Objective. To discuss multilevel self-management intervention research in nursing to decrease health disparities among people living with chronic diseases. Content synthesis. Multilevel interventions have become the core of nursing research in the last decade. However,...
Objective. To describe the recruitment, retention of family caregivers, and adherence to a telephone based intervention evaluated in a multi-site trial and provide recommendations for the design of future studies. Methods.A descriptive study based on a secondary analy...
Objective. To evaluate the effect of the “Caring for Caregivers” program in the caring ability and burden in family caregivers of patients with chronic diseases at health care institutions. Methods. A randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted in 34 relatives of patients with chronic diseases...
Objective. To determine the variables contributing to the explanation of active aging according to Roy’s adaptation model. Methods. Descriptive correlational study, with convenience and snowball sampling. Two hundred older adults with chronic disease, were included. The instruments used were: a) Yesava...
Objectives. To investigate the association of functional incapacity and the number of morbidities with sociodemographic, economic and health variables. Methods. This is a household survey, quantitative and transversal approach, conducted with 1,693 elderly in Uberaba-MG in 2012. We used the Mini-Mental S...
Objective. To identify the care models and the impact of the use of these in the care of people with chronic diseases reported in the literature in the years 2000 to 2014. Methods. Integrative literature review in which the following guiding question was adopted: Which care models are used in the care of...
Objective.This work sought to explore the relationship between spirituality and religiosity in elderly adults with chronic disease. Methods. This was a cross-sectional cohort study with a representative sample of 229 elderly adults with chronic disease registered in 12 life centers in the city of Cartage...
Objective.This study aimed to analyze the production of a bond between users and health care professionals in a Family Health Unit (FHU). Methods. This was a qualitative, descriptive study, with 33 hypertensive and/or diabetic users. Interviews were transcribed, analyzed and data were compared to the lit...
Objective.Analyze the feelings of hospitalized children and adolescents with chronic diseases towards death. Methodology. Qualitative research, with four children and one teenager with chronic diseases, aged between 11 and 13 years old, who were admitted at a teaching hospital in Brazil, in the period fr...
Objective.This work sought to develop, validate, and determine the reliability of an instrument on Competency in Homecare of the family caregiver of an individual with chronic disease. Methodology. The test validation study was carried out in the following phases: 1) literature review; 2) analysis of res...
