
ORIGINAL ARTICLE06-04-2021
Information demands from families of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74(5):e20200642
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEInformation demands from families of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74(5):e20200642
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0642
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Objective:
to identify the information demands of families of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Method:
this is a qualitative study conducted through semi-structured and audio-recorded interviews with 55 family members, in the states of Paraná, Ceará, and Macapá, between September 2018 and September 2019. Thematic category analysis and Qualitative Data Analysis Software resources were used for data organization.
Results:
it was identified that families need information regarding the characteristics of Autism Spectrum Disorder (definition, cause, possibility of cure, prognosis and the probability of having another child with Autism Spectrum Disorder); child’s routine and behavior; future rights and expectations.
Final considerations:
information demands are relevant to support professionals, health managers and other services in health care organization to support families of children with autism.
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