Resultados: 7

Beliefs related to insulin use in people with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Rev. bras. enferm; 73 (3), 2020
ABSTRACT Objectives: to identify the beliefs of people with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus related to insulin use. Methods: a descriptive, cross-sectional, quantitative-qualitative study based on Theory of Planned Behavior and performed with 32 participants using insulin. The data were analyzed and grouped i...

Functional health literacy in hypertensive elders at primary health care

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (supl.2), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: to assess the relationship between inadequate functional health literacy and inadequate blood pressure control in older people with hypertension in Primary Health Care. Method: a cross-sectional study with sample calculated at 392. SAHLPA-18 tool was used for functional health liter...

Living under treatment for Systemic Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus: Feelings and behaviors

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (1), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To understand the feelings and behaviors of people being treated for Systemic Hypertension (SH) and Diabetes Mellitus (DM). Method: A qualitative study based on Grounded Theory and Symbolic Interactionism, with 27 participants in treatment for SH and DM followed up by the Family Hea...

Association between follow-up in health services and antihypertensive medication adherence

Rev. bras. enferm; 71 (6), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the association between the characteristics of follow-up in health services and adherence to antihypertensive medication in patients with cardiovascular disease. Method: Analytical study carried out with 270 patients suffering from hypertension and hospitalized due to car...

Influence of socio-demographic, clinical and surgical variables on the Aldrete-Kroulik Scoring System

Rev. bras. enferm; 71 (6), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: To identify the influence of the variables sex, age, type of anesthesia, occurrence of intraoperative complications, pain and surgical complexity on the Aldrete-Kroulik Scoring System in patients in the immediate postoperative period, in the post-anesthesia care unit. Method: Non-ex...

Antihypertensive treatment adherence in workers of a General Hospital

Rev. bras. enferm; 71 (4), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: to assess antihypertensive treatment adherence and associated factors in workers from a hospital. Method: cross-sectional research, consisting of 108 workers who self-reported as being hypertensive. Associations between sociodemographic, work and health variables were assessed regar...

Low completion rate of hepatitis B vaccination in female sex workers

Rev. bras. enferm; 70 (3), 2017
ABSTRACT Objective: to assess predictive factors for noncompletion of the hepatitis B vaccination schedule in female sex workers in the city of Teresina, Northeastern Brazil. Method: 402 women were interviewed and, for those who did not wish to visit specialized sites, or did not know their hepatitis B...