Resumo Os cuidadores familiares desempenham um importante papel ao cuidar de um paciente em situação de doença avançada. Este estudo teve como objetivo caracterizar o cuidador familiar de cuidados paliativos, avaliando as circunstâncias e as consequências da prestação de cuidados e a preparação...
ABSTRACT Objective: To understand the daily lives of people with Parkinson's disease. Method: Qualitative research, using as methodological and theoretical referential the Grounded Theory and Symbolic Interactionism, respectively. The in-depth interview was conducted with 30 people with Parkinson's dis...
RESUMEN Objetivo Estimar la carga de enfermedad por lesiones de causa externa (LCE) en el departamento de Casanare durante 2008-2012. Métodos Estudio descriptivo retrospectivo desde los registros de la notificación al Sivigila de los eventos agrupados como LCE y los eventos reportados al Sistema de V...
Abstract Objective The aim of this study is to evaluate the burden of indirect causes of maternal morbidity/mortality in Brazil. Methods Secondary analysis of a multicenter cross-sectional study conducted in 27 referral obstetric units within the Brazilian Network for Surveillance of Severe Maternal ...
Abstract: Background: Psoriasis is a chronic, immune mediated inflammatory condition that affects a significant amount of the global population. Yet geographic variability in the consequences of psoriasis warrants region-level analyses. Objective: The current study contributes to the psoriasis outcomes...
Objective. This work sought to determine the family economic burden associated with caring for the child with cancer. Methods. Descriptive study with quantitative approach. The sample comprised 50 families of children with cancer attending a foundation in Bogotá (Colombia), which accompanies integrally ...
ABSTRACT Objective: Understand the impact of critical-illness news on the experience of family members at an Intensive Care Unit. Method: Phenomenological approach according to Van Manen's method. Open interviews were held with 21 family members. From analysis and interpretation of the data, three esse...
Resumo Para a saúde pública, a importância de um medicamento novo está no valor terapêutico e no benefício que produz para o paciente e para a sociedade. O objetivo do estudo foi analisar medicamentos novos registrados no Brasil de 2003 a 2013, sob a perspectiva da carga de doenças e da assistênc...
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the interference of leprosy in women's life regarding work and daily life activities. Method: Exploratory qualitative study developed from semi-structured interviews and with the use of field diaries. The strategy of the organization of data was a thematic analysis of con...
