RESUMO
Our aim was to contribute to the clinical validation of "Substance Addiction Consequences" (SAC) derived from the nursing outcomes classification (NOC), and to analyse psychometric properties. To that purpose, we applied a methodological design. The study's outcome comprises 16 nursing-sensitive indicators, within four different consequence factors: psychological and family; physical and cognitive ability; self-care; economic and work. The psychometric properties were considered good. We concluded that the scale can be used as a valid tool to measure the consequences of substance addiction and to assess the health status as a nursing sensitive outcome. The scale is considered valid to monitor nursing interventions in the clinical setting; being a comprehensive tool it allows the nurse to understand better this complex health problem.
Assuntos
Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Substâncias/complicações , Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Substâncias/psicologia , Adulto , Idoso , Feminino , Nível de Saúde , Indicadores Básicos de Saúde , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Avaliação de Resultados em Cuidados de Saúde , Portugal , Psicometria , Qualidade de Vida , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Fatores Socioeconômicos , Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Substâncias/enfermagem , Adulto JovemRESUMO
The anorexia-cachexia syndrome jointly with asthenia are the problems more present in palliative care, but simultaneously also with larger difficulty of control. Being not possible an absolute correction of the problem, it is important to help the patient and the family to live and to face this reality better, with the proposal of concrete actions, duly explained and discussed, of easy application and which without a doubt happen in the increment of the comfort and the quality of life.