This is a descriptive study that aimed to identify the self-care deficits of institutionalized elderly women. It was carried out during the second semester 2009, in a nursing home in Fortaleza-CE, Brazil. For data collection we used a semi-structured interview schedule, focusing on conditioning factors and self-care requirements, applied to 24 elderly women. The results show that the main reasons that led to th...
Estudo descritivo, cujo objetivo foi identificar os déficits de autocuidado de idosas institucionalizadas. Foi desenvolvido durante o segundo semestre de 2009, numa instituição asilar de Fortaleza-CE. Para coleta de dados, utilizou-se um roteiro de entrevista semiestruturada, com enfoque nos fatores condicionantes e nos requisitos para o autocuidado, aplicado em 24 idosas. Os resultados denotaram que os princip...
This is a descriptive study that aimed to identify the self-care deficits of institutionalized elderly women. It was carried out during the second semester 2009, in a nursing home in Fortaleza-CE, Brazil. For data collection we used a semi-structured interview schedule, focusing on conditioning factors and self-care requirements, applied to 24 elderly women. The results show that the main reasons that led to th...