THE KNOWLEDGE AND CARE SYSTEM OF ELDERLY UNDERGOING HEMODIALYSIS CONCERNING MEDICATION THERAPY

Authors

  • Maria Helena Lenardt
  • Karina Silveira de Almeida Hammerschmidt
  • Ana Paula Modesto
  • Ângela Cristina da Silva Borghi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v13i2.12432

Keywords:

Idoso, Hemodiálise, Medicamentos, Enfermagem=pt, Elderly, Hemodialysis, Medication, Nursing=en, Anciano, Hemodiálisis, Enfermería=es

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This is a focused ethnographic study, performed with 23 elderly subjects undergoing hemodialysis treatment,

users of a hemodialysis network, in Curitiba/ Paraná State, Brazil. It aimed to interpret the knowledge and care system of

elderly patients undergoing hemodialysis concerning the medication therapy. Two domains emerged from the information:

1) The situation of dependency demands others’ support 2) Elements of visual and touch language are ways to identify

and organize the medication. The cultural theme obtained the assertion: The elderly with chronic renal disease and the

possibilities in visual alphabetization. The identification of medication by elderly subjects is grounded on visual and

touch language, composed by basic visual elements: color, size, texture and shape of medication. To each way of identification

is given a high amount of meanings, some by association, and others by arbitrary link.

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Published

2008-10-06

How to Cite

Lenardt, M. H., Hammerschmidt, K. S. de A., Modesto, A. P., & Borghi, Ângela C. da S. (2008). THE KNOWLEDGE AND CARE SYSTEM OF ELDERLY UNDERGOING HEMODIALYSIS CONCERNING MEDICATION THERAPY. Cogitare Enfermagem, 13(2). https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v13i2.12432

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 2 (2008)

Section

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

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