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...
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. ...
Brasil,
Participación de la Comunidad/métodos,
Participación de la Comunidad/psicología,
Consejeros/psicología,
Consejeros/normas,
Política de Salud/legislación & jurisprudencia,
Política de Salud/tendencias,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Poder Psicológico,
Investigación Cualitativa,
Bienestar Social/legislación & jurisprudencia
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 ...
Atención Ambulatoria/estadística & datos numéricos,
Estudios Transversales,
Escolaridad,
Empleo/estadística & datos numéricos,
Infecciones por VIH/complicaciones,
Infecciones por VIH/psicología,
VIH-1/patogenicidad,
Renta/estadística & datos numéricos,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Psicometría/instrumentación,
Psicometría/métodos,
Calidad de Vida/psicología,
Encuestas y Cuestionarios
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...
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...
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...
Adaptación Psicológica,
Enfermedad Crónica/psicología,
Enfermedad Crónica/terapia,
Costo de Enfermedad,
Teoría Fundamentada,
Entrevistas como Asunto,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Enfermedad de Parkinson/complicaciones,
Enfermedad de Parkinson/psicología,
Enfermedad de Parkinson/terapia,
Investigación Cualitativa
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...
Antropometría/instrumentación,
Antropometría/métodos,
Composición Corporal/fisiología,
Brasil,
Estudios Transversales,
Extremidad Inferior/anatomía & histología,
Extremidad Inferior/patología,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Músculo Esquelético/anatomía & histología,
Músculo Esquelético/patología,
Atención Primaria de Salud/métodos,
Atención Primaria de Salud/normas,
Curva ROC,
Reproducibilidad de los Resultados,
Pesos y Medidas Corporales/instrumentación
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 ...
ABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate the quality of primary health care from the perspective of the male population. Method: a cross-sectional descriptive-evaluative study conducted at the family health units of Teresina, Piauí, Brazil, with the male population being interviewed through the Primary Care As...
ABSTRACT Objective: to identify associations between the Burnout domains and the characteristics of the work environment. Method: cross-sectional study with 745 nurses from 40 public health institutions in São Paulo. Nursing Work Index-Revised (NWI-R) and Maslach Burnout Inventory were used. Similar i...
Adaptación Psicológica,
Análisis de Varianza,
Brasil,
Agotamiento Profesional/etiología,
Agotamiento Profesional/psicología,
Estudios Transversales,
Satisfacción en el Trabajo,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Salud Pública/normas,
Encuestas y Cuestionarios,
Recursos Humanos,
Lugar de Trabajo/psicología,
Lugar de Trabajo/normas
