Objetivo: analizar y correlacionar los roles ocupacionales, los síntomas y la capacidad de autocuidado en pacientes oncológicos atendidos en el servicio de quimioterapia de un hospital universitario. Método: estudio transversal, en el que se aplicaron los instrumentos cuestionario sociodemográfico y clínico, Inventario de Síntomas de M.D. Anderson - core, escala de evaluación de la capacidad de autocuidado Appr...
To identify the self-care capacity of cancer clients treated at the chemotherapy service of a university hospital in Minas Gerais/Brazil. This is a cross-sectional study conducted with 79 adult and elderly participants diagnosed with primary cancer on antineoplastic chemotherapy treatment. Two instruments were used to achieve the proposed objective, one created by the authors for sociodemographic characterizati...
Prostate cancer is the second most common type of cancer among men, being considered a cancer of the elderly because about three quarters of cases worldwide occur in individuals aged 65 and over. Anxiety, depression and stress are three emotional states understood as psychological morbidity factors, and they interfere with the patient's adaptation to the diagnosis. The present study aimed to identify anxiety, d...
To evaluate the quality of life and the influence of sociodemographic and clinical variables in patients undergoing treatment for head and neck cancer. Method: Quantitative, cross-sectional study. Two instruments were used: sociodemographic and clinical questionnaire and the Functional Assessment Cancer Therapy Head Neck (FACT-HN). Results: 170 respondents, 60.6% male, 51.2% married, with laryngeal cancer being...
construct and validate an instrument for evaluation and evolution of chronic wounds. The content and apparent validities were appreciated by experts, the reliability by the analysis of concordance between evaluators using the interclass correlation coefficient and to verify the construct validity was used the instrument Pressure Ulcer Scale for Healing. the analysis of the scores of the instrument by the ICC sh...
Objetivos: evaluar y clasificar pacientes según la Escala de Evaluación de Riesgo para el Desarrollo de Lesiones Derivadas por Posicionamiento Quirúrgico, verificar si hay asociación entre variables sociodemográficas, clínicas y escore de riesgo e identificar si existen lesiones por presión, derivadas del posicionamiento quirúrgico. Método: estudio observacional, longitudinal, prospectivo y cuantitativo, realiz...
Objetivo: avaliar o efeito da terapia de relaxamento com imagem guiada sobre a ansiedadeestado e o cortisol no pré-operatório imediato, em pacientes submetidos à cirurgia bariátrica por videolaparoscopia. Método: ensaio clínico randomizado, triplo-cego, realizado em um hospital de ensino de grande porte, no interior de Minas Gerais. Foram alocados aleatoriamente 24 pacientes que foram submetidos à cirurgia bari...
Objetivo: valiar a pressão de interface (PI) das superfícies de apoio (SAs) em proeminências ósseas. Método: um estudo quase experimental com medidas repetidas em diferentes SAs. Vinte voluntários adultos saudáveis participaram do estudo. Os participantes foram colocados em decúbito dorsal em uma mesa cirúrgica para avaliação da PI nas proeminências ósseas das regiões occipital, subescapular, sacral e calcânea ...
To evaluate the chronic pain and analgesic use in elderly patients admitted to a teaching hospital. Cross-sectional, observational, non-experimental study with 100 elderly. Instruments for collection of demographic and health data, the Mc Gill evaluation scale and intensity of pain were used. The mean age was 71.1 years (SD + 7.4) and females prevailed in the sample (52%); 78% of the respondents reported severe...
This study was accomplished in order to identify the factors associated with prolonged intubation in patients who underwent cardiac surgery. This is a retrospective, analytical study, with a quantitative approach, performed in a large teaching hospital in the municipality of Uberaba (Minas Gerais). The data were collected from records of patients who underwent cardiac surgery. In order to identify the factors t...