SUBSIDIES TO ELABORATE OUTPATIENT NURSING CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH AORTIC VALVE DYSFUNCTION

Authors

  • Karin Mitie Kubo Universidade de São Paulo; Faculdade de Medicina; Instituto do Coração
  • Maria Cecília Bueno Jayme Gallan Universidade de São Paulo; Faculdade de Medicina; Instituto do Coração
  • Rachel Noronha Universidade de São Paulo; Faculdade de Medicina; Instituto do Coração
  • Roberta Cunha Rodrigues Colombo Universidade Estadual de Campinas; Faculdade de Ciências Médicas; Departamento de Enfermagem

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692001000500009

Keywords:

patient education, aortic valve, nursing care

Abstract

This study aimed at characterizing the profile of outpatients with aortic valve dysfunction, identifying their knowledge about the disease, their major limitations during everyday activities and their means of coping with their predicament. The data obtained by semi-structured interviews with 12 patients and analyzed by quantitative and qualitative methods enabled to identify how the patients perceive the illness and the treatment as well as the implications to their everyday activities, that is, they allowed to capture reality from the subject's perspective, which is the knowledge for the elaboration of an educational proposal.

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Published

2001-09-01

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Original Articles

How to Cite

SUBSIDIES TO ELABORATE OUTPATIENT NURSING CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH AORTIC VALVE DYSFUNCTION. (2001). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 9(5), 55-62. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692001000500009