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Results: 67

Homeless people's social representations about self-care

ABSTRACT Objectives: To capture and analyze the structure of homeless people's social representations about self-care. Methods: Research based on the theory of social representations, with 122 people in street situation. A semistructured questionnaire and free evocation technique were applied with the ...

Usability of a mobile application on diabetic foot self-care

ABSTRACT Objectives: to assess the usability of an app prototype for diabetic foot self-care by an end user. Methods: a descriptive study that uses heuristic assessment of a hybrid app usability. Fifteen users of an outpatient diabetes care service in a capital of Northeastern Brazil participated in th...

Association between knowledge and adherence to foot self-care practices performed by diabetics

ABSTRACT Objectives: to verify the association between knowledge and adherence to foot self-care practices performed by patients with diabetes mellitus type 2. Methods: cross-sectional, descriptive study carried out with 197 patients in basic health units located in the Northeast region of Brazil. For ...

Autocuidado en mujeres de mediana edad con obesidad

Rev. cuba. endocrinol; 30 (3), 2019
RESUMEN Introducción: El énfasis del autocuidado recae en la responsabilidad de la persona sobre su propia salud y enfermedad. Los cuidados brindados a si mismo desde el punto de vista físico, psicológico y social resultan pertinentes ante la prevalencia creciente de enfermedades crónicas no transm...

Education in Diabetes Mellitus for blood glucose self-monitoring: a quasi-experimental study

ABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate the contributions of an educational program for capillary blood glucose self-monitoring. Method: a quasi-experimental study performed in an outpatient unit of a tertiary health care service in a sample of 25 people with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, from July 2016 to Decembe...

Necesidad de capacitación al cuidador del adulto mayor
Need for training the caregiver of the elderly

Rev. cuba. med; 58 (3), 2019
Introducción: El envejecimiento poblacional es un reto para las sociedades modernas. La esperanza de vida condiciona un incremento en la población anciana, cada vez es mayor el número de personas que precisan de cuidados. Objetivo: Caracterizar a los cuidadores de adultos mayores del consultorio mÃ...

Instrumentos de valoración en enfermería cardiovascular
Assessment Tools in Cardiovascular Nursing

Rev. cuba. enferm; 35 (3), 2019
RESUMEN Introducción: Las enfermedades cardiovasculares son la mayor causa de muerte e incapacidad en el mundo. La enfermera, en su práctica, debe contribuir desde su quehacer al bienestar, seguimiento y control de las personas que experimentan enfermedades cardiovasculares, pero desde intervenciones...

Perspectiva de jovens com diabetes sobre intervenção educativa na rede social Facebook®

Resumo Objetivo Apreender a perspectiva de jovens com diabetes mellitus sobre a participação em um grupo de estimulo ao autocuidado na rede social Facebook®. Métodos Estudo descritivo e exploratório, junto a 35 jovens com diabetes mellitus tipo 1 que participaram de um grupo no Facebook®. Os da...

Literacy in health and self-care in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus

ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the effect of educational intervention in the adherence to self-care activities and functional health literacy and numeracy in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study conducted in two units of the Brazilian Family Health Strateg...

Validation of a booklet on self-care with the diabetic foot

ABSTRACT Objective: to describe the validation of the booklet on self-care with the feet of people with diabetes. Method: methodological study, focusing on the validation of a printed booklet. The content and appearance of the booklet was validated by 23 judges divided into three groups: 11 content and...