Loading...
2 results
Search Results
Now showing 1 - 2 of 2
- Death anxiety in palliative care: validation of the nursing diagnosisPublication . Abreu-Figueiredo, Rita Maria Sousa; Sá, Luís Octávio de; Lourenço, Tânia Marlene Gonçalves; Almeida, Sandra Sofia Barbosa Pinto deObjective: To identify the prevalence of the NANDA-I nursing diagnosis of death anxiety among family caregivers of palliative patients and to validate the associated defining characteristics. Methods: This was a cross-sectional, exploratory, and descriptive study using Fehring's clinical diagnostic validity model in a sample of 111 family caregivers of palliative patients. The sensitivity, specificity, and predictive value of the defining characteristics were calculated. Questions formulated to operationalize the defining characteristics were validated by a panel of experts. Results: The prevalence of the diagnosis was 38.7% in the study sample, and 17 defining characteristics were subjected to clinical validation, of which eight emerged from a previous literature review. Of the 17 defining characteristics, nine were classified as primary and eight as secondary. Conclusion: The diagnosis was validated in family caregivers of palliative patients. The clinical validation of new defining characteristics confirmed the need to review these characteristics to ensure their clinical suitability. The prevalence of the diagnosis in the study sample indicates that death anxiety is a relevant phenomenon among family caregivers of palliative patients that professionals should be particularly aware offing order to implement specific interventions to minimize this condition.
- Review of nursing diagnosis validation studies: caregiver role strainPublication . Lourenço, Tânia Marlene Gonçalves; Abreu-Figueiredo, Rita Maria Sousa; Sá, Luís Octávio deObjective: To analyze the nursing diagnosis NANDA-I - Caregiver Role Strain validation studies. Methods: Integrative literature review. Research of studies carried out between 2000 and 2018 with the descriptors: caregivers, nursing diagnosis and validation study in the following databases: Web of Science, EBESCOhost, Scielo Brasil and Portugal, LILACS, RCAAP, CAPES, NANDA-I website, and in the bibliographic references of the articles. Articles in Portuguese, English or Spanish were included. Results: The sample consisted of seven validation studies, with heterogeneity in the methodologies used. The populations where the diagnosis was clinically validated focused on caregivers for the elderly and people with chronic illness. The most prevalent defining characteristics were Stress and Apprehension related to the future. Conclusions: This diagnosis requires further validation studies among different populations in search of greater accuracy and a reduction in the number of defining characteristics, facilitating the use of taxonomy.