OLIVEIRA, C. B. S.; OLIVEIRA, CAIO BISMARCK SILVA.; OLIVEIRA, CAIO BISMARCK SILVA DE.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1497042119667704; OLIVEIRA, Caio Bismark Silva de.
Abstract:
Objective: to analyze the process of approaching the elderly person in the context of the consultation
gerontogeriatrics performed by nurses in the Family Health Strategy. Method: study
descriptive study with a qualitative approach carried out in the municipality of Currais Novos, Rio Grande do
North. 14 nurses participated in the study. The texts were organized in a
textual corpus to be processed in the IRAMUTEQ software, structured based on the
Descending Hierarchical Classification, and analyzed by Content Analysis technique.
Results: the textual corpus of the research consisted of 14 texts and 151 segments of
texts, with a total use of 78.81%. The dendrogram consisted of the following
classes: Class 2 “Hiperdia Program as a strategy for approaching and monitoring the
elderly"; Class 3 “Approach and care for the elderly centered on the disease and the patient”; Class 6
“The organization of care for the elderly in the Basic Health Unit”; Class 5 “Approach
individual of the elderly in the Basic Health Unit and at home”; Class 1 “Approach to
nurse according to the individual needs of the elderly person”; and Class 4 “Motivations for the search
elderly per attendance at the Basic Health Unit”. Final considerations: it was found
approaches related to hyperdia and comorbidities, centered on medical appointments,
organized in order of arrival, individual, spontaneous, related to acute complaints,
chronic conditions and needs to renew prescriptions and request exams, being
It is fundamental to adopt measures to improve the elderly's access to health services.
