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O papel do apoio social no adoecimento psíquico de mulheres

Objetivo: analisar a relação entre percepção de apoio social e sintomas emocionais e físicos associados a quadros psiquiátricos entre mulheres. Método: estudo transversal, quantitativo, realizado com uma amostra aleatória randomizada de 141 mulheres atendidas numa Unidade de Saúde da Família d...

Adaptation and validation of the Instrumental Expressive Social Support Scale in Portuguese older individuals

Objective to adapt and validate the Instrumental Expressive Social Support Scale (IESS) in a sample of older people. Method methodological study. The sample of 964 community-dwelling older people was randomly divided into two groups. The first group was used as a calibration sample to study the number...

Support actions undertaken for the woman by companions in public maternity hospitals

ABSTRACT Objective: to identify the support actions undertaken for the woman during labor, birth, cesarean section and the postpartum period. Method: a transversal study, undertaken in three public maternity hospitals, with a sample of 1,147 companions. The data were collected through interviews and ...

Efficacy of an educational manual for childbirth companions: pilot study of a randomized clinical trial

ABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational manual in the instrumentalization of companions to provide support to the parturients and check its influence on the satisfaction of companions and women during vaginal delivery. Method: pilot study of a randomized controlled clinica...

Social support of adults and elderly with chronic kidney disease on dialysis

ABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate the instrumental and emotional social support of patients with chronic kidney disease on hemodialysis. Method: descriptive cross-sectional study. The sample was sized for convenience and included 103 participants under treatment in a Renal Replacement Therapy Unit. Dat...

Effectiveness of personalized face-to-face and telephone nursing counseling interventions for cardiovascular risk factors: a controlled clinical trial

Abstract Objective: to evaluate the effect and gender differences of an innovative intervention involving in-person and telephone nursing counseling to control cardiovascular risk factors (arterial hypertension, dyslipidemia, and overweight), improve health-related quality of life and strengthen self-e...

Support to women who denounce experiences of violence based on her social network

Objective: to analyze the possibilities of help/support through the mapping and acknowledgement of the social network of women who denounce experiences of violence at a Police Precinct for Women.Method: qualitative study based on the theoretical-methodological framework of Lia Sanicola's Social Network, ...

Continuous use of intermittent bladder catheterization - can social support contribute?

OBJECTIVE: to investigate the factors affecting the adequate continuous use of intermittent catheterization and its relation with social support. METHOD: sectional, descriptive and correlational study involving 49 patients with neuropathic bladder caused by spinal cord injury. RESULTS: almost all (92%) p...

Biopsychosocial factors that interfere in the rehabilitation of burn victims: integrative literature review

This study aimed to identify the biopsychosocial factors that influence the rehabilitation of burn victims, through an integrative literature review, from January 1987 to January 2007. Articles were searched in databases Scielo, Pubmed and Lilacs, resulting in 982 articles, of which 45 were selected, aft...