Objective: To investigate the scientific productions about the adverse events that occurred in Intensive Care Units. Methods: Bibliometric study, quantitative approach of documentary base, consisting of 20 articles from the electronic database Scientific Electronic Library Online (Scielo) and Specialized...
To analyze postural changes of elderly people that frequent a club for elderly people. Methods: study of 55 elderlies, 67.2 ± 6.6 years old, 65.5% (36) being female. It was used a questionnaire consisting of sociodemographic variables and a postural assessment instrument that contains items that assess ...
to identify risk factors for cardiovascular disease in adults and the elderly. Method: field research, quantitative, participated in 30 users, the Hiperdia program, with physical and emotional conditions. We used an interview instrument prepared by the researcher. The data from quantitative issues were t...
To investigate the prevalence, causes and consequences related to occurrence of falls among institutionalized elderly. Method: Descriptive study, with a quantitative approach, carried out with 15 seniors who reside and were victims of falls in an institution of long permanence in the city of João Pessoa...
investigate the major health disorders that affect the elderly population in the ambit of mobile pre hospital in João Pessoa-PB city. Method: documental research, quantitative in 240 medical records of elderly with 75,5±9,5 years, being 54,6% (131) female, attended by the respective service. Data were ...
Objective: investigating the association between fragility in the elderly and the clinical variable functional status. Method: a field research, of a quantitative nature, attended by 22 seniors. Data were collected through the Edmonton Frail Scale (EFS), the Katz Index and the Lawton scale and analyzed u...
