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01-01-2016
Modified early warning score: evaluation of trauma patients
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):906-911
Abstract
Modified early warning score: evaluation of trauma patients
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):906-911
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2015-0145
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Objective:
to identify the severity of patients admitted to an emergency trauma.
Method:
A cross-sectional and retrospective study with 115 trauma patients classified as orange (Manchester System), from June 2013 to July 2014. The data were presented as mean and standard deviation, in addition to the Pearson Chi-square test, One-Way ANOVA and Tukey tests.
Results:
from the sample, 81.7% were male with mean age of 39.46±19.71 years. Higher incidence of major trauma (48.7%) and traumatic brain injury (37.4%). At the end of the outcome and MEWS, most cases that had score 1 to 3 were referred to the operating room and the ICU.
Conclusion:
the start point of MEWS was 2 to 3 points, with significant increase in the severity of the situation of patients seen after 6 hours, and approximately half of the individuals underwent surgery, indicating that the scale is a good predictor of severity.
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01-01-2016
Occupational health nurses: interdisciplinary experience in occupational health
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):897-905
Abstract
Occupational health nurses: interdisciplinary experience in occupational health
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):897-905
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2015-0113
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Objective:
to analyze the relationship of occupational health nurses with the other members of the Specialized Service in Safety Engineering and Occupational Medicine (SESMT) and characterize joint actions of these professionals in occupational health.
Method:
qualitative, exploratory, and descriptive study with 34 professionals of seven companies from the South Macroregion of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Interviews and observations were conducted for content analysis of Bardin.
Results:
the SESMTs are multidisciplinary and intersectoral workers. Nurses have working relations of an interpersonal, technical/legal, and management of logistics/organizational nature, influenced by the technical division of work and by the division in the work environment of the staff, which distances areas, generates conflicts, and fragments the actions of the service.
Conclusion:
SESMT faces challenges to develop a work befitting their legal objectives, once staff and companies need to understand the importance of interdisciplinarity for the success of actions on the workers’ health and safety.
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01-01-2016
Translation and adaptation of a pediatric early warning score
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):888-896
Abstract
Translation and adaptation of a pediatric early warning score
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):888-896
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2015-0096
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Objective:
to translate and adapt the BPEWS for the Portuguese language, with the purpose of verifying its applicability in the Brazilian context studied.
Method:
methodological study guided by international and nationally accepted recommendations for translation and adaptation of health measurement instruments. Stages of conceptual, item, semantic, operational and pre-test equivalence are described for obtaining the BPEWS Portuguese version to be used in Brazil.
Results:
the BPEWS version translated and adapted for Brazilian Portuguese (BPEWS-Br) identified, in the pilot study, that 26.6% of children were presenting warning signs for clinical deterioration.
Conclusion:
the BPEWS-Br seems to be applicable for the context studied, and its use might help nurses in the recognition and documentation of warning signs for clinical deterioration in hospitalized Brazilian children.
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01-01-2016
Validation of the Nursing Activities Score in Portuguese intensive care units
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):881-887
Abstract
Validation of the Nursing Activities Score in Portuguese intensive care units
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):881-887
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0147
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Objective:
to describe the process of adaptation and validation of the Nursing Activities Score to the Portuguese context.
Method:
this was a pilot study of adaptation and validation of the Nursing Activities Score with a sample consisting of 67 patients hospitalized in the intensive care units of three Portuguese hospitals. The construct validity was assessed through factor analysis procedures and the internal consistency of the items was measured through the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient.
Results:
a mean workload value of 63.04% (SD = 14.25; Median = 61.30) was obtained. Psychometric data revealed a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.71 in the total scale, indicating an acceptable accuracy. Confirmatory factor analysis suggested an appropriate adjustment between the model and the data (χ2(199) = 214.5, p = 0.214; CFI = 0.95; RMSA = 0.035).
Conclusion:
in the present study, the Portuguese version of the Nursing Activities Score was found to be a valid instrument, enabling a safe assessment of the workload of nurses.
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01-01-2016
Managing educational practices for qualified nursing care in cardiology
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):872-880
Abstract
Managing educational practices for qualified nursing care in cardiology
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):872-880
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2015-0032
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Objective:
to understand significances attributed by nurses who manage nursing care to the individual affected by cardiovascular disease to relations, interactions and associations of the educational practices in a cardiovascular reference hospital. To elaborate a theoretical explanatory model based on significances attributed in the light of the complex thinking.
Method:
qualitative study, which used Theory Based on Data (TBD) as methodological reference. Twenty-two professionals of nursing participated in the study.
Results:
the results indicate need of professional qualification to ensure the safety of patients, institutional support for the realization of educational practices, attitude of openness and availability of dialogue of the health professionals and other institutional conformations for the workers’ development.
Conclusion:
the study presents a new space for the nurse’s action that can be used to qualify and optimize the nursing practice, as it provides visibility to management and care in health institutions.
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01-01-2016
Social representations of biosecurity in nursing: occupational health and preventive care
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):864-871
Abstract
Social representations of biosecurity in nursing: occupational health and preventive care
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):864-871
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2015-0114
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Objective:
to understand the biosecurity social representations by primary care nursing professionals and analyze how they articulate with quality of care.
Methods:
exploratory and qualitative research based on social representation theory. The study participants were 36 nursing workers from primary health care in a state capital in the Northeast region of Brazil. The data were analyzed by descending hierarchical classification.
Results:
five classes were obtained: occupational accidents suffered by professionals; occupational exposure to biological agents; biosecurity management in primary health care; the importance of personal protective equipment; and infection control and biosecurity.
Conclusion:
the different positions taken by the professionals seem to be based on a field of social representations related to the concept of biosecurity, namely exposure to accidents and risks to which they are exposed. However, occupational accidents are reported as inherent to the practice.
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01-01-2016
Clinical validation of nursing diagnosis “Willingness for improved infant development”
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):855-863
Abstract
Clinical validation of nursing diagnosis “Willingness for improved infant development”
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):855-863
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2015-0131
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Objective:
to conduct the clinical validation of nursing diagnosis “Willingness for improved infant development”.
Method:
a cross-sectional study, conducted in a Centro de Saúde da Família (Family Health Care center), with 45 healthy breastfed infants. The instrument for collecting the data was prepared based on the literature and validated by nurses. It contained the following variables: sociodemographic, gestational, and obstetrical variables; breastfed infant’s nutritional profile; evaluation of the defining characteristics of the proposed nursing diagnosis.
Results:
all the defining characteristics were found to have high sensitivity values (>90%), positive predictive values (>65%), negative predictive values (>66%); however, low specificity values (<32%). In this study, the defining characteristics we found to have estimates (>0.50) within the ROC curve, which provides good sensitivity and specificity.
Conclusion:
this study verified the structural elements of the proposed nursing diagnosis to be relevant in the clinical context, which justifies the need for its being employed with children, taking into account its contribution to improving nursing care.
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01-01-2016
Oral drugs at a hospital unit: adequacy for use via enteral feeding tubes
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):847-854
Abstract
Oral drugs at a hospital unit: adequacy for use via enteral feeding tubes
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):847-854
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2015-0081
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Objective:
to describe the profile of standardized oral drugs at a hospital unit and assess their adequacy for use via enteral feeding tubes, according to recommendations from the literature.
Method:
descriptive study, with data on drugs collected from the Pharmacy Service Dispensing System. Specific recommendations for the use of these drugs via enteral feeding tubes were found after searches in literary databases, books, manuals, guidelines and package insert collections.
Results:
among the 236 dispensed oral drugs, 86% were in solid form; of those, 32 were “non-crushable”, with the liquid form available at the institution. Twenty-eight drugs with potential interactions with enteral nutrition were identified. Sixty percent of those presented specific recommendations on their administration via enteral feeding tube.
Conclusion:
the joint participation of multidisciplinary nutritional therapy and care teams and the implementation of programs for continuous training are suggested strategies for the prevention of potential problems in the administration of drugs in the hospital setting.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE07-08-2020
Nurses’ practice in quilombola communities: an interface between cultural and political competence
- Lilian Cristina Rezende
, - Carolina da Silva Caram ,
- Beatriz Santana Caçador ,
- Maria José Menezes Brito
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLENurses’ practice in quilombola communities: an interface between cultural and political competence
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73(5):e20190433
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2019-0433
- Lilian Cristina Rezende ,
- Carolina da Silva Caram ,
- Beatriz Santana Caçador ,
- Maria José Menezes Brito
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Objectives:
to understand Family Health Strategy nurses’ practices in the context of quilombola communities with an interface for cultural and political competences.
Methods:
a single integrated, qualitative case study carried out on seven Family Health Strategies located in the Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais. Seven nurses and 59 quilombolas participated. Data were collected through individual interviews with nurses, collective interviews with quilombolas and observation. For analysis, the thematic content analysis was adopted.
Results:
the results revealed structural and territorial problems, which are configured as barriers for professional-user encounter as well as for professional practice performance.
Final Considerations:
it is necessary that Family Health Strategy nurses, based on political and cultural competences, create strategies that minimize the difficulties found in the implementation of health actions directed to quilombolas. Such strategies anchored in inclusive public policies.
- Lilian Cristina Rezende
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE07-08-2020
No to distance education! Production of meaning of discourses of nursing representative entities
- Marina da Silva Sanes ,
- Franciele Budziareck das Neves ,
- Lenna Eloisa Madureira Pereira ,
- Flávia Regina Souza Ramos ,
- Laura Cavalcanti de Farias Brehmer , [ … ],
- Jussara Gue Martini
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLENo to distance education! Production of meaning of discourses of nursing representative entities
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73(5):e20190465
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2019-0465
- Marina da Silva Sanes ,
- Franciele Budziareck das Neves ,
- Lenna Eloisa Madureira Pereira ,
- Flávia Regina Souza Ramos ,
- Laura Cavalcanti de Farias Brehmer ,
- Mara Ambrosina de Oliveira Vargas ,
- Jussara Gue Martini
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Objectives:
to analyze the processes of production of meanings, based on the positions of Brazilian nursing representative entities, on distance education, considering the implications for nursing as a discipline, profession and work.
Methods:
this documentary research was carried out in sources from the Federal Nursing Council and Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem, from 2015 to 2018. Data were examined from discourse analysis, using paraphrase and polysemy as analytical devices.
Results:
they were organized based on the effects of meanings produced and affiliated to two analytical categories: “Forms of mobilization and operating entities” and “Basis and justifications for the positions”.
Final Considerations:
the discourses signal concern about the future training of new professionals. Resistance, participation, visibility, broad and emphatic debate on the topic are shown as strategies for coping and defending a training process less captured by neoliberal logic, and more relational and committed to the quality of health care.
- Marina da Silva Sanes
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE07-13-2020
Culture of patient safety in hospital units of gynecology and obstetrics: a cross-sectional study
- Juliana Maria Almeida do Carmo ,
- Isabel Yovana Quispe Mendoza ,
- Vania Regina Goveia ,
- Kleyde Ventura de Souza ,
- Bruna Figueiredo Manzo , [ … ],
- Gilberto de Lima Guimarães
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLECulture of patient safety in hospital units of gynecology and obstetrics: a cross-sectional study
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73(5):e20190576
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2019-0576
- Juliana Maria Almeida do Carmo ,
- Isabel Yovana Quispe Mendoza ,
- Vania Regina Goveia ,
- Kleyde Ventura de Souza ,
- Bruna Figueiredo Manzo ,
- Gilberto de Lima Guimarães
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Objectives:
to assess the patient safety culture of the health team working in three maternity hospitals.
Methods:
observational, cross-sectional, comparative study. 301 professionals participated in the study. The Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture questionnaire validated in Brazil was used. For data analysis, it was considered a strong area in the patient safety culture when positive responses reached over 75%; and areas that need improvement when positive responses have reached less than 50%. To compare the results, standard deviation and thumb rule were used.
Results:
of the 12 dimensions of patient safety culture, none obtained a score above 75%, with nine dimensions scoring between 19% and 43% and three dimensions between 55% and 57%.
Conclusions:
no strong dimensions for safety culture were identified in the three maternity hospitals. It is believed that these results may contribute to the development of policies that promote a culture of safety in institutions.
- Juliana Maria Almeida do Carmo
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REVIEW07-13-2020
The quality of life of family health professionals: a systematic review and meta-synthesis
- Pedro Rogério Camargos Pennisi ,
- Natalia Caroline Alves ,
- Pietra Sanitá Michelin ,
- Lívia Medeiros-Souza ,
- Álex Moreira Herval , [ … ],
- Luiz Renato Paranhos
Abstract
REVIEWThe quality of life of family health professionals: a systematic review and meta-synthesis
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73(5):e20190645
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2019-0645
- Pedro Rogério Camargos Pennisi ,
- Natalia Caroline Alves ,
- Pietra Sanitá Michelin ,
- Lívia Medeiros-Souza ,
- Álex Moreira Herval ,
- Luiz Renato Paranhos
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Objectives:
to perform a systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative studies about the work-related quality of life of Family Health Strategy professionals.
Methods:
this systematic review was developed to answer the following PVO question: “Which factors (variables) are associated with the work-related quality of life (outcome) of Family Health Strategy professionals (population)?” The PubMed, Scopus, Embase, SciELO, Web of Science, LILACS, Science Direct, OpenThesis, OpenGrey, and OATD databases were selected. The meta-synthesis analyzed the main codes and secondary codes of all included studies.
Results:
the database search resulted in 1,744 reports; six were considered eligible for the meta-synthesis. Four factors were considered for the quality of work life: working conditions; work processes; interpersonal relationships; and personal aspects.
Conclusions:
although this study confirms the adequacy of aspects commonly related to the quality of work life, other factors are important in the case of FHS professionals, especially work context.
- Pedro Rogério Camargos Pennisi
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR07-01-2020
Letter to the Editor: doubts and considerations about Coronary Syndrome
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73(5):e2020730502c
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LETTER TO THE EDITORLetter to the Editor: doubts and considerations about Coronary Syndrome
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73(5):e2020730502c
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2020730502c
Views0Dear Editor,We wrote this letter referring to the article “Impact of anxiety and depression on morbidity and mortality of patients with coronary syndrome”() to make some comments, in order to clarify doubts that we were missing from answering. We have already made it clear that our intention is not to question the work of the […]See more -
ORIGINAL ARTICLE08-10-2020
Workers’ Health in Brazil: Accidents recorded by Social Security from 2008 to 2014
- Josierton Cruz Bezerra ,
- Luciano José Arantes ,
- Helena Eri Shimizu ,
- Edgar Merchán-Hamann ,
- Walter Massa Ramalho
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEWorkers’ Health in Brazil: Accidents recorded by Social Security from 2008 to 2014
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73(6):e20180892
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0892
- Josierton Cruz Bezerra ,
- Luciano José Arantes ,
- Helena Eri Shimizu ,
- Edgar Merchán-Hamann ,
- Walter Massa Ramalho
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Objectives:
to analyze the incidence of occupational accidents in Brazil, recorded by Social Security according to the geographic regions, age group, gender and their prevalence according to the causes and branch of economic activity.
Methods:
ecological descriptive study with time series analysis from 2008 to 2014. Data on the beginning and end of the historical series were compared in each ecological unit studied.
Results:
the South and Southeast regions, male, between 20 and 49 years of age presented the highest falls in incidence. 70.87% of the causes occurred in group XIX of ICD-10. The economic activity with the highest prevalence of accidents was the manufacturing industry.
Conclusions:
accidents at work have decreased in Brazil, however, the incidence is still high. Advances need to be made in the recording of accidents and in the prevention and surveillance of workers’ health.
- Josierton Cruz Bezerra
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE08-10-2020
Neonatal near miss in the intensive care unit
- Maria Rita Guimarães Maia ,
- Rosângela Aparecida Pimenta Ferrari ,
- Alexandrina Aparecida Maciel Cardelli ,
- Ieda Harumi Higarashi ,
- Maria Dalva de Barros Carvalho , [ … ],
- Sandra Marisa Pelloso
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLENeonatal near miss in the intensive care unit
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73(6):e20180931
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0931
- Maria Rita Guimarães Maia ,
- Rosângela Aparecida Pimenta Ferrari ,
- Alexandrina Aparecida Maciel Cardelli ,
- Ieda Harumi Higarashi ,
- Maria Dalva de Barros Carvalho ,
- Sandra Marisa Pelloso
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Objective:
To analyze near miss cases among newborns hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit.
Methods:
An observational, cross-sectional, retrospective study using the STROBE guideline. Data were collected from 1,101 records of live births (newborns). Statistical analysis used the Epi-Info program 3.3.2 and Chi-square and Fisher’s exact tests.
Results:
A total of 162 newborns were hospitalized, of which 63 had at least one criterion of near miss. The variables that remained associated with neonatal near miss were weight <1.750 g, gestational age <33 weeks and Apgar at 5 minutes <7, pragmatic criteria to identify cases of neonatal near miss morbidity.
Conclusion:
Prematurity and low birth weight were the factors that contributed most to the near miss outcome among newborns hospitalized in intensive care, a rate two and a half times higher than the number of deaths, according to scientific evidence.
- Maria Rita Guimarães Maia
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08-10-2020
Care for the critical patient undergoing point-of-care testing: integrative review
- Débora Thais Siqueira Soares ,
- Ana Paula Hermann ,
- Maria Ribeiro Lacerda ,
- Marineli Joaquim Méier ,
- Nayla Tamara de Godoi Caceres , [ … ],
- Juliana Zimmermann Lima
Abstract
Care for the critical patient undergoing point-of-care testing: integrative review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73(6):e20180948
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0948
- Débora Thais Siqueira Soares ,
- Ana Paula Hermann ,
- Maria Ribeiro Lacerda ,
- Marineli Joaquim Méier ,
- Nayla Tamara de Godoi Caceres ,
- Juliana Zimmermann Lima
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Objective:
to identify, based on the evidence, point-of-care testing in bedbound in critically ill patients.
Method:
integrative review, carried out through search in Pubmed, Virtual Health Library, Joanna Briggs Institute, The British Institute of Radiology, Brazilian Radiology, and Google Scholar databases. We used the PICO research strategy and selected articles published from 2013 onwards, which presented information about point-of-care testing.
Results:
the different interventions found in the analysis of the 23 selected articles allowed the thematic grouping of care related to safety in communication, patient identification, care with devices, and the prevention and control of infection, which can be used in point-of-care testing.
Final considerations:
The care described in the evidence provided support for validating a safe care protocol for critically ill patients undergoing imaging studies in bed.
- Débora Thais Siqueira Soares
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REVIEW12-05-2019
Financial-patrimonial elder abuse: an integrative review
- Ana Maria Ribeiro dos Santos ,
- Fernanda Lorrany Silva ,
- Rosalina Aparecida Partezani Rodrigues ,
- Guilherme Guarino de Moura Sá ,
- José Diego Marques Santos , [ … ],
- Maria Zélia Araújo Madeira
Abstract
REVIEWFinancial-patrimonial elder abuse: an integrative review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2019;72:328-336
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0703
- Ana Maria Ribeiro dos Santos ,
- Fernanda Lorrany Silva ,
- Rosalina Aparecida Partezani Rodrigues ,
- Guilherme Guarino de Moura Sá ,
- José Diego Marques Santos ,
- Elaine Maria Leite Rangel Andrade ,
- Maria Zélia Araújo Madeira
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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.
- Ana Maria Ribeiro dos Santos
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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
Abstract
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
Abstract
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
- Gabriella Oliveira de Albuquerque Lins ,
- Nathália Angel da Silva Lima ,
- Girliani Silva de Sousa ,
- Fernanda Jorge Guimarães ,
- Iracema da Silva Frazão , [ … ],
- Jaqueline Galdino Albuquerque Perrelli
Abstract
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
- Gabriella Oliveira de Albuquerque Lins ,
- Nathália Angel da Silva Lima ,
- Girliani Silva de Sousa ,
- Fernanda Jorge Guimarães ,
- Iracema da Silva Frazão ,
- Jaqueline Galdino Albuquerque Perrelli
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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.
- Gabriella Oliveira de Albuquerque Lins
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-05-2019
Functional capacity assessment of long-lived older adults from Amazonas
- Daiane de Souza Fernandes ,
- Lucia Hisako Takase Gonçalves ,
- Angela Maria Rodrigues Ferreira ,
- Maria Izabel Penha de Oliveira Santos
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
- Daiane de Souza Fernandes ,
- Lucia Hisako Takase Gonçalves ,
- Angela Maria Rodrigues Ferreira ,
- Maria Izabel Penha de Oliveira Santos
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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.
- Daiane de Souza Fernandes
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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
Abstract
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
- Gisele Weissheimer ,
- Verônica de Azevedo Mazza ,
- Julia Mazul Santana ,
- Victoria Beatriz Trevisan Nobrega Martins Ruthes ,
- Cibelly Aliny Siqueira Lima Freitas
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
- Gisele Weissheimer ,
- Verônica de Azevedo Mazza ,
- Julia Mazul Santana ,
- Victoria Beatriz Trevisan Nobrega Martins Ruthes ,
- Cibelly Aliny Siqueira Lima Freitas
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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.
- Gisele Weissheimer
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