Artículos - Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem

ABSTRACT

Objectives:

to evaluate the burden and its relationship with the sociodemographic characteristics of caregivers of people with sequelae of stroke.

Methods:

a cross-sectional, exploratory, and quantitative study was conducted with 151 caregivers of people with sequelae of stroke, through home interviews between September and December 2017. Results: there was a general mean of low burden. The items that indicated the worst changes were: “My time for social activities with friends,” “My time for family activities,” “My ability to cope with stress,” and “My physical functioning.” There was an association of burden with the female sex and with caregivers who have been assisting for longer.

Conclusions:

the results allow us to reflect on the need to create a policy aimed at family caregivers to reduce the impact of care delivery.

ABSTRACT

Objectives:

to analyze the health vulnerability of young female transgender living with HIV/AIDS.

Methods:

qualitative, descriptive, and exploratory study, based on the theoretical reference of Social Representation and concept of vulnerability; developed with six transgender women in a reference Hospital for HIV/AIDS. We analyzed the individual interviews, recorded, and transcribed in full, in the IRaMuTeQ software by Similitude Analysis.

Results:

the thematic categories are listed based on the Ayres reference: 1) Individual dimension of vulnerability to HIV/AIDS; 2) Social dimension of vulnerability to HIV/AIDS; 3) Programmatic dimension of the vulnerability.

Final Considerations:

the young female transsexual living with HIV/AIDS experience a context of vulnerability in health associated with a lack of knowledge and difficulties for the realization of self-care. The study evidenced the representations of social abjection and unpreparedness of the health team that compose the Primary Attention in Health in promoting qualified assistance for the execution of the effective and humanized care.