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Adaptation and validation of the Measuring of Treatment Adherence for mental health

Rev. Bras. Enferm. (Online); 71 (supl.5), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: to adapt culturally and validate the Measuring Instrument of Treatment Adherence for mental health. Method: methodological study, carried out with 300 individuals with mental disorders, in two Psychosocial Care Centers in Curitiba, state of Paraná, Brazil, from April to June 2014. ...

Being-patient-waiting-for-cardiac-surgery: the preoperative period under the Heideggerian perspective

ABSTRACT Objective: to investigate the patients' experience in the cardiac surgery preoperative period under the Heideggerian perspective. Method: exploratory qualitative research. Twelve patients were interviewed, from March to April, 2016, while they waited for myocardial revascularization surgery or...

Comparison of tools for assessing fatigue in patients with heart failure

ABSTRACT Objective: To compare the distributions of measurements of the Dutch Fatigue Scale (DUFS), Dutch Exertion Fatigue Scale (DEFS), and Fatigue Pictogram tools, according to the New York Heart Association (NYHA) Functional Classification and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). Method: Metho...

Health diagnosis: a responsibility of community health nursing in Angola

ABSTRACT Objective: To characterize the health situation of the population in the Imbondeiro neighborhood, sector C (Luanda). Method: This is a descriptive, cross-sectional and quantitative study. Families living in the sector were included, included in the sample by "door to door" contact. They accept...

Pedagogical preparation of nursing professors for professional secondary technical education

ABSTRACT Objective: To understand how the nursing professor pedagogically prepares for teaching in professional secondary technical education in the light of the Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Lee S. Shulman. Method: This is a qualitative and descriptive study. Two pedagogical workshops were held to ...

Elderly caring for the elderly: spirituality as tensions relief

ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate the forms of coping used to relieve tensions by elderly caregivers of elderly relatives and to know the type of support they receive from the Primary Health Care service at home. Method: A qualitative study with a theoretical-methodological contribution of Grounded Th...

Profile and quality of life of women in pelvic floor rehabilitation

ABSTRACT Objective: Describe the sociodemographic, clinical, and sexual profile, identify profile variables that affect the Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL), and evaluate the correlation between two HRQoL questionnaires used in a pelvic floor rehabilitation program. Method: This is an observation...

Case study: using participatory photographic methods for the prevention of medication errors

ABSTRACT Objective: To describe the experience of using participatory photographic research methods to engage nurses and researchers in a collaborative study to improve medication safety conditions, particularly in patients with feeding tubes in a nursing home for the elderly (NHE). Method: This qualit...

The teaching approach on communicative skills in different teaching methodologies

ABSTRACT Objective: to understand, from the perspective of professors, which are the facilities and difficulties in the development of communication skills in nursing undergraduates who experiment different teaching-learning methodologies. Method: qualitative research performed with 30 nursing professo...

Application of Merleau-Pontyan perspective on the physical and psychological implications of venous ulcers

ABSTRACT Objective: to verify the application of the Merleau-Pontyan perspective on the physical and psychological implications of chronic venous ulcers in the existence of people who experience the disease. Method: a qualitative study, of the descriptive phenomenological type, developed with 36 patien...