Validity of the TBApp mobile application for self-care management for people with tuberculosis.

Objectives: to describe the validity process of the TBApp mobile application for self-care management for people with tuberculosis linked to Primary Health Care.

Methods: methodological research developed with ten expert judges, carried out virtually. The application was assessed in relation to content and technology quality in seven domains (objectivity; structure and appearance; relevance; functionality; reliability; usability; and efficiency), using an instrument with a Likert scale.

Nursing guidelines for caregivers of children with congenital heart disease after discharge: Integrative Review.

Objective: To identify the nursing guidelines for caregivers of children with congenital heart disease (CHD) after hospital discharge.

Methods: This is an integrative literature review of articles published between 2016 and 2022. In order to select the studies, the controlled descriptors "Nursing Care", "Nursing", "Heart Defects, Congenital", "Caregivers" and "Child" were used in four scientific databases - LILACS, SCIELO, PUBMED and BDENF.

Self-care among people with Diabetes Mellitus and quality of care in Primary Health Care.

Objectives: to verify the adherence to self-care activities among people with diabetes mellitus and its association with quality of care received in Primary Care.

Methods: a cross-sectional study with 329 people with diabetes assisted in Primary Care. Sociodemographic and self-care data were collected.

Centrality of family bonds in the experience of middle-aged women.

Objective: To analyze meanings attributed to middle-aged women from their experience in their family relationships.

Method: Qualitative study of the Convergent Care Research method. Gender was used as an analytical category, developed with a total of thirteen middle-aged women from the coverage area of the Family Health Strategy program in a city in the southwest of Bahia state, through reflection workshops and interviews.

Self-care in individuals with chronic kidney disease on hemodialysis.

Objective: To understand how self-care is carried out by people with chronic kidney disease on hemodialysis.

Method: A qualitative approach was used. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews in 12 individuals on hemodialysis in Chile between September and December 2018.

Relationship between quality of life, self-esteem and depression in people after kidney transplantation.

Objective: to assess the relationship between health-related quality of life with depression and self-esteem of people after kidney transplantation.

Method: a cross-sectional study of 47 outpatients from October 2016 to February 2017. The following tools were applied: The Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey, Beck Depression Inventory and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale.

Primary care for diabetes mellitus patients from the perspective of the care model for chronic conditions.

Objective: to assess the health care Primary Health Care professionals provide to diabetes mellitus patients from the perspective of the Modelo de Atenção às Condições Crônicas.

Method: qualitative study, using the theoretical framework of Complex Thinking and the Modelo de Atenção às Condições Crônicas and the methodological framework of assessment research. To collect the data, 38 interviews were held with health professionals and managers; observation of the activities by the health teams; and analysis of 25 files of people who received this care.

Sociodemographic factors and health conditions associated with the resilience of people with chronic diseases: a cross sectional study.

Objective: to investigate the association between resilience and sociodemographic variables and the health of people with chronic kidney disease and / or type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Method: a cross-sectional observational study performed with 603 people with chronic kidney disease and / or type 2 diabetes mellitus. A tool to collect socio-demographic and health data and the Resilience Scale developed by Connor and Davidson were applied.

[The implication of social support in the lives of people with hypertension].

This study aimed to know the types of support offered by the network of social support and implications on hypertensive life. Qualitative study whose methodology was based on Grounded Theory. 35 people were interviewed between October 2008 and August 2010, 22 hypertensive compulsorily enrolled in HIPERDIA at a Health Unit in Belém / PA, 5 family members, 5 health professionals and 3 representatives of community institutions, referenced by hypertensive patients, as members of the network support Data were subjected to coding procedures: analysis, comparison and categorization.

Living with intestinal stoma: the construction of autonomy for care.

Objective: to investigate the care undertaken in the health services for people with intestinal stoma, from the perspective of articulating the actions proposed in the Amplified and Shared Clinic, with a view to promoting autonomy.

Method: qualitative study.

Participants: 10 people who received a stoma, and their family members.

[Convergent Care Research: use in developing models of nursing care].

The present text is a theoretical reflection upon the importance of Nursing care models for the consolidation of this discipline, concerning the contribution of Convergent Care Research (Pesquisa Convergente Assistencial -PCA) in elaborating such models. Beyond this, this article discusses the importance of Convergent Care Research in the convergence of the academic and practical worlds of nursing, which aid towards a safe practice, systematize care, and establish connections between pragmatism and scientism, leading nurses to adopt more solid knowledge construction postures.

[User embracement and attachment in the humanization of nursing care for people with diabetes mellitus].

It is a qualitative research, which aimed to evaluate the user embracement and attachment in the humanization of nursing care for people with Diabetes Mellitus in a public specialized outpatient service. The theoretical support was the National Policy of Humanization of the Health Ministry / Brazil. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews with twenty people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, between 2010 March and May.

The perspectives of Brazilian homemakers concerning living with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

The purpose of this study is to present an understanding of the experience of Brazilian homemakers with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2). A descriptive exploratory design was used and semi-structured interviews were conducted with 25 Brazilian homemakers concerning their experience. The interviews were recorded, transcribed, and the resulting text was analyzed using the sequential step method.

[Social representations of diabetic foot for people with type 2 diabetes mellitus].

This is a qualitative study with the purpose to understand the social representations of the diabetic foot for people with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Semi-structured interviews were held with ten people with diabetes mellitus, who participated in a support group. Two categories emerged from the content analysis: the foot disease with perceived alterations and present threats, and feet care, with care as a concern with the future, and non-care as a feeling of guilt.

Therapeutic itinerary of the family and adolescent with type I mellitus diabetes.

This is a qualitative assistential convergent study. Its main objective is to understand the therapeutic itinerary of adolescents with type 1 mellitus diabetes, as well as that of their families. The sample was composed of adolescents, between 15 and 25 years old, involved with a health institution in Florianópolis through the Health Care model that includes professional, family, and popular subsystems.

[Living groups: contributions for an educational proposal for tuberculosis].

This study is a report on care practice. Its objective was to develop a proposal for education in health care from a group of people with tuberculosis, seeking to increase the effectiveness of their treatment. The data was obtained through a proposal for education in health care, developed through a living group.

[The theme as intersubjectivity possibility -- the choice of the nursing journal: text and context].

The present study is a descriptive and exploratory research which has as its objective accomplishing a critical analysis of the magazine "Texto e Contexto-Enfermagem" (Nursing--Text and Context), as a thematic option. Eighteen issues of the magazine, published between 1992 and 2000, were analyzed. Two instruments were used to evaluate the inter-relation of the themes with the lines of research of the Post Graduation Program of Nursing in the Federal University of Santa Catarina (PEN/UFSC) in Brazil; the type of articles published; and the origin and profile of the authors of the magazine.