Specialized nursing terminology for the prevention of falls in the elderly in primary care
Paulo Henrique Fernandes dos Santos, Jordana Penha Rodrigues, Marina Morato Stival, Nuno Damácio de Carvalho Félix, Luciano Ramos de Lima, Silvana Schwerz Funghetto
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: to build a specialized nursing terminology for the prevention of falls in the elderly in primary healthcare, based on the ICNP®. METHOD: this is a methodological study developed in two stages: (1) identification of relevant terms for the prevention of falls in the elderly in official documents; (2) cross mapping of the identified terms with the terms contained in the ICNP® Seven-Axis Model, version 2019/2020. RESULTS: a total of 13,408 terms was extracted from official documents, which were submitted to manual screening, resulting in the inclusion of 391 relevant terms. Cross mapping revealed 283 constant terms (67.8% with level of equivalence 1; 32.2% with level of equivalence 2) and 108 non-constant terms (88.9% with level of equivalence 5; 6.5% with level of equivalence 4; 4.6% with level of equivalence 3). In the set of constant terms, the terms of the Focus (43.1%), Action (26.1%), and Means (13.1%) axes stood out; in non-constant terms there was a predominance of the Focus (38.0%), Means (23.1%), and Judgment (15.7%) axes. CONCLUSION: we obtained a specialized nursing terminology that will support the development of nursing diagnoses, outcomes, and interventions to contribute to the prevention of falls in the elderly in primary healthcare.