Os achados reforçam a necessidade da avaliação do medo de cair entre os idosos que residem no próprio domicílio, assim como o desenvolvimento e a utilização de estratégias pelos profissionais voltadas para os fatores modificáveis,de modo a reduzir as quedas e melhorar o estado de saúde, o que pode contribuir para a diminuição do medo de cair entre os idosos.

Objective:to review and synthesize qualitative research on the links between early-life stress and addiction behaviours in adulthood. Method:metasynthesis to review qualitative research findings based on procedures that outline how to identify themes or constructs across studies in a specific area. Comprehensive searches of multiple electronic databases were performed. The initial search yielded 1050 articles and the titles and abstracts were screened for inclusion based on predetermined criteria. Thirty-eight full text, peer-reviewed articles were retrieved and assessed by three independent reviewers. Twelve articles were eligible for full review and appraised using the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) tools. Results:the findings revealed that clear associations exist between early-life stress and addictive behaviours in adulthood, such as between trauma in childhood, violence, and addictive behaviours. A common theme in the findings indicates that participants turn to addictive substances as a way of strategically coping with stressful childhood experiences, regardless of the harmful side effects or detrimental social outcomes. Conclusion:it can be inferred that addiction may be viewed as a way to deal with adversity in childhood and that there is an interrelationship between addiction, domestic violence and crime.

Objective: to analize the relationship between depression and work stress in nursing professionals with technical education level of a teaching hospital in a city of the state of São Paulo. Methods: a cross-sectional study was carried out with 310 nursing technicians and nursing assistants, randomly selected. The outcome analyzed was the report of depression and its relationship with high levels of work stress, measured using the Job Stress Scale. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression were performed. Results: the prevalence of depression in this study was 20%, and it was more expressive in females, aged over 40 years, living without a partner and in smokers. The chance of depression was twice as high among professionals showing high levels of work stress, even after multiple regression adjusting. Conclusion: depressive symptoms were strongly associated with high stress levels among nursing assistants and nursing technicians, evidencing a problem to be considered along with the planning of specific intervention programs for this population, as well as the need for better cases management by the supervisors.

The "Brave New World" envisioned a society dominated by scientific and technological progress that went as far as to subjugate and dehumanize human beings. The future foreseen in this literary work is not far from what we are currently experiencing. Thus, considering that Nursing is affected and challenged in the midst of these technological transformations, this article aims to discuss the present and future of Nursing in a society that is undergoing constant technological transformations. In the midst of a whole technological apparatus in which fundamental procedures begin to be carried out by machines, Nursing needs to begin reflecting on what would be the best posture or its differential in a world with strong technological tendencies. Future transformations are still uncertain, nonetheless they will drastically change the way individuals relate to one another and to health services. Even in the midst of these uncertainties arising from present and future technological and scientific advances, the nature of Nursing which is essentially based on human interactions, can guarantee a place of prominence for this profession in society.

This is a quantitative, descriptive and exploratory research, with cross-sectional design that investigated the stressors experienced by nursing technicians working in general hospital and identified the coping strategies most used by them. The sample contained 310 participants. A sociodemographic questionnaire and the Ways of Coping Scale were used. For the analysis we used descriptive statistics and calculated the Cronbach's alpha. 60% of professionals used the strategies focused on the problem; 57.4% attributed their stress to working conditions, 26.8% to relationships in the workplace, 5.5% to the lack of reward at work and only 0.6% to problems personal. We conclude that strategies focused on the problems were the most used, indicating an approximation of the stressor in order to fix it. The identified stressors indicate the need for planning, stimulating and recognizing nursing professionals.

This study aims to explore the prevalence of burnout syndrome, and its association with early life stress and coping strategies in nursing professionals in a general hospital in São Paulo, Brazil. A study was conducted with a quantitative approach, using a socio-demographic questionnaire of working and health conditions. The prevalence of burnout was 7.4%, early life stress in 31.3% of the sample, and the most used coping strategy were the ones focused on the problem (60%). Burnout syndrome was associated with variables corresponding to living alone (p = 0.03), not having children (p = 0.04), and having been through a doctor's appointment (p = 0.05), and among subjects who do not use strategies focused on the problem (p = 0.01). Early life stress was associated with a high level of emotional exhaustion (p = 0.00). These results bring up important factors associated with burnout syndrome.

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MaRia albeRtina RoCha diógenes 1andRea goMes linaRd 2 CaRla aRaujo bastos teixeiRa 3 O objetivo do estudo foi analisar a concepção de comunicação, acolhimento e educação em saúde dos enfermeiros na consulta de enfermagem em ginecologia à mulher no climatério e descrever as ações de educação em saúde realizadas pela enfermeira durante a consulta. Estudo descritivo, com abordagem qualitativa, com cinco enfermeiras numa instituição de referência em ginecologia, Fortaleza-Ceará--Brasil, por meio de entrevista semiestruturada e observação das consultas ambulatoriais de ginecologia, no período de agosto a outubro de 2008. Os dados possibilitaram a organização em temáticas: Comunicação e acolhimento na consulta de enfermagem em ginecologia e Educação em Saúde à mulher no climatério durante a consulta de enfermagem em ginecologia. Os resultados revelaram que educação em saúde é entendida como informação em saúde e que há uma dissociação entre teoria e prática com relação ao acolhimento e à comunicação à mulher no climatério. Sugere-se uma prática transformadora de enfermagem voltada para esta clientela. DESCRITORES: Acolhimento; Comunicação em saúde; Educação em saúde; Climatério. The objective of this research was to analyze the concepts of communication, acceptance and health education in nursing consultationin gynecology to climacteric women. A descriptive study with a qualitative approach was used with five nurses in a reference institution in gynecology in Fortaleza-Ceará-Brazil. They used semi-structured interviews and observation of clinical gynecology consultations from August to September 2008. The data made it possible to organize the research like the following: communication and reception on nursing consultation in gynecology; health education to climacteric women during nursing consultation in gynecology. The results revealed that health education is understood as health information and that there is dissociation between theory and practice concerning reception and communication to climacteric women. It is suggested a changing in nursing practice to such customs. DESCRIPTORS: User embracement; Health communication; Health education; Climacteric.El objetivo del estudio fue analizar la concepción de comunicación, acogida y educación para la salud de los enfermeros, en la consulta de enfermería en ginecología a la mujer en el climaterio y describir las acciones de educación para la salud llevadas a cabo por la enfermera en la consulta. Estudio descriptivo, de enfoque cualitativo, con cinco enfermeras en una institución de notoriedad en ginecología, Fortaleza-Ceará-Brasil, a través de entrevista semi-estructurada y observación de consultas ginecológicas en policlínicas, de Agosto a Octubre del 2008. Los datos posibilitaron una organización temática: Comunicación y acogida en la consulta de enfermería en ginecología y Educación para la Salud, a la mujer en el climaterio, durante la consulta de enfermería en ginecología. Los resultados mostraron que la educación concerniente a la salud se entiende como información...