Introduction: stroke represents a serious public health problem, causing several disabilities. During the process of rehabilitation, family members and health professionals should encourage behaviors that promote resilience. Objectives: the aim is to analyze the main data about stroke and resilience available in national and international literature, and to verify if this component is being assessed/worked during the post-stroke process of rehabilitation of the individuals. Method: Portal of Journals of CAPEs, BVs, sciELO and BDENF were used as databases, and the descriptors were 'stroke' and 'psychological resilience', in Portuguese and English. 42 articles were identified, from 2003 until 2015. After inclusion and exclusion criteria, a sample of 7 studies was obtained. Results: there was some difficulty in integrating the data, since articles about resilience with the aforementioned individuals are scarce. Most of the studies addressed other Psychology themes, which are also considered indispensable for the success of rehabilitation. Conclusion: the necessity for more studies regarding the topic resilience in individuals with stroke effects was noticed.
Objetivo: Investigar a acessibilidade física de mobiliários, equipamentos e instalações sanitárias em Unidades de Saúde de Família. Método: Trata-se de pesquisa descritiva exploratória, de base populacional, realizada nas Unidades de Saúde da Família do município de João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brasil. Utilizou-se um checklist fundamentado na Norma Brasileira 9050. Resultados: Dos 90 prédios avaliados, 83,3% dos balcões e das mesas de trabalho e 85,6% dos assentos ambulatoriais estão adequados, como preconizado pela legislação. Entretanto, apenas 24,4% dos bebedouros estão instalados adequadamente. Nenhuma das unidades apresentou textos contendo orientações e instruções escritas em braille; 60,0% não têm sanitários adequados, e 92,2% não estão devidamente sinalizados. Conclusão: Ainda são muitas as barreiras encontradas pelas pessoas com deficiência para o uso dos serviços de atenção básica à saúde. Nesse sentido, se faz necessário, intervenções específicas a esse grupo populacional e a avaliação das políticas públicas, para efetivar tudo o que é garantido por lei.
Introduction: Non-verbal communication is essential in health, because it is a dynamic process that allows accessibility between people, making it easier to obtain valuable information for therapeutic management.Objective: To assess proxemic communication between nurse and elderly in nursing consultation.
Methods:Descriptive exploratory study with a quantitative approach, performed in basic health units in the city of João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil. The subjects were 32 nurses and 32 elderly. Data were collected by shooting, evaluated with basis on an instrument built on Proxemics Theory of Hall and analyzed through descriptive and exploratory statistics.Results: Evaluations were classified in general as Regular being the worst the evaluation of visual code factor (2.81) and improved voice volume (3.44).
Introduction: falls are a geriatric syndrome, and among the risk factors there are the balance and walking problems, becoming necessary the evaluation of these parameters for targeting care to prevent falls.Objective: evaluating the balance and the walk as predictors of the risk of falls in the elderly.
Methods:A cross-sectional, exploratory and quantitative study conducted with 130 elderly. There were evaluated the balance and the walking through the Tinetti Scale and the data were analyzed using statistical software. The study was approved by the ethics Committee under the advice number 963.157.Results: 60% of the sample presented an average risk for falls, and the average test of balance and walking was lower among older people with a history of falls.
Conclusion:it is important that nurses perform multidimensional geriatric assessment in order to detect changes and minimize the risk of falls in the elderly.
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