Resultados: 574

Reflections and collective production about being a municipal health counselor

Rev. Bras. Enferm. (Online); 71 (supl.1), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: to identify the participation dynamics of a municipal council and to develop a critical-reflexive process on "being a counselor", identifying weaknesses and possibilities of this council, in addition to collectively generating new knowledge and (re)elaborating the MHC Ordinary Law. ...

Characterization of users at risk of developing diabetes: a cross-sectional study

Rev. Bras. Enferm. (Online); 71 (supl.1), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: To characterize the profile of users at risk of developing diabetes mellitus type 2 according to sociodemographic and clinical variables. Method: Cross-sectional study, descriptive, quantitative approach conducted with 266 users of Basic Care. Inferential statistics analysis, calcul...

Social networks of patients with chronic skin lesions: nursing care

Rev. Bras. Enferm. (Online); 71 (supl.1), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: To describe the social networks of patients with chronic skin damages. Method: A qualitative study conducted through semi-structured interviews with nine subjects with chronic skin lesions from June 2016 to March 2017; we used the theoretical-methodological framework of Lia Sanicola...

Quality of life of elderly people living with HIV/AIDS in outpatient follow-up

Rev. Bras. Enferm. (Online); 71 (supl.1), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze factors related to the quality of life of elderly people living with HIV/AIDS. Method: A cross-sectional study was carried out with people aged 50 years or more in a specialized outpatient clinic. The data collection was by means of an interview. For the analysis of data ...

How do old men take care of their own health in Primary Care?

Rev. Bras. Enferm. (Online); 71 (supl.1), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: To understand the care of elderly men with their own health. Method: A qualitative study with the participation of ten elderly men, through responses to the semi-structured interview guided by the "Tell me about your experiences of care with your health", carried out in a basic heal...

Palliative therapy in adults with cancer: a cross-sectional study

ABSTRACT Objective: To characterize the socioeconomic and clinical profile of adult cancer patients in palliative therapy. Method: Cross-sectional study in an oncology hospital in Paraná, with 124 adult patients who started palliative therapy in the period from Jan. 2 to June 30, 2015. Results: Of th...

Workload of nurses: observational study of indirect care activities/interventions

ABSTRACT Objective: Observe the workflow of nurses in hospitalization units identifying indirect care activities/interventions; measure the frequency and average time spent in performing them; and to verify the associations between average time of the activities interventions grouped into categories and...

The daily lives of people with Parkinson's disease

ABSTRACT Objective: To understand the daily lives of people with Parkinson's disease. Method: Qualitative research, using as methodological and theoretical referential the Grounded Theory and Symbolic Interactionism, respectively. The in-depth interview was conducted with 30 people with Parkinson's dis...

Calf circumference: clinical validation for evaluation of muscle mass in the elderly

ABSTRACT Objective: To validate calf circumference as a technology for assessing muscle mass in the elderly. Method: Cross-sectional study with 132 elderly people from Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil. Decreased muscle mass was determined by the skeletal muscle mass index (IME) using Dual Energy X-Ray Absortom...

Patients' knowledge about medication prescription in the emergency service

ABSTRACT Objective: To identify which orientations were received by the patient about the medication prescription and which professional performed it; to evaluate the patients' knowledge about prescription drugs and to correlate it to socioeconomic variables, comorbidities, and the frequency with which ...