Objective: To evaluate the self-eye examination practice as a tool to promote the ocular self-evaluation. Method: Quasi-experimental study developed in a university of Piauí with sample of 324 students between January and May 2014. A team of thirteen researchers made observations during the self-examination followed by an ocular screening. Results: There was no agreement on the hypothesis of defense that the oc...
Objective: to validate an educational technology for chronic renal patients under hemodialysis. Method: an evaluation study about the use of a printed booklet. For the validation feature of the educational material, considering deficiency in theoretical framework turned to the object of study, it was opted the process analysis. The sample consisted of 62 patients aged over 18 years old, undergoing hemodialysis....
Objective: to compare Interrater reliability concerning two eye assessment methods. Method: quasi-experimental study conducted with 324 college students including eye self-examination and eye assessment performed by the researchers in a public university. Kappa coefficient was used to verify agreement. Results: reliability coefficients between Interraters ranged from 0.85 to 0.95, with statistical significance ...
This study aimed to investigate how much families know about precipitating factors for asthmatic crisis in children; to identify their actions when a crisis occurs and the resources used to control it. It is a Cross-sectional and descriptive research, involving 50 relatives of children with asthma, using structured interviews. The results of the study show higher prevalence of asthma in children from 1 to 7 yea...
Objetivo: identificar as atividades de vida diária de pessoas com deficiência, por meio da aplicação do Modelo de Enfermagemde Roper-Logan-Tierney. Métodos: pesquisa transversal, realizada em universidade privada. Participaram 13 pessoas comdeficiência física e sensorial, que praticavam atividades aquáticas. Os dados foram coletados através de roteiro estruturado.Resultados: a maioria dos participantes era proc...
Objective: to identify the activities of living of disabled people by applying the Roper-Logan-Tierney Model of Nursing.Methods: cross-sectional study conducted in private university. The population comprised 13 people with physical andsensory disabilities, who practiced water sports. Data collection occurred through structured script. Results: mostparticipants came from the capital, were male, aged between 19 ...
Objective: to identify the activities of living of disabled people by applying the Roper-Logan-Tierney Model of Nursing. Methods: cross-sectional study conducted in private university. The population comprised 13 people with physical and sensory disabilities, who practiced water sports. Data collection occurred through structured script. Results: most participants came from the capital, were male, aged between ...
This is a retrospective and quantitative study which was developed at a public reference hospital for emergency care to trauma victims. The goal was to look at the epidemiological characteristics of motorcycle accidents, focusing on the safety measures used by their drivers. The sample consisted of 306 trauma victims in Fortaleza-CE, Brazil, in 2005. The results showed that 301 were men, 138 were between 18 and...
This study aimed to evaluate the use of a virtual educational leaflet as an instrument to promote eye self-examination based on the assumption of meaningful learning. A quasiexperimental study conducted in a Brazilian federal university with students regularly enrolled in undergraduate courses. Data collection occurred with 324 students, between January and May 2014, by a team of thirteen nursing students and t...
Objective: to report the knowledge of patients with chronic renal failure subject to hemodialysis. Method: qualitative study, type of action research, conducted in a hemodialysis clinic, in the interior of Piaui/PI, with eight patients in the period of August 2012. For collection of data, participant observation, field diary and interviews with guiding questions were used . The data analysis was based on assump...