Clinical validation of nursing outcome mobility in patients with cerebrovascular accidents.

Objective: To clinically validate the nursing outcome Mobility in patients with cerebrovascular accidents.

Methods: Descriptive study, conducted in July 2011, with 38 outpatients, in northeastern Brazil. Data collection took place by evaluating two pairs of specialist nurses, where one pair used the instrument containing the constitutive and operational definitions of the indicators and magnitudes of the Mobility Outcome and the other pair without such definitions.

[Concept analysis of the nursing outcome Mobility in patients with stroke].

This study aimed a concept analysis of the nursing outcome Mobility in patients with stroke. A literature review was conducted, through the online access to databases: Scopus, Pubmed, CINAHL, Cochrane, and Lilacs, using the descriptors: mobility, stroke, nursing and their synonyms in Portuguese and Spanish. 1.

[Principles of the Unified Health System nurses' conception of the Family Health Strategy].

The study aims to examine nurses' understanding of the principles of the Unified Health System. universality, equity and integrality. This is a descriptive study conducted from August to September, 2008, through semi-structured interviews with 26 nurses of the basic units of Health fom Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil The technique o f content analysis was used toorganize the data.

Quality of life of patients that had a heart transplant: application of Whoqol-Bref scale.

Background: The success of cardiac transplantation involves ensuring the survival of patients with heart disease and allowing them to carry out their daily activities. Heart transplant is the first option of treatment for heart failure and it represents an increase in the survival rate and quality of life of transplant patients.

Objective: To evaluate the quality of life of patients that had a heart transplant by using a standardized scale (Whoqol-Bref).

[Blood pressure tracking: study with children and adolescents with familial history of hypertension].

The purpose of this study is to analyze the evolution of the percentiles of blood pressure in children and adolescents with familial history of arterial hypertension. This is a longitudinal study developed in a community in Fortaleza. Ceará, Brazil.

Cuff dimension for children and adolescents: a study in a northeastern Brazilian city.

The goal of this study was to measure the arm circumferences (AC) and appropriated cuff sizes for children and adolescents and to relate these dimensions to specific age ranges. This is a cross-sectional study, developed in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, with 596 people between 6 and 17 years old. The AC was measured at the midpoint between the olecranon and the acromion.

[Analysis of risk indicators for the arterial hypertension in children and teenagers].

The aim of this study was to evaluate the risk indicators for high blood pressure in children and teenagers. A cross-sectional study developed with 342 individuals of 6-18 years of age in a school of Fortaleza city. The most individuals were male (51.

[Clarity in the use of the social systems from the theory of goal attainment].

This study was aimed at verifying the clarity in the organization of the social systems in the Theory of Goal Attainment. It is a theoretical-reflexive study that uses as referential for analysis a Model of Analysis of Theories. One thesis and two dissertations were analyzed in the months of April, May and June of 2005.

[Efficiency of health education programs for adults with high blood pressure].

It is of great importance to acknowledge health education strategies nurses use on patients with high blood pressure, seeing how they respond and if the method is eficient for for them. The aim was to analise researches which focused on strategies to develop health education for adults with high blood pressure. This is a bibliography study which used data basis from MEDLINE.

[Relation among anthropometric measures and the blood pressure values in Brazilian students].

The evaluation of blood pressure and anthropometric measurements is important for evaluating the health of children and teenagers, since cardiovascular abnormalities are becoming more and more common in this population. The objective of this study was to analyze the correlation between anthropometric measurements and arterial pressure taking gender, age and the practice of physical activities into consideration. A cross sectional study was carried out in a school in the city of Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, in a sample of 122 students of 6-18 years of age.