Resultados: 17

Elderly caregiver: knowledge, attitudes and practices about falls and its prevention

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (supl.2), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: investigate the knowledge, attitudes and practices of informal elderly caregivers about falls and its prevention. Method: this is a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted with 97 informal elderly caregivers residents in areas covered by five Health Strategy Units (ESF) in Cuiab...

Factors associated with the development of diabetes mellitus in older caregivers

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (supl.2), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: evaluate the factors associated with the risk of diabetes mellitus in older caregivers. Method: this is a cross-sectional study conducted with 326 older caregivers enrolled in Family Health Units. Data were collected using a sociodemographic characterization questionnaire, clinical ...

Quality of life, burden, family emotional support: a model for older adults who are caregivers

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (supl.2), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate associations between quality of life, sex, age, burden, and nature of emotional support available in the family in older adults who are caregivers of older relatives. Method: Cross-sectional and correlational study on 148 caregivers gathered in public and private heal...

Elderly caregivers of the elderly: frailty, loneliness and depressive symptoms

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (supl.2), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: to investigate the association between frailty, loneliness and depressive symptoms of elderly caregivers. Method: a cross - sectional study carried out with 341 elderly caregivers enrolled in Family Health Units of a city in the countryside of São Paulo State. The interviews were d...

Caring ability, burden, stress and coping of family caregivers of people in cancer treatment

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (6), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the association between the caring ability and the burden, stress and coping of family caregivers of people in cancer treatment. Method: A cross-sectional study with 132 family caregivers. The following instruments were applied: a characterization instrument, the Caring A...

Caregiver burden and stress in psychiatric hospital admission

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (6), 2019
ABSTRACT 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 tha...

Hand hygiene: knowledge and skill of caregivers in the hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (6), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: to identify the knowledge and ability of caregivers on hand hygiene in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Method: a prospective cross-sectional study. A questionnaire was used to identify the knowledge and it was observed the hygiene technique performance. Data were collected ...

Characteristics of caregivers submitted to music therapy after the death of loved ones

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (6), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To describe the characteristics of bereaved caregivers submitted to post-loss music therapy. Method: This is a cross-sectional database from a randomized clinical trial that performed music therapy for caregivers who lost their loved ones to cancer. The following variables were used...

Questions of informal caregivers of children regarding the postoperative period of cochlear implant

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (4), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To identify the main questions of informal caregivers of children with hearing impairments on the postoperative care of cochlear implant. Method: Cross-sectional study developed in a public and tertiary hospital of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The sample consisted of 48 informal...

Caring for the carer: quality of life and burden of female caregivers

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (3), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To assess the quality of life and the burden of female caregivers. Method: Descriptive, cross-sectional, quantitative study carried out with 224 informal caregivers from March to July 2016. Three instruments were used: a characterization form for the caregiver, the WHOQOL-Bref quest...