ABSTRACT Objective: construct and validate the content of an instrument to collect data from patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) served in a specialty clinic. Method: methodological study consisting of four steps. The first step consisted in the preparation of the instrument using databases and the theoretical model of Marjory Gordon. In the second and third steps the content was validated by eight nursing...
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the accuracy of the defining characteristics of the nursing diagnosis for “fatigue in women with breast cancer under radiotherapy”. Method: Study of diagnostic accuracy, with cross-sectional design, performed in 130 women with breast cancer under radiation treatment. A data collection instrument was used to evaluate clinical socio-demographics and to investigate the presence or a...
Resumo Objetivo Comparar o autocuidado realizado pelos usuários com hipertensão acompanhados na Atenção Primária e Secundária de saúde. Métodos Estudo transversal com 189 usuários com hipertensão arterial, em uma Unidade Básica de Saúde e em um centro integrado de diabetes e hipertensão de Fortaleza-CE, de março a junho e setembro a novembro de 2013. Realizou-se entrevista com roteiro fundamentado na Teoria do ...