This study's aim was to verify with experts the appropriateness of the components (definition, defining characteristics and related factors) of the nursing diagnosis sedentary lifestyle for individuals with hypertension. The validation process took place from February to July 2011, by 48 nurse specialists in nursing terminologies and/or sedentary lifestyle and/or hypertension. Based on this study, changes in the definition of Sedentary Lifestyle and in the titles of five indicators are recommended, in addition to the addition of another six related factors and three defining characteristics to the list of the NANDA-International Taxonomy II. The process of expert validation enables improvement and more reliable and accurate identification of clinical indicators with greater diagnostic accuracy.

doi: 10.5216/ree.v12i3.6391O objetivo do estudo foi analisar a associação entre a presença do cuidador de clientes com acidente vascular encefálico e os diagnósticos de enfermagem da classe atividade/exercício da North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA). Estudo transversal, desenvolvido com 121 clientes que frequentavam uma das oito unidades da Associação Beneficente Cearense de Reabilitação na cidade de Fortaleza-Ceará, cuja coleta de dados ocorreu no período de novembro de 2007 a março de 2008. Para a coleta de dados utilizou-se um formulário e as informações foram coletadas por meio de entrevista e exame físico. Para nomeação dos diagnósticos de enfermagem seguiu-se como referência a Taxonomia II da NANDA. O nível de significância adotado no estudo foi 5%. Quanto aos dados sociodemográficos, a maioria dos participantes era do sexo masculino, idosos, sem companheiros, aposentados ou pensionistas com baixa escolaridade e baixa renda per capita. A maioria dos clientes tinha um cuidador (88%). A presença do cuidador teve associação estatística com os diagnósticos de enfermagem Estilo de vida sedentário (p=0,002), Risco de síndrome do desuso (p=0,02) e Capacidade de transferência prejudicada (p=0,01). Diante desta circunstância, o enfermeiro deve orientar os cuidadores sobre a assistência domiciliar adequada do cliente que sobreviveu ao acidente vascular encefálico. Descritores: Acidente cerebral vascular; Diagnóstico de enfermagem; Assistência ao paciente.

Background and objective: Elderly people are at greater risk for falls and, therefore, need effective interventions to prevent them. The aim of the study was to develop an assessment tool for nursing intervention fall prevention to elderly with arterial hypertension and with nursing diagnosis Risk of falls.Methods: A methodological study, accomplished in four stages: activities selection of the fall Prevention intervention from Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC); 2) construction of constructive definitions and operational for selected activities; 3) expert validation of constructed definitions; 4) pretest of the final assessment tool.Results: The experts selected 50 activities out of 65 presented by NIC. The constitutive and operational definitions of the 50 activities were elaborated. From the focus group, some activities were grouped and the content of others changed. The pretest showed that, although the application of the assessment tool with the definitions take longer, it was more complete and targeted. The final assessment tool contains 28 activities with constitutive definitions and operational.Conclusions: The produced assessment tool has nursing activities with constitutive and operational definitions suitable for clinical nursing practice. It is believed that it can lead the intervention of the nurses in preventing falls in elderly people with SAH and with the nursing diagnosis Risk of falls.

The objective of this study was to analyze the scientific production on health interventions related to hygiene for adults with HIV/AIDS. An integrative literature review was performed using six databases in June 2013. The descriptors AIDS and Hygiene were used, in Portuguese, English or Spanish. A total of 682 articles were found and 16 were selected. Personal hygiene practices were identified, such as hand washing, showers, tooth brushing and quitting smoking. Food hygiene practices involved washing food and kitchen utensils, using treated water, conserving and cooking food. Environmental hygiene took into account raising domestic animals, control of disease vectors, household cleanliness, waste disposal and basic sanitation. In conclusion, these specific hygiene interventions can be applied to the general population and, especially, to people with HIV/AIDS, due to immunosuppression.

The purpose of this study is to analyze the evolution of the percentiles of blood pressure in children and adolescents with familial history of arterial hypertension. This is a longitudinal study developed in a community in Fortaleza. Ceará, Brazil. The blood pressure was evaluated in five home visits from January, 2004 to December, 2006. The group was composed of 141 participants, of which 92 were children and 49 adolescents. Of the children, 67.4% remained with no alterations of the percentiles of blood pressure in all the evaluations; of the adolescents, 65.3% remained in the same condition. Most individuals kept their values and percentiles of systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure, and many that did not initially present alterations started to show some during the follow up. As a result, routine monitoring of blood pressure of children and adolescents proves necessary for the early detection and prevention of complications.