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Objectives: to identify the beliefs of people with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus related to insulin use. Methods: a descriptive, cross-sectional, quantitative-qualitative study based on Theory of Planned Behavior and performed with 32 participants using insulin. The data were analyzed and grouped into categories by beliefs similarity, counted from the frequencies. Results: 118 behavioral, 60 normative and 97 control beliefs were issued. Among the behavioral beliefs, there was an advantage in keeping the diabetes under control and disadvantage, the pain of being pierced by the application of insulin. Regulations highlighted the children as referents who support the treatment. In control beliefs, it was observed that the application of insulin appears as easiness and difficulty to the treatment. Conclusions: the study will support the construction of a psychometric scale to measure the determinants of insulin use, revealing particularities for the structuring of educational interventions that contribute to adherence of the treatment verified in adequate glycemic control.

Objetivo: analisar as crenças comportamentais, normativas e de controle relacionadas ao tratamento medicamentoso para hipertensão arterial. Métodos: estudo transversal, fundamentado na Teoria do Comportamento Planejado, realizado com 28 pessoas em uso contínuo de anti-hipertensivos, em acompanhamento ambulatorial. Utilizou-se de formulário com seis perguntas abertas, aplicado por entrevistas estruturadas e individuais, gravadas em áudio e submetidas à análise de conteúdo. Resultados: entre as crenças comportamentais, o controle da pressão arterial destacou-se como principal vantagem, e os sintomas desagradáveis sobressaíram como desvantagem. Com relação às crenças normativas, os referentes sociais positivos mais citados foram os filhos. Quanto às crenças de controle, adquirir gratuitamente e esquecer do horário de tomá-los foram apontados como principais facilidade e dificuldade, respectivamente. Conclusão: a análise das crenças permitiu a elucidação daquelas que podem influenciar positiva ou negativamente o comportamento “tomar os comprimidos prescritos para o controle da hipertensão”, alvo de diferentes intervenções em serviços de saúde.

Objetivo: analisar as crenças comportamentais, normativas e de controle relacionadas à redução do consumo de sal na dieta de pessoas com insuficiência cardíaca (IC). Método: estudo com abordagem quantiqualitativa norteado pela Theory of Planned Behavior, realizado mediante entrevista individual com 26 pessoas com IC em seguimento ambulatorial, no período de janeiro a fevereiro de 2018, no município de João Pessoa. Foram aplicadas análises estatística e de conteúdo. Resultados: sobressaíram a manutenção da saúde e diminuição do apetite como crenças comportamentais positivas e negativas, respectivamente. Com relação às crenças normativas, cônjuges, filhos e irmãos apresentaram-se como referentes positivos que exercem maior influência na redução de sal. Quanto às crenças de controle, o preparo das refeições pela esposa facilita e a perda do sabor dos alimentos dificulta a execução do comportamento esperado. Conclusão: a análise das crenças permitiu elucidar aquelas que precisam ser fortalecidas e atenuadas frente à redução de sal para controle clínico da IC.

Objective: Investigate the clinical management of patients with neoplastic wounds by nurses.Methods: This is an exploratory study, with qualitative approach, conducted in August 2014, with ten clinical nurses of a philanthropic hospital that provides care to patients with advanced cancer. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and data analysis was performed using the Minayo's Thematic Analysis Technique, which enabled the construction of one category and four subcategories. Results:The nurses' knowledge on the clinical management of wounds is weak and has many weaknesses involving patients with advanced cancer. Conclusion:One evidenced the need to invest in continuing education and implementation of protocols that support greater autonomy of nurses in decision-making, ensuring legal support to these professionals to improve care for people with neoplastic wounds.

Objective: To identify beliefs related to oral antidiabetic use among individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus, based on the Theory of Planned Behavior. Method: This is a descriptive, quantitative and qualitative study conducted with 32 participants using oral antidiabetic drugs. Data was collected through an open question tool and analyzed by number of emissions and content. Results: Among the behavioral beliefs, the following stand out: (a) as an advantage, to keep diabetes controlled; and (b) as disadvantages, gastric pain and discomfort, nausea and diarrhea. In the normative beliefs, family stood out as a social referent (children, mother and siblings). As for the control beliefs, taking the tablets with water and the size of the tablets stood out as practicalities and difficulties, respectively, in relation to the oral therapy follow-up. Conclusion and implications for practice: It was possible to identify the beliefs regarding the behavior of taking oral antidiabetics that will contribute to foster educational strategies with the potential to strengthen the positive beliefs and to revert the negative ones, in favor of adherence to drug therapy, glycemic control and quality of life.

ABSTRACT Objectives: to analyze the scientific production about sodium restriction in patients with heart failure. Methods: integrative literature review from articles published from 2007 to 2017, located in the CINAHL and Scopus databases. Results: thirteen studies were analyzed. Sodium intake restriction was associated with lower unfavorable clinical outcomes in patients with marked symptomatology. The 24-hour urine sodium dosage was the main tool to assess adherence to the low sodium diet. Conclusions: based on the studies included in this review, in symptomatic patients, dietary sodium restriction should be encouraged in clinical practice as a protective measure for health. However, in asymptomatic patients, it should be well studied.

Objective: To identify the psychosocial predictors that influence the behavioral intention to take oral antihypertensive drugs. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional study, based on the theory of planned behavior. A questionnaire constructed and validated was applied to 220 individuals with systemic arterial hypertension in outpatient follow-up at a public hospital. The chi-square and Fisher’s exact tests, Spearman’s correlation and multiple logistic regression were used for data analysis. Results: The participants presented a high intention of taking antihypertensive drugs. The behavioral beliefs (ß = 0.0432; p = 0.0364), subjective norm (ß = -1.5708; p < 0.01) and perceived behavioral control (ß = 2.2809; p = 0.0028) explained the behavioral intention in 33 %. Conclusions: The behavioral beliefs, the subjective norm, and the perceived behavioral control are significant psychosocial predictors of taking antihypertensive drugs and must be valued, individually and jointly, in the health actions targeted at this population.