ABSTRACT Objective: to assess the effectiveness of using an educational video in comparison with verbal nursing guidelines in increasing older adults’ perception of falling risks. Method: this is a randomized clinical trial in a cluster, with 138 community older adults, randomized into an intervention group, which watched an educational video, and a control group, which received verbal instructions. The percept...
ABSTRACT Objective: Reflect, in the light of the Health Belief Model, on the adoption of behavioral measures in the context of COVID-19. Methods: Theoretical-reflective essay, based on the Health Belief Model, to reflect on adherence to preventive behaviors in the pandemic of COVID-19. Results: Adherence to preventive behaviors is strongly influenced by socioeconomic, territorial, political and individual facto...
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the symptoms of anxiety and depression in informal caregivers of dependent elderly at home. Methods: Analytical, cross-sectional study conducted in the city of Teresina (PI), with informal caregivers of dependent elderly people. Data collection took place from November 2017 to February 2018, using a characterization form for the dependent elderly and their caregiver, Beck’s Anxiet...
ABSTRACT Objective: to build and validate educational video for elderly individuals about fall risks. Methods: methodological study with video building. validated by 22 judges and assessed by 22 elderly individuals. Content was selected from the Fall Prevention Model and items from the Falls Risk Awareness Questionnaire. Items with an agreement greater than 0.80 were considered valid. verified through Content V...
ABSTRACT Objective: to construct and validate an educational gerontechnology on frailty in elderly people. Method: a methodological study developed in three stages: educational video construction, validation by expert judges and elderly people. Validation was carried out by 22 judges and 22 elderly people. Educational Content Validation Instrument was used for judges and questions adapted from the Suitability A...
ABSTRACT Objective: to construct and validate an educational booklet for the elderly, with guidelines on sleep hygiene. Method: a methodological research with booklet construction; validation by 22 judges and evaluation by 22 elderly people. The content was extracted from the guidelines of the Brazilian Sleep Association and the elderly health manual of the Human Rights Office. The item with Content Validity In...
ABSTRACT Objective: To identify interventions for the health promotion of frail elderly individuals and those at risk of frailty. Method: Integrative review of the literature performed in the following databases: LILACS, CINAHL, MEDLINE, Web of Science, COCHRANE and Scopus, using the Descriptors: “frail elderly”, “aging”, “health services for the aged” and “health promotion” combined with Boolean operators “AND...
Resumo Objetivo: Identificar na literatura a produção cientifica sobre as intervenções educativas utilizadas por enfermeiros na promoção da saúde do idoso. Métodos: Revisão integrativa de literatura realizada nas bases de dados LILACS, MEDLINE, CINAHL e Web of Science, entre 2007 e 2017, em português, inglês e espanhol, utilizando os descritores: “aged”; “aging”; “aged, 80 and over”; “health services for the ag...