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Print version ISSN 0121-4500
Abstract
DIAS TAVARES DA SILVA, Sílvia Manuela; DA NOVA NEVES FERNANDES, Carla Sílvia; MAGALHAES, Bruno Miguel and EDRA, Beatriz. Adaptability, cohesión and family functionality of nurses during state of emergency by coviD-19. av.enferm. [online]. 2021, vol.39, suppl.1, pp.21-30. Epub Apr 05, 2022. ISSN 0121-4500. https://doi.org/10.15446/av.enferm.v39n1supl.98633.
Objective:
To evalúate nurses' family adaptability, cohesion, and functionality during the state of emergency by COVID-19.
Materials and method:
The following is an exploratory, quantitative, descriptive, and cross-sectional study. We used a snowball sample, non-probabilistic, and for convenience. For data collection, we used an instrument consisting of a socio-demographic questionnaire; a family, housing, and cohabitation characterization questionnaire; a Duvall's Family Life Cycle Assessment Scale; a Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale (FACES II); and Family-Scale Adaptation, Partnership, Growth, Affection, and Resolve (APGAR) that measures family function.
Results:
125 responses were obtained, being identified the follow-ing aspects as predictors of better APGAR, Cohesion, and Adaptability: better housing conditions; families with three or more members; mature families, with children or adult children; individuals teleworking and households in which more than one member is not in social isolation. Increasing age is a predictor of lower adaptability and cohesion.
Conclusions:
Twenty percent of families (APGAR) have moderate or severe dysfunction; 4.8 % are classified as "extreme" families, and 39.2 % as "very balanced" (FACES II), there-fore being at risk.
Keywords : Nursing; Nurses; Family; Pandemics; COVID-19 (source: Dees, BIREME).