Home care for the elderly has a great ally in the family caregiver, in general a spouse. However, these spouses frequently have health complaints themselves. To understand the meaning of health for elderly spouses who are caregivers, to know the changes in their health after taking this role and to learn how they take care of their own health, the authors developed an exploratory qualitative study in which elderly spouses caregivers were personally interviewed. The speeches were analyzed according to the Discourse Analysis on Collective Subject. The result is that they understood health as having energy, showing no symptoms, needing no doctor, depending on no one and requiring no care. They took care of their own health through diet control, respect to routines and personal habits, performance of their daily activities, physical activities and medical control. The changes noticed after becoming caregivers were tiredness, stress, preoccupation, development of symptoms and illnesses, increase of health risks and changes in routine and in self-esteem.
Rev. Nutr., Campinas, 18(1):41-52, jan./fev., 2005 Revista de Nutrição
R E S U M O ObjetivoAvaliar uma intervenção nutricional educativa desenvolvida para alunos de Universidades Abertas para a Terceira Idade.
MétodosA população foi constituída por indivíduos com 45 anos de idade ou mais, freqüentadores de quatro instituições de ensino do Município de São Paulo. O estudo teve delineamento quase experimental, do tipo pré-teste/ pós-teste, sem grupo controle. A ação educativa (quatro aulas de três horas cada; distribuição de uma apostila com o conteúdo das aulas e de um guia alimentar com orientações gerais) era parte das atividades oferecidas pelas instituições e foi desenvolvida por nutricionistas durante o segundo semestre de 1996. Os dados pessoais e de conhecimentos sobre nutrição foram coletados por meio de questionário auto-aplicado. O conhecimento foi identificado aplicando-se teste especialmente elaborado. As práticas alimentares, identificadas por meio do registro de alimentos consumidos em três dias, tiveram como variáveis analisadas: o valor energético total, a proporção de macronutrientes, o colesterol, a vitamina A, cálcio e ferro.
ResultadosAs modificações identificadas foram: aumento dos conhecimentos sobre nutrição, diminuição de consumo de lipídios, de proteínas e de colesterol. As modificações citadas referiram-se ao tipo de alimento consumido, à
The authors have analized the scientific production presented by nurses and other professionals associated with the teaching of Nursing, published in the ANNALS of the Yearly Meetings of the Brazilian Society for Science Development (SBPC) from 1949 to 1983. Data showed a prevalence of papers prepared by faculty members over those prepared by Nursing Service Staff, as well a tendency for a quantitative decrease in the scientific production in the last five years.
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