Home visits as an assistance strategy in chronic disease care

Authors

  • Mônica Ribeiro Canhestro Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Escola de Enfermagem
  • Elizabeth das Graças Silva UFMG, Hospital das Clínicas
  • Marilene Moreira UFMG, Hospital das Clínicas
  • Cristina M. Bouissou Soares UFMG, Hospital das Clínicas
  • José Silvério S. Diniz UFMG, Faculdade de Medicina
  • Eleonora M. Lima UFMG, Faculdade de Medicina
  • Gilce Moura Rodrigues de Oliveira IPSEMG
  • Lílian Micheline Fernandes Prefeitura de Belo Horizonte

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5935/2316-9389.2005.v9.50826

Keywords:

Home Care Services, Hospital-Based, Home Care Services, Chronic Disease, Kidney Failure, Chronic

Abstract

This study emphasizes the importance of home visits in identifying the characteristics and information on the consequences of chronic renal disease in the life of patients and their families cared for by health workers in the Interdisciplinary Program for Prevention and Care in the Chronic Renal Failure for Children and Adolescents at the University Hospital of the Federal University of Minas Gerais. Twenty-one patients were visited and a family memeber of each one was interviewed. Modifications in the family included difficulties when the person caring for the patient had outdoor activities and the changes in eating patterns for the whole family. Home visits showed themselves to be an efficient strategy for care, contributing to the relation between patients, family members and health workers.

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2005-09-01

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Home visits as an assistance strategy in chronic disease care. REME Rev Min Enferm. [Internet]. 2005 Sep. 1 [cited 2025 Dec. 14];9(3). Available from: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/reme/article/view/50826

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