2014
DOI: 10.5935/1415-2762.20140066
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Knowledge on Prevention of Disabilities in a Hanseniasis Self-Care Group

Abstract: RESUMOO objetivo deste artigo é avaliar o conhecimento adquirido sobre prevenção de incapacidades no controle da hanseníase pelos participantes de um grupo de autocuidado em um hospital de referência. Trata-se de estudo de natureza qualitativa, realizado em um hospital de referência em doenças infecto-contagiosas de Natal-RN, reunindo 16 membros de um grupo de autocuidado em hanseníase. Os dados foram coletados nos meses de setembro a novembro de 2012 por meio de uma questão aberta e adotou-se o método de anál… Show more

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“…Qualitative research with 16 people with leprosy accompanied in the city of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, aimed to evaluate the knowledge acquired about prevention of disabilities in leprosy control, revealing as the main categories identified in the discourses the care in the prevention of ulcers; preventing of falls and socioeconomic rehabilitation. 17 The presence of comorbidities in the elderly with leprosy made it more difficult to report walking on uneven ground. The older age was related to the increase in responses that referred to the difficulty or not performing the activity walking longer distances.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Qualitative research with 16 people with leprosy accompanied in the city of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, aimed to evaluate the knowledge acquired about prevention of disabilities in leprosy control, revealing as the main categories identified in the discourses the care in the prevention of ulcers; preventing of falls and socioeconomic rehabilitation. 17 The presence of comorbidities in the elderly with leprosy made it more difficult to report walking on uneven ground. The older age was related to the increase in responses that referred to the difficulty or not performing the activity walking longer distances.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Self-care actions refer to the transmission of basic care that must be performed by the patients themselves. 17,19 The concept of self-care refers to the adherence to daily practices of exercises, techniques or procedures by the patient affected by the disease, the same being previously trained to perform it, within which the actions of self-inspection stand out, and stimulation towards the protection of the face, eyes, nose, feet and hands. Self-care practices should be included in the monthly guidelines provided to patients, when supervising medication, moreover, the continuous assessment of these practices is essential to ensure their quality and avoid increasing the severity of neural damage.…”
Section: Self-care Actions and Epidemiological Surveillance Of Communmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Segundo Pinheiro et al (2014), as ações educativas realizadas na atenção domiciliar, busca através de um colhimento e prestação de serviços, fornecer uma melhor qualidade de vida aos portadores de hanseníase, e principalmente estimulam o autocuidado, o que se caracteriza fator importante na prevenção de deformidades. Ação fundamentada na teoria de Orem, na qual enfatiza a importância da pratica do autocuidado, ou seja, que cada paciente possui habilidades e competência para cuidar de si, e com acompanhamento diário da equipe de enfermagem (Sousa, Brito & Silva,2012).…”
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