Objective: to assess the psychosocial dimension of patients’ quality of life before and after a hepatic transplantation. Method: descriptive, cross-sectional study of quantitative approach, with 150 patients submitted to a liver transplantation being monitored from the sixth month, in the outpatient clinic of a reference center in hepatic transplantation. The data collection was carried out through an instrumen...
Objective: To analyze the influence of liver disease severity on the quality of life of patients before and after liver transplantation. Methods: A descriptive study with 150 liver transplant recipients over 18 years of age. Severity was assessed using Child and MELD, and the Liver Disease Quality of Life was administered. The t-test or Mann-Whitney test was used to compare the mean values of the domains, and a...
Objective: To verify the influence of sociodemographic factors on the quality of life of patients after liver transplant. Method: Cross-sectional study with 150 patients who underwent liver transplant at a referral center. A sociodemographic instrument and the Liver Disease Quality of Life questionnaire were applied. The analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed, as well as multiple comparisons by the Tukey te...
Since the 1980s, violence and crime have confusedly increased. The aim of this research was to understand maternal expectations about the future of their children victims of child sexual abuse. It is a qualitative study with the participation of ten mothers of children who are victims of sexual abuse, attended at an institution in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, in 2007. Recorded interviews were used for the producti...
The authors relate the implantation of a program of prematura stimulation developed for mother in her own domicile with the periodic supervision by nurse. The authors quality the experience as something gratifier and promising because it gets a new field of work for psychiatryc nurses.; As autoras relatam a implantação de um programa de estimulação precoce desenvolvido pela mãe no próprio domicílio com a superv...
Mental health promotion is an issue that deserves discussion, due to the impact of mental disorders in society. The aim was to identify the conceptions of mental health professionals on health promotion and the practice directed at users of a Psychosocial Care Center (CAPS). A qualitative approach research carried out with six top-level professionals of CAPS in Fortaleza-Ceará, Brazil. Data were collected in Ma...
SOUZA, A. R.; MORAES, L. M. P.; BARROS, M. G. T.; VIEIRA, N. F. C.; BRAGA, V. A. B. Estresse e ações de educação em saúde: contexto da promoção da saúde mental no trabalho. Rev. RENE., Fortaleza, v.8, n.2, p. 26-34, maio./ago. 2007.; This is a bibliographical study which has as objective to analyze, critically the scientific productions indexed in the Lilacs that are about health education actions in mental hea...
We aimed at showing the feelings of a group of institutionalized adolescents and their relationship with drugs. We tried to favor the expression of the feelings related to drug abuse through creative mechanisms and identify the way they experience it. Fifteen adolescents of a Public Institution in Fortaleza – CE participated in the research. Data were collected through the group-researcher method, with inspirat...
Objective: To reflect on suffering in the philosophical context. Methods: In this theoretical discussion suffering is presented in different forms: suffering in the philosophical plane; suffering interfaces; anthropology and suffering; Nursing: a holistic view of human suffering and nursing care. Results: The nurse in their professionalpractice understands that vulnerability often is linked with pain in the bio...
Objective: To identify the risk factors associated with mental health issues in adolescents. Method: An integrative review was conducted in four databases with publications from 2007 to 2013. The terms Adolescent and Mental Health were used to search adequate articles as DeCs/MeSH bases. Results: Publications were found in different journals in different fields of knowledge and the quantitative research was the...