Objective: to analyze the actions and suggestions of Primary Care professionals in relation to elder abuse. Method: this is a research with a qualitative approach based on the realization of focus groups with professionals from Primary Health Care in a city in the interior of São Paulo. The methodological stance of Hermeneutic-Dialectic thinking (HD) was adopted. Results: two themes were listed: Actions taken by health professionals and Suggestions for improving care for elderly victims of violence. Final considerations: professionals emphasized the need to implement new resources and improve the functioning of existing ones, so that comprehensive care is possible, in order to prevent and intervene in the important social and public health problem that violence represents.
<p>Objetivo: compreender a percepção dos idosos quanto à violência sofrida. Método: estudo qualitativo, realizado na Delegacia de Defesa da Mulher de uma cidade do interior paulista. A coleta foi realizada no período de janeiro a dezembro de 2018, com 15 idosos. Os dados foram analisados por meio da técnica de análise temática. Resultados: duas categorias temáticas emergiram dos relatos: “as agressões e seus impactos” e “buscando uma explicação para o comportamento agressivo”. Dentre as agressões percebidas, destacaram-se as físicas e as verbais, que se transformavam em sentimentos negativos. Contudo, os idosos ainda tentavam justificar as ações de seus agressores. Conclusão: quanto à violência sofrida, os idosos percebiam que viver em situação de agressão prejudicava o conforto e a qualidade de vida.</p><p>Descritores: Idoso. Violência. Envelhecimento.</p>
Objective: To understand the structure, development, and functionality of the family of the elderly victim of violence. Method: Descriptive research with a qualitative approach, based on the Calgary Family Assessment Model. Four elderly people who suffered violence and their family members were assessed at home, from October to November 2019. Data analysis was based on the genogram and ecomap, as proposed in the model. Results: It was found that the members of the four families had low schooling and financial difficulties. As for the social support network, the neighbors, the health unit and the Church stood out. The members of each family nucleus expressed feelings of fear, insecurity, anger, nervousness, sadness and impotence, resulting from the conflict between the couple. Final considerations: In the assessed families, weaknesses and potentialities in the structure, development and functioning are highlighted, which must be considered in the elaboration of the care plan.
Objective: to understand how the professionals working in primary care teams perceive violence against the older adult. Method: a qualitative study, carried out from the conduction of four focus groups with a total of 30 basic care professionals, in the municipality of Marília, São Paulo. Data collection was carried out from November to December 2018. For data analysis, Hermeneutics-Dialectics was adopted. Results: it was revealed that the professionals suspect and identify cases of physical and financial violence and mainly negligence, with the main perpetrator of the aggression being a family member. They recognize that older adults are in complex life contexts and that many situations are beyond their capacity for intervention. They expressed fear and insecurity in reporting the cases and are unaware of the role of the other services, making the approach even more complex. Conclusion: the professionals experience situations of violence against the older adult in their daily lives; however, barriers such as fear of reporting the cases, ignorance of the roles of different professionals, and the inefficiency of the care network hinder the necessary interventions.
A osteoartrite é uma doença articular crônica, caracterizada por uma degeneração progressiva da cartilagem articular, que resulta em incapacidade funcional. Entre as articulações acometidas, o joelho é a mais afetada devido à sobrecarga mecânica imposta a essa articulação nas atividades diárias. A osteoartrite de joelho é considerada uma das formas clínicas mais incapacitantes da doença. O objetivo deste estudo foi verificar o efeito da bandagem elástica (BE) na ativação muscular do quadríceps e no torque isométrico dos extensores de joelho em indivíduos com Osteoartrite de Joelho. Participaram do estudo 13 voluntárias (64,5 ± 7,2 anos) do sexo feminino, com diagnóstico radiológico de osteoartrite de joelho. Os procedimentos de coleta de dados foram realizados em três dias, com intervalo de sete dias entre eles. As voluntárias foram avaliadas em três diferentes condições: sem BE, BE placebo e BE ativação. Foram realizadas as avaliações do torque isométrico extensor do joelho e ativação eletromiográfica dos músculos reto femoral, vasto medial e vasto lateral por meio da eletromiografia de superfície. Para análise estatística foi adotado o teste ANOVA Medidas Repetidas, considerando nível de significância de p < 0,05. Os resultados mostraram que não houve diferença significativa para comparação da ativação muscular e torque entre as condições analisadas (p = 0,556). Conclui-se que a BE não foi capaz de promover uma alteração no recrutamento muscular e torque isométrico de quadríceps em indivíduos com osteoartrite de joelho.
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