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Home fall of elderly people: implications of stressors and representations in t...
Santos, Jéssica de Castro; Arreguy-Senna, Cristina; Pinto, Paulo Ferreira; Paiva, Elenir Pereira de; Parreira, Pedro Miguel dos Santos DinisObjectives: To describe personal conditions and home structure that predisposes the elderly to the risk of falling, in the perspective of Neuman’s stressors; to describe the content, structure and origin of social representations about falling at home by elderly people; and conjecture the implications of this empirical evidence on the daily lives of the elderly in the context of the pandemic caused by COVID-19....
Environmental predictors to falls in the elderly: an integrative review
Paiva, Elenir Pereira de; Arreguy-Sena, Cristina; Pinto, Paulo Ferreira; Motta, Vanessa Vieira da; Parreira, Pedro Miguel dos Santos DinisObjective: To identify in the literature the environmental predictors of falls in the elderly. Method: an integrative literature review included investigations developed that addressed falls in the environment of the elderly without a time frame. Revisions, studies without specific analyzes for falls in the environment, and studies with the elderly population in special situations were excluded. The Lilacs, Sco...
Queda domiciliar de idosos: implicações de estressores e representações no cont...
Santos, Jéssica de Castro; Arreguy-Senna, Cristina; Pinto, Paulo Ferreira; Paiva, Elenir Pereira de; Parreira, Pedro Miguel dos Santos DinisRESUMOObjetivos: Descrever condições pessoais e estrutura domiciliar que predispõe a pessoa idosa ao risco de queda, na perspectiva de estressores de Neuman; descrever os conteúdos, a estrutura e a origem das representações sociais sobre queda no domicílio por pessoas idosas; e conjecturar as implicações destas evidências empíricas sobre o cotidiano de idosos no contexto da pandemia ocasionada pelo COVID-19.Mét...
Cardiovascular risk assessment in hypertensive patients
Paula, Elaine Amaral de; Paula, Rogério Baumgratz de; Costa, Darcília Maria Nagen da; Colugnati, Fernando Antonio Basile; Paiva, Elenir Pereira de-; OBJECTIVE: to assess cardiovascular risk by means of the traditional Framingham score and the version modified through the incorporation of emerging risk factors, such as family history of acute myocardial infarction, metabolic syndrome and chronic kidney disease. METHOD: participants were 50 hypertensive patients under outpatient treatment. The clinical data were collected through a semi-structured intervie...
Cardiovascular risk assessment in hypertensive patients
Paula, Elaine Amaral de; Paula, Rogério Baumgratz de; Costa, Darcília Maria Nagen da; Colugnati, Fernando Antonio Basile; Paiva, Elenir Pereira deOBJECTIVE: to assess cardiovascular risk by means of the traditional Framingham score and the version modified through the incorporation of emerging risk factors, such as family history of acute myocardial infarction, metabolic syndrome and chronic kidney disease. METHOD: participants were 50 hypertensive patients under outpatient treatment. The clinical data were collected through a semi-structured interview a...
Barriers related to screening examinations for prostate cancer
Paiva, Elenir Pereira de; Motta, Maria Catarina Salvador da; Griep, Rosane HarterWith the aim of describing barriers to screening for prostate cancer, a domicile survey was carried out covering 160 men of a Family Health Strategy (FHS) area. Slightly over half had undergone the examination. Regarding beliefs related to the disease, 95% of the men believed there is a cure if detected early, 29.4% mentioned the possibility of a normal life while ill, 56.3% believed it may be asymptomatic, 36....