Objective: to understand the management of pressure ulcers in palliative care patients from the perspective of nurses. Methods: qualitative study, in which 17 care nurses participated through semi-structured interviews. Data were submitted to thematic categorical analysis. Results: two categories were listed: Nursing management of pressure ulcers in palliative care patients and Outcome of pressure ulcers in pal...
Objective: to understand the management of pressure ul-cers in palliative care patients from the perspective of nur-ses. Methods: qualitative study, in which 17 care nurses participated through semi-structured interviews. Data were submitted to thematic categorical analysis. Results: two categories were listed: Nursing management of pressure ulcers in palliative care patients and Outcome of pressure ulcers in p...
The aim of the present study was to identify the best evidence concerning health education strategies used in teaching-learning for people with diabetes mellitus who are at risk for foot neuropathy. An integrative review was conducted in the databases PubMed, LILACS, CINAHL and SCOPUS in January 2015; a total of 14 papers was analyzed in detail. The results are shown in a summary table and categories are discus...
Study aimed to identify diagnoses and plan outcomes and interventions based on the CIPE® nomenclature and on the theory of adaptation to hypertensive patients with associated diseases. It is a multiple case study conducted with 45 users of the Family Health Strategy and registered in HIPERDIA. The most frequent diagnoses identified were partial self-care (93.3%), decreased exercise pattern (84.4%), impaired den...
This study aimed to identify the lifestyle of hypertensive patients, focusing on their health behaviors in light of the Health Belief Model. This is a descriptive cross-sectional study with a sample of 133 patients over 18 years old, with hypertension, registered in the Clinical Management System for Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus in Primary Care, and monitored in five health centers in Fortaleza, CE, Brazi...
This study aimed to identify the conditioning factors to self-care practice of ostomy patients, and verify knowledge and practices on stoma care. Descriptive and qualitative study, referencing the Orem’s Self-Care Theory, carried out at the Ostomy Association of Fortaleza-CE, Brazil, in June and July 2007. We identified as the main conditioning factors for self-care: male, aged over 51 years, low education, fro...
Objetivou-se conhecer o estilo de vida de hipertensos, com enfoque nos seus comportamentos de saúde à luz do Modelo de Crenças em Saúde. Estudo transversal, descritivo, com amostra de 133 pacientes maiores de 18 anos, portadores de hipertensão arterial, cadastrados no Sistema de Gestão Clínica de Hipertensão Arterial e Diabetes Mellitus da Atenção Básica, e assistidos em cinco unidades de saúde de Fortaleza, CE...
This study aimed to identify the lifestyle of hypertensive patients, focusing on their health behaviors in light of the Health Belief Model. This is a descriptive cross-sectional study with a sample of 133 patients over 18 years old, with hypertension, registered in the Clinical Management System for Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus in Primary Care, and monitored in five health centers in Fortaleza, CE, Brazi...
Study aimed to identify diagnoses and plan outcomes and interventions based on the CIPE® nomenclature and on the theory of adaptation to hypertensive patients with associated diseases. It is a multiple case study conducted with 45 users of the Family Health Strategy and registered in HIPERDIA. The most frequent diagnoses identified were partial self-care (93.3%), decreased exercise pattern (84.4%), impaired den...