Combining Various Forms of Treatment to Health: A Study of Elderly in Primary Care

Abstract

The study aimed to analyze the contextual conditions that influence the use of medications in elderly assisted in primary health care. Qualitative study with contribution of Grounded Theory, held in Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, where 30 elderly patients on medications were interviewed . Data were coded and a model consisting of nine categories was generated. The two categories that explain the contextual conditions of the phenomenon are, Interacting with the support network and The concurrent use of medicines, teas, home remedies and faith, but only the latter is the subject of discussion in this article. To accommodate various treatments, the elderly tried to understand and compare their functions and exercise the faith in God. The act of reconciling different treatments is part of contextual conditions that influence the phenomenon studied, creating a set of circumstances to which these seniors accounted seeking strategies to deal with drug use in daily life.

Standard drug consumption: a study with elderly people in Primary Health Care

“…locality. Although there are already many researches involving the health of the elderly in this region, only one thesis (4) and one article (5) on the specific theme of this manuscript were identified, showing that there is still a knowledge gap in the area studied.…”

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“…Thus, when talking about health care of elderly people, it is assumed that they seek different measures and ways to care for their health and maintain it, which can come from recommendations or teaching from professionals, as well as sociocultural practices passed on from generation to generation. 3 It is for this reason that teachinglearning strategies implemented in institutions of higher education in nursing must implicitly develop the skills necessary for the care of elderly people. These should not be considered as elderly people, since they have their own particularities in the biopsychosocial context, requiring specific competencies from the health professionals.…”