Biomedical subjects

Rosalina Aparecida Partezani Rodrigues

Publications and source records attributed to Rosalina Aparecida Partezani Rodrigues.

6 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed2006

[Functional capacity and referred morbidity of elderly in an area covered by the Family Health Program].

This study aimed at characterizing the health perception, functional capacity and prevalence of self-referred diseases among the elderly in an area covered by the Family Health Strategy. The sample consisted of 86 elderly people (75 years or older) from a city in the north of Paraná, Brazil. The data were collected in the second semester of 2004 by means of an adapted version of the OARS. 47.7% evaluated their health between good and excellent; 77.9% were independent; 76.7% presented co-morbidities. This article discusses the importance of the family health teams in the adoption of health preventive and promotional measures for the elderly and their families.

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PubMed2005

[Nursing doctoral theses produced on graduate programs between 1983-2001].

This study describes the relationship between nursing doctoral dissertations and research lines defined by the Brazilian Nursing field in three areas: professional, care and organizational. It isa descriptive-exploratory research, based on reports of Graduate Programs evaluated by CAPES and on The Informative Guide of Nursing Research and Researchers CEPEn/ ABEn, from 1983 to 2001, totalling 448 abstracts. The care field includes the greatest production, followed by the organizational and professional areas. The studies disclose tendency towards the qualitative approach revealing possibilities for a more profound knowledge about reality or a more through understanding of social phenomena related to nursing practice. On the other hand, studies on interventions in professional practice and technological development are still under construction.

Academic Dissertations as Topic↗

PubMed2004

[Elderly persons with chronic kidney failure: health status alterations].

This study aimed to describe health condition changes as experienced by elderly with Chronic Kidney Failure (CKF), under Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD) treatment at the Dialysis and Kidney Transplantation Unit of a public hospital in Ribeirão Preto -- SP, Brazil. Participants were six elderly under CAPD treatment, aged 61 to 74 years. The theoretical and methodological framework was thematic oral history as proposed by Meihy. Data analysis led to the category of changes in elderly's health condition and disclosed the diagnosis of the disease, signs and symptoms of CKF, causes and irreversibility.

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Cerebrovascular accident in the aged: changes in family relations.

The aims of this study were: to identify aged persons who were victims of Cerebrovascular Accident and received care at the Emergency Unit of a Public Hospital in Ribeirão Preto-SP, Brazil, and their respective families, as well as to identify the changes in family relations that occurred after the event. In order to identify these changes, the adapted Critical Incident Technique was used, while the analysis was based on the idea of Current of Thought. The sample consisted of 11 families, totaling 34 participants. The analysis of the consequences displayed the changes in family relations, which made up 13 subcategories, 5 of which were positive and 8 negative, totaling 58 alterations, 30 of which were positive and 28 negative. The study revealed the need to work with the family in order to identify changes and develop an action plan to favor the family's relations and adaptation to the demands, with a view to improving the living conditions of its members, including the aged person.

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[Elderly people victims of traffic accidents in the municipality of Ribeirao Preto-SP, in 1998].

The considerable increase in the elderly population is resulting in several studies on the effects of external accidents to the population included in this age band. This study aimed at characterizing the elderly people victimized by traffic accidents and assisted in a public hospital in the City of Ribeirão Preto-SP, Brazil. A retrospective study was conducted using the data collected by the Epidemiological Surveillance Services of the University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto Faculty of Medicine. The data referring to 112 victims aged 60 to 85 years were analyzed from January to December, 1998. In this way, it can be observed that, among them, 56.3% of the victims are males and 42% are aged 60 to 64 years. Most of the subjects were pedestrians (41.4%) and their most frequently injured body area was the head (36.7%). It is important to point out that 50.9% had some type of sequel resulting from the trauma. This work aimed at emphasizing such theme by pointing out the importance of studies in the area of gerontology associated with traffic accidents.

Accidents, Traffic↗

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[Post-graduate education in the nursing school of Sao Paulo at Ribeirao Preto: historical evolution and contributions to nursing development].

This study aims at reviewing the 25 years (1975-2000) since the first graduate program was offered by the University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing based on a critical reflection about the creation and development of graduate programs. The methodology applied was a quantitative assessment regarding the scientific production published in the literature about the theme. Results showed that the graduate programs were consolidated in the 1990s, when three doctoral programs were created.: Psychiatric Nursing, Fundamental Nursing and Public Health Nursing. These accomplishments require an increase in international visibility.

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