ABSTRACT Objective to compare the skill of informal caregivers to care for dependent people undergoing educational planning discharge intervention with and without follow-up at home. Method this is a quasi-experimental, randomized, simple pilot study, with pre and post-test, not blind, however, with ...
ABSTRACT Objectives: to describe the development and validation of the Scale of Practices of Evaluation of Fall Risk Factors during Institutionalization of Elderly People and to describe the practices of evaluation of communication of fall risks to institutionalized elderly people. Methods: methodolo...
ABSTRACT Objective to construct and validate an educational manual for family caregivers of older adult dependent on care after a stroke. Method a methodological study with four stages: focus group with five family caregivers, to identify doubts and difficulties regarding home care for older adults w...
ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the correlation between stress, overload and quality of life of informal caregivers of children with and without orofacial cleft and dysphagia. Method: a cross-sectional, case-control study carried out in a public and tertiary hospital, located in the inland of São Paul...
ABSTRACT Objective: to elaborate and validate face and content of a multi-professional educational booklet for the education of caregivers of patients in use of Home Enteral Nutrition Therapy. Method: a methodological study, conducted in two stages: (1) elaboration of the educational booklet, divided i...
ABSTRACT Objectives: to analyze the practices of a home care team and their implications for caregivers' performance. Methods: qualitative study with data obtained from observation of 21 users, 30 caregivers and 6 professionals from the home health care service in a municipality in Minas Gerais, from F...
RESUMO Objetivo analisar a relação entre qualidade de vida e presença de transtorno mental comum em cuidadores de crianças que necessitam de atenção especial à saúde. Métodos estudo transversal com 87 cuidadores de crianças com necessidades especiais de saúde. Utilizaram-se um questionári...
ABSTRACT Objective: To describe the chemotherapy-associated symptoms and the strategies used for their management from the perspective of pediatric cancer patients' family caregivers. Methods: This is a descriptive study with qualitative data analysis. Data collection took place in a pediatric hospital...
ABSTRACT Objective: To correlate caring ability with overburden, stress and coping of urban and rural family caregivers of patients undergoing cancer treatment. Method: Cross-sectional study, carried out in a referral hospital for cancer treatment, with urban and rural caregivers who responded the foll...
ABSTRACT Aims To understand how the fear of falls emerges and manifests itself in caregivers of institutionalized elders. Method It is a qualitative study, based on the Grounded Theory and carried out with 24 informal caregivers, 5 nurses, 2 physicians and 2 directors of two Portuguese nursing homes. D...
