nurses must be able to identify and prevent violence against the elderly.

Objective: to identify publishing related to the mental health of health professionals working in the front line of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: an integrative review that included primary articles indexed in the Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences, Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Scopus, Embase, Web of Science, Science Direct databases and US National Library of Medicine databases. The result analysis was performed descriptively, in four analytical categories. Results: The publishing involved aspects related to insufficient personal protective equipment, feelings of fear and stigma, the need for psychological and psychiatric support and the possibility of post-outbreak mental disorders. Conclusion: All mentioned aspects have a direct impact on the mental health of professionals, demanding the creation of strategies that minimize the emotional burnout of workers, considering that each country and culture reacts differently to the disease.

ResumoO objetivo deste trabalho foi descrever a vivência da sexualidade por mulheres idosas viúvas, frequentadoras de um Centro de Convivência do Idoso, e verificar a percepção quanto à opinião dos seus familiares. Tratou-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa e exploratório-descritiva. Os dados foram coletados por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas e submetidos à análise de conteúdo temática. Emergiram desta as categorias: 1) a vivência da sexualidade sofreu algumas modificações após o estado de viuvez garantindo submissão às normas e regras sociais para o comportamento feminino; 2) as idosas assumem ter optado pela vida sem um novo companheiro; 3) a família apoia o convívio social, mas não existe declaração de apoio para novos relacionamentos amorosos; e 4) houve ressignificação das questões de gênero no tocante às mudanças relativas ao papel social da mulher, depois da viuvez. Concluímos, portanto, que essas mulheres não vivem, de forma plena e livre, sua sexualidade, pois se submetem às normas sociais. Palavras-chave: Sexualidade; Percepção; Idoso.

256Takemoto AY, Okubo P, Bedendo J, Carreira L. Avaliação da qualidade de vida em idosos submetidos ao tratamento hemodialítico. Rev Gaúcha Enferm., Porto Alegre (RS) 2011 jun;32(2):256-62.

This descriptive and exploratory research aimed to know the conceptions, attitudes and behaviors about work as reported by 16 chronic renal insufficiency patients and their relatives. Data were collected from April to August 2000 through semi-structured interviews. The results revealed that work is valued by all families as a source of health and financial resources, besides being important for individuals' character formation; that most CRI patients do not carry out any remunerated activities and, when they do, they count on the help and understanding of the boss and relatives. We conclude that CRI and its treatment do not directly or absolutely impede the realization of this kind of activity, but entail important limitations. We consider it is necessary for health professionals to join in the search for support by relatives and society, so that these people can be inserted in the labor market when they want to and are in the right conditions.