Objective: To describe the process of development and validation of an educational booklet about the sexual activity of people with spinal cord injury. Methods: Methodological study performed in four steps: documentary search in blogs, integrative review, development of the educational booklet, and face and content validation, namely content validation with 11 referees, technical face validation with three refe...
Objective: to adapt cross-culturally and validate the contents of the Intermittent Self-Catheterization Questionnaire for Portuguese language. Methods: methodological study involving cross-cultural validation, conducted in five phases: initial translation, translation synthesis, back-translation to the source language, review by committee of judges, pre-test of final version with 30 people with traumatic spinal...
Objective: To evaluate the odds ratio of risk factors of sociodemographic and functional capacity of adults with spinal cord injury. Methods: Analytical, cross-sectional, quantitative study accom- plished with a group of 47 people with spinal cord injury in hospitals and 27 in the household. The data were collected through a structured instrument composed of independent variables related to epidemiological and ...
The children with cerebral palsy suffer with the consequences of the injury to the brain presenting difficulties that affect the activities of daily life. Such pathology also reflects in the behavior of the involved family. This family must receive support from the professionals to face the problem. The study aims to investigate how the mothers participate in the treatment of her children, as well as the possib...
Objetivo: Aplicar o índice de Barthel na avaliação de pessoas com lesão medular hospitalizadas e no domicilio, comparando as condições de funcionalidade no desenvolvimento das atividades da vida diária. Material e Método: Estudo quantitativo, transversal, realizado com 62 pessoas, hospitalizadas e em domicílios. Os dados foram coletados mediante aplicação de um formulário com as variáveis de interesse do estudo...
Expressing sexuality is an important part of life, whether the person has a spinal cord injury (SCI) or not. This study investigated the sexual activity before and after SCI, the difficulties, and adjustments made by these people in relation to their sexuality. This is a qualitative study conducted with 14 people with SCI through semi-structured interviews, which we analyzed in light of pertinent literature and...
As crianças com paralisia cerebral sofrem com as conseqüências da lesão ao cérebro apresentando dificuldades que afetam as atividades de vida diária e, a família deve receber apoio dos profissionais para enfrentar o problema. O estudo objetivou investigar como as mães participam no tratamento de seus filhos, bem como as possíveis dúvidas que possuem quanto ao cuidado em casa dos mesmos. É um estudo descritivo c...
The children with cerebral palsy suffer with the consequences of the injury to the brain presenting difficulties that affect the activities of daily life. Such pathology also reflects in the behavior of the involved family. This family must receive support from the professionals to face the problem. The study aims to investigate how the mothers participate in the treatment of her children, as well as the possib...
Estudo que analisa o conteúdo de teses de enfermeiras nas dimensões conceitual, metodológica e interpretativa, conforme preconiza Parse & Coyne & Smith. Trata-se de crítica documental procedida pela leitura de 6 teses produzidas em Programas de Pós-Graduação no Brasil, viabilizada pelo preenchimento de um formulário, dizendo respeito aos parâmetros estabelecidos pela autora do modelo crítico. Os dados f...
Study that analyzes the content of nurses’ theses in the conceptual, methodological and interpretative dimensions, according to Parse, Coyne and Smith. It is a documental critic proceeded by the reading of 6 theses produced in masters degree programs in Brazil, made possible by the filling out of a form, concerning to the established. Patterns by the author of the critical model. The data were interpreted acco...