ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze knowledge gathered about the impact of venous ulcers on patients' quality of life. Method: Systematic bibliographic review study with an integrative approach. Databases of MEDLINE, LILACS, IBECS, CINAHL Complete, Web of Science, Scopus, and CUIDEN Plus were used for selec...
ABSTRACT Objective: To identify the influence of social determinants of health on the life conditions of patients who use intermittent urinary catheters. Method: This was a descriptive study conducted in a rehabilitation center with 243 neurogenic bladder patients who used clear intermittent urinary ca...
Brasil,
Cateterismo Uretral Intermitente/efectos adversos,
Cateterismo Uretral Intermitente/métodos,
Cateterismo Uretral Intermitente/psicología,
Entrevistas como Asunto/métodos,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Pacientes/psicología,
Calidad de Vida/psicología,
Autocuidado/métodos,
Determinantes Sociales de la Salud,
Catéteres Urinarios/normas
ABSTRACT Objective: To understand the perception of cancer patients in palliative care about quality of life and identify propositions for its improvement. Method: This is a quantitative research carried out with 96 patients in palliative care, admitted in a public hospital from March 2015 to February ...
Brasil,
Entrevistas como Asunto/métodos,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Neoplasias,
Neoplasias/psicología,
Cuidados Paliativos/métodos,
Cuidados Paliativos/normas,
Percepción,
Investigación Cualitativa,
Calidad de Vida/psicología,
Espiritualidad,
Encuestas y Cuestionarios
ABSTRACT Objective: To assess the quality of life and eating attitudes of health care students of the undergraduate programs of a public university. Method: Observational, cross-sectional, and quantitative study performed in a federal university. Three questionnaires were used for data collection: a so...
ABSTRACT Objective: to determine the factors related to the risk of malnutrition in a non-institutionalized population over 75 years of age. Method: a cross-sectional study was conducted using a questionnaire in a sample of 326 individuals over 75 years of age in Castellón (Spain), during 2015, and se...
Estudios Transversales,
Renta/estadística & datos numéricos,
Desnutrición/epidemiología,
Desnutrición/psicología,
Estado Nutricional,
Salud Pública/normas,
Salud Pública/tendencias,
Calidad de Vida/psicología,
Factores Socioeconómicos,
España/epidemiología,
Encuestas y Cuestionarios
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the quality of life and health of elderly in rural areas of Minas Gerais State's center-west. Method: Cross-sectional study, in four municipalities of Minas Gerais State, by interviewing elderly people. Associations between socio-demographic and quality of life variables...
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the self-perceived health status and clinical-functional vulnerability of the elderly attended at a Reference Center of Minas Gerais, Brazil and to evaluate the association between these variables through the Clinical-Functional Vulnerability Index (IVCF-20) instrument. ...
ABSTRACT Objective: To develop educational technology with caregivers of older people based on the needs, difficulties and concerns related to the elderly care expressed by the caregivers themselves. Method: Research of qualitative nature, with participant observation, based on concepts used by Paulo F...
ABSTRACT Objective: To interpret the experience of the elderly with mental disorder in the use of psychotropic medicines. Method: Qualitative study in the interpretative modality, supported by the Grounded Theory. It was carried out from interviews with 16 elderly people with mental disorder and six re...
ABSTRACT Objective: to identify factors associated to the dependence of older adults with Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 Method: analytical and epidemiological study with 99 older adults. The Brazilian Multidimensional Functional Assessment Questionnaire and a questionnaire composed by socio-demographic and...
Accidentes por Caídas/estadística & datos numéricos,
Actividades Cotidianas/psicología,
Brasil,
Distribución de Chi-Cuadrado,
Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/complicaciones,
Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/psicología,
Evaluación Geriátrica/métodos,
Calidad de Vida/psicología,
Análisis de Regresión,
Factores de Riesgo,
Encuestas y Cuestionarios
