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- Title
Considerações sobre a visita domiciliar para adultos com fibrose cística: um estudo descritivo-exploratório.
- Authors
Gomes, Flávia Binato; Melo, Vangelina Lins; Chaves Sá, Selma Petra
- Abstract
Objective: To make considerat ions about possible contribut ions of nutrit ion home visit as monitoring strategy of nutrit ional therapy in adults with cystic fibrosis. Method: Descriptive exploratory study on 14 patients aged 18 or older, of both sexes, members of the Adults Program with Cystic Fibrosis of the Associação Carioca de Assistência à Mucoviscidose, Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil. For data collection we used medical records and interview forms. Socioeconomic, demographic, nutritional, and clinical data related to the nutrition home visit and nutritional therapy were obtained. Results: there were references from research participants that the nutrition home visit can benefit from their treatment, improving the knowledge about the disease, nutrit ion and self-care. There are indications that the nutrition home visit can help establish a trustful relationship between professional and the person with the disease and their families, which is a prerequisite for a clinical follow-up with better results. Final remarks: the nutrition home visit may be an important strategy for monitoring the nutritional therapy for cystic fibrosis patients. Thus, we propose its inclusion in the Unified Health System as a measure of care for people with special dietary needs, expanding their knowledge; assisting in self-care, improving nutritional status and, consequently, greater control over the cystic fibrosis.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; CYSTIC fibrosis; CYSTIC fibrosis treatment; DIET therapy; NUTRITION; NUTRITION research
- Publication
Demetra: Food, Nutrition & Health / Alimentação, Nutrição & Saúde, 2014, Vol 9, Issue 3, p741
- ISSN
2238-913X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12957/demetra.2014.9683