To analyze the validity based on the internal structure and reliability of the Brazilian version of the Caregiver Reaction Assessment (CRA) applied to informal caregivers of dependent elderly. Method: A methodological study with 120 informal caregivers of the elderly. Validity based on the internal structure evaluated by exploratory factorial analysis, with extraction of main factorial axes, varimax orthogonal ...
This study aimed to investigate the sociodemographic, clinical and behavioral factors and receiving information about the vaccine against pandemic influenza A (H1N1) associated with vaccination of elderly people. Study of quantitative and transversal nature, in which 286 elderly residents in Fortaleza, CE, Brazil participated. The association between variables was analyzed by the Pearson chi-square test, consid...
The aim of the research was to analyze the psychometric properties of Family APGAR, in a sample of 430 elders in the municipality of Fortaleza, Brazil. The reliability was tested through Cronbach's alpha, the constructed validity was confirmed with an exploratory factorial analysis (Varimax rotation), and the validity of criterion was seen in the correlation between Family APGAR and the defining characteristics...
The objective was to analyze the clinical profile of venous ulcers, getting familiar with received recommendations and investigating healing procedures. This is an exploratory-descriptive transversal research. The sample consisted of 51 patients with venous ulcers assisted in two vascular surgery clinics in Fortaleza from August to November 2011. Results revealed the existence of venous ulcer for more than one ...
The aim of the research was to analyze the psychometric properties of Family APGAR, in a sample of 430 elders in the municipality of Fortaleza, Brazil. The reliability was tested through Cronbach's alpha, the constructed validity was confirmed with an exploratory factorial analysis (Varimax rotation), and the validity of criterion was seen in the correlation between Family APGAR and the defining characteristics...
Objective: tracking potentially violent behavior committed against the elderly by caregivers, with the use of the instrument Caregiver Abuse Screen/CASE. Method: Exploratory, descriptive quantitative study, carried out with 157 caregivers of elderly in Fortaleza-CE, Brazil. Data were collected at home, from January to March/2012. It was applied descriptive and inferential statistical analysis. It obtained appro...
This study aimed to investigate the sociodemographic, clinical and behavioral factors and receiving information about the vaccine against pandemic influenza A (H1N1) associated with vaccination of elderly people. Study of quantitative and transversal nature, in which 286 elderly residents in Fortaleza, CE, Brazil participated. The association between variables was analyzed by the Pearson chi-square test, consid...
Objetivou-se analisar as características clínicas das úlceras venosas, conhecer as orientações recebidas e investigar os procedimentos com a realização do curativo. Pesquisa exploratório-descritiva, transversal. A amostra foi constituída por 51 portadores de úlcera venosa, acompanhados em dois ambulatórios de cirurgia vascular, em Fortaleza, de agosto a novembro de 2011. Os resultados revelaram a existência de ...
The objective was to analyze the clinical profile of venous ulcers, getting familiar with received recommendations and investigating healing procedures. This is an exploratory-descriptive transversal research. The sample consisted of 51 patients with venous ulcers assisted in two vascular surgery clinics in Fortaleza from August to November 2011. Results revealed the existence of venous ulcer for more than one ...
This research intends to report an experience of forming a theatre group with puppets Art with health developed by nurses and nursing technicians at a University Hospital in Fortaleza, Ceará. The implementation of the puppets theatre contemplated four stages: sensibilization, concretization, integration and presentation. The puppets were made with felt, accessories, also with ethylene-vinyl acetate ( E.V.A) and...