Banca de DEFESA: LAILA VANESSA GONÇALVES RABELO

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STUDENT : LAILA VANESSA GONÇALVES RABELO
DATE: 27/02/2024
TIME: 09:00
LOCAL: Videoconferência
TITLE:
Nutritional therapy in admitted children and adolescents: The perception of family caregivers.

KEY WORDS:
Admitted Child and Adolescent; Clinical malnourishment; Multidisciplinary Nutricional Therapy Team; Family perception; Nutricional Therapy.

PAGES: 147
BIG AREA: Ciências da Saúde
AREA: Enfermagem
SUMMARY:
ABSTRACT
Introduction: Children and adolescents’ hospitalization represents one of the first stressful
experiences in life, triggering fear and anxiety feelings, which can bring significant effects on
development. In this context, the presence of a family member during hospitalization plays a
crucial role in promoting and maintaining the bond between patient and family, mitigating the
factors that lead to separation and contributing effectively to comprehensive care.
Understanding the motivations and perceptions of care by their family caregivers plays a
prominent role in health assessment, as deeper understanding of these points of view makes it
possible to adapt and improve approaches according to the patients’ particular needs and their
families. Nutritional therapy (NT), performed by the MNTT (Multidisciplinary Nutritional
Therapy Team), aims to improve admitted patients’ health outcomes with standard definitions
and make the nutritional support one of the priorities of care, through prevention and
treatment of malnourishment and other grievances. Furthermore, the team supports family
members to face the challenges of their caregiving role, which has been consistently identified
as a concern in maintaining and improving health levels. Aims: To understand the perception
of family caregivers regarding nutritional therapy offered to admitted children and adolescents
assisted by MNTT. Method: This was a qualitative study based on Martin Heidegger's
Phenomenology. 14 family caregivers of children and adolescents who were admitted in a
hospital in the state of Minas Gerais were interviewed. The semi-structured interview was
used as a data collection technique, which took place from March to April 2023. Data analysis
was carried out using the comprehensive phenomenological analysis technique. Results:
Despite insecurity and fear feelings from part of family caregivers of admitted children and
adolescents, and who used medical devices, the perception of the ones who joined the study
about understanding nutritional therapy was favorable, taking into account the nutritional
status improvement. From the speeches, 15 thematic axes emerged, three of which were
selected because they were considered to be those that best responded to the research
objective: 1- Understanding of the contributions of NT, 2- Feelings related to NT, 3-
Challenges in NT. Through these axes, we will look for a way to structure the discussion and
understanding of the phenomenon, considering the theoretical assumptions of phenomenology
about what Care is and the experience of this nutritional assistance. Conclusion: This study
aims to contribute to a deep reflection on the care process and hopes that the reached results
have a positive influence on the creation of strategies that optimize nutritional assistance for
admitted children and adolescents, considering the emotional and crucial bond with those who
"take care". The findings from this study should serve as a starting point for further reflection
by the multidisciplinary team, recognizing that each individual sees the world through
different lenses. Ultimately, it is hoped that the findings presented here will transcend the
limits of research and inspire humanization in hospital environments.

BANKING MEMBERS:
Presidente - 1264193 - ALISSON ARAUJO
Externa à Instituição - MARIA CAROLINA ORTIZ WHITAKER
Externa ao Programa - 1680605 - VIRGINIA JUNQUEIRA OLIVEIRA
Notícia cadastrada em: 30/01/2024 07:19
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