Objective: understanding the care practices of health professionals caring for older adults living with cancer in outpatient treatment. Methods: a qualitative research conducted in a hematology oncology outpatient clinic in southern Brazil. A semi-structured interview was conducted with 15 older adults. Data were submitted to thematic analysis. Results: a category of care practice of health professionals amongs...
Objetivo: compreender as práticas assistenciais dos profissionais de saúde com idosos que convivem com câncer em tratamento ambulatorial. Métodos: pesquisa qualitativa, realizada em um ambulatório de hemato oncologia do Sul do Brasil. Realizou-se entrevista semiestruturada com 15 idosos. Os dados foram submetidos à análise temática.Resultados: emergiu a categoria: a prática assistencial dos profissionais da saú...
Objective : understanding the care practices of health professionals caring for older adults living with cancer in outpatient treatment. Methods : a qualitative research conducted in a hematology oncology outpatient clinic in southern Brazil. A semi-structured interview was conducted with 15 older adults. Data were submitted to thematic analysis. Results : a category of care practice of health professionals amo...
Population aging is a global reality. Increasing life expectancy is a fact in developing countries due to technological and scientific advances. Associated with longevity, throughout the aging process, the individual may experience non-communicable chronic diseases such as cancer. The occurrence of cancer is related to situations of fragility, possibly causing elderly dependency for the conduction of their care...
Aim: to describe the perceptions of people with chronic kidney insufficiency in pre-dialysis treatment about the progress of disease. Method: qualitative, descriptive and exploratory research developed in an ambulatory of uremia of a public hospital in South of Brazil. Fifteen people participated with chronic kidney insufficiency in predialysis treatment. The narrative interview of experience was utilized to co...