Acurácia das características definidoras do diagnóstico de enfermagem Desempenho do Papel Ineficaz / Accuracy of defining characteristics of the nursing diagnosis Ineffective Role Performance

A pesquisa tem o objetivo de verificar a acurácia das características definidoras do diagnóstico de enfermagem Desempenho do Papel Ineficaz em puérperas. Trata-se de um estudo de acurácia diagnóstica realizado com 58 mulheres atendidas em Unidades de Saúde da Família (USF). Utilizou-se uma escala de rastreamento de Depressão Pós-parto para a identificação das características definidoras do referido diagnóstico. Foram calculadas as medidas de sensibilidade, especificidade e seus respectivos intervalos de confiança. O Desempenho do Papel Ineficaz esteve presente em 50,0% das participantes. As características definidoras Adaptação inadequada à mudança, Autocontrole insuficiente e Percepção de papel alteradas apresentaram, simultaneamente, sensibilidade e especificidade significantes, em termos estatísticos. Portanto, tais indicadores clínicos mostraram-se mais acurados para a verificação do diagnóstico de enfermagem Desempenho do papel ineficaz em puérperas.

The study objective was to verify the accuracy of the defining characteristics of the nursing diagnosis Ineffective Role Performance in pregnant women. This is an accuracy diagnosis study conducted with 58 women attended in Family Health Units (FHU). We used a tracking scale for Postpartum Depression to identify the defining characteristics of the referred diagnosis. We calculated sensitivity, specificity measures, and their respective confidence intervals. The Ineffective Role Performance was present in 50.0% of participants. The defining characteristics Inadequate adaptation to change, Insufficient self-management, and Alteration in role perception simultaneously presented, significant sensitivity and specificity, in statistical terms. Therefore, such clinical indexes were more accurate to verify the nursing diagnosis Ineffective Role Performance in pregnant women.

"Ineffective role performance" nursing diagnosis in postpartum women: a descriptive study

Aim: To investigate the "ineffective role performance" nursing diagnosis in postpartum women at family health centers. Method: A descriptive study was carried out in cities in interior Pernambuco, with a sample of 51 postpartum women. The component elements of the diagnostic presented were identified through the Postpartum Depression Screening Scale - PDSS. Results: We identified ineffective role performance in 52.9% of the sample. Anxiety, inadequate self-adaptation, and inappropriate self-control, were the most frequent defining characteristics. Disadvantaged economic status, stress and low levels of education were factors associated with the high percentage. Discussion: the phenomenon is correlated with depressive symptoms in the postpartum period as indicated in PDSS, especially anxiety and irritability, that substantially interfere in the relationship between mother and child. Conclusion: PDSS allowed the determination of a human response in the postpartum period, so it is an important instrument to be introduced in the professional activities associated with the Family Health Strategy program...