Universidade Federal do Piauí. Teresina, Piauí, Brazil.
Universidad Europea de Valencia. València, Valencia. Espanha.
Rev Bras Enferm. 2020 Dec 7;73(suppl 3):e20200421. doi: 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0421. eCollection 2020.
Describe the knowledge and practices of the Primary Health Care nurse on sarcopenia screening in the elderly.
Qualitative study conducted with 24 Primary Health Care nurses. The data was collected through semi-structured interviews, recorded and later transcribed. The speeches were grouped in thematic categories, later analyzed, supported by Paulo Freire's reference.
The findings showed that the primary care nurses' knowledge of sarcopenia screening in the elderly was incipient and fragile. This reality is reflected in a gap in practice, although some instruments already require the registration of characteristics indicative of sarcopenia, such as the evaluation of the calf circumference.
The need to train nurses to perform sarcopenia screening and to implement a promotional and preventive care plan, which will result in improving the quality of life of the elderly assisted in Primary Care, was highlighted.
描述初级保健护士在老年人肌少症筛查方面的知识和实践。
对 24 名初级保健护士进行定性研究。通过半结构化访谈收集数据，记录并转录。演讲被分成主题类别，然后进行分析，以 Paulo Freire 的参考为支持。
研究结果表明，初级保健护士对老年人肌少症筛查的知识还处于初步和脆弱的阶段。这一现实反映在实践中的差距上，尽管有些工具已经要求登记提示肌少症的特征，如评估小腿围。
强调需要培训护士进行肌少症筛查，并实施促进和预防保健计划，这将提高在初级保健中接受治疗的老年人的生活质量。
