Objective: To identify the association of sociodemographic and clinical factors with the functional capacity of elderly individuals with hypertension and/or diabetes mellitus. Method: An outpatient, non-probabilistic cross-sectional study, performed in two Health Units in a city from the inland of Bahia, Brazil, with a population of 100 elderly individuals monitored through the HIPERDIA Program. Data was collected using a questionnaire covering socio-demographic data, the Katz index and the Mini Mental State Examination. Results: The analysis showed that 45% of the respondents had some degree of dependence. In the multivariate analysis it as observed that the elderly individuals aged 70 years old or more presented 1.9 times more chances to develop some degree of dependence in relation to those under 70 years old. Considered the same age group, it was shown that those with concomitant comorbidities (hypertension and diabetes) were 1.7 times more likely to develop some dependence compared to those who only had hypertension. Conclusion and implications for practice: It was possible to conclude that functional capacity as a multifactorial condition in this population was determined by age and by the presence of comorbidities (hypertension and diabetes). Identifying these disability-conditioning factors allows for a better planning of nursing care based on promoting a healthy, independent and autonomous aging process.
adoecimento crônico no cuidado à saúde. Método: Estudo descritivo, qualitativo, realizado com 19 homens que são acompanhados em um Unidade de Saúde da Família, inseridos no programa HIPERDIA, em um município da Bahia, Brasil. Realizou-se entrevista individual em profundidade, observação sistemática da visita de homens à unidade e levantamento das implicações para a assistência de Enfermagem. Os dados foram analisados utilizando o método do Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo (DSC), sob o prisma do referencial teórico proposto pela NANDA –Internacional®, a partir da Taxonomia II. Resultados: Identificou-se achados clínicos aderentes aos Diagnósticos de Enfermagem, que implicam em contribuições para a assistência de Enfermagem, desveladas a partir das vivências dos homens com adoecimento crônico não transmissível, a saber: Disposição para controle da saúde melhorado; Disposição para melhora do autocuidado; Conhecimento deficiente; Disposição para processos familiares melhorados; Disfunção sexual; Síndrome do estresse por mudança; Disposição para bem-estar espiritual melhorado e Dor crônica. Conclusão: os homens demonstraram disposição melhorada para à saúde e autocuidado, dos processos familiares e dos relacionamentos, conhecimento deficiente sobre a doença que porta, sentimento de impotência mediante a impossibilidade de realizar atividades do cotidiano, outrora desempenhada, manifestação de medo, associado às possibilidade de complicações advindas do agravo, estresse pela alteração dos hábitos pregressos adquiridos ao longo da vida, disfunção sexual e dor crônica relacionada às manifestações clínicas da doença e espiritualidade como instrumento de auxílio complementar terapêutico. Descritores: Saúde do Homem; Doenças crônicas; Cuidados de Enfermagem; Assistência à Saúde
Objective: To identify the facilitating and hindering conditions of the health/disease transition process in a group of patients with Chronic Kidney Disease undergoing hemodialysis treatment based on the theoretical framework of the Transition Theory. Method: A descriptive study implementing a qualitative approach. Data collection occurred through semi-structured interviews conducted between March and April 2018. The Content Analysis Technique was used for analysis and discussion as a methodological framework and the explanatory model of the Transition Theory as a theoretical framework. Results: Twenty-five (25) patients participated in the study. The conditioning factors of the transition process were identified and organized into three thematic categories: Personal conditioning factors in the transition process; Community conditioning factors in the transition process; and Social conditioning factors in the transition process. Conclusion: A predominance of hindering conditioning factors was evidenced in the personal dimension, while facilitating conditioning factors were shown in relation to the community dimension, and finally the conditioning factors were equal regarding the social dimension.
Ageing leads to important changes in the health profile of the elderly, causing the appearance of one or more chronic diseases. These vicissitudes, over time, lead to hemodynamic and metabolic dysfunction, in addition to having negative impacts on biological, emotional, social, and spiritual factors in the elderly. In particular, changes in physiological functions permeate the ageing process, impairing the basic human needs (BHNs) of these individuals [1]. Elderly people with altered BHNs are more likely to need help in their daily activities, such as maintenance of hygiene, food, and rest, among other requirements. In addition, they often experience long periods of hospitalisation due to the symptoms caused by the illness process and unmet needs, which end up negatively damaging the quality of life and independence of the elderly [2]. According to Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of BHNs [3], human beings have psychobiological, psychosocial, and psychospiritual needs, which are interrelated and are part of an indivisible whole. Although these needs are common to humanity, they differ in their manifestations and in the way they are met by health professionals when assisting a person [3].BHNs are studied with consideration of their psychobiologi-
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