Behavioral therapy in elderly women with urinary incontinence: content validation of a protocol.

Objective: To develop and validate the content of a behavioral therapy protocol aiming at improving urinary incontinence in elderly women.

Method: This is a methodological study to develop and validate the content of a protocol to be applied with elderly women with urinary incontinence. It was conducted in two phases: 1) development of the protocol based on a literature review, NANDA-I and NIC; 2) content validation through evaluation of the protocol by experts in a focus group.

[Home care: the experience of a private hospital in the state of São Paulo].

Home care is defined as a group of hospital procedures that can be developed at home, encompassing health actions developed by a multiprofessional team. This study aims at disseminating the experience of a home care service offered by São Francisco Hospital, located in the city of Ribeirão Preto, presenting the results of a 12-month period (from September 2001 to August 2002). During the analyzed period, the service provided care mainly to women (57%), with age between 70 and 80 years (30%), with diagnosis of neurological diseases (27%) and tumors (17%).

[Falls among older adults seen at a São Paulo State public hospital: causes and consequences].

Objective: To investigate the history of accidental falls reported by older adults, identifying possibly related factors, as well as place of occurrence, causes, and consequences.

Methods: The sample investigated included 50 older adults, of both sexes, ages 60 years or older, living in the city of Ribeirão Preto, Southeastern Brazil, who had been seen at two inpatient units of a public hospital. Patient records were examined and household visits carried out for the application of a structured questionnaire including open, closed, and mixed questions related to the fall.