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ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-13-2024
Nurses’ experience regarding patient safety in mobile pre-hospital care
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(5):e20230529
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLENurses’ experience regarding patient safety in mobile pre-hospital care
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(5):e20230529
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0529
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Objectives:
to understand nurses’ experience regarding patient safety in mobile pre-hospital care.
Method:
a qualitative, exploratory and descriptive study, conducted with nurses active in mobile pre-hospital care services. Semi-structured interviews were conducted, audio-graved and submitted to Bardin’s content analysis.
Results:
from four thematic categories established, nurses reported the care and management skills necessary to work in this service. They demonstrated a commitment to ensuring safe care for patients, staff and spectators. They highlighted the actions taken to prevent and mitigate incidents. However, they based their experiences on practice protocols and individual actions, expressing the need to improve knowledge about patient safety.
Final Considerations:
mobile pre-hospital care nurses’ experience in relation to patient safety was limited, suggesting the need for training on the subject, alignment of work processes and implementation of strategies, aiming to guarantee safe care.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-13-2024
Repercussions of the pandemic on tuberculosis control actions from the perspective of health professionals
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(5):e20230477
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLERepercussions of the pandemic on tuberculosis control actions from the perspective of health professionals
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(5):e20230477
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0477
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Objectives:
to analyze the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic on tuberculosis control actions from the perspective of primary health care professionals.
Methods:
this descriptive study with a qualitative approach was conducted from November 2022 to April 2023, using semi-structured interviews with 11 key informant professionals from primary health care units in a Brazilian capital. Data were organized using Atlas.ti 22.0 software and subjected to thematic-categorical content analysis.
Results:
the pandemic scenario caused alterations in the work process, necessitating abrupt adaptations, and led to detrimental impacts on the health of professionals and tuberculosis control actions, which were reduced or discontinued.
Final Considerations:
there was evident unpreparedness and a lack of resources from various governmental levels and health services to handle the public health emergency situation without severe harm to the provision of essential services.
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12-13-2024
Training of Brazilian indigenous nurses: between human rights, valuing diversity and inclusion
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(5):e20230430
Abstract
Training of Brazilian indigenous nurses: between human rights, valuing diversity and inclusion
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(5):e20230430
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0430
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Objectives:
to analyze the possibilities and potential of training indigenous nurses, given the Brazilian Health System (SUS), understanding the relationships between education and health.
Methods:
theoretical-reflective study, based on scientific literature, aligned with the experience, critical thinking of its authors and the Sustainable Development Goals in Brazil.
Results:
this text articulates three axes: Potential for including indigenous students in nursing training; Paths to achieving equity through inclusion and retention policies for indigenous students at different levels; and Implications of this for the SUS and global health.
Final Considerations:
indigenous students, beneficiaries of affirmative actions, face challenges of inclusion and retention in public universities that directly impact their academic training. Added to this are the difficulties identified in basic education, professor training and implementation of permanence policies, with consequences for services and training at other levels.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-13-2024
Interobserver agreement in Reception and Risk Stratification in Obstetrics implementation
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(5):e20230361
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEInterobserver agreement in Reception and Risk Stratification in Obstetrics implementation
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(5):e20230361
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0361
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Objectives:
to analyze interobserver agreement in the Reception and Risk Stratification in Obstetrics protocol implementation.
Methods:
a cross-sectional study carried out during Reception and Risk Stratification in Obstetrics implementation, conducted in a tertiary hospital in southern Brazil with 891 participants in January 2020. Descriptive and interobserver agreement analysis was carried out using the Kappa coefficient in the risk stratification assigned by the triage nurse and reviewed by the researcher.
Results:
around half of the calls (55.6%) were stratified as not very urgent (green), followed by urgent (yellow) (31.8%), very urgent (orange) (9.3%), not urgent (blue) (3.4%) and no emerging stratification (red). Agreement analysis of revised stratification found Kappa values of 0.20 (blue), 0.54 (green), 0.77 (yellow) and 0.80 (orange).
Conclusions:
most appointments were non-urgent. The agreement analysis between the revised and assigned risk stratification revealed greater interobserver agreement as the priority level increased.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-13-2024
Adaptation and implementation of a Nursing care protocol for children in the Amazon Region
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(5):e20230245
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEAdaptation and implementation of a Nursing care protocol for children in the Amazon Region
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(5):e20230245
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0245
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Objectives:
to describe the process of implementing an adapted protocol for pediatric nursing care in a health unit located in a municipality in the Amazon Region.
Methods:
methodological research conducted in a basic health unit with four family health teams in the state of Rondônia, involving seven nursing professionals. Data collection occurred between October 2020 and April 2022, following the research phases: situational diagnosis, exploratory phase, protocol definition, implementation, and evaluation.
Results:
the outcome was the adaptation and implementation of a nursing care protocol for children.
Final Considerations:
the adaptation and implementation process can be an effective approach to improving care, strengthening nursing as a profession with a solid foundation in scientific and clinical evidence. This facilitates early problem identification and appropriate guidance, leading to better health outcomes for children.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-13-2024
Nurses’ experiences in caring for people with mental health problems hospitalized due to clinical comorbidities
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(5):e20230136
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLENurses’ experiences in caring for people with mental health problems hospitalized due to clinical comorbidities
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(5):e20230136
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0136
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Objectives:
to understand nurses’ experiences in caring for people with mental health problems hospitalized due to clinical comorbidities in non-psychiatric Inpatient Units.
Methods:
qualitative study, guided by Alfred Schutz’s social phenomenology. Sixteen phenomenological interviews were conducted. The content was analyzed and discussed based on the literature, through the composition of three categories of analysis.
Results:
three categories emerged in the study: Challenges in care faced by nurses; Fragmented care action; and Ideal care. The disarticulation of the clinic was revealed, as described by nurses, showing care as an action far removed from the comprehensiveness of a person. Nurses’ performance is guided predominantly by biomedical reference, disregarding appreciation of subjectivity.
Final Considerations:
it was observed that nurses attribute the responsibility for patient care to factors external to their life-world, when, in fact, these aspects should be components that help them in comprehensive care construction.
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REVIEW11-29-2024
Assessment of knowledge in oncology about care for transgender people: a scoping review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77:e20230532
Abstract
REVIEWAssessment of knowledge in oncology about care for transgender people: a scoping review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77:e20230532
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0532
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Objective:
to identify evidence available in the literature on instruments and methodologies used to assess healthcare professionals’ knowledge about cancer care for the transgender population.
Methods:
a scoping review was conducted in seven databases, including studies that answered the question: what is the healthcare professionals’ level of knowledge about cancer care for the transgender population?
Results:
forty-one articles were selected that dealt specifically with healthcare professionals’knowledge in relation to care for the LGBTQIAPN+ population, especially the transgender population. Eighteen studies assessed patients’ perceptions of professionals’knowledge, whereas other studies used their own assessment tools, considering the global context of LGBTQIAPN+ health.
Conclusions:
there is no tested and validated instrument that assesses the knowledge about the transgender population’s oncological health, highlighting the need to construct and validate an instrument focused on this population’s needs.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE11-29-2024
Sleep quality of vulnerable elderly people: associated factors
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77:e20230283
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLESleep quality of vulnerable elderly people: associated factors
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77:e20230283
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0283
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Objective:
To identify factors associated with poor sleep quality in elderly dependent individuals in social vulnerability.
Method:
Cross-sectional study with 59 elderly dependent individuals assisted by Family Health Units in São Carlos/SP. The following tools were used: Katz Index, Lawton and Brody Scale, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination Revised, Fried’s Frailty Phenotype, Geriatric Depression Scale (15 items), Perceived Stress Scale, Family APGAR, Social Support Scale from the Medical Outcomes Study, and World Health Organization Quality of Life, abbreviated and “old” versions.
Results:
The majority of participants were women (52.5%), aged 60-74 years (71.1%), and had poor sleep quality (76.2%). Stress (OR=1.12; 95%CI=1.02-1.22) and polypharmacy (OR=7.39; 95%CI=1.22-44.73) increased the chances of poor sleep quality, while physical activity decreased these chances (OR=0.15; 95%CI=0.02-0.79).
Conclusion:
Stress and polypharmacy are associated with poor sleep quality in elderly dependent individuals.
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01-01-2016
Pressure ulcer healing with Plenusdermax® Calendula officinalis L. extract
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(2):250-257
Abstract
Pressure ulcer healing with Plenusdermax® Calendula officinalis L. extract
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(2):250-257
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2016690207i
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Objective:
to evaluate the therapeutic benefits of the bioactive extracts of Plenusdermax®Calendula officinalis for pressure ulcer healing.
Method:
an observational cohort study, including 41 patients with a diagnosis of pressure ulcer that was stable in size for more than three months. Patients were evaluated every two weeks, over 30 weeks, for: reduction of the wound area, infection control, types of tissue and exudate, and ulcer microbiology.
Results:
the proportions of patients who were completely healed after 15 and 30 weeks of treatment were 63% and 88%, respectively, and the mean healing time was 12.5±7.8 weeks. No adverse events were observed during treatment.
Conclusion:
the results of the study indicate that bioactive C. officinalis Plenusdermax® is a safe treatment that promotes healing of pressure ulcers.
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01-01-2016
Quality of life assessment for health promotion groups
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(2):242-249
Abstract
Quality of life assessment for health promotion groups
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(2):242-249
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2016690206i
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Objective:
to analyze the use of quality of life assessment (QOL) as a strategy to evaluate the work with health promotion groups in the community.
Method:
cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical study. Participants of two elderly groups (n=46) were individually interviewed to fill the sociodemographic instruments, WHOQOL-BREF and WHOQOL-OLD.
Results:
the participants were women with up to 79 years, who did not live with a partner, with up to four years of study, retired, with individual income of up to a minimum salary. The mean scores on the WHOQOL-BREF were higher on “Social Relations” and lower in the “Environment”. For the WHOQOL-OLD, the highest scores were achieved in facets “Social Participation” (G1) and “Past, Present and Future Activities” (G2), while “Death and Dying” facet obtained lower scores in both groups.
Conclusion:
the assessment of QOL appears to be useful in helping to identify the coordination aspects of life of elderly people that need to be better developed in groups.
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01-01-2016
Transcultural adaptation and validation of the Brazilian version of Treatment Spirituality/Religiosity Scale
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(2):235-241
Abstract
Transcultural adaptation and validation of the Brazilian version of Treatment Spirituality/Religiosity Scale
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(2):235-241
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2016690205i
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Objective:
to perform the translation and transcultural adaptation to Brazilian Portuguese, and analyze the psychometric properties of the instrument Treatment Spirituality/Religiosity Scale (TSRS).
Method:
the sample consisted of 188 nursing students of technical and higher education. The reliability analysis by test-retest was performed one month after the first application of the instrument. To measure the construct validation, a factorial analysis was carried out.
Results:
the Brazilian version of the TSRS consisted of 10 items, with two factors. The reliability by test-retest showed a Kappa coefficient ranging from 0.22 to 0.47, and a global internal consistency Cronbach’s alpha of 0.85.
Conclusion:
the Brazilian version of the TSRS showed satisfactory values of validity and internal consistency, being suitable for use in the national context.
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01-01-2016
Epidemiological characteristics and causes of deaths in hospitalized patients under intensive care
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(2):229-234
Abstract
Epidemiological characteristics and causes of deaths in hospitalized patients under intensive care
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(2):229-234
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2016690204i
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Objective:
to describe the epidemiological and sociodemographic characteristics of patients hospitalized in an ICU.
Method:
an epidemiological, descriptive and retrospective study. Population: 695 patients admitted from January to December 2011. The data collected were statistically analyzed with both absolute and relative frequency distribution.
Results:
61.6% of the patients are male, aged 40 to 69 years, and most of them came from the surgery rooms. The most frequent reason for admission was diseases of the circulatory system (23.3%). At discharge from the ICU, 72.4% of the patients were sent to other units of the same institution, 31.1% to the intermediate care unit, and 20.4% died, of which 24.6% from diseases of the circulatory system. The afternoon shift had 45.8% of the admissions and 53.3% of the discharges.
Conclusion:
the description of the sociodemographic and epidemiological features guides the planning of nursing actions, providing a better quality service.
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01-01-2016
Hospital discharge of premature newborns: the father’s experience
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(2):221-228
Abstract
Hospital discharge of premature newborns: the father’s experience
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(2):221-228
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2016690203i
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Objective:
To describe the father’s experience with his premature child discharge of the Neonatal Intensive-Care Unit and to point out interventions to promote this experience.
Method:
Qualitative research with eight fathers, adopting the Symbolic Interactionism as theoretical reference and thematic narrative research as methodological frame.
Results:
The analysis of data has allowed us to describe the experience of the father from three thematic units: “fatherhood boundaries”, “high responsibility for the child” and “social network and support”.
Conclusion:
The father feels insecure with the idea of taking care of his child at home because of the lack of professional support and the initial contact with the child in the Neonatal Intensive-Care Unit.
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01-01-2016
Nurses from the Mobile Emergency Service: profile and developed activities
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(2):213-220
Abstract
Nurses from the Mobile Emergency Service: profile and developed activities
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(2):213-220
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2016690202i
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Objective:
to characterize the profile and identify the activities developed by nurses from the Mobile Emergency Care Service of a state of southern Brazil.
Method:
an exploratory, descriptive study. Data were collected through a questionnaire with 63 nurses.
Results:
the profile showed a workforce predominantly female, young and having specialized training. The activities were organized in the dimensions of caring, managing and educating, verifying the predominance of the first one. Care actions involved multiple procedures, but the use of the Systematization of Nursing Care (SNC) was not mentioned in the development of care activities. Then, the managerial dimension with a predominance of bureaucratic activities was emphasized. Educational activities were less prominent.
Conclusion:
care actions are the focus of the activities of nurses, predominantly the prescribed institutional care without the use of instruments such as SNC that could contribute to the greater visibility of their professional work.
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01-01-2016
Challenges and leadership imperatives in cooperation with the World Health Organization
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(2):207-208
Abstract
Challenges and leadership imperatives in cooperation with the World Health Organization
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(2):207-208
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2016690201i
Views0When an institution promotes strategic innovations, it starts the rupture with tradition, causing changes and, consequently, altering the expectations and prospects of both their internal clients, as their external clients.The engines of the adopted innovations are driven by a broader view of the organization’s purposes, expanding its borders in terms of breadth and depth, which […]See more -
01-01-2016
Desafios e imperativos de liderança na cooperação com a Organização Mundial da Saúde
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(2):207-208
Abstract
Desafios e imperativos de liderança na cooperação com a Organização Mundial da Saúde
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(2):207-208
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2016690201i
Views0Quando uma instituição promove inovações estratégicas, é colocado em curso o rompimento com a tradição, provocando mudanças e, por consequência, alterando as expectativas e as perspectivas tanto dos seus clientes internos, quanto dos seus clientes externos.Os motores das inovações adotadas são acionados por uma visão ampliada dos fins da organização, alargando suas fronteiras em termos […]See more
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REFLECTION01-01-2017
Transcendence, historicity and temporality of being elderly: nursing reflection-using Heidegger
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(4):891-895
Abstract
REFLECTIONTranscendence, historicity and temporality of being elderly: nursing reflection-using Heidegger
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(4):891-895
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0275
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The objective is to reflect on historicity and temporality as paths for the transcendence of being elderly, based on the phenomenological concepts of Martin Heiddeger. A review of the concepts of transcendence, historicity and temporality was carried out in the work of Martín Heidegger, integrating them in the perspective of nursing for the elderly. The transcendence of the elderly adult is feasible by accessing the temporality of self in the path of its historicity to arrive at the understanding of itself that he has achieved: transcending, which is but a process of the Being itself. Being is time in itself existing in the world, existence given by the encounter of the past (to have been), present and future (becoming), the same encounter that determines the historicity of the Being. The encounter has been consummated and the Being is transcendence, with the understanding of the Being itself as a supreme point.
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01-01-2017
Acercamiento al escenario de estudio fenomenológico en México: relato de experiencia
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(4):885-890
Abstract
Acercamiento al escenario de estudio fenomenológico en México: relato de experiencia
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(4):885-890
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0601
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Objetivo:
Relatar la experiencia del acercamiento al escenario de un estudio fenomenológico en enfermería en México.
Método:
Relato de experiencia sobre el acercamiento al escenario de estudio para convivir con adultos mayores con la finalidad de seleccionar a los participantes de un estudio fenomenológico.
Resultados:
Se llevaron a cabo visitas durante el año 2016, en un periodo de cuatro meses a dos grupos de adultos mayores en donde se realizaron diversas actividades. La convivencia con los adultos mayores a través del acompañamiento en las actividades que realizaban en los grupos y el diálogo conjunto permitió seleccionar a aquellos que respondían a las características del objeto de estudio.
Conclusión:
Es necesaria la aproximación al escenario de estudios fenomenológicos, no sólo con la finalidad de ganar empatía de los participantes sino para sumergirse en el fenómeno de estudio, mismo que se va mostrando desde los primeros acercamientos del investigador.
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EXPERIENCE REPORT01-01-2017
Scenario approximation in a phenomenological study in Mexico: experience report
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(4):885-890
Abstract
EXPERIENCE REPORTScenario approximation in a phenomenological study in Mexico: experience report
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(4):885-890
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0601
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Objective:
To report our experience using scenario approximation in a phenomenological study of nursing in Mexico.
Method:
Experience report on scenario approximation to coexist with elderly in order to select the participants of a phenomenological study.
Results:
During a four-month period in 2016, visits were carried out two groups of elderly individuals where several activities were carried out. Coexistence with the elderly throughout accompaniment in the groups’ activities together with joint dialogue allowed selection of those who corresponded to the characteristics of the study objective.
Conclusion:
Scenario approximation is necessary in phenomenological studies, not only for creating empathy among the participants but also for the researchers to immerse themselves in the phenomenon under study, as shown by the first approaches of the researcher.
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REVIEW01-01-2017
Knowledge produced on the health of low-income older women: an integrative review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(4):875-884
Abstract
REVIEWKnowledge produced on the health of low-income older women: an integrative review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(4):875-884
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0024
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Objective:
to identify the knowledge produced on the health of low-income older women.
Method:
an integrative review was conducted in February 2016 on the SCOPUS, CINAHL, MEDLINE, LILACS, EMBASE, WEB OF SCIENCE databases, and in the SciELO journals directory. After the application of inclusion and exclusion criteria, 24 articles were selected.
Results:
the knowledge produced comprises two main themes: “health in face of economic adversities” and “reciprocity in social support between low-income older women and their social network”.
Final considerations:
health professionals, especially nurses, should be attentive to aspects related to social determinants and the health of low-income older women, highlighting the fact that they are not always the recipients of care.
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REVIEW01-01-2017
Functional health literacy and adherence to the medication in older adults: integrative review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(4):868-874
Abstract
REVIEWFunctional health literacy and adherence to the medication in older adults: integrative review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(4):868-874
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0625
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Objective:
to characterize the national and international scientific production on the relationship of Functional Health Literacy and the adherence to the medication in older adults.
Method:
integrative review of literature, searching the following online databases: Scientific Electronic Library Online (SCIELO); Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature (LILACS); Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE); and Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), in June 2016. We selected 7 articles that obeyed the inclusion criteria.
Results:
all articles are from the USA. The inappropriate Functional Health Literacy affects the non-adherence to medication; however, there are several strategies and interventions that can be practiced to change this relationship.
Conclusion:
nursing needs to explorefurther this theme, since it can exert a differentiated care for adherence to medication in older adults, considering the literacy.
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RESEARCH01-01-2017
Evaluation of the safety of hospitalized older adults as for the risk of falls
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(4):860-867
Abstract
RESEARCHEvaluation of the safety of hospitalized older adults as for the risk of falls
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(4):860-867
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0098
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Objective:
To evaluate the safety of hospitalized older adults as for the risk of falls according to the parameters of the Morse Fall Scale.
Method:
Epidemiological, cross-sectional, prospective and descriptive study with n=75.
Results:
Average age of 71.3 years (SD±8.2); 58.7% male; 44% with low educational level; 38.7% hospitalized for cardiovascular diseases; average hospitalization of 10 days (SD±9.38); 78.7% with comorbidities; 61.3% with the calf circumference ≥ 31 cm; 62.7% were former smokers for more than 10 years; 65% did not drink alcohol; 100% did not have identification bracelet; 22.7% had similar names in the infirmary; 48% took up to five medicines; and 93.3% received some invasive procedure, especially the vessel puncture (65.3%). There was a high risk of falls in 52% of older adults.
Conclusion:
The results pointed to imminent risk of breach of patient safety, emphasizing the need for implementation of protocols and predictive scales such as the Morse scale.
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RESEARCH01-01-2017
Quality of life of elderly people with chronic kidney disease in conservative treatment
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(4):851-859
Abstract
RESEARCHQuality of life of elderly people with chronic kidney disease in conservative treatment
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(4):851-859
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0103
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Objective:
To describe the quality of life (QOL) of elderly people with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) in conservative treatment, correlating it with sociodemographic and health-related aspects.
Method:
This is a quantitative, cross-sectional, and descriptive study that used: a previously validated instrument for data collection; the WHOQOL-BREF and WHOQOL-OLD QOL scales; and the Mini-Mental State Examination.
Results:
Thirty-five elderly people (54.30% females), with mean age of 68.26 years, took part in the study. They reported, on average, 3.70 comorbidities and 5.60 complications related to CKD. Regarding QOL, the “psychological” domain (54.40±16.29) and the “death and dying” facet (37.32±23.79) were considered the most damaged ones; the most strengthened were “social relationships” (70.36±18.32) and “intimacy” (66.61±16.80). A positive correlation was verified between comorbidities and complications (p = 0.015), and an inverse correlation between the number of complications and QOL (p = 0.004).
Conclusion:
These results, if considered during the care planning, may help improving the quality of the care provided for elderly people with CKD.
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RESEARCH01-01-2017
Hospitalization of people 50 years old or older living with HIV/AIDS
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(4):845-850
Abstract
RESEARCHHospitalization of people 50 years old or older living with HIV/AIDS
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(4):845-850
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0113
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Objective:
Identify the rate and predictive factors of the hospitalization of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA), aged 50 years or older.
Method:
A quantitative, cross-sectional study was conducted at two inpatient units specialized in infectious diseases in a teaching hospital. Data were gathered through individual interviews between August 2011 and February 2015. All ethical precepts were followed.
Results:
Of the 532 admitted patients, 95 were PLHA 50 years old or older; 30.5% were admitted 3 to 4 times after being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS.
Conclusion:
Rate of hospitalization was 17.8%, and being 50 to 60 years old was a protective factor against hospitalization.
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