KNOWLEDGE AND CHANGES IN BEHAVIOR REGARDING THE NONPHARMACOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF THE SAH: BEFORE AND AFTER HEALTH EDUCATION PERFORMED BY A NURSE

Authors

  • Danusa Fernandes Severo
  • Simone Coelho Amestoy
  • Maira Buss Thofehrn
  • Silvia Goldmeier

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v14i3.16181

Keywords:

Enfermagem, Educação em saúde, Hipertensão, Nursing, Health education, Hypertension, Enfermería, Educación en salud, Hipertensión

Abstract

Objective: to verify the knowledge about the non-pharmacological treatment of the SAH and the changes in
behavior regarding this type of treatment, before and after health education performed by a nurse, with patients with the
hypertension diagnose that were submitted to hemodialysis. This was an exploratory and descriptive research, an action
research, of quantitative approach. It was divided in three stages: data collection, education in health, data gathering.
Subjects were 19 patient with primary hypertension submitted to hemodyalisis sessions in a renal clinic of Torres-RS, from
October to December 2007. It was verified that the Education in Health performed by the nurse with hypertensive patients
submitted to the hemodyalisis was positive, because it contributed to grant more knowledge to the patients about their
treatment and also to behavioral changes regarding non-pharmacological treatment of the SAH, contributing to these
patient’s health promotion and also to their selfcare, contemplating the objectives of the Education in Health.

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Severo, D. F., Amestoy, S. C., Thofehrn, M. B., & Goldmeier, S. (2009). KNOWLEDGE AND CHANGES IN BEHAVIOR REGARDING THE NONPHARMACOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF THE SAH: BEFORE AND AFTER HEALTH EDUCATION PERFORMED BY A NURSE. Cogitare Enfermagem, 14(3). https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v14i3.16181

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 3 (2009)

Section

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

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