Publications by authors named "Rafaela Vivian Valcarenghi"

Objective: to map and analyze the scientific literature on nursing care aimed at people with Parkinson's disease in Primary Health Care.

Method: this is a scoping review using the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology, carried out between July and October 2020, and updated in November 2021 in six databases from nursing care and Parkinson's disease descriptors, and their respective acronyms and synonyms in English, Portuguese and Spanish.

Results: a total of 44 publications were included in this review, which identified as nursing care in Primary Care: assessment of motor and non-motor functions; management of activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living; disease self-management education for people with Parkinson's and their care partners; supervised group approach; and personal factor management.

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Objective: To understand the daily lives of people with Parkinson's disease.

Method: Qualitative research, using as methodological and theoretical referential the Grounded Theory and Symbolic Interactionism, respectively. The in-depth interview was conducted with 30 people with Parkinson's disease.

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Objective: to characterize the scientific production of Postgraduate Programs Nursing in Brazil on health promotion with a focus on elderly people with chronic conditions in the period from 2006 to 2010.

Method: integrative research developed by searching for dissertations and theses in the database of the Center for Nursing Studies and Research of the Brazilian Nursing Association published in the period from 2006 to 2010 and which focused on health promotion for elderly people with chronic conditions.

Results: five themes emerged: "Living with the disease"; "Technologies of care", "Potential for self-care" "Psycho-spiritual dimension", and "Family caregiver".

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