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- Title
Social representation of elderly people on falls: structural analysis and in the light of Neuman.
- Authors
de Castro Santos, Jéssica; Arreguy-Sena, Cristina; Ferreira Pinto, Paulo; de Paiva Pereira, Elenir; da Silva Alves, Marcelo; Bolpato Loures, Fabiano
- Abstract
Objective: To understand the symbolic elements and the hierarchical system of representations of elderly people on falls, according to Abric's structural analysis and Neuman's theory. Method: Abric structural approach developed at the home of primary care users in a city of Minas Gerais. A free evocation technique of images triggered by images was performed in 2016 with elderly individuals (≥65 years old). Data treated by dictionary of equivalent terms; processed in Evoc 2000 software converging, analytically, according to Neuman. Ethical/legal criteria were met. Results: 195 people participated, 78.5% were women, and 45.1% were aged ≥75 years. Summarized 897 words; 155 different ones. Central nucleus containing cognates: dizziness-vertigo-labyrinthitis and slipper-shoes (behavioral and objective dimension). The word disease integrated the area of contrast. Environmental and personal stressors were identified according to Neuman. Final considerations: Objects and risk behaviors for falls integrated the representations, although environmental and personal stressors indicate the need for preventive interventions in the environment and in the intrapersonal dimension.
- Subjects
ACCIDENTAL falls; PHILOSOPHY of nursing; SOCIAL psychology; TIME; NEUMAN systems model
- Publication
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2018, Vol 71, p851
- ISSN
0034-7167
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0258