Abstract: This study aimed to identify possible conditions associated with the perception of happiness and satisfaction with life in a sample of the Brazilian population who use social networks. This was a cross-sectional study with participants recruited online in five regions of Brazil via Facebook and WhatsApp. Data were collected from October 2015 to October 2016. The instruments used were the Pemberton Hap...
ABSTRACT Objective: Qualitatively evaluate the operation of a palliative care service in oncology. Methodology: Qualitative study conducted in a service in southern Brazil based on a fourth generation evaluation. Between September 2014 and June 2015, 460 hours of operation were observed, and 45 semi-structured interviews and five negotiation meetings were conducted; data were analyzed using the constant compara...
The study attempted to understand the feelings of people who have survived cancer, through qualitative research with Heidegger's phenomenological approach. The study subjects were five cancer survivors, followed up during 2004 and 2005 through a university extension project in the northwestern region of the state of Paraná. Phenomenological interviews were held to capture the survivors' feelings, at their homes...
By taking care of cancer patients in their process of end of life, nursing experience situations of suffering before the anguish of others. This study aimed to understand the meaning and significance attributed by the nurses from the palliative care cancer hospital. This is a phenomenological research, grounded in Heidegger’s thinking, performed with 13 nurses, who work at Oncology hospitalward, through semi-st...
OBJETIVO: Desvelar as vivências e expectativas do acompanhante hospitalar, de paciente oncológico, sobre a assistência de enfermagem recebida. MÉTODOS: Estudo de abordagem qualitativa, descritivo, exploratório, realizado na unidade de internação oncológica de um hospital de médio porte. Participaram do estudo dez familiares cuidadores, nos meses de maio e junho de 2010. Os dados foram coletados por meio da entr...
The effects of protein malnutrition on the quantitative aspects of the myenteric plexus in the ileum of adult Rattus norvegicus were assessed. Thirty 90-day-old rats were divided into two groups: Control Group (CG, n=15) and Experimental Group (EG, n=15). The CG received 26% protein chow and the EG received 4% protein chow for 90 days. At the end of the experiment, the animals from the CG weighed 369.63±26.33, ...