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Opinions on mental illness from the perspective of primary care nurses in Portugal

Abstract Objective: To identify the opinions of primary care nurses regarding mental illness and the care provided to this population. Methodology: Cross-sectional, quantitative study with the participation of 328 nurses of primary health care in Porto, Portugal. Data collected between April and Augu...

Therapeutic group in mental health: intervention in the family health strategy

Abstract Objective: To understand the perception of primary care users in the face of mental suffering and participation in a coexistence therapeutic group. Methods: Convergent Care Research of qualitative approach performed with four participants of a therapeutic group in a Family Health Strategy. Wa...

Resilience, quality of life and symptoms of depression among elderlies receiving outpatient care

Objective: to analyze the relation between resilience and demographic variables, quality of life and symptoms of depression in elderlies attended at a Geriatric Outpatient Clinic. Method: analytical cross-sectional study, conducted with 148 elderlies, with a questionnaire of sociodemographic and health ...

Causes of hospital admissions and deaths among Brazilian elders between 2005 and 2015

Abstract OBJECTIVE To analyze the ranking and percentage variation of the main causes of hospital admissions and death of Brazilian elders between 2005 and 2015, according to gender and age groups. METHOD Retrospective and temporal analysis study. The six main causes of hospitalization and death of eld...

Institutionalized child care experiences: the hidden side of work

Abstract Objective: To know the caregiver's perception about the work/care with the institutionalized child. Methods: Qualitative research that used the Theory of Attachment and Symbolic Interactionism as theoretical references and the Grounded Theory as a methodological reference. Data was collected...

Child and adolescent violence: oral story of women who attempted suicide

ABSTRACT Objective: To unveil expressions of intrafamily violence experienced in childhood and/or adolescence by women who attempted suicide. Method: This is a study with a qualitative approach based on Oral Story. Participants were ten women with a history of suicide attempt, who experienced intrafami...

Functional independence of elderly patients who fell: a follow-up study

ABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate, in emergency hospital service and at home, the functional independence of elderly people who fell. Method: longitudinal study with 151 elderly. Functional Independence Measure (FIM) was used. Statistical tests were performed with univariate and bivariate analysis. Resu...

Caring ability, burden, stress and coping of family caregivers of people in cancer treatment

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the association between the caring ability and the burden, stress and coping of family caregivers of people in cancer treatment. Method: A cross-sectional study with 132 family caregivers. The following instruments were applied: a characterization instrument, the Caring A...

Knowledge of the care of wounded patients: evidence of validity of an instrument

ABSTRACT Objective: to present evidence of validity of an instrument aimed at evaluating the knowledge of nursing students about the care of the wounded patient, according to the difficulty and discrimination indexes of the items. Method: methodological study conducted in a nursing higher education ins...

Nurses defending the autonomy of the elderly at the end of life

ABSTRACT Objective: to understand how nurses deal with the elderly's autonomy at the end of life. Method: qualitative, exploratory study, guided by the Grounded Theory. Ten nurses, eight doctors and 15 nursing technicians were interviewed between November 2016 and May 2017 at a university hospital in R...