scholarly journals Nursing Care to Evaluate, Prevent, and Treat Cutaneous Xerosis in the Elderly

Aquichan ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Ronny Anderson de Oliveira Cruz ◽  
Glenda Agra ◽  
Jacira dos Santos Oliveira ◽  
Maria Auxiliadora Pereira ◽  
Maria Emília Limeira Lopes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Care ◽  
Skin Color ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Categorical Variables ◽  
Medical Clinic ◽  
Central Tendency ◽  
Chi Squared ◽  
Age Range

Objective: Identify nursing care performed by nurses to evaluate, prevent, and treat cutaneous xerosis in the elderly. Materials and Methods: Descriptive study with quantitative approach, conducted with 101 care nurses working in the medical clinic and in the intensive care units of four hospitals in Paraíba, Brazil. The data collection took place between July and September 2018 through an instrument composed of sociodemographic variables and by items related with nursing care. The statistical analysis was performed by distribution and frequency calculations, central tendency measures, standard deviation, and chi-squared test for categorical variables. Results: The majority stated always considering the age range (84.2 %), assessing skin color (83.2 %), evaluating skin turgor and elasticity (64.4 %), looking for the existence of skin fissures (53.5 %), and noticing the existence of lesions on the skin (90.1 %). Of the participating professionals, 83.2 % reported never having used imported equipment to evaluate skin hydration. Conclusions: The study showed that nurses emphasized the importance of considering age range, assessing skin color, being aware of areas with hyperemia, and noticing the existence of lesions, as well as the need for continuing education to improve the quality of care.

Psychosocial Consequences among Elderly Living In Institutional and Non-Institutional Settings

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nagesh Jamwal
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Research Work ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Institutional Settings ◽  
Elderly Males ◽  
Psychosocial Consequences ◽  
Age Range ◽  
Elderly Living

Background – Elderly people face many psychological, physical and socio economic morbidities due to ageing. Institutional settings have been opened for those elderly people who are neither able to take care of themselves nor is there any person to look after them. Objectives- The present research work was conducted to study the quality of life, loneliness and psychological distress of the elderly males and females living in institutions and non-institutional settings in urban Jammu district. Methods –The study was conducted using purposive sampling on 40 elderly living in institutional settings and 40 elderly living in non- institutional settings in the age range of 60-80 years. Tools used – GHQ  by Gautam, Nuhawan and Kamal ,UCLA loneliness scale(Russell, 1996)  and WHO (QOL-BREF, 1998),  was used. Results – The results revealed significant differences on loneliness and quality of life between those living in institutional settings and those living with their families.

scholarly journals Comfort needs as perceived by hospitalized elders: an analysis under the light of Kolcaba’s theory

2020 ◽  
Vol 73 (suppl 3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanni Moraes de Oliveira ◽  
Kátia Neyla de Freitas Macêdo Costa ◽  
Kamyla Félix Oliveira dos Santos ◽  
Jacira dos Santos Oliveira ◽  
Maria Auxiliadora Pereira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Symptom Relief ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Daily Life Activities ◽  
Physical Context ◽  
Thematic Units

ABSTRACT Objective: To reveal the Comfort needs as perceived by hospitalized elders, using Kolcaba’s theory. Methods: Descriptive and qualitative study, with 11 elders hospitalized in a university hospital, aiming to identify their needs for Comfort. Results: Discourses were categorized in four thematic units: Physical, Environmental, Sociocultural, and Psychospiritual. In the Physical context, several subcategories were found, namely, Symptom Relief; Daily Life Activities; Hygiene and personal care; Diet; Sleep and rest. In the Environmental context, the Comfort was considered to be superior than in the elders’ home; in the Sociocultural one, family bonds were found to become more distant, triggering feelings of missing one’s family and isolation, in the Psychospiritual context, spirituality and religiosity stood out. Final considerations: The Comfort needs of the hospitalized elders enable one to reflect on nursing care, offering information to improve the quality of assistance and to attend to the real needs of the elderly.

scholarly journals Segurança do paciente em hemodiálise

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 3360
Author(s):  
Renata De Paula Faria Rocha ◽  
Diana Lúcia Moura Pinho
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Patient Safety ◽  
Adverse Events ◽  
Renal Disease ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Virtual Library ◽  
Calidad De Vida ◽  
Article Analysis

RESUMOObjetivo: analisar a literatura acerca da segurança do paciente em hemodiálise. Método: trata-se de um estudo bibliográfico, descritivo, tipo revisão integrativa, por meio de pesquisa em artigos publicados entre os anos de 2006 a 2016, em português, inglês ou espanhol; coletados nas bases de dados Medline, Lilacs, BDENF e Biblioteca Virtual SciELO e os resultados apresentado em figura. Resultados: compôs-se a amostra deste estudo por seis artigos. Agruparam-se as informações após a análise dos artigos, em três categorias: segurança do paciente em hemodiálise; fatores que afetam a segurança do paciente em hemodiálise e estratégias para a segurança do paciente em hemodiálise. Conclusão: torna-se importante que a equipe da hemodiálise aprofunde os seus conhecimentos acerca da segurança do paciente para atuar, de forma proativa, na prevenção de eventos adversos garantindo, assim, a segurança do paciente e uma melhor qualidade de vida ao paciente com doença renal crônica em tratamento hemodialítico. Descritores: Segurança do Paciente; Enfermagem; Diálise Renal; Cuidados de Enfermagem; Enfermagem em Nefrologia; Avaliação em Enfermagem.ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the literature on the safety of patients on hemodialysis. Method: this is a bibliographical, descriptive study, of integrative review type, through research in articles published between the years 2006 to 2016, in Portuguese, English or Spanish; collected in the databases Medline, Lilacs, BDENF and SciELO Virtual Library and the results presented in figure. Results: the sample of this study was composed by six articles. The information after article analysis was grouped into three categories: patient safety on hemodialysis; factors that affect patient safety on hemodialysis and strategies for patient safety on hemodialysis. Conclusion: it is important that the hemodialysis team deepens their knowledge about patient safety to proactively act in the prevention of adverse events, thus ensuring patient safety and a better quality of life for patients with illness renal disease on hemodialysis. Descriptors: Patient Safety; Nursing; Renal Dyalisis; Nursing Care; Nephrology Nursing; Nursing Assessment.RESUMEN Objetivo: analizar la literatura acerca de la seguridad del paciente en hemodiálisis. Método: se trata de un estudio bibliográfico y descriptivo, revisión de tipo integrador, a través de los artículos de investigación publicados entre 2006 a 2016, en portugués, Inglés o Español; recogidos en las bases de datos Medline, Lilacs, BDENF y Biblioteca Virtual SciELO y los resultados presentados en figura. Resultados: se compuso la muestra de este estudio por seis artículos. Se agruparon las informaciones después del análisis de los artículos, en tres categorías: seguridad del paciente en hemodiálisis; factores que afectan la seguridad del paciente en hemodiálisis y estrategias para la seguridad del paciente en hemodiálisis. Conclusión: es importante que el equipo de la hemodiálisis profundice sus conocimientos acerca de la seguridad del paciente para actuar de forma proactiva en la prevención de eventos adversos garantizando así la seguridad del paciente y una mejor calidad de vida al paciente con enfermedad renal crónica en tratamiento hemodialítico. Descriptores: Seguridad del Paciente; Enfermería; Diálisis Renal; Atención de Enfermería; Enfermería en Nefrología; Evaluación en Enfermería.

EXPLORING WELLNESS AND QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG THE ELDERLY AS BASIS FOR A NURSING CARE PLAN AND PSYCHOSOCIAL INTERVENTION

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
PILAO SONIA JANICE ◽  
VILLANUEVA ANGELINA ◽  
GORNEZ GEMMA ROSE ◽  
VILLANUEVA JEAN MARIE ◽  
RELOJO DENNIS ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Psychosocial Intervention ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Care Plan

scholarly journals Description of color/race in Brazilian biomedical research

2012 ◽  
Vol 130 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa Veronica Catonho Ribeiro ◽  
Luzitano Brandão Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Biomedical Research ◽  
Race And Ethnicity ◽  
Skin Color ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Systematic Search ◽  
Scientific Journals ◽  
Race Ethnicity

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Over recent years, the terms race and ethnicity have been used to ascertain inequities in public health. However, this use depends on the quality of the data available. This study aimed to investigate the description of color/race in Brazilian scientific journals within the field of biomedicine. DESIGN AND SETTING: Descriptive study with systematic search for scientific articles in the SciELO Brazil database. METHODS: A wide-ranging systematic search for original articles involving humans, published in 32 Brazilian biomedical scientific journals in the SciELO Brazil database between January and December 2008, was performed. Articles in which the race/ethnicity of the participants was identified were analyzed. RESULTS: In total, 1,180 articles were analyzed. The terms for describing race or ethnicity were often ambiguous and vague. Descriptions of race or ethnicity occurred in 159 articles (13.4%), but only in 42 (26.4%) was there a description of how individuals were identified. In these, race and ethnicity were used almost interchangeably and definition was according to skin color (71.4%), ancestry (19.0%) and self-definition (9.6%). Twenty-two races or ethnicities were cited, and the most common were white (37.3%), black (19.7%), mixed (12.9%), nonwhite (8.1%) and yellow (8.1%). CONCLUSION: The absence of descriptions of parameters for defining race, as well as the use of vague and ambiguous terms, may hamper and even prevent comparisons between human groups and the use of these data to ascertain inequities in healthcare.

scholarly journals Quality of life based on level of physical activity among elderly residents of urban and rural areas

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 330-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cezar Grontowski Ribeiro ◽  
Fátima Ferretti ◽  
Clodoaldo Antônio de Sá
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Categorical Variables ◽  
Elderly Persons ◽  
Continuous Variables ◽  
Place Of Residence ◽  
Cross Sectional

Abstract Objective: To analyze quality of life (QOL) according to level of physical activity among elderly persons living in rural (RA) and urban (UA) areas. Method: A descriptive cross-sectional study, analyzing 358 elderly residents of RA and 139 of UA, in the municipal region of Palmas, Paraná, Brazil was performed. Quality of life, level of physical activity and economic condition were evaluated. For the analysis of the continuous variables, the student’s t-test or the Mann-Whitney test were used, based on the normality or otherwise of the data. Pearson's chi-squared or Fischer’s exact test were used to analyze the categorical variables. Results: The general perception of QOL reported in RA was better than in UA (p<0.05). The analysis of the level of physical activity according to place of residence showed that the elderly are more physically active in RA (p<0.05), whereas insufficiently active or sedentary subjects prevail in UA. The variables age and gender were not associated with QOL (p>0.05), irrespective of place of residence, and active elderly persons had better QOL scores than insufficiently active or sedentary individuals, again irrespective of place of residence (p<0.05). Conclusion: The present study provides evidence that QOL is positively influenced by both maintaining satisfactory levels of physical activity and by residing in RA. It is important to establish public policies aimed at ensuring a more active and independent old age, thus generating greater health and quality of life.

scholarly journals Gymnastics Improve Quality Of Life

2021 ◽  
pp. 29-37
Author(s):  
Endang Sri Wahyuni ◽  
Retna Febri Arifiati
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Wilcoxon Test ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Psychological Conditions ◽  
Healthy Elderly ◽  
Age Range

ABSTRACT Background: The increase in the number of elderly people needs to be balanced with increased expectations and quality of life. One of the causes of the low quality of life of the elderly is influenced by a lack of physical activity. Efforts that can be made to improve the quality of life of the elderly are by doing physical activity or exercising regularly. This study aims to determine the effect of physical activity on the quality of life of the elderly. Methods: This type of research is quantitative, pre-experimental with one group pretest-posttest design, using purposive sampling technique. The research instrument was the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire. The research subjects were 30 people. Data analysis used the Wilcoxon test. Results: As many as 80% of the subjects were in the age range 66-74 years, 26 subjects were women (53.3%), the latest education was dominated by Bachelor 43.4%. As many as 76.7% are retired civil servants, 70% still have a partner, 26.7% live with a partner and children, and 66.7% are healthy elderly without a history of disease. The results show a positive value and an increase in the mean in each domain. The asymptotic significance values of the pre-post Wilcoxon ranking test on the domain of physical and environmental conditions were 0.000 and 0.003 on psychological conditions and social relationships. Conclusion: The provision of physical activity interventions in the form of flexible exercise for the elderly has a significant impact on improving the quality of life of the elderly.

scholarly journals Nursing Care Systematization: A Study At A Teaching Hospital

10.3823/2365 ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louise Passos Vigolvino Macêdo ◽  
Alyne Fernandes Bezerra ◽  
Aran Rolim Mendes De Almeida ◽  
Thayana Rose de Araújo Dantas ◽  
Rafaella Felix Serafim Veras ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Practice ◽  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Nursing Process ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Nursing Professionals ◽  
Empirical Material

Objective: Investigate the understanding of nurses who work at a teaching hospital, in relation to NCS and the nursing process; ascertain facilities/difficulties related to the applicability of the nursing process in that service; and verify the opinions of those professionals for the improvement and/or effectiveness of the nursing process at the hospitalization units of the hospital. Method: Exploratory, descriptive study, with a qualitative approach. The sample consisted of 42 nurses who answered a questionnaire. The empirical material was analyzed and categorized based on the content analysis technique and discussed in the light of the literature. Results: From the participants' discourses, two categories of analysis emerged: 1) understanding of NCS as a tool to organize the Nursing work process and improve the quality of care; and 2) applicability of the nursing process at the various hospitalization units of the institution. Conclusion: The implementation and applicability of that method depend on not only the knowledge and motivation of the nursing professionals, but also on a strategic planning involving management and staff, from the recognition of their importance in order to obtain adherence and effective operationalization in practice. Descriptors: Nursing; Nursing Process; Professional Practice.

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