Kaisy Pereira Martins

Estrutura interna de Unidades de Saúde da Família: acesso para as pessoas com deficiência

This study aimed at evaluating the internal structure of Family Health Units in relation to the access of people with physical and/or sensory disabilities. It is a descriptive, exploratory, population-based research, held in Family Health Units of the municipality of João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil. For the collection of data, a checklist based on Technical Standard 9050 was used. For the analysis, the descriptive and exploratory analysis of the data and the Chi-square test were applied. As a result, of the 90 buildings evaluated, only 47.8% have a wheelchair ramp, of these 30.0% have maximum slope and 32.2% have anti-slip flooring. In 28.9% access happens through a staircase without handrail and in 6.7% through a staircase with handrail, 6.7% of these with anti-slip flooring. And only 17.8% of sliding doors have lowered tracks. We concluded that it must be recognized that public policies and institutions do not correspond to the need of these people, and it is necessary to reformulate this form of care and reorganize health services.

Sobrecarga de cuidadores familiares de idosos com acidente vascular encefálico

Objetivo: Investigar a prevalencia e associacao da sobrecarga com caracteristicas do individuo com sequela de acidente vascular encefalico e do cuidador. Metodos: Estudo descritivo, transversal, com abordagem quantitativa, realizado na cidade de Joao Pessoa - PB. Os participantes foram 136 cuidadores familiares. Para a coleta de dados, aplicou-se a escala de Barthel e Zarit Burden Interview. Resultados: Evidencia-se alta prevalencia de sobrecarga entre os cuidadores (77,2%), a qual apresentou associacao estatisticamente significativa com as seguintes caracteristicas: individuos com sequela de acidente vascular encefalico com 65 anos ou mais, com grau de dependencia muito grave, cuidadores do sexo feminino, com faixa etaria adulta e com baixo grau de escolaridade. Conclusao: Destaca-se a importância pratica de intervencoes realizadas por enfermeiros e demais profissionais de saude com relacao as orientacoes e supervisoes referentes ao cuidado dispensado ao cuidador familiar de individuos com sequela de acidente vascular encefalico.

Resilience in Individuals who Suffered from Stroke: Integrative Literature Review

ABSTRACT Introduction: stroke represents a serious public health problem, causing several disabilities. During the process of rehabilitation, family members and health professionals should encourage behaviors that promote resilience. Objectives: to analyze the main data about stroke and resilience available in national and international literature, and to verify if this component is being assessed/worked during the post-stroke process of rehabilitation of the individuals. Method: Portal of Journals of CAPES, BVS, SciELO and BDENF were used as databases, and the descriptors were ‘stroke’ and ‘psychological resilience’, in Portuguese and English. 42 articles were identified, from 2003 until 2015. After inclusion and exclusion criteria, a sample of 7 studies was obtained. Results: there was some difficulty in integrating the data, since articles about resilience with the aforementioned individuals are scarce. Most of the studies addressed other Psychology themes, which are also considered indispensable for the success of rehabilitation. Conclusion: the necessity for more studies regarding the topic resilience in individuals with stroke effects was noticed.

Burden over family caregivers of elderly people with stroke

Objetivo: Investigar a prevalencia e associacao da sobrecarga com caracteristicas do individuo com sequela de acidente vascular encefalico e do cuidador. Metodos: Estudo descritivo, transversal, com abordagem quantitativa, realizado na cidade de Joao Pessoa - PB. Os participantes foram 136 cuidadores familiares. Para a coleta de dados, aplicou-se a escala de Barthel e Zarit Burden Interview. Resultados: Evidencia-se alta prevalencia de sobrecarga entre os cuidadores (77,2%), a qual apresentou associacao estatisticamente significativa com as seguintes caracteristicas: individuos com sequela de acidente vascular encefalico com 65 anos ou mais, com grau de dependencia muito grave, cuidadores do sexo feminino, com faixa etaria adulta e com baixo grau de escolaridade. Conclusao: Destaca-se a importância pratica de intervencoes realizadas por enfermeiros e demais profissionais de saude com relacao as orientacoes e supervisoes referentes ao cuidado dispensado ao cuidador familiar de individuos com sequela de acidente vascular encefalico.

Evaluation of Balance and Walk and their Relationship to the Occurrence of Falls in Elderly

Introduction: falls are a geriatric syndrome, and among the risk factors there are the balance and walking problems, becoming necessary the evaluation of these parameters for targeting care to prevent falls. Objective: evaluating the balance and the walk as predictors of the risk of falls in the elderly. Methods: a cross-sectional, exploratory and quantitative study conducted with 130 elderly. There were evaluated the balance and the walking through the Tinetti Scale and the data were analyzed using statistical software. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee under the advice number 963.157. Results: 60% of the sample presented an average risk for falls, and the average test of balance and walking was lower among older people with a history of falls. Conclusion: it is recommended that nurses perform multidimensional geriatric assessment in order to detect changes and minimize the risk of falls in the elderly.

Sobrecarga en los cuidadores familiares de ancianos accidente cerebrovascular

Objetivo: Investigar a prevalencia e associacao da sobrecarga com caracteristicas do individuo com sequela de acidente vascular encefalico e do cuidador. Metodos: Estudo descritivo, transversal, com abordagem quantitativa, realizado na cidade de Joao Pessoa - PB. Os participantes foram 136 cuidadores familiares. Para a coleta de dados, aplicou-se a escala de Barthel e Zarit Burden Interview. Resultados: Evidencia-se alta prevalencia de sobrecarga entre os cuidadores (77,2%), a qual apresentou associacao estatisticamente significativa com as seguintes caracteristicas: individuos com sequela de acidente vascular encefalico com 65 anos ou mais, com grau de dependencia muito grave, cuidadores do sexo feminino, com faixa etaria adulta e com baixo grau de escolaridade. Conclusao: Destaca-se a importância pratica de intervencoes realizadas por enfermeiros e demais profissionais de saude com relacao as orientacoes e supervisoes referentes ao cuidado dispensado ao cuidador familiar de individuos com sequela de acidente vascular encefalico.

Perfil de indivíduos com sequela de acidente vascular encefálico

Introduction: The cerebrovascular accident (stroke) still characterized as a major public health problem and the leading cause of severe neurological disability. Objective: To analyze the profile of patients with sequel of stroke. Methodology: Descriptive, cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach, held in the home of patients with sequel of stroke (Joao Pessoa / PB). Results: There was a predomi nance of females; Senior citizens; married; low level of education; and low income. Regarding the identification of stroke, most had the first episode of ischemic type, with time of ocurrence between six months and one year, and the most prevalent comorbidities were arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus and heart disease. Conclusion: In this feeling, there is