Abstract Objective: To estimate the prevalence of syphilis and associated factors in riverine communities. Method: This is a cross-sectional and analytical study carried out with 250 riverside dwellers living in five communities in the city of João Pessoa, state of Paraíba. Data were collected through interviews and rapid screening tests to investigate syphilis. Bivariate, logistic regression and weight of evid...
ABSTRACT Objective to assess health-related quality of life in people with chronic wounds and its association with sociodemographic and health characteristics. Method a cross-sectional and analytical study conducted with 85 individuals with chronic wounds in a university hospital from Paraíba, Brazil. The data were collected from June to September 2019 through interviews guided by the Medical Outcome Study 36-i...
ABSTRACT Objectives: to build and analyze the validity of an instrument to assess the behavioral intention of individuals with hypertension to take antihypertensive pills. Methods: methodological study based on the theory of planned behavior, developed in three stages: preparation of the instrument, validation of content and pre-test with the target audience. The content has been validated by six experts. The C...
ABSTRACT Objectives: to evaluate the effect of persuasive communication in the modulation of the behavioral intention of reducing the consumption of salt in heart failure patients. Methods: pilot quasi-experimental study with one group, before and after the application of audiovisual persuasive communication, as guided by the Theory of Planned Behavior. This study used a form built and validated to measure beha...
ABSTRACT Objectives: to characterize publications about palliative care and communication, with an emphasis on the approaches addressed, disseminated in online journals. Methods: it is a scope review, in which the mnemonic strategy Problem, Concept and Context was used, based on database research. The sample consisted of 86 publications. Results: most publications were written in the English language, published...
RESUMO Objetivo: Avaliar a prática do uso de máscaras pela população paraibana durante a pandemia da COVID-19. Método: Estudo transversal descritivo-analítico realizado com adultos residentes no estado da Paraíba via instrumento online, no período de abril a maio de 2020, por meio da escala da prática do uso de máscaras das Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas da Paraíba. Resultados: Participaram do estudo 1.307 (1...
RESUMO Objetivo Construir e validar o conteúdo de comunicação persuasiva audiovisual, para reduzir o consumo de sal na dieta de pessoas com insuficiência cardíaca. Método Estudo metodológico, de natureza tecnológica, ancorado na Teoria do Comportamento Planejado, no qual foram seguidas as etapas de pré-produção, produção e pós-produção. Realizou-se validação de conteúdo com especialistas na área da saúde e comu...
ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the Theory of Chronic Sorrow, following the model of analysis and evaluation of Nursing theories proposed by Jacqueline Fawcett. Method: a reflective study, developed through the investigation of the Theory of Chronic Sorrow and its application in the nursing practice. The sample consisted of eighteen studies that used the theory as a reference. A Model for Analysis and Evaluation...
ABSTRACT Objective: to identify scientific evidence on the effectiveness of using cloth masks as safe protectors against COVID-19. Method: an integrative review of articles available in full obtained at PubMed, CINAHL, and Web of Science. Controlled, non-controlled descriptors and keywords such as “mask”, “home-made” and “cloth” or “cotton” and “infection control” or “infection prevention” were used. Results: t...
ABSTRACT Objectives: to analyze the scientific production about sodium restriction in patients with heart failure. Methods: integrative literature review from articles published from 2007 to 2017, located in the CINAHL and Scopus databases. Results: thirteen studies were analyzed. Sodium intake restriction was associated with lower unfavorable clinical outcomes in patients with marked symptomatology. The 24-hou...