Juliano Souza Caliari

Dificuldades do viver com HIV/Aids: Entraves na qualidade de vida

Resumo Objetivo Identificar e explorar as dimensoes das dificuldades enfrentadas por Pessoas Vivendo com HIV/Aids no manejo da doenca. Metodos Estudo descritivo, exploratorio, de abordagem qualitativa desenvolvido em Servicos de Atendimento Especializado, com 26 pacientes. As entrevistas gravadas foram transcritas e posteriormente, processadas analisadas pela Classificacao Hierarquica Descendente. Os achados foram fundamentados no Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo. Resultados Obteve-se cinco classes: “O preconceito intrafamiliar e seu impacto no enfrentamento da doenca”; “Preconceito social: os impactos do macroambiente”; “As dificuldades em [...]

Quality of life of elderly people living with HIV/AIDS in outpatient follow-up

OBJECTIVEnTo analyze factors related to the quality of life of elderly people living with HIV/AIDS.nnnMETHODnA cross-sectional study was carried out with people aged 50 years or more in a specialized outpatient clinic. The data collection was by means of an interview. For the analysis of data and characterization of the sample, descriptive statistics and comparison tests were used. The project met the ethical requirements.nnnRESULTSnParticipants were 81 users aged 50 to 75 years, mean age was 57.8 (± 6.1) years, 71.6% of whom were men. There was a statistically significant relationship with the quality of life, the following variables: gender, children, occupation, religion, diagnosis time, HIV exposure, adverse effects, treatment interruption, viral load counts, hospitalization, dependence for daily activities and use of drugs.nnnCONCLUSIONnThe results suggest that the quality of life deficit is related not only to physical changes, but to the anguish and stigma related to HIV/AIDS.

Hospitalization of people 50 years old or older living with HIV/AIDS.

ObjectivenIdentify the rate and predictive factors of the hospitalization of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA), aged 50 years or older.nnnMethodnA quantitative, cross-sectional study was conducted at two inpatient units specialized in infectious diseases in a teaching hospital. Data were gathered through individual interviews between August 2011 and February 2015. All ethical precepts were followed.nnnResultsnOf the 532 admitted patients, 95 were PLHA 50 years old or older; 30.5% were admitted 3 to 4 times after being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS.nnnConclusionnRate of hospitalization was 17.8%, and being 50 to 60 years old was a protective factor against hospitalization.

Teorias de Enfermagem aplicadas à pacientes hospitalizados: Revisão Integrativa de Literatura

Identificar na literatura as teorias de enfermagem utilizadas na assistencia de enfermagem ao paciente hospitalizado. Revisao de integrativa realizada por meio das etapas: delimitacao do tema e desenvolvimento de uma questao norteadora, busca e selecao da literatura, categorizacao e avaliacao dos dados, sintese dos dados e apresentacao. A busca foi realizada em bases de dados nacionais e internacionais, utilizando os descritores nursing theory, nursing care e hospitalization , e a questao norteadora: “Quais sao as teorias de enfermagem utilizadas no planejamento do cuidado de enfermagem direcionado ao o paciente hospitalizado?”. Foram encontrados 540 estudos, dos quais 433 foram considerados elegiveis nesta revisao. Apos eliminacao dos estudos duplicados (n=33) e a implementacao dos criterios de elegibilidade em 421 estudos, foram utilizados nesta revisao 12 estudos. Os estudos selecionados nesta revisao integrativa apontam que dentre as diversas teorias de enfermagem, destacou-se na assistencia hospitalar a Teoria de Betty Neuman, a Teoria de Madeleine Leininger, a Teoria de Paterson e Zderad, a Teoria de Wanda Aguiar Horta, a Teoria de Jean Watson, a Teoria de Dorothea E. Orem e a Teoria de Virginia Henderson.