Resultados: 35

Self-care activities, sociodemographic variables, treatment and depressive symptoms among older adults with Diabetes Mellitus

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (supl.2), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the association between self-care activities of older adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM) and sociodemographic variables, type of treatment and depressive symptoms. Method: inferential and cross-sectional study, with 121 older adults with Type 2 DM in ambulatory car...

Advanced mobile prehospital nursing care for elderly people post-trauma: integrative review

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (supl.2), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: to identify scientific evidences available on the literature on nursing interventions on advanced mobile prehospital care for elderly people post-trauma. Method: an integrative review of literature on the databases PubMed, CINAHL, and LILACS, from 2012 to 2017. Results: a sample co...

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 ...

Sintomas neuropsiquiátricos de idosos com demência: repercussões para o cuidador familiar

Texto & contexto enferm; 27 (3), 2018
RESUMO Objetivo: identificar a presença, frequência e gravidade dos sintomas neuropsiquiátricos em idosos com demência, identificar o desgaste do cuidador familiar e analisar os fatores relacionados ao desgaste do cuidador. Método: estudo transversal, descritivo, exploratório e correlacional, rea...

Spiritual well-being and quality of life of older adults in hemodialysis

Rev. bras. enferm; 70 (4), 2017
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the relationship between spiritual well-being, sociodemographic, economic, religious, and health variables and the quality of life of older adults undergoing hemodialysis. Method: This was a cross-sectional and correlational study conducted with 169 older adults undergoin...

Nursing diagnosis in older adults with chronic kidney disease on hemodialysis

Rev. bras. enferm; 70 (4), 2017
ABSTRACT Objective: To identify the main nursing diagnoses (NSs) in older adult patients under hemodialysis treatment. Method: Exploratory research using case studies in data collection performed by interview and physical examination of older adults, in the first semester of 2016. Were included twenty-...

Sobrecarga y calidad de vida del cuidador principal del adulto mayor

Av. enferm; 34 (3), 2016
Objetivo: Determinar la sobrecarga de trabajo y la calidad de vida del cuidador principal del adulto mayor atendido en un consultorio de geriatría. Metodología: Estudio cuantitativo, descriptivo, de corte transversal, realizado con 183 adultos mayores y sus respectivos cuidadores atendidos en un consul...

Instrumentos de avaliação da qualidade de vida do idoso com Alzheimer: revisão integrativa da literatura

O uso de instrumentos para avaliar a qualidade de vida de idosos com Alzheimer é de grande utilidade para a implementação da atenção adequada a essa população. O objetivo do estudo é buscar na literatura as evidências de validade dos instrumentos que avaliam a qual...

Health-related quality of life as a predictor of mortality in patients on peritoneal dialysis

Objective: to characterize deaths that occurred, and the association between socio-demographic, clinical, laboratory variables and health-related quality of life and the outcome of death in patients on peritoneal dialysis, over a two year period after an initial assessment. Method: observational, prospe...

Neuropsychiatric symptoms of the elderly with Alzheimer's disease and the family caregivers' distress

ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the relationship between the distress of the family caregiver and the presence of neuropsychiatric symptoms in elderly patients with Alzheimer's disease or mixed dementia. Method: a descriptive, cross-sectional study conducted in the Geriatric and Dementias Clinic of a ...