Introdução: As alterações cognitivas advindas com o envelhecimento humano representam condições importantes, pois afetam diretamente a funcionalidade dos indivíduos e os predispõe a quedas. Objetivo: Verificar a associação entre capacidade cognitiva e quedas em uma população de idosos e caracterizar o perfil dessa amostra. Metodologia: Estudo transversal oriundo do projeto Inquérito de Saúde no Município de Jui...
This study aimed to learn the experiences of children who witness their parents' illness due to cancer. This is a descriptive, qualitative study, with six children between 10 and 12 years of age, children of cancer patients assisted by a support institution. The data were collected from July to August 2015, based on the guiding question: "How do you feel about your father/mother's illness?" From the analysis...
This study aimed to understand the concepts of family members of patients with cancer, who were inserted and guided by the actions of an extension project aimed at patients with cancer and their families, about the home care given to them, during the treatment phase and progression of the disease. This is an evaluative qualitative research conducted with six family members from June to October, 2013, through se...
Este estudo buscou compreender as concepções de familiares de pacientes oncológicos, inseridos e acompanhados por ações de um Projeto de Extensão ao doente com câncer e sua família, sobre o acompanhamento domiciliar a eles realizado, durante a fase de tratamento e evolução da doença. Pesquisa qualitativa avaliativa, realizada com seis familiares, no transcorrer de junho-outubro de 2013, por meio de entrevista s...
This study aimed to understand the concepts of family members of patients with cancer, who were inserted and guided by the actions of an extension project aimed at patients with cancer and their families, about the home care given to them, during the treatment phase and progression of the disease. This is an evaluative qualitative research conducted with six family members from June to October, 2013, through se...