Research of the Health, Aging, and Society Laboratory

2021 ◽  
pp. 162-178
Author(s):  
Antônia Lêda Oliveira Silva ◽  
Luiz Fernando Rangel Tura ◽  
Campos Madeira
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Aging Process ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Care Quality ◽  
Third Mission ◽  
North East ◽  
Cultural Spaces ◽  
Health Aging

This chapter describes the work being done in North-East Brazil to clarify how social issues are constructed and reconstructed in processes driven by the values, symbols, and patterns that characterize the area’s social and cultural spaces. Aging, but also care, quality of life, and work are studied, analyzing them in the process of their naturalization guided by daily communication and practices. The Lab at the Federal University of Paraiba (UFPB), in Joao Pessoa, also draws on contributions from other areas of Brazil (especially Rio de Janeiro) and focuses mainly on studying the aging process. Its work is guided by principles of interprofessionalization in the field of gerontology, especially in its critical advancements. The Aging Institute founded at the UFPB (the first in the whole country) aims to combine research and a third mission, exploiting the potential of social representations theory for engaged research.

Knowing yourself: women opinions about menopause and climacteric

2010 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 792
Author(s):  
Cecília Nogueira Valença ◽  
Lorena Mara Nóbrega de Azevêdo ◽  
Fernanda Aparecida Soares Malveira ◽  
Raimunda Medeiros Germano
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Care Quality ◽  
Calidad De Vida ◽  
Health Aging ◽  
Las Mujeres ◽  
Del Rio

ABSTRACTObjective: to know women’s opinion about climacteric and menopause attended at a Reproductive Health Center. Methodology: this is a descriptive-exploratory study, from qualitative approach, performed by 50 women from 45 to 59 years-old who answered a semi-structured interview, after the project has been approval by the Ethics Committee of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte under protocol number 031/2008. A technique of analysis of content was used on data collected. Results: 84% of women had heard about what the climateric is and 94% about menopause, but they were confused about climateric and menopause, elderly and illness. The climateric was revealed as anxiety, artralgias/mialgias and hot waves. Important ways to reach the quality of life were considered: physical activity, healthy intake and to avoid smoking. Conclusion: it is essential that women have access to health information for understanding changes of climateric/menopause, avoiding/easing the climateric syndrome and exercising self-care. Descriptors: climateric; menopause; nursing; women’s health; aging; self care; quality of life. RESUMOObjetivo: conhecer a visão de mulheres de um centro de saúde reprodutiva sobre climatério e menopausa. Metodologia: estudo descritivo-exploratório, de abordagem qualitativa. Participaram 50 mulheres, de 45 a 59 anos, de um centro de saúde reprodutiva em Natal/ RN que responderam a uma entrevista semiestruturada, após aprovação pelo parecer 031/2008 do Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Foi utilizada a técnica de análise de conteúdo nos dados coletados. Resultados: 84% já ouviram falar o que é o climatério e 94% sobre menopausa, mas confundiam climatério com menopausa, terceira idade e doença. O climatério revelou-se como ansiedade, artralgias/mialgias e fogachos. Consideraram medidas importantes para a qualidade de vida: atividade física, alimentação saudável e evitar o tabagismo. Conclusão: é essencial que as mulheres tenham acesso à informação em saúde para compreender as mudanças do climatério/menopausa, prevenindo/amenizando a síndrome climatérica e exercendo o autocuidado. Descritores: climatério; menopausa; enfermagem; saúde da mulher; envelhecimento; autocuidado; qualidade de vida. RESUMENObjetivo: conocer la opinión de las mujeres sobre climaterio y menopausia atendidos en un Centro de Salud Reprodutiva. Metodologia: estudio exploratorio y descriptivo, de abordaje cualitativo. Participarán 50 mujeres, de 45 a 59 años, después  que responderán a una entrevista semiestructurada, y de obtener la aprovacion de la Comisión de Ética de la Universidad Federal del Rio Grande del Norte con el numero de protocolo 031/2008. La interpretación y el análisis se basaran en el análisis de contenido en los datos recolectados. Resultados: 84% han oído hablar lo que es el climaterio y 94% sobre menopausia, pero confundían climaterio con menopausia, tercera edad y enfermedad. El climaterio se reveló como ansiedad, artralgias/mialgias y olas de calor. Consideraran medidas importantes para la cualidade de vida: la actividad física, alimentación saludable y evitar fumar. Conclusión: es esencial que las mujeres tengan acceso a La información en salud para comprender las mudanzas del climaterio/menopausia, para la prevención y la disminución del síndrome del climaterio y  ejerciendo lo autocuidado. Descriptores: climaterio; menopausia; enfermería; salud de la mujer; envejecimiento; autocuidado; calidad de vida. 

The impact of self-reported oral health on the quality of life of teenage students with or without orthodontic treatment from North-East of Romania

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
GEORGETA ZEGAN ◽  
◽  
CRISTINA GENA DASCĂLU ◽  
RADU EDUARD CERNEI ◽  
RADU BOGDAN MAVRU ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Orthodontic Treatment ◽  
North East ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Quality of Life, Health and the Great Recession in Spain: Why Older People Matter?

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 2028
Author(s):  
Carla Blázquez-Fernández ◽  
David Cantarero-Prieto ◽  
Marta Pascual-Sáez
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Older People ◽  
Great Recession ◽  
Household Income ◽  
Macroeconomic Variables ◽  
Crisis Period ◽  
The Great Recession ◽  
Health Aging ◽  
Logistic Regressions

The financial crisis of 2008 precipitated the “Great Recession”. In this scenario, we took Spain as a country of study, because although it experienced significant negative shocks associated with macroeconomic variables (GDP or unemployment), its welfare indicators have been marked by limited changes. This study used data from waves 2 and 4 (years 2006–2007 and 2010–2012, respectively) of the Survey on Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). Specifically, through logistic regressions we have analysed the effects of socioeconomic, demographic, health and “Great Recession” factors on the quality of life (QoL) of elders in Spain. Although QoL did not change too much during the “Great Recession”, the results confirmed the importance of several factors (such as chronicity) that affect the satisfaction with the QoL among the older people. In this regard, statistically significant effects were obtained for individual exposure to recession. Therefore, a decrease in household income in the crisis period with respect to the pre-crisis period would increase by 44% the probability of reporting a low QoL (OR = 1.44; 95% CI: 1.00–2.07). Furthermore, gender differences were observed. Health and socioeconomic variables are the most significant when determining individual QoL. Therefore, when creating policies, establishing multidisciplinary collaborations is essential.

scholarly journals Quality of life of patients with lung cancer: A scoping review

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael Turano Mota ◽  
Helder Márcio Ferreira Júnior ◽  
Fabiane Silva Pereira ◽  
Maria Aparecida Vieira ◽  
Simone de Melo Costa
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Prospective Studies ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Care Quality ◽  
Life Questionnaire ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
European Organization

Abstract Objective: To characterize scientific publications on the quality of life of people with lung cancer in order to explore current knowledge of the subject, with emphasis on assessment instruments and methodological aspects. Method: A scoping type literature review was performed. Articles were sought in the databases of the Virtual Health Library, in an integrative manner, with the descriptors: Quality of life and Lung Neoplasms, with no date of publication or language restrictions (n=138). The selection of articles was based on inclusion and exclusion criteria defined in the study proposal. Results: We included 18 publications published between 2006 and 2017, the majority (n = 10) of which had a cross-sectional design. Eight different instruments were used to evaluate the quality of life of patients with lung cancer, four of which were specific for people with cancer. There was a prevalence of the use of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Care Quality of Life Questionnaire - EORTC QLQ-C30 (n=8). Prospective studies (n=8) assessed quality of life before and after chemotherapy, physical therapy or pulmonary resection. The studies adopted different methodologies and provided conflicting results of quality of life. Cross-sectional studies with comparatively healthy subjects found an inferior quality of life for people with lung cancer. Conclusion: The scoping review contributed to the identification of the multiple evaluated instruments, both generic and specific. It found a lack of homogeneity in the methodological approaches of the studies. Further prospective studies with a specific instrument and methodological standardization to evaluate the quality of life of people with lung cancer are recommended.

Does a Patient-Held Quality-of-Life Diary Benefit Patients With Inoperable Lung Cancer?

2009 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moyra E. Mills ◽  
Liam J. Murray ◽  
Brian T. Johnston ◽  
Chris Cardwell ◽  
Michael Donnelly
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Palliative Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Standard Care ◽  
Care Quality ◽  
Care Group ◽  
Consistent Difference ◽  
Life Questionnaire

Purpose To examine the effect of weekly completion of a patient-held quality-of-life (QOL) diary in routine oncology practice for palliative care patients. Patients and Methods In a pragmatic randomized controlled trial, 115 patients with inoperable lung cancer were randomly assigned to receive either standard care or a structured QOL diary (European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire C30 and the related lung cancer module LC13) that they completed at home each week for 16 weeks. Patients were encouraged to share the QOL information with health professionals involved in their care. Changes in QOL over time (measured by the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy–Lung questionnaire and the Palliative Care Quality of Life Index), discussion of patient problems, and satisfaction with communication and general care were assessed at baseline and at 2 and 4 months after baseline. Results Analysis of QOL indicated a small but consistent difference between patients in the diary group and the standard care group. The diary group had a poorer QOL in many domains. Two different QOL summary scores (total and overall QOL) indicated a statistically significant between-group difference. No effects were found in relation to satisfaction with care, communication, or the discussion of patient problems. Conclusion The regular completion of a QOL questionnaire without appropriate feedback to health care professionals and without the provision of appropriate support may have a negative impact on inoperable lung cancer patients. Further research should focus on identifying features such as feedback loops that are required for the successful and meaningful use of QOL questionnaires in routine patient care.

scholarly journals The sexuality of a colostomized person as a major component of quality of life and nursing care

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 104
Author(s):  
Cristilene Akiko Kimura ◽  
Ivone Kamada ◽  
Dirce Bellezi Guilhem ◽  
Breno Silva de Abreu De Abreu ◽  
Renata Costa Fortes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Sexual Activity ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Regional Hospital ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Care Process

The colostomized person's perceptions regarding sexuality and sexual activity is a major component of quality of life and nursing care, however due to several limitations, the questionnaire only approach, although validated for such applications, has not enough resolution, due to its qualitative approach, to capture more delicate aspects of the impact of an ostomy onto a otherwise healthy patient. In order to correct such bias, a exploratory-descriptive study of a qualitative approach based on Bardain’s content analysis was conducted.  80 colostomized participants were recruited from Stomatology Outpatient Clinics in the Hospital de Base, Regional Hospital of Asa Norte and the Regional Hospital of Gama, Distrito Federal, Brazil. Data was collected through a clinical and sociodemographic questionnaire, as well as an individual interview. The results are presented in five categories: self-concept, leakage issues, odor and gases, stigma, sexual activity and companionship. The analysis suggests that the fulfillment of nursing care ideals, through clear and objective communication, results in the colostomized person's care and can favor in the acceptance of their new way of living. The exchange of knowledge and practices between the colostomized patient and the medical care support crew, in special the nursing care, allows the establishment of strategies that contribute gradually to the full health care, promoting the improvement of the QoL of both the colostomized person as well his/her partner. It is concluded that health services should provide care process in health and nursing, with the purpose of guaranteeing means for the planning of a holistic implementation of health care. This planning should include the psychological support and the educational process that develops one's ability for self-care, which may interfere in the role of sexuality and sexual activity, in addition to the physiological, psychological and social issues.

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