Group of experience with the elderly: psychosocial support in health promotion

Abstract

To analyze the perception of the elderly on the importance of a group of experience. Methods: iIt is an exploratory, descriptive research with qualitative approach, developed at a Basic Health Unit in a county of the Brazilian northeast, with 13 elderly people attending the Group. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and analysis by the thematic analysis technique. Results: three empirical categories were identified: motivation to seek the group of experience, perspective concerning this group and changes perceived through participation. Conclusion: the group of experience can represent a therapeutic moment for the elderly, serving as support and strengthening the elderly in the social context, making the improvement and development of abilities as

Intervenções educativas para promoção da saúde do idoso: revisão integrativa

“…In the present study, educational interventions performed by nurses for the health promotion of the elderly in the international context stood out. (9)(10)(11)(12)14,(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29)(30) This fact shows that Brazilian studies (13,15,24) on this theme are scarce, have low level of scientific evidence and fragile theoretical background. (31) The use of experimental design has been observed over the three previous years, with a growing trend also to 2017.…”

“…A16 (24) Health education in a community group Represented a therapeutic moment for the elderly, support service and strengthening in the social context by enabling the improvement and development of skills and knowledge gain for health promotion.…”

“…In relation to places where educational interventions were performed, different spaces for provision of health care stood out, such as the elderly's residences during assistance in home visits, (9,14,18,21,(24)(25)(26) hospitals, community centers for the elderly and primary care services in the community. (10)(11)(12)(13)(15)(16)(17)19,20,(22)(23)(24)(27)(28)(29)(30) Regarding the intervention strategy, there were individual (9)(10)(11)14,17,18,20,25,26,28) and group methodological interventions. (12,13,15,16,19,(21)(22)(23)(24)27,29,30) Group education as an approach, enables the exchange of knowledge by favoring training and peer identification.…”

“…(10)(11)(12)(13)(15)(16)(17)19,20,(22)(23)(24)(27)(28)(29)(30) Regarding the intervention strategy, there were individual (9)(10)(11)14,17,18,20,25,26,28) and group methodological interventions. (12,13,15,16,19,(21)(22)(23)(24)27,29,30) Group education as an approach, enables the exchange of knowledge by favoring training and peer identification. Its aim is also the health promotion in aging for physical activity practice, healthy eating, improved cognitive pattern and self-efficacy of care in order to reduce modifiable cardiovascular risk factors.…”

“…Year/Country Design Level of evidence A1 (9) 2007/ USA RCT II A2 (10) 2008/ England RCT controlled I A3 (11) 2008/ Holland RCT controlled I A4 (12) 2010/ USA RCT II A5 (13) 2010/ Brazil Descriptive IV A6 (14) 2012/ Switzerland RCT II A7 (15) 2012/ Brazil Action research IV A8 (16) 2013/ USA Preclinical III A9 (17) 2014/ USA Quasi-experiment III A10 (18) 2014/ Holland Quasi-experiment III A11 (19) 2014/ China Quasi-experiment III A12 (20) 2015/ USA RCT II A13 (21) 2015/ Germany RCT controlled I A14 (22) 2015/ Sweden Quasi-experiment III A15 (23) 2015/ Korea RCT controlled I A16 (24) 2015/ Brazil Descriptive IV A17 (25) 2016/ Korea Quasi-experiment III A18 (26) 2016/ Canada RCT controlled I A19 (27) 2016/ USA Action research IV A20 (28) 2017/ USA Case study V A21 (29) 2017/ USA Pre-experimental III A22 (30) 2017/ Sweden NRT II…”