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01-01-2015
Critical incidents in nursing academics: discovering a new identity
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(2):219-227
Abstract
Critical incidents in nursing academics: discovering a new identity
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(2):219-227
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680206i
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Objective:
a qualitative study that followed the principles of the grounded theory in order to analyze the professional identity of nursing academics through the analysis of the most disturbing critical incidents.
Method:
semi-structured interviews were conducted with seven nurses who worked as professors and researchers in a private university in Barcelona.
Results:
the resulting empirical material was organized into two categories: characterization of critical incidents and responsiveness to the incident.
Conclusion:
the professional identity of nurses regarding the academic area is still under construction and inexperience is the major obstacle in the management of critical incidents in the teaching career.
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01-01-2015
Body mass index, waist circumference, and arterial hypertension in students
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(2):214-218
Abstract
Body mass index, waist circumference, and arterial hypertension in students
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(2):214-218
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680205i
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Objective:
to investigate what is the best anthropometric predictor of arterial hypertension among private school students.
Method:
this was a cross-sectional study with 286 students between the ages of 10 and 14 from two private schools in the city of Paranavaí, Paraná, Brazil. The following variables were analyzed: body mass index, waist circumference and blood pressure. Statistical analysis was conducted with Pearson’s partial correlation test and multivariate logistic regression, with p<0.05.
Results:
both anthropometric indicators displayed weak correlation with systolic and diastolic levels, with coeffi cients (r) ranging from 0.27 to 0.36 (p < 0.001). Multivariate analysis showed that the only anthropometric indicator associated with arterial hypertension was waist circumference (OR= 2.3; 95% CI: 1.1-4.5), regardless of age or gender.
Conclusion:
this age group, waist circumference appeared to be a better predictor for arterial hypertension than body mass index.
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01-01-2015
Perception of primary healthcare management nurses on the nursing process
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(2):206-213
Abstract
Perception of primary healthcare management nurses on the nursing process
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(2):206-213
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680204i
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Objective:
this qualitative study aimed to analyze the perceptions of primary health care management nurses on the nursing process.
Method:
data were collected through interviews and analyzed by the Content Analysis proposed by Bardin’s theoretical framework.
Results:
managers recognize the importance of the nursing process, although its implementation was not a priority at the time of the interviews. A conceptual diffi culty and a lack of understanding that the implementation of the care methodology should be a cross-departmental action in the local healthcare management were clearly observed.
Conclusion:
managers should have their perspectives broadened concerning the relevance of the nursing process and the professional training. The active participation of legislative nursing bodies, local healthcare management and the federal government may open the way for the effective implementation of the nursing process.
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01-01-2015
Cross-cultural cultural adaptation of the “Nursing Students’ Attitudes Toward Mental Health Nursing and Consumers” in Brazil
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(2):198-205
Abstract
Cross-cultural cultural adaptation of the “Nursing Students’ Attitudes Toward Mental Health Nursing and Consumers” in Brazil
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(2):198-205
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680203i
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Objective:
to make across-cultural adaptation of the “Nursing Students’ Attitudes Toward Mental Health Nursing and Consumers” scale in Brazil.
Method:
the scale was tested regarding conceptual, item, semantic, and operational equivalence.
Results:
content validation was conducted by an expert committee with a minimum consensus level of 80%. This process resulted in a 35-item scale divided into 6 factors. The experts reached 100% consensus on the scale’s clarity of language, practical pertinence and theoretical relevance, as well as on the need for excluding one factor. Data were collected in 2013 in the city of Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
Conclusion:
the instrument was cross-culturally adapted to Brazilian Portuguese and presented satisfactory content validity. We propose further studies on the scale’s psychometric properties, such as construct validity, internal consistency and reliability.
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01-01-2015
Relational skills and preserving patient privacy in the caring process
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(2):191-197
Abstract
Relational skills and preserving patient privacy in the caring process
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(2):191-197
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680202i
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Objective:
to analyze the development and mobilization of relational skills central to the caring process among nursing students throughout their professional training.
Method:
this was a quantitative study, descriptive and cross-sectional in design. The sample consisted of nursing undergraduate students from the Higher School of Health Sciences, in the city of Évora, Portugal. Data were collected using the previously validated Helping Relational Skills Inventory.
Results:
the students gradually acquired “generic skills”, “communication skills” and “contact skills”, presenting the highest mean score in the last year of the program. However, the highest mean score for the “empathetic skills” subscale was presented by second-year students.
Conclusion:
age and year in program were found to be decisive variables regarding the acquisition of specifi c skills (empathetic and communication) by nursing students.
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01-01-2015
The Brazilian Association of Nursing in the uncompromising defense of the Brazilian Unified Health System
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(2):185-186
Abstract
The Brazilian Association of Nursing in the uncompromising defense of the Brazilian Unified Health System
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(2):185-186
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680201i
Views0The title of the 2015 Editor’s Comments could very well be from a journal published in decades past, a time when, in Brazil, all professional entities and civil society fought for the right to health, as was later established in the Brazilian Constitution of 1988. Twenty-five years later, despite its financial limitations and restricted operational […]See more -
01-01-2015
A ABEn na defesa intransigente do SUS
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(2):185-186
Abstract
A ABEn na defesa intransigente do SUS
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(2):185-186
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680201i
Views0Este título do Editorial de 2015 bem poderia ser de uma revista publicada em décadas passadas, período em que todas as entidades profissionais e a sociedade civil lutaram pela saúde como direito, como conquistado na Constituição de 1988. Vinte e cinco anos depois, com o Sistema Único de Saúde capilarizado por todo o país, mesmo […]See more -
EXPERIENCE REPORT01-01-2015
Nursing diagnoses and interventions for a child after cardiac surgery in an intensive care unit
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(1):155-160
Abstract
EXPERIENCE REPORTNursing diagnoses and interventions for a child after cardiac surgery in an intensive care unit
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(1):155-160
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680121i
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descrever o julgamento clínico de enfermagem para identificar diagnósticos NANDA e desenvolver um plano de tratamento NIC para uma criança em pós-operatório de cirurgia cardíaca em terapia intensiva.
Método:
estudo de caso com coleta de dados retrospectiva no prontuário.
Resultados:
três enfermeiras identificaram diagnósticos NANDA e intervenções NIC. Criança de 6 meses, submetida a cirurgia cardíaca, necessitou oxigenação extracorpórea por membrana no pós-operatório. Foram identificados quatro principais diagnósticos, aos quais foram direcionadas dez intervenções. A proposta de intervenções para responder às necessidades humanas prioritárias da criança foi otimizada pelo uso das terminologias padronizadas. Todos os diagnósticos foram sustentados por indicadores diagnósticos; todas as intervenções foram cientificamente sustentadas.
Conclusão:
espera-se que os enfermeiros abordem não somente as respostas fisiológicas, mas também aquelas dos domínios psicossociais.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-16-2024
Health literacy development of Primary Health Care patients: qualitative research
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(6):e20240154
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEHealth literacy development of Primary Health Care patients: qualitative research
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(6):e20240154
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2024-0154
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Objectives:
to identify the process of health literacy development among primary care patients, relating it to their self-care practices.
Methods:
qualitative, prospective research with 22 patients from two Family Health Strategy units. Data were obtained through individual semi-structured interviews, examined through descriptive statistics and thematic content analysis.
Results:
the results discuss how participants learn about health and how this resonates in their behaviors, culminating in two thematic categories: “Health knowledge construction”; and “Dialogue between health knowledge construction and patient care actions”.
Final Considerations:
health knowledge is developed mainly through interpersonal relationships, mediated by health professionals through bonding and communication. Community educational actions and training of health professionals in communication can promote health literacy and self-care among patients.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-16-2024
Analysis of omission of antimicrobial doses in Intensive Care Units
- Isabelle Ribeiro Machado
, - Danielle de Mendonça Henrique ,
- Flávia Giron Camerini ,
- Vanessa Galdino de Paula ,
- Cintia Silva Fassarella , [ … ],
- Lucas Rodrigo Garcia de Mello
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEAnalysis of omission of antimicrobial doses in Intensive Care Units
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(6):e20240102
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2024-0102
- Isabelle Ribeiro Machado ,
- Danielle de Mendonça Henrique ,
- Flávia Giron Camerini ,
- Vanessa Galdino de Paula ,
- Cintia Silva Fassarella ,
- Lucas Rodrigo Garcia de Mello
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Objectives:
to analyze the rate of antimicrobial dose omission in intensive care units.
Methods:
cross-sectional study carried out between March 1 and September 30, 2023, in intensive care units of a University Hospital in Rio de Janeiro.
Results:
the sample consisted of 452 prescriptions and 1467 antimicrobial doses. The dose omission rate was 4.29%. Each antimicrobial prescribed increased the chance of omission by 51%. The strategy of double-checking prescriptions helped prevent 30% of antimicrobial dose omissions (p=0.0001).
Conclusions:
monitoring the omission of antimicrobial doses can guide nursing actions to improve quality and patient safety, contributing to the prevention of medication errors, antimicrobial stewardship and the fight against antimicrobial resistance.
- Isabelle Ribeiro Machado
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REVIEW12-16-2024
Recommendations for guidelines for promoting mental health in the workplace: an umbrella review
- Evelin Daiane Gabriel Pinhatti ,
- Amanda Salles Margatho do Nascimento ,
- Regina Celia Bueno Rezende Machado ,
- Rosangela Aparecida Pimenta ,
- André Estevam Jaques , [ … ],
- Maria do Carmo Fernandez Lourenço Haddad
Abstract
REVIEWRecommendations for guidelines for promoting mental health in the workplace: an umbrella review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(6):e20240086
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2024-0086
- Evelin Daiane Gabriel Pinhatti ,
- Amanda Salles Margatho do Nascimento ,
- Regina Celia Bueno Rezende Machado ,
- Rosangela Aparecida Pimenta ,
- André Estevam Jaques ,
- Maria do Carmo Fernandez Lourenço Haddad
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Objectives:
to summarize the recommendations of guidelines for promoting mental health in the workplace.
Methods:
an umbrella review, according to Joanna Briggs Institute and Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses methodological assumptions. Data collection was carried out in January 2021 and updated in July 2023 in the American Psychological Association, Cochrane Library, EMBASE, National Library of Medicine, and Scopus databases. Systematic reviews that assessed guidelines with recommendations for mental health care for workers were included. PROSPERO registration CRD42023461845.
Results:
four systematic reviews published between 2015 and 2018 were identified. The abstracts highlighted actions that facilitate and inhibit the recommendations as well as three categories of intervention: primary prevention – worker protection; secondary prevention – promoting workers’ mental health; and tertiary prevention – supporting, monitoring and rehabilitating workers upon returning to work.
Conclusions:
the interventions are based on prevention, promotion and early recognition, support and rehabilitation of mental health problems.
- Evelin Daiane Gabriel Pinhatti
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-16-2024
Psychometric analysis of ProQOL-BR in nursing: building hospital safety and protection
- Frederico Marques Andrade ,
- Lanuza Borges Oliveira ,
- Igor Monteiro Lima Martins ,
- Maria Eduarda Borges Rodrigues ,
- Carla Silvana de Oliveira e Silva
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEPsychometric analysis of ProQOL-BR in nursing: building hospital safety and protection
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(6):e20240085
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2024-0085
- Frederico Marques Andrade ,
- Lanuza Borges Oliveira ,
- Igor Monteiro Lima Martins ,
- Maria Eduarda Borges Rodrigues ,
- Carla Silvana de Oliveira e Silva
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Objectives:
to analyze the psychometric properties of the ProQOL-BR instrument in hospital nursing professionals.
Methods:
a methodological study to validate the ProQOL-BR. Confirmatory factor analysis, assessment of local and global adjustment quality, Pearson hypothesis testing and Cronbach’s alpha internal consistency analysis were used.
Results:
a total of 490 professionals participated. The model presents adequate quality due to factor weights (λ≥ 0.40), acceptable overall fit quality and adequate chi-square ratio and degrees of freedom (χ2/g.1=2.51) for the parameters of CFI (0.923), GFI (0.902), TLI (0.914) and RMSEA (0.042). In terms of validity, it was shown to be adequate with CC=0.89. The internal consistency obtained by standardized Cronbach’s alpha was 0.761. Criterion validity was shown to be favorable with significant correlations (0.001).
Conclusions:
the instrument was validated regarding content, criteria and reliability. Three questions were removed from the original instrument, ProQOL-BR, leaving the final instrument with 25 questions.
- Frederico Marques Andrade
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12-16-2024
GerenciaDOR™: development of digital technology by nurses for the assessment of patients with chronic pain
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(6):e20240050
Abstract
GerenciaDOR™: development of digital technology by nurses for the assessment of patients with chronic pain
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(6):e20240050
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2024-0050
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Objectives:
to develop a digital technological solution (prototype) for assessing patients with chronic pain.
Methods:
this is a methodological and technological development study based on the Human-Centered Design framework and the principles of Patient-Centered Care. The prototype guides patients through a body diagram and directs them to an evaluation using specific instruments that address the multidimensional aspects of chronic pain.
Results:
the GerenciaDOR* project enables navigation through the Web App screens, providing access to pain assessment features up to the presentation of results.
Final Considerations:
the study describes a systematic approach to pain assessment and expands nurses’ knowledge in pain management. Additionally, it can promote the development of other digital technologies for chronic pain assessment and contribute to a multidisciplinary, patient centered treatment.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-16-2024
Respectful care for postpartum women with sickle cell disease: a netnographic study
- Zannety Conceição Silva do Nascimento Souza ,
- Luana Gabriella Pinheiro Barrêto ,
- Paulo Roberto Lima Falcão do Vale ,
- Elysangela Dittz Duarte ,
- Cristiane dos Santos Silva , [ … ],
- Evanilda Souza de Santana Carvalho
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLERespectful care for postpartum women with sickle cell disease: a netnographic study
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(6):e20230545
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0545
- Zannety Conceição Silva do Nascimento Souza ,
- Luana Gabriella Pinheiro Barrêto ,
- Paulo Roberto Lima Falcão do Vale ,
- Elysangela Dittz Duarte ,
- Cristiane dos Santos Silva ,
- Evanilda Souza de Santana Carvalho
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Objectives:
to analyze principles of respectful maternity care in narratives of postpartum women with sickle cell disease, relating them to Sustainable Development Goals.
Methods:
netnographic study, with two videos published in 2020. Deductive iconographic and thematic analysis by Respectful Maternity Care Charter, organized in MAXQDA.
Results:
principles identified were the right to: freedom from harm and ill-treatment; information, informed consent, refusal of medical procedures, and respect for their choices and preferences including companion; be considered a person from birth, with dignified and respectful treatment; health at the highest possible level; newborns being with their parents or guardians. The Sustainable Development Goals for women by 2030 were not positively contemplated in postpartum women’s experience.
Final Considerations:
it is appropriate that health workers qualify themselves to provide respectful maternity care, with qualified listening, understanding, and resolution of unique demands of postpartum women with sickle cell disease, seeking equality in care for women.
- Zannety Conceição Silva do Nascimento Souza
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-16-2024
Construction and validation of an educational game on biosafety in the central sterile supply department
- Tatiana Nemoto Piccoli Moraes ,
- Fernanda Moura D’Almeida Miranda ,
- Rafaela Danta de Sousa ,
- Luciana Schleder Gonçalves ,
- Maria de Fatima Mantovani , [ … ],
- Jenira Priscila dos Anjos
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEConstruction and validation of an educational game on biosafety in the central sterile supply department
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(6):e20230478
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0478
- Tatiana Nemoto Piccoli Moraes ,
- Fernanda Moura D’Almeida Miranda ,
- Rafaela Danta de Sousa ,
- Luciana Schleder Gonçalves ,
- Maria de Fatima Mantovani ,
- Jenira Priscila dos Anjos
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Objectives:
to construct and validate an educational game on biosafety in the Central Sterile Supply Department of a hospital in Curitiba, PR.
Methods:
the study was conducted using a quantitative approach, employing applied and technological research with an exploratory design. The process was divided into six stages, from the definition of the theme to the validation and application of the game. The study was carried out from May to August 2022, involving 17 nursing professionals from a Central Sterile Supply Department during day and night shifts, as well as 9 judges.
Results:
the study resulted in the construction of a board game named by the authors as “My Health First.”
Conclusions:
the research achieved its objective of constructing and validating an educational game. By reflecting on professional practice and correlating the occupational risks present, the professionals were able to list safe actions, identify problems, and seek solutions.
- Tatiana Nemoto Piccoli Moraes
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-16-2024
Training profile of intensive care nurses in Brazil: cross-sectional study
- Thais Oliveira Gomes ,
- Fernanda Berchelli Girão ,
- Tágora do Lago Santos ,
- Matheus Henrique Silva ,
- Erika Azevedo Portes , [ … ],
- Marcus Vinicius Melo de Andrade
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLETraining profile of intensive care nurses in Brazil: cross-sectional study
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(6):e20230460
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0460
- Thais Oliveira Gomes ,
- Fernanda Berchelli Girão ,
- Tágora do Lago Santos ,
- Matheus Henrique Silva ,
- Erika Azevedo Portes ,
- Clayton Lima Melo ,
- Marcus Vinicius Melo de Andrade
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Objectives:
to describe the training profile of Brazilian intensive care nurses.
Methods:
a cross-sectional study carried out in two stages: a structured, self-administered questionnaire; mapping of the national supply of lato sensu postgraduate courses. Data was collected on the sociodemographic profile, training process and characterization of the courses.
Results:
in the first stage, 202 respondents were obtained. The majority were women (79.2%), aged between 26 and 45 (80.7%), graduated less than 5 years ago (44%), through lato sensu postgraduate courses (55.5%), which were marked by the absence of laboratory practice (57.5%) and guided tours (42.5%). In the second stage, 457 courses were identified, with face-to-face teaching (58.9%), a workload of 360 to 420 hours (51.2%), a duration of up to 6 months (41.8%) and variation in the sub-area of training.
Conclusions:
there was a predominance of professionals graduating from lato sensu post-graduate courses, with essentially theoretical teaching and heterogeneity in terms of modality, workload and sub-area of training.
- Thais Oliveira Gomes
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RESEARCH01-01-2017
Complex educational and care (geron)technology for elderly individuals/families experiencing Alzheimer’s disease
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(4):726-732
Abstract
RESEARCHComplex educational and care (geron)technology for elderly individuals/families experiencing Alzheimer’s disease
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(4):726-732
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0687
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Objective:
To describe the contributions of the Integrated Multidisciplinary Care Group for Caregivers of Individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease as an educational and care (geron)technology in the context of Alzheimer’s disease in elderly individuals from the perspective of family members/caregivers.
Method:
Exploratory, descriptive study with a qualitative approach conducted with 13 family members/caregivers of elderly people participating in the support group of a university institution of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Data collected between January and April 2016 through a semi-structured interview were submitted to discursive textual analysis.
Results:
Family members/caregivers pointed out education and care as contributions of the group; education for care and for the future; exchange, socialization, and development of knowledge through the range of knowledge existing in the Group.
Conclusion:
The Group contributes as a (geron)technology of care and education for care in which knowledge is built and applied in practice, supporting the experienced disorders and improving the quality of care provided for elderly individuals with Alzheimer’s disease.
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RESEARCH01-01-2017
Falls in institutionalized older adults: risks, consequences and antecedents
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(4):719-725
Abstract
RESEARCHFalls in institutionalized older adults: risks, consequences and antecedents
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(4):719-725
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0107
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Objective:
To analyze the occurrence of falls in institutionalized elderly addressing the risks, consequences and antecedents.
Method:
Cross-sectional study carried out with 45 older adults in Long-Term Care Facilities for the Older adult in João Pessoa, Brazil, in June and July 2016. A socio-demographic questionnaire and the Berg Balance Scale were applied, classifying as risk of fall scores lower than 45. Descriptive statistics and tests were conducted: independent t-test, Anova (Tukey), Chi-square, Mann Whitney. Statistically significance was p <0.05. Data were processed in SPSS version 19.0.
Results:
A total of 66.7% (30) falls occurred, 20% (9) of them in the external area, with 66.7% (30) of the participants having hypertension as a previous disease and, as consequence, the fracture was highlighted with 11.2% (5). The Berg Scale had different scores when compared to the falls suffered by the elderly and previous diseases influenced the occurrence of falls (p <0.05).
Conclusion:
It is necessary to implement public financing policies or partnerships that allow environments adaptations aiming at reducing the risks of falls.
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RESEARCH01-01-2017
Factors associated with the functional capacity of older adults with leprosy
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(4):711-718
Abstract
RESEARCHFactors associated with the functional capacity of older adults with leprosy
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(4):711-718
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0091
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Objective:
to investigate the association between socio-demographic and clinical factors and the functional capacity of older adults with leprosy.
Method:
cross-sectional analytical study conducted in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, with 77 older adult patients with leprosy in a referral service, through interview, medical records and application of the Katz Index and the Lawton and Brody Scale.
Results:
the mean age was 68.23 years, with prevalence of men, in stable union/married, with mean monthly family income of 2.04 minimum wages, positive bacillary index, clinical dimorphic form and grade zero disability. In the Lawton and Brody scale, independence (58.5%) was predominant and associated to the variables “living arrangement” and “educational attainment”. Total independence (87.0%) was predominant in the Katz Index and statistically associated to the variable monthly family income.
Conclusion:
most of the participants were classified as independent in the instruments used. Furthermore, the instruments pointed to a greater number of associations with socio-demographic and clinical factors not related to leprosy.
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RESEARCH01-01-2017
Effects of supportive telephone counseling in the metabolic control of elderly people with diabetes mellitus
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(4):704-710
Abstract
RESEARCHEffects of supportive telephone counseling in the metabolic control of elderly people with diabetes mellitus
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(4):704-710
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0089
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Objective:
the purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of telephone-based support for the metabolic control of elderly patients with diabetes mellitus.
Method:
a pragmatic study was conducted in two groups, called G1 (n=36) and G2 (n=27), at a health unit from the countryside of São Paulo state. Patients in G1 group received telephone support over four months, through 16 telephone contacts with educational material; for the G2 group the educational material was mailed.
Results:
significant differences were found. The G1 group showed a reduction of the parameters of fasting glucose, as well as systolic and diastolic blood pressure. In G2 group a modest reduction was noted in some parameters, with no significant difference.
Conclusion:
telephone support was effective to deliver patient education to the diabetic elderly, leading to the reduction of fasting blood glucose. This, combined with other strategies, can contribute to reduce glycated hemoglobin (NCT 01972412).
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RESEARCH01-01-2017
Stress and optimism of elderlies who are caregivers for elderlies and live with children
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(4):697-703
Abstract
RESEARCHStress and optimism of elderlies who are caregivers for elderlies and live with children
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(4):697-703
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0088
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Objective:
to evaluate the relation between stress and optimism of elderlies who are informal caregivers for elderlies and live with children.
Method:
cross-sectional study on 50 elderlies who provide care to elderlies, live with children, and are registered in the primary health care. The interviews occurred in the participant’s residence and we evaluated characteristics of the care-dependent elderly and of the children, sociodemographic characteristics, stress through the Perceived Stress Scale and optimism through the Pinto and Pais-Ribeiro Spirituality Scale, in the elderly caregiver. For statistical analysis we used the Spearman correlation test.
Results:
the mean level of stress was 23.9 points and of optimism was 3.3 points. Correlation analysis showed that the higher the level of optimism the significantly lower the level of perceived stress of elderlies who provided care to elderlies and lived with children.
Conclusion:
inversely proportional correlation was identified between stress and optimism.
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RESEARCH01-01-2017
Spiritual well-being and quality of life of older adults in hemodialysis
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(4):689-696
Abstract
RESEARCHSpiritual well-being and quality of life of older adults in hemodialysis
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(4):689-696
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0006
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Objective:
To analyze the relationship between spiritual well-being, sociodemographic, economic, religious, and health variables and the quality of life of older adults undergoing hemodialysis.
Method:
This was a cross-sectional and correlational study conducted with 169 older adults undergoing hemodialysis. The researchers conducted interviews to collect sociodemographic, economic, religious, and health data and applied the Spiritual Well-Being Scale (SWBS) and the WHO quality of life assessment (WHOQOL-BREF and WHOQOL-OLD).
Results:
Most of the older adults attained a moderate level of total spiritual well-being (SWB). In terms of QOL, the psychological domain (66.8; sd=13.9) and social relationships domain (66.8; sd=15.1) presented the highest mean scores. The WHOQOL-BREF domains were positively correlated with the SWB scale, with statistical significance among all domains and subscales except the environmental domain.
Conclusion:
The QOL of older adults was associated with the construct of SWB, either positively or negatively.
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RESEARCH01-01-2017
Vulnerability of caregivers of the elderly with dementia: a cross-sectional descriptive study
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(4):682-688
Abstract
RESEARCHVulnerability of caregivers of the elderly with dementia: a cross-sectional descriptive study
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(4):682-688
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0579
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Objective:
to evaluate the sociodemographic and clinical profile of the caregivers and its relation with the overburden from the care of the elderly with dementia.
Method:
a cross-sectional descriptive study; the sample was non-probabilistic, developed with caregivers of elderly people with dementia. The field of investigation was the Health Care Center of the Elderly and their Caregivers (CASIC), in the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Data collection took place from February to June 2016, with the following instruments: a sociodemographic questionnaire and Zarit scale.
Results:
fifty percent of the caregivers presented moderate overburden; 38% presented little overburden; and 12% moderate/severe overburden. It was observed that the median of weekly care hours increases as the overburden increases. Caregivers with moderate to severe overburden, in the majority, do not share care.
Conclusion:
it is clear that the overburden of care places the caregiver in conditions of biological and psychological vulnerability.
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RESEARCH01-01-2017
Therapeutic nursing care: transition in sexuality of the elderly caregiving spouse
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(4):673-681
Abstract
RESEARCHTherapeutic nursing care: transition in sexuality of the elderly caregiving spouse
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(4):673-681
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0256
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Objective:
To understand the transitions experienced, and the conditions and expected response patterns to changes in sexuality of the spouse-caregiver of the elderly, during progression of the dementia process.
Method:
A qualitative research study, conducted at the neurogeriatric clinic between May of 2014 and May of 2015. An intensive, individual interview was administered to 12 elderly caregivers. Thematic content analysis was applied, using the theoretical model of Transition Theory.
Results:
Seven categories emerged, involving relationship and conjugal sexuality; disease repercussions; care and professional approach; attitudes, beliefs and social imagery of sexuality and care; family relationship and redefining of sexuality.
Final considerations:
Family development and marital life, the aspects of formation and development of sexuality, the specifics that involved living and caring for the other were understood, with successive events and changes influenced by old age, dementia, beliefs and social imagery.
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