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The maintenance of good health levels is strongly related to personal, cognitive
and social skills that compose the concept of health literacy (HL) (Soellner, Lenartz
& Rudinger, 2017). Since low HL levels are associated with vulnerable groups (Pedro,
Amaral & Escoval, 2016), we intend to analyze the social, economic and social
characteristics of a group of unipersonal families with an elder person as well as to
identify needs in nursing care.
An exploratory and descriptive study was conducted in unipersonal families
with members over 65 years of age, users of primary care. The sample consisted of
clients that had the characteristics of the population who used a health unit in the
northern part of Portugal requesting a nursing consultation, between March and
April 2017. The data collection was performed based on the structural dimension
of the MDAIF (Figueiredo, 2012). Data analysis was done through descriptive statistics.
In the sample composed of 15 families, 80% pertained to the lower middle class.
All individuals suffer of one or more chronic diseases. The most common nursing
interventions were directed to the residential building, safety precaution and water
supply.
The assessment of the structural dimension of unipersonal households is an
essential resource in identifying potentialities or vulnerabilities, in order to guide
nursing interventions to improve patients’ levels of HL, or proactively preventing
complications arising from their limitations.
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Keywords
GUE health literacy Unipersonal family Elders Structural dimensiondes
Citation
Guedes, Virgínia; Figueiredo, Maria Henriqueta; Lebreiro, Marlene; Brás, Manuel; Dantas, Jacinta (2018). Unipersonal families and literacy: economic partner characterization and nursing care needs. In Suplemento Revista rol dedicado ao NursID 2017. Porto: Escola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto. p. 270-274
Publisher
Escola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto