Kevin Julián Aya Roa, Raúl Fernando Guerrero Castañeda, Naidu Cuevas Cuevas, Adriana Hernández Bustos
Objetivo: Identificar la evidencia científica de las intervenciones de enfermería en salud familiar en familias con adultos mayores con Alzheimer. Método: Revisión de tipo integrativa en las bases de datos de PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, biblioteca virtual en salud (BVS), SpringerLinks y ScienceDirect utilizando los descriptores de ciencias de la salud (DECS): Salud familiar (Family Health); Anciano (Aged); Alzheimer (Alzheimer), Enfermería familiar (Family Nursing) y estudios controlados antes y después (Controlled Before-After Studies); se utilizó el operador booleano AND para unir los descriptores. Resultados principales: Se encontraron 5 artículos dentro de los cuales se abordan Intervenciones de enfermería enfocadas al cuidador principal e intervenciones de enfermería enfocadas a la familia. Conclusión principal: Las intervenciones en salud familiar pueden ir orientadas hacia el cuidador primario o toda la familia e igualmente tendrá algún tipo de efecto indirecto sobre el anciano con Alzheimer.
Objective: To identify the scientific evidence of nursing interventions in family health in families with older adults with Alzheimer's. Method: Integrative review in PUBMED, Scopus, Web of Science, Virtual Health Library (VHL), Springer Links and ScienceDirect databases, using the health sciences descriptors (DECS): Family Health, Aged, Alzheimer, Family Nursing and Controlled Before-After Studies; the Boolean operator AND was used to join the descriptors. Results: Five articles were found that addressed nursing interventions focused on the primary caregiver and nursing interventions focused on the family. Main results: Five articles were found within which nursing interventions focused on the main caregiver and nursing interventions focused on the family are addressed. Overall conclusion: Family health interventions may be directed toward the primary caregiver or the entire family and will likewise have some indirect effect on the elderly person with Alzheimer's disease.