ABSTRACT Objective: to identify the social representations of older adults regarding quality of life, and to analyze the care practices adopted to promote it. Method: qualitative, exploratory, descriptive research, applying the Theory of Social Representations. Thirty older people from a Health Academy...
ABSTRACT 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 valida...
Actitud Frente a la Muerte,
Comorbilidad,
Tratamiento Conservador/psicología,
Estudios Transversales,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Psicometría/instrumentación,
Psicometría/métodos,
Calidad de Vida/psicología,
Insuficiencia Renal Crónica/complicaciones,
Insuficiencia Renal Crónica/psicología,
Encuestas y Cuestionarios
ABSTRACT 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, t...
ABSTRACT 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 undergoin...
Brasil,
Costo de Enfermedad,
Estudios Transversales,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Psicometría/instrumentación,
Psicometría/métodos,
Calidad de Vida/psicología,
Diálisis Renal/efectos adversos,
Diálisis Renal/psicología,
Factores Socioeconómicos,
Espiritualidad,
Encuestas y Cuestionarios
ABSTRACT Objective: To assess the development and implementation of permanent education action. Method: Quantitative-qualitative research based on action research in three phases (diagnosis of reality, implementation of activity and evaluation), performed with health professionals and managers of basic...
Educación en Salud/métodos,
Educación en Salud/normas,
Personal de Salud/psicología,
Promoción de la Salud/métodos,
Promoción de la Salud/normas,
Investigación sobre Servicios de Salud/métodos,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Atención Primaria de Salud/métodos,
Investigación Cualitativa,
Encuestas y Cuestionarios,
Recursos Humanos
ABSTRACT Objective: Identifying prevalence of frailty in elderly caregivers inserted in a high social vulnerability context and its correlation with sociodemographic and health aspects. Method: Descriptive, correlational and cross-sectional study. Forty elderly caregivers were evaluated with: questionn...
Cuidadores/psicología,
Cuidadores/normas,
Cognición,
Estudios Transversales,
Fragilidad/psicología,
Fragilidad/terapia,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Prevalencia,
Psicometría/instrumentación,
Psicometría/métodos,
Factores Sexuales,
Encuestas y Cuestionarios
ABSTRACT Objectives: To validate the content of a fall management risk protocol in long-term institutions for elderly people. Methods: Methodological, quanti-qualitative study using the Delphi technique. The tool, based on the literature, was sent electronically to obtain consensus among the 14 experts...
ABSTRACT 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 de...
Brasil,
Cuidadores/psicología,
Costo de Enfermedad,
Estudios Transversales,
Demencia Vascular/complicaciones,
Demencia/psicología,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Psicometría/instrumentación,
Psicometría/métodos,
Investigación Cualitativa,
Encuestas y Cuestionarios,
Poblaciones Vulnerables/psicología
ABSTRACT 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...
Accidentes por Caídas/estadística & datos numéricos,
Análisis de Varianza,
Distribución de Chi-Cuadrado,
Comorbilidad,
Estudios Transversales,
Institucionalización/estadística & datos numéricos,
Cuidados a Largo Plazo/métodos,
Cuidados a Largo Plazo/estadística & datos numéricos,
Medición de Riesgo/métodos,
Factores de Riesgo,
Estadísticas no Paramétricas,
Encuestas y Cuestionarios
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the association between filial responsibility and the overload of the children when caring for their older parents. Method: Cross-sectional study with 100 caregiver children of older adults. Filial liability was assessed by the attitudes of the responsible child (scale of...
Actividades Cotidianas/psicología,
Brasil,
Cuidadores,
Costo de Enfermedad,
Estudios Transversales,
Relaciones Familiares/psicología,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Psicometría/instrumentación,
Psicometría/métodos,
Factores Socioeconómicos,
Encuestas y Cuestionarios
