Objective: to detect factors related to negative adherence to self-care in individuals with diabetes mellitus. Methods: observational, cross-sectional, analytical, and exploratory study, conducted with individuals diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus and followed-up by the Family Health Strategy. The sample consisted of 250 participants. The Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activities Questionnaire was used for...
Objective: to detect factors related to negative adherence to self-care in individuals with diabetes mellitus. Methods: ob-servational, cross-sectional, analytical, and exploratory stu-dy, conducted with individuals diagnosed with type 2 diabe-tes mellitus and followed-up by the Family Health Strategy. The sample consisted of 250 participants. The Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activities Questionnaire was used ...
The objective of this study was to verify the factors associated with non-traumatic amputation in persons with Diabetes Mellitus. Cross-sectional study with 212 patients from a public hospital of the Paraiba state. Data collection occurred through an interview, from June 2013 to June 2014. The investigated variables were occurrence of amputations, age group, gender, origin, years of study, family income and cli...
To analyze the validity of empirical indicators of basic human needs contained in a nursing assessment for individuals hospitalized with infectious diseases. Methodological study developed in two stages: content analysis and clinical validation. A total of 37 specialist nurses participated in the first stage, and in the second stage there were 65 individuals admitted to the infectious disease clinics of two uni...
Hansen’s disease is probably the human disease that causes more damage. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between the occurrence of the association of grade 1 and 2 physical disabilities in Hansen’s disease, as well as implications of joint analysis and strength of association with independent demographic and clinical variables. This is a quantitative, descriptive, retrospective, populati...
The aim was to compare the level of physical disability of the affected body sites, the deficiencies and disabilitiespresent in affected nerves in the diagnosis and discharge of leprosy patients. Thisis a study developed between 2009 and 2014 in areferencecenter for leprosy in Paraíba. It involved 414 medical records, using a structured form. The data were analyzed using descriptive (absolute frequency and perc...
Estudo quase experimental realizado com quinze idosos, desenvolvido na Clínica Escola de Fisioterapia da Universidade Federal da Paraíba, em 2011. Objetivou-se avaliar o desempenho da marcha de idosos praticantes de atividades psicomotoras. Foi realizada uma entrevista estruturada centrada em dados sociais, clínicos e funcionais, com o intuito de poder correlacionar diversas informações que sustentassem o objet...
Objective: to identify nursing diagnoses according to the taxonomy of North American Nursing Diagnosis Association International (NANDA-I) present in subjects with spinal cord injuries, correlating them with the universal requirements. Method: a descriptive study, exploratory case study with a qualitative approach. The convenience sample was composed of five subjects with spinal cord injury. Data were collected...