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Cross-cultural adaptation of the Filial Responsibility protocol for use in Brazil

ABSTRACT Objective: To carry out a cross-cultural adaptation of the Filial Responsibility protocol for use in Brazil with adult child caregivers for elderly parents. Method: A methodological study that included the steps of initial translation, synthesis of translations, back-translation, committee of ...

Validation of Family Management Measure for the Brazilian culture

ABSTRACT Etjective: To validate the Family Management Measure (FaMM) for Brazilian culture. Method: Quantitative research excerpt, following the recommendations for validation studies. The data presented refer to the last stage of the process. Results: The internal consistency of the items was analyze...

Cultural adaptation of The End-Stage Renal Disease Adherence Questionnaire for hemodialysis patients

ABSTRACT Objective: To describe the stages in the cultural adaptation of "The End-Stage Renal Disease Adherence Questionnaire" for use in Brazil. Method: A descriptive, transversal study with a quantitative approach. The cultural adaptation followed the steps of translation, professional committee, bac...

Perception of nursing professionals on patient safety culture

ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate nursing professionals' perception on safety climate, to check if this perception differs between categories and if there is correlation between the Safety Attitude Questionaire (SAQ) domains and personal and professional variables. Method: Quantitative and transversal st...

Chronotype and work shift in nursing workers of university hospitals

ABSTRACT Objective: To identify the predominant chronotype in nursing workers who work in surgical clinics of university hospitals and to verify the association with work shift. Method: Cross-sectional study, performed in surgical clinics of university hospitals in the Southern region of Brazil. The sa...

Quality of life of elderly people with chronic kidney disease in conservative treatment

ABSTRACT Objective: To describe the quality of life (QOL) of elderly people with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) in conservative treatment, correlating it with sociodemographic and health-related aspects. Method: This is a quantitative, cross-sectional, and descriptive study that used: a previously valida...

Spiritual well-being and quality of life of older adults in hemodialysis

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the relationship between spiritual well-being, sociodemographic, economic, religious, and health variables and the quality of life of older adults undergoing hemodialysis. Method: This was a cross-sectional and correlational study conducted with 169 older adults undergoin...

Elderly who take care of elderly: a study on the Frailty Syndrome

ABSTRACT Objective: Identifying prevalence of frailty in elderly caregivers inserted in a high social vulnerability context and its correlation with sociodemographic and health aspects. Method: Descriptive, correlational and cross-sectional study. Forty elderly caregivers were evaluated with: questionn...

Stress and optimism of elderlies who are caregivers for elderlies and live with children

ABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate the relation between stress and optimism of elderlies who are informal caregivers for elderlies and live with children. Method: cross-sectional study on 50 elderlies who provide care to elderlies, live with children, and are registered in the primary health care. The int...

Vulnerability of caregivers of the elderly with dementia: a cross-sectional descriptive study

ABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate the sociodemographic and clinical profile of the caregivers and its relation with the overburden from the care of the elderly with dementia. Method: a cross-sectional descriptive study; the sample was non-probabilistic, developed with caregivers of elderly people with de...