Fragilidade no idoso: o que vem sendo produzido pela enfermagem

Abstract

385Linck CL, Crossetti MGO. Fragilidade no idoso: o que vem sendo produzido pela enfermagem. Rev Gaúcha Enferm., Porto Alegre (RS) 2011 jun;32(2):385-93. ARTIGO DE REVISÃO FRAGILIDADE NO IDOSO: o que vem sendo produzido pela enfermagemCaroline de Leon LINCK a , Maria da Graça Oliveira CROSSETTI b RESUMOEste trabalho visa identificar a produção científica desenvolvida pela enfermagem frente à fragilidade no idoso, a partir de uma revisão integrativa da literatura, realizada nas bases Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde (LILACS) e Scopus. Foram incluídos no estudo 16 artigos, sendo dois publicados em periódicos brasileiros e 14 em periódicos estrangeiros. Constata-se que, dos artigos analisados, 37,5% (6) enfocam a mudança de paradigma quanto ao modelo assistencial e 26,7% (4) destacam a família como cuidadora no contexto do idoso frágil. Pontua-se que o enfermeiro desempenha um papel impar no contexto da fragilidade, no desenvolvimento do cuidado individual e no suporte aos familiares e aos cuidadores dos idosos frágeis.Descritores: Idoso fragilizado. Enfermagem geriátrica. Envelhecimento. RESUMEN Este trabajo tiene como objetivo identificar la producción científica desarrollada por la enfermería para hacer frente a la fragilidad en los ancianos a partir de una revisión integradora de la literatura, realizado en las bases Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), Literatura Latino-Americana y Caribe em Ciências da Saúde (LILACS) y Scopus. El estudio incluyó 16 artículos, dos publicados en revistas brasileiras y 14 en revistas extranjeras. Se constata que, en los artículos analizados, el 37,5% (6) se centran en cambiar el paradigma del modelo de asistencia y el 26,7% (4) destacan la familia co-

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“…The frailty syndrome results from the interaction of biological, psychological and social factors throughout the life history, being considered a public health problem, as it relates to negative health outcomes such as functional incapacity, dependence, falls, fractures, institutionalization, chronic diseases, hospitalization and mortality of the elderly [4,5].…”

“…EFS contains nine domains to assess fragility: cognition, functional performance, mood, functional independence, drug use, social support, nutrition, general health, and continence. In Brazil, that scale was culturally adapted and validated; EFS is considered of easy application to health professionals [5].…”

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