Abstract

MOURA LOPES, Emeline; GOMES FREITAS, Julyana; GIMENIZ GALVAO, Marli Teresinha  and  DE OLIVEIRA LOPES, Marcos Venícius. Theory of self-care assistance in a women living with AIDS: utility of the theory. av.enferm. [online]. 2015, vol.33, n.2, pp.241-250. ISSN 0121-4500.  https://doi.org/10.15446/av.enferm.v33n2.35817.

Objective: This study aimed to analyze the usefulness of the Theory of Self-care for nursing care for women with AIDS, under the Meleis model. Methodology: Study of integrative review, with database search in LILACS, MRDLINE, SciELO, Scopus, CINAHL, Cochrane and PubMed. After checking the inclusion criteria, were identified three articles related to the topic. The analysis of the studies was focused on the component of utility theory Meleis. Results: Analysis of the studies, according to the utility, showed that the Theory of Self-care is essential to examine the ability and deficits in women with HIV/AIDS as self-care. With the critical analysis of Meleis, we could verify the usefulness of the Theory of Self-care for nursing care for women with HIV/AIDS. It was apparent also different scenarios and approaches to application of theory, its use identified several objectives aimed at self-care of women with HIV.

Keywords : Nursing Theory; Self Care; Women; HIV.

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