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ORIGINAL ARTICLE07-29-2024
Contribution of informal caregivers to self-care in individuals with heart failure
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230492
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEContribution of informal caregivers to self-care in individuals with heart failure
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230492
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0492
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Objectives:
to evaluate the contribution of informal caregivers to the self-care of individuals with heart failure.
Methods:
a cross-sectional study was conducted with 87 caregivers from March to October 2022 in the city of João Pessoa/PB. The caregivers’ contribution was assessed using the Caregiver Contribution to Self-Care of Heart Failure Index instrument. Scores ≥ 70 points indicate adequate contribution. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Spearman’s correlation.
Results:
the sample consisted of 81.6% female caregivers. Median scores obtained for the self-care contribution scales were: 63.3 for maintenance; 55.5 for management; and 66.6 for confidence. Caregivers never or rarely recommended monitoring body weight, regular physical exercise, extra use of diuretics, and fluid restriction.
Conclusions:
informal caregivers showed inadequate contribution in the areas of maintenance, management, and confidence in self-care of individuals with heart failure.
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07-29-2024
Reflections on theoretical framework use in nursing research
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230486
Abstract
Reflections on theoretical framework use in nursing research
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230486
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2024-0486
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Objectives:
to reflect on theoretical framework use in nursing research.
Methods:
a theoretical-reflexive study, based on concepts and constructs pertinent to using nursing theories and other sciences, considering issues of epistemology or philosophy of science.
Results:
we presented what it is and why to do nursing research and what a theoretical framework is and why to use it, in addition to some considerations regarding theoretical framework use in nursing research, essential for constructing disciplinary knowledge, which enables the materialization of researchers’ work and the presentation of propositions resulting from investigations in and for nursing as a discipline and science.
Final Considerations:
based on a reflection based on epistemological conceptions, it is possible to affirm that a theoretical framework is the core of researchers’ thinking, delimiting a problem to be investigated and, based on it, outlining methodological strategies to be followed, supporting nursing action and thinking as discipline and science.
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REVIEW07-29-2024
Nursing diagnoses for people hospitalized with heart failure: an integrative review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230471
Abstract
REVIEWNursing diagnoses for people hospitalized with heart failure: an integrative review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230471
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0471
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Objectives:
to identify in the literature the main nursing diagnoses according to the NANDA-I diagnostic classification for people hospitalized with heart failure.
Methods:
an integrative literature review, carried out in February 2019 and updated in July 2023, in the MEDLINE via PubMed, LILACS, SciELO and CINAHL databases. Given the use of acronym PEO, studies without a time cut in Portuguese, English and Spanish were included. Descriptive analysis was carried out to present the identified information.
Results:
analysis of 27 articles identified 24 nursing diagnoses, with emphasis on Decreased Cardiac Output, Excessive Fluid Volume, Decreased Activity Tolerance and Fatigue.
Final Considerations:
evidence can contribute to better diagnostic decisions centered on people with heart failure in search of more assertive health results and have the potential to support future studies on a possible syndromic pattern in this population.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE07-29-2024
Primary Health Care in transitional care of people with stroke
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230468
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEPrimary Health Care in transitional care of people with stroke
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230468
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2024-0468
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Objectives:
to understand the role of Primary Health Care teams in caring for people with stroke after hospital discharge.
Methods:
single case study, with integrated units of analysis, with a qualitative approach. Data triangulation occurred through interviews with professionals and family caregivers involved in transition of care, in addition to direct observations in rounds and document analysis. For the analyses, the analytical strategies of theoretical propositions and construction of explanations were used, with the help of ATLAS.ti®.
Results:
the importance of counter-referral, the role of community health workers and the multidisciplinary team, health promotion, secondary prevention, home visits as a visceral attribute and nurses as care managers are evident.
Final Considerations:
the high demand on teams and the Social Determinants of Health interfere with adequate continuity of care. Transitional care programs that enable continuity of care are recommended.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE07-29-2024
Completeness of variables in Hospital-Based Cancer Registries for prostatic malignant neoplasm
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230467
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLECompleteness of variables in Hospital-Based Cancer Registries for prostatic malignant neoplasm
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230467
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0467
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Objectives:
to analyze the completeness of variables from Hospital-Based Cancer Registries of cases of prostate neoplasm in the Oncology Care Network of a Brazilian state between 2000 and 2020.
Methods:
an ecological time series study, based on secondary data on prostate cancer Hospital-Based Cancer Registries prostate. Data incompleteness was classified as excellent (<5%), good (between 5%-10%), fair (10%-20%), poor (20%-50%) and very poor (>50%), according to the percentage of lack of information.
Results:
there were 13,519 cases of prostate cancer in the Hospital-Based Cancer Registries analyzed. The variables “family history of cancer” (p<0.001), “alcoholism” (p<0.001), “smoking” (p<0.001), “TNM staging” (p<0.001) had a decreasing trend, while “clinical start of treatment” (p<0.001), “origin” (p=0.008) and “occupation” (p<0.001) indicated an increasing trend.
Conclusions:
most Hospital-Based Cancer Registries variables showed excellent completeness, but important variables had high percentages of incompleteness, such as TNM and clinical staging, in addition to alcoholism and smoking.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE07-29-2024
Disrupted mother-fetus dyad risk in high-risk pregnancies: a Middle-Range Theory
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230464
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEDisrupted mother-fetus dyad risk in high-risk pregnancies: a Middle-Range Theory
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230464
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0464
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Objectives:
to develop and evaluate a Middle-Range Theory for the nursing diagnosis “Disrupted Mother-Fetus Dyad Risk” in high-risk pregnancies.
Methods:
this methodological study was conducted in two stages: theory development and evaluation. Dorothea Orem’s General Nursing Model was used as the theoretical-conceptual foundation. Evaluation was conducted using the Delphi method with seven judges, and consensus was achieved when the Content Validity Index of the evaluated items was ≥ 0.80.
Results:
the theory identified 20 elements of the nursing diagnosis “Disrupted Mother-Fetus Dyad Risk” (10 risk factors, 4 at-risk populations, and 6 associated conditions), 14 propositions, and 1 pictogram. After two rounds of evaluation, the theory was considered consistent, with consensus reached for all items, each achieving a Content Validity Index ≥ 0.80.
Conclusions:
the Middle-Range Theory included biopsychosocial factors explaining the nursing phenomenon “Disrupted Mother-Fetus Dyad Risk,” which aids in nurses’ diagnostic reasoning.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE07-29-2024
Mental health of parents of children and adolescents who require special health care
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230457
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEMental health of parents of children and adolescents who require special health care
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230457
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0457
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Objective:
To identify the manifestations presented by parents of children and adolescents who require special health attention that can impact their mental health.
Methods:
exploratory, qualitative research, based on the concept of vulnerability, with data collection carried out through interviews with 18 parents of children and adolescents with special health care needs, hospitalized in the pediatric ward of a hospital in Paraná, between May/2017 and May/ 2018. Data analyzed by inductive thematic analysis.
Results:
parents experienced situations of vulnerability when providing care at home, with repercussions on their mental health, expressed by manifestations of lack of protection, anxiety and depression.
Final considerations:
It is important that health professionals seek to expand actions to promote care and reduce situations that generate threats, insecurities, concerns and damage to the health of parents, which can impact and further weaken care for children and adolescents who need attention especially health.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE07-29-2024
Evidence of validity of the Risk Self-Medication Questionnaire focused on Health Literacy
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230386
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEEvidence of validity of the Risk Self-Medication Questionnaire focused on Health Literacy
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230386
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0386
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Objectives:
to analyze the validity evidence of the internal structure of the Risk Self-Medication Questionnaire Focused on Health Literacy.
Methods:
a psychometric study with 499 adults. The internal structure was assessed with exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis to prove the adjustment. Internal consistency was measured by composite reliability and McDonald’s omega coefficient (ω).
Results:
the parameters revealed a model of 35 items distributed across four factors, explaining 56% of the total variance, with factor loadings ranging from 0.31 to 0.85 and adequate communalities. Accuracy (0.79
Conclusions:
an instrument was obtained with good evidence of structural validity for measuring self-medication.
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REVIEW01-01-2018
Coping strategies for domestic violence against pregnant female adolescents: integrative review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71:693-699
Abstract
REVIEWCoping strategies for domestic violence against pregnant female adolescents: integrative review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71:693-699
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0682
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Objective:
To investigate and analyze in the scientific literature coping strategies for domestic violence against pregnant female adolescents.
Method:
This is an integrative literature review, conducted from July to August 2017 on LILACS, SciELO and PubMed, using the descriptors and the MeSH terms: confrontation, violence, adolescent, pregnant women, prenatal care.
Result:
The sample comprised 9 articles that were organized and characterized according to year, country of study and coping strategy used. The main forms of coping involved the active search for cases and the primary care approach with all family members.
Conclusion:
Individualized prenatal care, the change in professional training and networking activities were pointed out as important components of the strategies for coping with violence against pregnant adolescents.
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RESEARCH01-01-2018
Repercussions of hospitalization due to fall of the elderly: health care and prevention
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71:763-769
Abstract
RESEARCHRepercussions of hospitalization due to fall of the elderly: health care and prevention
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71:763-769
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0069
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Objective:
To know the repercussions of the fall reported by the elderly and their caregiver during hospitalization in a public hospital in Florianópolis city from October to December 2014.
Method:
Exploratory research with a qualitative approach, conducted by depth interviews with 16 participants, the eight elderly were hospitalized for falls and eight elderly caregivers. Data analysis were performed through the Thematic Content Analysis.
Results:
It was evidenced the thematic axis: Faller Elderly supported by four thematic categories: Changes caused by Falls, I am a faller, I take care of me and Prevention of the Fall. The repercussions of the fall were evidenced in the impairment of the health condition, self-care and functional capacity. We observed the naturalization of the phenomenon and the passivity with the harmful consequences of the event.
Final Considerations:
The fall is valued the more negative its repercussion, such as the need for hospitalization and surgery. Managing the vulnerability of the elderly, especially in primary care, evaluating their comorbidities and their internal and external environment, will minimize unfavorable consequences and the social and financial cost of hospitalizations.
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RESEARCH01-01-2018
The adolescent and the institutionalization: understanding the phenomenon and meanings attributed to it
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71:1373-1380
Abstract
RESEARCHThe adolescent and the institutionalization: understanding the phenomenon and meanings attributed to it
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71:1373-1380
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0242
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Objective:
To understand the meaning of being institutionalized and in conflict with the law for the institutionalized adolescent.
Method:
A qualitative, phenomenological-comprehensive study carried out in a Socio-educational Service Foundation in the northern region of Brazil, with 05 institutionalized adolescents. The analysis was carried out under the understanding of the content suggested by Heidgger, thus allowing the construction of analytical categories for a hermeneutical interpretation.
Results:
Conflicting with the law means something negative and bad for the institutionalized adolescents, in which they understand that although there is deprivation of liberty, the period of hospitalization is an important moment for the reflection on the need to start over.
Conclusion:
The meaning of conflicting with the law goes far beyond a simple word, act or behaviour, it is something that only those who experience the phenomenon are able to unveil, arouse deep feelings and provide reflection to the adolescent about the damages caused by the infraction.
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RESEARCH01-01-2018
Identification of post-cesarean surgical site infection: nursing consultation
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71:1395-1403
Abstract
RESEARCHIdentification of post-cesarean surgical site infection: nursing consultation
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71:1395-1403
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0325
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Objective:
To describe the profile of women in relation to their living conditions, health status and socio-demographic profile, correlating it with the presence of signs and symptoms suggestive of post-cesarean surgical site infection, identifying information to be considered in the puerperium consultation performed by nurses and proposing a roadmap for the systematization of care.
Method:
Quantitative, exploratory, descriptive, cross-sectional and retrospective review of medical records of women who had cesarean deliveries in 2014, in the city of São Paulo.
Results:
89 medical records were analyzed, 62 of them with incomplete information. In 11, there was at least one of the signs and symptoms suggestive of infection.
Conclusion:
Given the results of the study, the systematization of puerperal consultation is essential. The roadmap is an instrument that can potentially improve the quality of service and the recording of information.
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RESEARCH01-01-2018
Nursing laboratory and critical education of nurses: approaches and distances
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71:1500-1506
Abstract
RESEARCHNursing laboratory and critical education of nurses: approaches and distances
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71:1500-1506
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0339
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Objective:
to analyze the contribution of the laboratory of nursing to the critical education of nurses.
Method:
qualitative study, conducted among 18 professors of higher education institutions, being one public and the other private. Data were collected between February and November of 2016 by means of semi-structured interview. To analyze data, it was used a content analysis in the thematic modality.
Results:
it was observed the emphasis in the technical skills development by propagation of behavior and practices; the creation of bonds between professors and students happens on the limit of good interpersonal relationship; the laboratory of nursing may help the critical reflection about the practice, being a place that allows the learning of ethics.
Final considerations:
the nurse education, carried out by the laboratory of nursing, have to overcome the emphasis in the uncritical reproduction of practices and to observe the nurse’s power to think about the reality in the meaning of its modification.
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RESEARCH01-01-2018
Introduction of the School Health Program in the city of Cascavel, Paraná State: report of nurses
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71:1540-1547
Abstract
RESEARCHIntroduction of the School Health Program in the city of Cascavel, Paraná State: report of nurses
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71:1540-1547
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0188
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Objective:
to understand the introduction of the School Health Program in the city of Cascavel, Paraná State, as opposed to the report of nurses.
Method:
a qualitative study with fifteen participants. The data were collected from April to August 2015, through semi-structured interviews, analyzed by content analysis and thematic modality.
Results:
the category “Introduction process” of the School Health Program integrates the subcategories “Identified health problems” and the “Challenges of intersectoriality”. The program was implemented quickly, with a fragile training of professionals to perform in the phases that compose it. Structural conditions of schools, human and material resources, and emerging intersectoral interaction were identified obstacles. The integration of the health, school, and family constitutes the program’s potentiality.
Final considerations:
it is understood that the actions of the program were based on health assessments of students, and it is necessary for professionals and managers to discuss and analyze the obstacles identified to achieve all the proposed objectives.
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RESEARCH01-01-2018
Knowledge about precautions in Primary Health Care: tool validation
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71:1589-1595
Abstract
RESEARCHKnowledge about precautions in Primary Health Care: tool validation
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71:1589-1595
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0886
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Objective:
To elaborate and validate a tool to assess knowledge and behavior of nursing professionals about standards and specific precautions in the Primary Health Care.
Method:
Methodological study of the elaboration and validation of the tool by thirteen experts judges, using a Likert scale of 4 points, with Content Validity Index ≥ 0.80, on clarity, relevance and pertinence.
Results:
A tool composed of 47 dichotomous questions to assess knowledge and 12 questions, with five options of answers, for the referred behavior. In the validation, only one item was deleted, related to the “Hands Hygiene” axis and one item was reformulated, regarding “Use of Common Gloves” and another 11 changed writing. The tool as a whole was assessed for relevance, comprehensiveness and representativeness within the scope of the topic investigated.
Conclusion:
The developed tool has been validated and is now available for use in Primary Health Care.
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RESEARCH01-01-2018
Training in diabetes education: meanings attributed by primary care nurses
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71:1611-1618
Abstract
RESEARCHTraining in diabetes education: meanings attributed by primary care nurses
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71:1611-1618
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0792
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Objective:
seize meanings attributed by primary care nurses to training in diabetes education.
Method:
exploratory and descriptive study, with a qualitative approach, with twenty primary care nurses; semistructured interview script, with interviews processed in the IRaMuTeQ software and analyzed through the Descending Hierarchical Classification. The results were subsidized in the Representational Theory of Meaning.
Results:
nurse training in diabetes education is insufficient for holistic action, although it allows the community to be instrumentalized in specific issues about the disease, using the limited tools available, especially lectures. Nurses find themselves in a context of challenges, improvisations, weaknesses, and limitations that determine the meaning attributed to diabetes education and subsequent actions.
Conclusion:
the meanings attributed by the nurses revealed an incipient training, which limits the quality of care provided and instigates the search for qualification.
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REFLECTION02-22-2021
Convergent care research and its qualification as scientific research
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74(1):e20190657
Abstract
REFLECTIONConvergent care research and its qualification as scientific research
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74(1):e20190657
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2019-0657
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Objectives:
to highlight the main attributes of Convergent Care Research that ratify it as a method of scientific research. Methods: it is a theoretical-reflective study on Convergent Care Research’s theoretical-methodological assumptions. Development: Convergent Care Research is compatible with the Social Constructionism paradigm. Convergent Care Research projects have two approaches: practical and conceptual. The Convergent Care Research process corpus contains five phases: conception; instrumentation; scrutiny; analysis and theorizing. Final Considerations: Convergent Care Research rigor encompasses the relationship between research and care practice, and this corresponds to the convergence of these two dimensions. Due to its theoretical foundation and criteria of methodological rigor, Convergent Care Research is aligned with scientific research methods.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE10-21-2019
Consumption of alcohol and drugs and school absenteeism among high school students of public schools
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2019;72(6):1692-1698
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEConsumption of alcohol and drugs and school absenteeism among high school students of public schools
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2019;72(6):1692-1698
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0828
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Objective:
To evaluate the relation between the consumption of alcohol and other drugs and school absenteeism in high school students of public schools in the 30 days prior to data collection.
Method:
Cross-sectional study of quantitative character conducted from May to September 2017, with 282 high school students of public schools of Mossoró-RN. We used a closed questionnaire with questions about drug consumption as our instrument of analysis. We performed hierarchical binary logistic regression by using the SPSS 20.0.
Results:
In bivariate analysis, the relation between absenteeism and drug consumption patterns proved to be significant to those who engage in heavy episodic drinking of alcohol and in the use of tobacco, inhalants and marijuana. The adjusted regression model only included the variables tobacco and heavy episodic drinking of alcohol.
Conclusion:
The hierarchical binary logistic regression analysis corroborated with absenteeism outcomes, explaining it in 12.3% of cases.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE10-21-2019
Caregiver burden and stress in psychiatric hospital admission
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2019;72(6):1699-1706
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLECaregiver burden and stress in psychiatric hospital admission
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2019;72(6):1699-1706
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0832
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Objective:
to evaluate the relation between sociodemographics factors, stress and burden of care of family caregivers of patients at a psychiatric hospital admission.
Method:
quantitative study, with a cross-sectional correlation design. A total of 112 family caregivers participated, older than 18, in a Brazilian psychiatric hospital. A sociodemographic questionnaire was used to collect data, the Zarit Burden Interview and LIPP Adult Stress Symptom Inventory.
Results:
burden of care in family caregivers at a psychiatric hospital admission was significantly associated with stress (p=0.000). The psychological symptoms of stress predicted severe burden. Most caregivers presented a moderate or severe burden, with 52.7% in the resistance phase of stress; 66.1% presented psychological symptoms.
Conclusion:
results show the alarming situation of caregivers of patients from a psychiatric hospital, evidencing their own vulnerability to illness. Indeed, the during admission in a psychiatric hospital, not only patients need care, but also their caregivers.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE10-26-2020
Suspected COVID-19 flu-like syndrome in men who have sex with men and have been involved in casual sex
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73:e20200913
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLESuspected COVID-19 flu-like syndrome in men who have sex with men and have been involved in casual sex
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73:e20200913
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0913
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Objective:
To evaluate the presence of flu-like syndrome suggestive of COVID-19 in men who have sex with men (MSM) and engaged in casual sex during a period of social isolation.
Method:
National epidemiological survey, applied in April and May 2020, by adaptation of Respondent Drive Sampling.
Results:
1,337 MSM participated in the survey, of which 514 (38.4%) had fever associated with another sign or symptom of flu-like syndrome. Social, demographic characteristics, sexual practices and activities during the period of social isolation were statistically associated with the presence of flu-like syndrome. There was a statistical difference (p < 0.001) in the average of partners between those who had signs and symptoms of flu-like syndrome (3.5) and those who did not (1.7).
Conclusion:
Evidence of signs and symptoms indicative of flu-like syndrome suggestive of COVID 19 in Brazilian MSM who were involved in casual sex during the period of social isolation.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE10-21-2019
Functional independence of elderly patients who fell: a follow-up study
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2019;72(6):1715-1722
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEFunctional independence of elderly patients who fell: a follow-up study
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2019;72(6):1715-1722
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0845
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Objective:
to evaluate, in emergency hospital service and at home, the functional independence of elderly people who fell.
Method:
longitudinal study with 151 elderly. Functional Independence Measure (FIM) was used. Statistical tests were performed with univariate and bivariate analysis.
Results:
mean of total FIM value in the hospital was 70.4; and at home 84.3 (p <0.001). Independence was lower in the motor domain, in “self-care”, “mobility” and “locomotion” dimensions, in the two evaluations (p <0.001). Dependence reduced from 97.3% elderly in the hospital to 82.8% at home (p <0.001). There was a negative correlation between total FIM and age, number of medications, number of diseases and hospitalization time in both evaluations. Femoral and hip fractures were associated with lower total FIM values (p <0.001).
Conclusion:
the elderly had less independence in the hospital compared to at home, with greater impairment in the motor domain and “self-care”, “mobility” and “locomotion” dimensions, in the two moments evaluated.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE07-31-2020
Explanatory models of families of children with type 1 diabetes mellitus
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73:e20180975
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEExplanatory models of families of children with type 1 diabetes mellitus
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73:e20180975
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0975
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Objectives:
to analyze how children with type 1 diabetes mellitus and their families explain the pathology, based on their understanding of the factors related to the discovery of diabetes, the etiology, treatment, and prognosis of the disease.
Methods:
qualitative methodological approach, based on medical anthropology and the narrative method. In-depth interviews were conducted with 12 families of children with type 1 diabetes mellitus attending follow-up consultations at a specialized center. The statements were subjected to inductive thematic analysis.
Results:
the explanatory models identified describe the families search for the clarification of the signs and symptoms that the child had. Faced with the disease, families reorganized themselves to meet new health care needs of children, such as adequate nutrition, physical exercise, and blood glucose monitoring.
Final Considerations:
knowing the explanatory models allows the understanding of how families give meaning to the child’s illness, favoring daily nursing care and an effective control of the disease.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-08-2023
Polypharmacy, potentially inappropriate medications and associated factors among older adults with hypertension in primary care
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20220785
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEPolypharmacy, potentially inappropriate medications and associated factors among older adults with hypertension in primary care
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20220785
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0785
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Objective:
to identify the prevalence and associations of polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate medication use among older adults with hypertension treated in primary care.
Methods:
a cross-sectional study carried out with older adults with hypertension treated at a Family Health Strategy unit. Data collection included analysis of medical records, interviews and multidimensional assessment of older adults. Socio-demographic information and clinical variables were collected. Statistical analysis was performed by multiple logistic regression.
Results:
polypharmacy prevalence was 38.09%, and potentially inappropriate medication (PIM), 28.57%. There was a significant association between polypharmacy and PIM use, altered sleep and ethnicity. PIM use was associated with polypharmacy, worse family functioning, and absence of a caregiver. Cognitive decline reduces the prevalence of these medications.
Conclusions:
polypharmacy and PIM use among older adults with hypertension represent a problem in this population, especially among the most vulnerable.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE10-01-2022
Continuity of care for children with special healthcare needs during the COVID-19 pandemic
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2022;75(2):e20210150
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEContinuity of care for children with special healthcare needs during the COVID-19 pandemic
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2022;75(2):e20210150
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2021-0150
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Objective:
To describe the continuity of care for children with special healthcare needs during the COVID-19 pandemic through the perception of their caregivers in the Northeast of Brazil.
Methods:
Qualitative descriptive-exploratory research carried out between June and September 2020, in a municipality in the Northeast of Brazil. Eleven caregivers participated through semi-structured interviews conducted at home. The data were submitted to thematic content analysis.
Results:
The social isolation period and the suspension of health services affected the continuity of care, configuring the category “Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for the continuity of care”. Caregivers expressed fear of children contracting the coronavirus, characterizing the category “Fears and uncertainties of the COVID-19 pandemic in view of the vulnerability of children with special healthcare needs”.
Final considerations:
Caregivers’ reports revealed problems in the continuity of care for the studied cohort. Therefore, health care practices must be rethought in times of pandemic.
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