Diagnósticos de enfermagem de idosos que utilizam múltiplos medicamentos

• Autor(a) principal: Marin, Maria José Sanches
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Outros Autores: Rodrigues, Luciane Cristine Ribeiro [UNESP], Druzian, Suelaine, Cecílio, Luiz Carlos de Oliveira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0080-62342010000100007; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/231241
• topic: Drug utilization; Family health program; Health of the elderly; Nursing diagnosis

Considering that elderly people using multiple drugs are prone to a higher vulnerability of their health conditions, in this study we proposed to identify nursing diagnoses, according to NANDA's taxonomy II, in a group of elderly people who use five or more drugs. Sixty-seven elderly people were selected using the Wide Geriatric Evaluation (WGE), out of 301 elderly residents from a Family Health Program (PSF) unit. All of the 67 seniors presented a total 16 diagnostic categories, an average of 5.2diagnostics/elderly: 59.7% of them having chronic pain; 58.2% with impaired physical mobility; 47.7% with unbalanced nutrition: more than the body needs; and 47.7% have an inefficient control of the therapeutic regimen, among others. These diagnoses reveal the need for measures involving changes in lifestyle, as well as a systematic following of these elderly people.