ABSTRACT Objective: To identify in the literature how Middle-Range Theories (MRT) are being developed in Nursing. Method: Integrative review on the databases Lilacs (Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences), Scopus, Cinahl (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature), Web of Science and PubMed portal, using the keywords middle range theory and nursing, as well its Portuguese cor...
ABSTRACT Objective: To identify in the literature the cardiovascular adverse events resulting from oral antineoplastic therapy. Method: Integrative review of the literature through the SCOPUS, Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE) databases. The antineoplastic, cardiotoxi...
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the association between the characteristics of follow-up in health services and adherence to antihypertensive medication in patients with cardiovascular disease. Method: Analytical study carried out with 270 patients suffering from hypertension and hospitalized due to cardiovascular complications. Data collection occurred between November 2015 and April 2016, involving sociodemogr...
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the influence of socio-demographic characteristics in the self-care of people with heart failure (HF). Method: Cross-sectional, analytical study, held in three private hospitals in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil, with 57 hospitalized patients. The data were collected through a demographic characterization form and a self-care assessment scale and were analyzed with inferential statist...
ABSTRACT Objective: To identify scientific evidence regarding the influence of hormonal contraceptive use and the occurrence of stroke. Method: Integrative review of the literature, through database search using the descriptors "contraceptive agents", "contraceptive devices", "contraceptives, Oral" and "Stroke". Original studies in Portuguese, Spanish and English, published in full and available online were inc...
O estudo teve por objetivo analisar os efeitos da sondagem gástrica em pacientes com acidente vascular cerebral e disfagia. Revisão sistemática da literatura, realizada em seis bases de dados, com os descritores stroke e intubation, gastrointestinal. Foram encontrados 120 estudos e selecionados três ensaios clínicos. Os resultados apontaram diferentes desfechos, entre os quais: aumento do nível sérico de albumi...
This study's aim was to verify with experts the appropriateness of the components (definition, defining characteristics and related factors) of the nursing diagnosis sedentary lifestyle for individuals with hypertension. The validation process took place from February to July 2011, by 48 nurse specialists in nursing terminologies and/or sedentary lifestyle and/or hypertension. Based on this study, changes in th...
The study aimed to analyze the nursing interventions related to the competencies of health promotion of overweight children and adolescents in the school context, in light of the Galway Consensus through an integrative review. Articles published between 1988 and June, 2013 were found in the databases CINAHL, SCOPUS, MEDLINE/PubMed, Cochrane, LILACS and SciELO. A total of 139 publications were obtained from inde...
The objective of this study was to analyze the effectiveness of telephone interventions as a strategy for glycemic control in adult Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus patients. An integrative literature review was undertaken in April and May 2011 through surveys in the Cochrane, PubMed/Medline, Lilacs and Cinahl databases. Nine studies complied with the inclusion criteria, mainly randomized controlled clinical trials. Co...
Objetivo: Identificar emum grupo de crianças e adolescentes com história familiar de hipertensão arterial a presença de indicadores do risco para hipertensão arterial. Métodos: Estudo desenvolvido com 141 indivíduos de seis a 18 anos em uma comunidade de Fortaleza com coleta de dados realizada no domicílio. Resultados: Os indicadores de risco mais presentes foram a ingesta de sal, sedentarismo e ingesta inadequ...