Articles - Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem

  • 01-01-2016

    Prevalence and factors associated with frailty in non-institutionalized older adults

    Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(3):435-442

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    Prevalence and factors associated with frailty in non-institutionalized older adults

    Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(3):435-442

    DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2016690304i

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    ABSTRACT

    Objective:

    to investigate the prevalence and factors associated with frailty in non-institutionalized older adults living in northern Minas Gerais, Brazil.

    Method:

    data were collected in their homes, in 2013, based on a census cluster sampling. Demographic and socioeconomic variables, morbidities, utilization of health care services, and scores on the Edmonton Fragility Scale were analyzed. The adjusted prevalence ratios were obtained using the Poisson regression multiple analysis with robust variance.

    Results:

    the prevalence of frailty was 41.3%. The variables associated with frailty were: female gender, very old age, education of less than four years, not having been hospitalized in the last 12 months, having a caregiver, falling in the prior year, diabetes mellitus, cardiac disease, and osteoarticular disease.

    Conclusion:

    the prevalence of frailty was high. Some factors consist of modifiable conditions, which should encourage health actions aimed at this group.

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  • 01-01-2016

    “To be a nurse”: a professional choice and the construction of identity processes in the 1970s

    Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(3):428-434

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    “To be a nurse”: a professional choice and the construction of identity processes in the 1970s

    Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(3):428-434

    DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2016690303i

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    ABSTRACT

    Objective:

    to analyze the factors that influenced the choice for nursing made by graduates from the first class of the Undergraduate Nursing and Obstetrics Course of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte in the 1970s and to understand the senses and meanings of being a nurse when choosing this profession.

    Method:

    a qualitative socio-historical study was performed, using oral history to collect data.

    Results:

    the analysis generated the following categories: “To be a nurse: a professional choice” and “The ideal of being a nurse: senses and meanings”. The senses of “being a nurse” are associated with graduates’ perspective of this profession and the meanings included the traditional conceptions that have historically affected it.

    Conclusion:

    professional choice was influenced by family and work expectations and the nursing course had an effect on the construction of nurses’ professional identity.

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  • 01-01-2016

    Nurses’ knowledge and practice on social participation in health

    Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(3):421-427

    Abstract

    Nurses’ knowledge and practice on social participation in health

    Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(3):421-427

    DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2016690302i

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    ABSTRACT

    Objective:

    to identify nurses’ knowledge and practice in the framework of the Family Health Strategy program with regard to social participation in health.

    Method:

    qualitative study which had the Family Health Units in a municipality of Minas Gerais as setting. Nine nurses participated in the study, and they were interviewed individually in July and August 2014. Data were collected and analyzed according to the content analysis technique and interpreted in the light of Paulo Freire’s ontology and critical pedagogy.

    Results:

    the analyzed statements showed that nurses bring along conceptual and behavioral inconsistencies which need to be equalized, so their knowledge and practice can mediate the challenging construction of participatory management in health.

    Conclusion:

    an improvement in nurses’ training is suggested, both academically and professionally, aiming at strengthening their political role in the process of consolidation of social participation in the Brazilian Unified Health System.

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  • 01-01-2016

    As dificuldades do ensino de enfermagem dos Estados Unidos para atender necessidades locais, regionais e globais

    Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(3):417-418

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    As dificuldades do ensino de enfermagem dos Estados Unidos para atender necessidades locais, regionais e globais

    Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(3):417-418

    DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2016690301i

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    A Liga Nacional de Enfermagem (NLN, National League for Nursing), a voz do ensino de enfermagem, está comprometida com o preparo de profissionais de enfermagem exemplares que valorizam e incorporam a riqueza das diferenças e a inclusão com vistas à evolução da saúde da nação e da comunidade global. Com sua população acima de 320 […]
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  • 01-01-2016

    The challenges of USA nursing education to meet local, regional and global need

    Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(3):417-418

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    The challenges of USA nursing education to meet local, regional and global need

    Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(3):417-418

    DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2016690301i

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    The National League for Nursing (NLN), the voice for nursing education, is committed to the education of an exemplary nursing workforce that values and incorporates the richness of difference and inclusion to advance the health of the nation and the global community. With its population of over 320 million people, the United States of America […]
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  • 01-01-2016

    Interventions that facilitate adherence to Pap smear exam: integrative review

    Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(2):404-414

    Abstract

    Interventions that facilitate adherence to Pap smear exam: integrative review

    Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(2):404-414

    DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2016690226i

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    ABSTRACT

    Objective:

    to identify scientific productions showing relevant interventions to implement the Cervical Uterine Cancer Prevention Program increasing adherence to exams.

    Method:

    integrative literature review through an online search in the following databases: LILACS, SciELO, and PubMed® comprising articles published from 2009 to 2014.

    Results:

    thirty-eight articles made up the study’s final sample. Results showed the following interventions: use of case manager; telephone call; invitation letter; educational activities; media outreach work; community health agents; partnerships; population database screening; and multiple interventions.

    Conclusion:

    studies are mainly focused on women from developing countries and interventions are efficacious to increase women’s knowledge about and adherence to prevention of cervical uterine cancer.

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    Interventions that facilitate adherence to Pap smear exam: integrative review
  • 01-01-2016

    Anxiety in the preoperative period of heart surgery

    Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(2):397-403

    Abstract

    Anxiety in the preoperative period of heart surgery

    Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(2):397-403

    DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2016690225i

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    ABSTRACT

    Objective:

    to characterize the patients’ anxiety in the preoperative period of heart surgery.

    Method:

    We conducted a cross-sectional study in which 106 patients, between one and five days from the date of surgery, were interviewed using a socio-demographic questionnaire and the Beck Anxiety Inventory.

    Results:

    The evaluated patients accounted for 59.4% (63) in minimal anxiety and 19.8% (21) in the range considered severe, and the sample had a mean in the mild anxiety level (15.8±19.79). The women had scores (22.13±23.41) significantly (p=0.003) higher than men (10.76±14.71); as well as patients who had undergone previous heart surgery (24.4±28.05 X 13.14±15.74). There was no significant difference between older adults and younger patients, nor in terms of weight variations, presence of diabetes, or alcoholism.

    Conclusion:

    We reinforces the importance of nurses in recognizing the preoperative anxiety and intervene through strategies of health education and nursing visits.

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  • 01-01-2016

    Suicidal behavior among drug addicts

    Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(2):389-396

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    Suicidal behavior among drug addicts

    Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(2):389-396

    DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2016690224i

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    ABSTRACT

    Objective:

    to describe the profile of drug addicts attended in a mental health service, the frequency of suicidal behavior among the participants and the associations between these two problems.

    Method:

    an exploratory, retrospective and descriptive study based on a quantitative approach, and data collected from medical records of patients with F10-F19 diagnoses according to the ICD-10 treated in this service in 2013. We expected to identify a possible association between independent variables (family, psychiatric and personal history) and the dependent variable (suicidal behavior).

    Results:

    Most of the individuals were men, single, with a low educational attainment, unemployed and aged between 15 and 45 years; 43.90% had a record of suicidal behavior.

    Conclusion:

    drug addicts with suicidal behavior are young people under the age of 30 presenting psychiatric comorbidity, mood disorders and/or depression, presence of family conflict, important dates coinciding with the suicidal behavior and mothers with psychiatric history.

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