Características da pessoa idosa com necessidade de cuidados paliativos da atenção básica.

de Almeida Lima, Ana Beatriz; Soares de Souza, Elizabeth Moura; Soares Figueiredo Trezza, Maria Cristina; Claudio dos Santos Almeida, Alda Graciele; de Lima Dantas, Hallana Laisa

Objective: to know the characteristics of the elderly people needs palliative care in primary health care. Method: quantitative, observational, descriptive study conducted at the home of 55 elderly people attended by a family health unit located in a Northeast city, from June 7 to July 8, 2019. For data collection, we used a form with questions related to sociodemographic and health characteristics was also applied, and the Katz, Geriatric Depression and Mini Mental Examination scales were also applied. Data were analyzed by SPSS 22.0 and presented in tables. Results: 60% of the elderly were female, 65.5% illiterate, 56.4% were in the age group of 60 to 69 years, had no cognitive deficit or depressive symptoms, 76.4% were independent to perform to the basic activities of daily living, 67.3% reported feeling pain, 96.4% reported having comorbidities, prevailing hypertension, 21.8% used polypharmacy. Conclusion: The presence of comorbidities and pain were indicative characteristics of palliative care found in elderly people seen in primary care, indicating that it is essential to monitor these for the early detection of such care.

BRAZIL; HOME environment; HYPERTENSION; SCIENTIFIC observation; PAIN; NURSING specialties; RESEARCH methodology; FUNCTIONAL status; POLYPHARMACY; QUANTITATIVE research; HEALTH status indicators; PRIMARY health care; GERIATRIC nursing; QUESTIONNAIRES; QUALITY of life; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; NEEDS assessment; HOSPICE nurses; COMORBIDITY

Enfermagem Atual in Derme, 2020, Vol 92, Issue 30, p63

2447-2034

Academic Journal

10.31011/reaid-2020-v.92-n.30-art.604