OBJETIVOS: confirmar e refinar a estrutura de protocolo de assistência multiprofissional para pessoas com úlcera venosa atendidas na atenção primária. MÉTODO: estudo metodológico, quantitativo, realizado em três etapas: elaboração do instrumento, a partir de revisão da literatura; e validaçã...
OBJETIVO: Averiguar a validade de conteúdo do protocolo para assistir pessoas com úlcera venosa na atenção primária. MÉTODO: Estudo metodológico, realizado de setembro a novembro de 2012. Produziu-se um conjunto de itens a serem considerados em protocolo de assistência multiprofissional. Essa pro...
Introduction: Venous ulcers are a public health problem that affect quality of life (QOL) and are determined by socioeconomic context, health assistance and lesion characteristics. Aim: To compare the QOL of patients suffering from venous ulcers in Natal/Brazil with patients in Evora/Portugal. Method: Co...
The research aims at identifying strategies of coping with AIDS used by mothers of HIV positive children to live better with their children's disease. The method used was a descriptive qualitative study. Thirty-three structured interviews were conducted with HIV positive women voluntaries and registered ...
This descriptive study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of Non-Pharmacological Strategies (NFS) on pain relief of parturients as part of a research instrument to be utilized in a Doctoral Dissertation. In order to evaluate the NFS, the Analogous Visual Scale (AVS) was used on 30 parturients attended a...
Descriptive study that proposed to compare the qualitative and quantitative behavior of the pain in lateral posterior thoracotomy patients. The sample was consisted of 18 individuals with an average age of 44 years. The instruments used were physiotherapy evaluation form, numerical pain scale and McGill ...
