Viktiga faktorer i egenvårdsprogram som främjar livskvaliteten för personer med diabetes typ 2. : En litteraturöversikt

Bakgrund: Diabetes typ 2 är en endokrin sjukdom och är en av de största folksjukdomarna i världen. Förhöjda blodsockervärden gör att både små och stora blodkärl tar skada och detta leder till olika komplikationer såsom hjärtinfarkt, stroke och njurskador. Med hjälp av viktnedgång, kostreglering, regelbundet fysisk aktivitet och övervakning av blodglukosnivåerna kan risken för komplikationer förebyggas. Genom att förebygga komplikationer kan livskvaliteten främja patientens dagliga liv. En del av diabetesvården består av egenvårdsprogram där patienten får stöd och rådgivning att hantera sin diabetes. Syfte: Denna litteraturstudie syftar till att studera vilka faktorer i egenvårdsprogram som främjar livskvaliteten hos patienter med diabetes typ 2. Metod: Litteraturstudie, artiklarna söktes i databaserna CINAHL, PubMed och Web of Science. 14 kvantitativa artiklar inkluderades. Resultat: Resultatet visade att information, individuell målsättning och uppföljning var viktiga faktorer i egenvårdsprogrammen för att främja livskvaliteten hos patienter med diabetes typ 2. Slutsats: Att leva med diabetes typ 2 kräver noggrannhet och planering i det dagliga livet. Egenvårdsprogram kan minska risken för komplikationer där följsamhet till egenvården främjas och livskvaliteten gynnas.

O Psicólogo no campo do Bem-Estar: cartografias de práticas na saúde e assistência social

The study focuses on the psychology and Social Well-being Policy encounters. The objective is to understand how the psychologists in the health services of Natal, RN, specifically in the Basic Health Units and social assistance, experience their daily practices. The methodology included observation and interviews of 13 psychologists regarding their daily activities and forms of practice in these services. We utilized an interview protocol directed at the affective memory and the professional life history of these technicians. Field notes were used to produce a cartography of the encounter intensities experienced by the researcher in the investigated context. The data analysis enabled the construction of the following analytic axes: 1) Work processes and proximity/ distancing points between these fields; 2) Forms of government and life management in the well-being context; 3) Experiments of self in the daily services. The first axis showed the precariousness of working conditions (remuneration issues, lack of structure, of training and autonomy for the activities). In the second axis the identified care forms produced in these fields indicated an adherence to the production of ideal subjects characterized as autonomous, productive, healthy and aware of own rights . These were considered normative insofar as they express attempts to break with the established patterns. In the third axis, many technicians experienced constraint with the daily activities because they found themselves in contexts that were adverse to the habitual forms of action. This situation provoked two distinct forms of positioning: a) action expressed by compassion, pity and resentment; b) investment in the practices themselves, so as to overcome its limits and to respond innovatively to the difficulties and/or challenges that these contexts provoke

A saúde na roça: estudo hermenêutico de um serviço da saúde da família

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Efeito da laserterapia de baixa intensidade sobre a cicatrização de úlceras hansênicas: ensaio clínico randomizado

Úlcera neuropática é uma das sequei as mais estigmatizantes da hanseníase. Sua presença é bastante incapacitante para o indivíduo, podendo levar a deformação e/ou amputação do membro afetado. Diversas técnicas de tratamento têm sido utilizadas no manejo destas úlceras, no entanto, os resultados nem sempre são satisfatórios, ocasionando a existência de pessoas que convivem há vários anos com ferimentos crônicos. A laserterapia de baixa intensidade (LBI) tem sido utilizada em diversos países no tratamento de úlceras de difícil cicatrização, entretanto seus resultados são inconclusivos e muitos dos trabalhos publicados apresentam falhas metodológicas. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar o efeito da LBI sobre o processo de cicatrização de úlceras em pacientes hansenianos, em um teste clínico controlado e randomizado. O estudo foi realizado no ambulatório de curativos da Unidade de Referência Estadual em Dermatologia Sanitária do Pará - Marcello Candia, a partir de um levantamento clínico-epidemiológico para caracterização da população estudada, por meio de anamnese, identificação da localização das úlceras, registro fotográfico digital, avaliação da área das lesões utilizando o programa ImageTool 3.0, e medida da profundidade das úlceras de 51 pacientes, totalizando 97 lesões. A comorbidade mais frequente nesta população foi a hipertensão arterial sistêmica (13 casos). Em seguida, 25 sujeitos foram distribuídos aleatoriamente em dois grupos de estudo. O grupo controle (GC), formado por 12 pacientes (14 Úlceras) permaneceu recebendo o tratamento de rotina, composto por curativos simples diários, uso de sulfadiazina de prata 1 %, e orientações para autocuidados e prevenção de incapacidades. O grupo experimental (GE), formado por 13 sujeitos (17 úlceras), permaneceu recebendo o mesmo tratamento de rotina do GC mais a aplicação de LBI três vezes por semana, durante um período de 12 semanas. A LBI foi aplicada com um equipamento de laser diodo A1GaInP (660 nm), na dose de 2 J/cm² com a técnica de varredura sem contato no leito da lesão, e 4 J/ponto nas bordas da lesão com aplicações pontuais com contato. A densidade de potência foi de 1 W/cm². As variáveis estudadas foram: área da lesão em cm², profundidade em milímetros e escore PUSH. No GC a média da área das úlceras foi de 5,3 (±9.2) antes e 4,4 (± 8,5) depois do tratamento, a profundidade foi de 6,3 (± 5,4) antes e 5,4 (± 5.7) depois, o escore PUSH foi 9,7 (± 3,4) antes e 8,4 (± 5.3) depois. No GE a média da área das Úlceras foi de 4,2 (± 5,9) antes e 3,8 (± 5,7) depois do tratamento, a profundidade foi de 6.2 (± 5.1) antes e 4,1 (± 3,9) depois, o escore PUSH foi 9,6 (± 3,3) antes e 7,9 (± 5,3) depois. A análise estatística não evidenciou diferença significativa (p > 0,05) em nenhuma das variáveis estudadas antes e depois do tratamento. A LBI, dentro dos parâmetros utilizados neste estudo, não demonstrou benefícios adicionais para a cicatrização de úlceras em hansenianos. A diminuição do peso exercido sobre a área da lesão e o controle da pressão arterial são medidas importantes no manejo destas úlceras.

Desafios do Programa HIPERDIA e implicações para a enfermagem

INTRODUÇÃO: O Programa HIPERDIA foi implantado em 2001 na atenção básica devido à gravidade epidemiológica da Hipertensão Arterial Sistêmica (HAS) e o Diabetes Mellitus (DM), afecções que podem acarretar sérias complicações incutindo limitações e sofrimento na vida de seus portadores e suas famílias. Nesse contexto, ressalte-se a importância da prevenção primária dessas afecções e de suas complicações. Passado mais de uma década de sua implementação, cabe refletir acerca do impacto nas condições de saúde que o Programa tem gerado entre seus usuários. OBJETIVOS: Elucidar os princípios, a filosofia e a política norteadora do Programa HIPERDIA do Ministério da Saúde (MS); descrever como funciona o atendimento do usuário pela equipe de saúde de um Programa HIPERDIA; explorar os comportamentos de vida e saúde demonstrados pelos usuários do HIPERDIA após sua inserção no Programa. DESCRIÇÃO METODOLÓGICA: Trata-se de um Estudo de Caso segundo Yin (2010) cujo objeto de estudo foi um Programa HIPERDIA executado numa Unidade Básica de Saúde da periferia de Belém-PA. Os dados foram obtidos por meio de entrevista com usuários, equipe e gestores do Programa, além da observação direta do campo, consulta de prontuários e da documentação oficial do MS. A análise dos dados obtidos foi feita por meio da estratégia analítica “Contando com Proposições Teóricas” e da técnica analítica “Combinação de Padrão”. RESULTADOS: A precarização da gestão do Programa HIPERDIA ilustrada por deficiências na infraestrutura, insumos, medicamentos e fragilidades na rede de referência e contrarreferência, a demanda espontânea excessiva que sobrecarrega a equipe de saúde alocada em número insuficiente e o contexto de pobreza e violência urbana em que os usuários vivem contribuem para a baixa adesão ao regime terapêutico e limitam a equipe em sua atuação interdisciplinar e integral. Ademais, o modelo de atenção vigente é pautado no tradicional, baseado em consultas e prescrições e que não tem se demonstrado suficiente para atender integralmente às necessidades de atenção ao portador de condição crônica, que requer cuidados prolongados com adoção de estilos de vida mais condizentes e saudáveis. CONSIDERAÇÕES FINAIS: Grandes desafios se desenham diante dos dados emergidos deste estudo e envolvem ações macrogovernamentais e intersetoriais que promovam melhorias nas condições de vida da população o que requer vontade política para investimento dos recursos necessários. Não obstante a isso, a enfermagem pode dar sua contribuição promovendo cuidado cultural e ações de autocuidado, personalizando o plano de ação e trazendo a corresponsabilidade do usuário e sua família na melhoria de sua condição de saúde.

Acolhimento na estratégia saúde da família:revisão integrativa

Objective. To review the literature regarding the application of the notion of user embracement and to identify the contributions of this concept for primary health care practices in Brazil.Method. We carried out an integrative review of the literature regarding primary health care. The following databases were searched: LILACS, SciELO, and MEDLINE, covering the period from 2006 to 2010. The following search terms were used in LILACS and SciELO: acolhimento and programa saude da familia and saude. For MEDLINE, the terms user embracement and family health program and health were used. The review was performed in November 2010.Results. We identified 21 articles meeting the inclusion criteria, all of which described studies carried out in Brazil. The articles were divided into three empirical categories: integration and embracement; primary care work process; and evaluation of services. These are complementary categories that converge to two main views of embracement: the first sees embracement as a means of reorganizing the primary health care environment, and the second sees embracement as an attitude towards users. The review also shows that embracement may be a management tool that supports the Unified Health System and is associated with the principles of comprehensiveness and universality.Conclusions. Embracement is able to create a bond between health care workers and users. It promotes self-care, a better understanding of disease, as well as user co-responsibility for treatment. In addition, it facilitates universal access, strengthens multiprofessional and intersectoral work, qualifies care, humanizes practices, and encourages actions to combat prejudice. Nevertheless, the perspective of health care users regarding embracement deserves more attention and should be the focus of future studies.

Evaluation of the Capillary Blood Glucose Self-monitoringProgram

OBJECTIVE: to evaluate the structure, process and results of the Capillary Blood Glucose Self-monitoring Program in a Brazilian city. METHOD: epidemiological, cross-sectional study. The methodological framework of Donabedian was used to construct indicators of structure, process and outcome. A random sample (n = 288) of users enrolled and 96 health professionals who worked in the program was studied. Two questionnaires were used that were constructed for this study, one for professionals and one for users, both containing data for the evaluation of structure, process and outcome. Anthropometric measures and laboratory results were collected by consulting the patients' health records. The analysis involved descriptive statistics. RESULTS: most of the professionals were not qualified to work in the program and were not knowledgeable about the set of criteria for patient registration. None of the patients received complete and correct orientations about the program and the percentage with skills to perform conducts autonomously was 10%. As regards the result indicators, 86.4% of the patients and 81.3% of the professionals evaluated the program positively. CONCLUSION: the evaluation indicators designed revealed that one of the main objectives of the program, self-care skills, has not been achieved.

Avaliação do conhecimento dos enfermeiros da rede de atenção à saúde do município de Botucatu sobre DPOC

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Living Invisible: HTLV-1-Infected Persons and the Lack of Care in Public Health

Introduction: Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infection is intractable and endemic in many countries. Although a few individuals have severe symptoms, most patients remain asymptomatic throughout their lives and their infections may be unknown to many health professionals. HTLV-1 can be considered a neglected public health problem and there are not many studies specifically on patients' needs and emotional experiences. Objective: To better understand how women and men living with HTLV-1 experience the disease and what issues exist in their healthcare processes. Methods: A qualitative study using participant observation and life story interview methods was conducted with 13 symptomatic and asymptomatic patients, at the outpatient clinic of the Emilio Ribas Infectious Diseases Institute, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Results and Discussion: The interviewees stated that HTLV-1 is a largely unknown infection to society and health professionals. Counseling is rare, but when it occurs, focuses on the low probability of developing HTLV-1 related diseases without adequately addressing the risk of infection transmission or reproductive decisions. The diagnosis of HTLV-1 can remain a stigmatized secret as patients deny their situations. As a consequence, the disease remains invisible and there are potentially negative implications for patient self-care and the identification of infected relatives. This perception seems to be shared by some health professionals who do not appear to understand the importance of preventing new infections. Conclusions: Patients and medical staff referred that the main focus was the illness risk, but not the identification of infected relatives to prevent new infections. This biomedical model of care makes prevention difficult, contributes to the lack of care in public health for HTLV-1, and further perpetuates the infection among populations. Thus, HTLV-1 patients experience an "invisibility" of their complex demands and feel that their rights as citizens are ignored.

Professional competences of nurse to work in Intensive Care Units: an integrative review

This study aimed to identify and analyze nurses' competences to work at Intensive Care Units-ICU. An integrative review method was used, and data were collected in LILACS, SciELO and BDENF, from August to October 2010. Ten articles were identified, published in the last 12 years. Data grouping permitted the construction of thematic units related to nurses' competences: nursing care management, high-complexity nursing care delivery, decision making, leadership, communication, continuing/permanent education, human resource management, material resource management. The professional competences identified can support the outline of guidelines to constitute the profile of nursing working in intensive care units and drive/mobilize the improvement of nursing care practices.

Impact of Various Insurance Types on Level and Appropriateness of Health Care Consumption

The goal of this study was to examine the extent to which insurance type, or method of care management, impact the appropriate delivery of health care. Previous studies indicate a relationship between insurance type and patterns of consumption but do not directly link the incentives or disincentives inherent in each plan with trends inconsumption of health care. This study explores how different types of health insurance coverage affect the location, the degree, and the frequency of health care consumption in order to gain insight into which plans promote appropriate delivery and consumption ofcare.

Decision-Making Incapacity Among Nursing Home Residents: Results From the 1987 NMES Survey.

Recent legislative and regulatory developments have focused attention on older adults' capacity for involvement in health care decision-making. The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OBRA 87) focused attention on the rights of nursing home residents to be involved in health care decision-making to the fullest extent possible. This article uses data from the 1987 National Medical Expenditure Survey (NMES) to examine rates of incapacity for health care decision-making among nursing home residents. Elements of the Oklahoma statute were used to operationalize decision-making incapacity: disability or disorder, difficulty in decision-making or communicating decisions, and functional disability. Fifty-three percent of nursing home residents had a combination of either physical or mental impairment and an impairment in either self-care or money management. The discussion focuses on the policy and practice implications of significant rates of incapacity among nursing home residents.

More severe functional impairment in dementia with Lewy bodies than Alzheimer disease is related to extrapyramidal motor dysfunction.

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to compare functional impairments in dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Alzheimer disease (AD) and their relationship with motor and neuropsychiatric symptoms. METHODS The authors conducted a cross-sectional study of 84 patients with DLB or AD in a secondary care setting. Patients were diagnosed according to published criteria for DLB and AD. The Bristol Activities of Daily Living Scale (BADLS) was used to assess functional impairments. Participants were also assessed using the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (motor section), the Neuropsychiatric Inventory, and the Mini-Mental Status Examination. RESULTS Patients with DLB were more functionally impaired and had more motor and neuropsychiatric difficulties than patients with AD with similar cognitive scores. In both AD and DLB, there were correlations between total BADLS scores and motor and neuropsychiatric deficits. There was more impairment in the mobility and self-care components of the BADLS in DLB than in AD, and in DLB, these were highly correlated with UPDRS score. In AD, orientation and instrumental BADLS components were most affected. CONCLUSION The nature of functional disability differs between AD and DLB with additional impairments in mobility and self-care in DLB being mainly attributable to extrapyramidal motor symptoms. Consideration of these is important in assessment and management. Activities of daily living scales for use in this population should attribute the extent to which functional disabilities are related to cognitive, psychiatric, or motor dysfunction.

An analysis of the shortage of registered nurses (RNs) in acute care hospitals in El Paso, Texas

The purpose of this analysis of the shortage of Registered Nurses (RNs) in acute care hospitals in El Paso, Texas, was to evaluate twenty-two specific organizational and/or patient care unit (nursing unit) characteristics that effect the retention and turnover of professional nurses. Vacancy Rates were used to measure the level of the shortage in each hospital and nursing unit in the study. Vacancy Rates are a function of both RN retention and RN turnover. Seventy-three patient care units in five acute care hospitals were included in the study population.^ Fredrick Herzberg's motivational - hygiene theory was used to explain the types of characteristics or factors that can effect worker dissatisfaction. Dissatisfiers (hygiene factors) are those work place characteristics that influence workers to leave the job. The twenty-two potentially dissatisfying work place characteristics were either organizational or patient care unit specific in nature. The focus of the study was to evaluate high vacancy rates caused by both low retention of RNs and high turnover rates. Retention and turnover are a function of workers (RNs) not staying in their jobs, therefore hygiene factors were appropriate characteristics to study.^ Various multivariate analysis techniques were used to assess both the individual and combined effects of the hygiene factors on Vacancy Rates, Retention and Turnover. Results suggest that certain organizational and patient care unit characteristics are associated with and have a statistically significant effect on vacancy rates, and the retention and turnover of RNs. The type of Hospital was of particular interest in this regards. For-Profit facilities were less effected by most of the study variables than the Not-for-Profits. ^