Objective: to describe the perceptions of people with intestinal ostomies on changes related to nutritional and lifestyle aspects. Method: exploratory and descriptive study, with a qualitative approach, performed with 17 patients with intestinal ostomies, who participate in a group of ostomized in a municipality in the countryside of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil). Data were collected through semi-structured interviews. The data were analyzed based on the thematic analysis from which two categories emerged: “Change in the eating habits and nutritional profile of people with ostomy” and “living with the new”. Results: many changes that occur with the ostomized people, with body weight preferences and eating habits. There are daily situations that require adaptation to be experienced, among them: domestic tasks, sexuality, sports, work and leisure activities. The subjects who use the irrigation method presented autonomy in their daily life and see the ostomy as a new possibility in the face of the disease. Conclusion: to minimize the repercussions that occur in the lifestyle of ostomized people, there is evidence of the need for individualized nutritional and psychological follow-up and of extension in the guidelines of the professional teams that work with them, as well as the dissemination of the irrigation method to people with ostomies who are able to perform such procedure.
Purpose To investigate verb fluency performance in individuals with Alzheimer’s disease compared with healthy older adults by analyzing total correct responses, number of clusters, average cluster size, and number of switches. Methods This is a case-control study of 39 healthy older adults and 29 older adults with a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. Verb fluency performance was analyzed in terms of total number of correct verbs retrieved, number of clusters, average cluster size, and number of switches. To obtain the study outcomes, we previously conducted a procedure for categorization of the verbs that would compose the clusters. The classification of verbs was adapted for this study, including assessment by raters and analysis of inter-rater reliability. Results Individuals with Alzheimer’s disease showed significantly poorer performance than healthy controls in the number of switches and total number of correct verbs retrieved. The two groups did not differ significantly in the other measures. Conclusion In this study, individuals with Alzheimer’s disease showed impaired verb fluency, characterized by a reduced number of verbs retrieved and fewer transitions between verb categories. The findings suggest that, in Alzheimer’s disease, verb fluency is more sensitive to cognitive deficits resulting from executive dysfunction than from semantic disruption.
O presente estudo trata do tema o sentido da vida para jovens dependentes químicos. O objetivo da pesquisa foi investigar a atribuição de sentido que os jovens dependentes químicos dão às suas vidas. Participaram da pesquisa três jovens com idade entre 19 e 27 anos que têm em comum a dependência química do crack e que estão internados em tratamento numa instituição de recuperação e inserção social de jovens e adultos. Para a coleta de dados foram utilizados uma entrevista individual semiestruturada e um grupo focal. Os dados foram analisados mediante o enfoque fenomenológico segundo Martins e Bicudo (1994). Os resultados apontaram pela busca de sentido na manifestação da fé e na crença em Deus que viria a ajudar na manutenção de uma vida futura livre das drogas. Demonstraram o desejo em poder trabalhar e constituir uma família, bem como o de manter a abstinência e a sobriedade. Considera-se que os participantes do estudo associam o sentido da vida às relações familiares, à fé, ao trabalho e ao seu comprometimento com o tratamento.
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