Gir E, Moriya TM, Dela Coleta JA; International Conference on AIDS.

Int Conf AIDS. 1990 Jun 20-23; 6: 201 (abstract no. F.B.494).

University of Sao Paulo-Nursing School of Ribeirao Preto, Brazil

OBJECTIVE: To identify the quality of verbal interaction occurred between nurses and patients with AIDS through the amount of information transmitted. METHODS: The verbal behaviors occurring between 3 AIDS patients and 3 nurses were observed and registered during 15 sessions of 6 hours each. These behaviors were classified according to the System of Analysis of Verbal Interaction (SAVI) by 3 trained and calibrated referees, and then they were put in a matrix. By using the form preconized by FAVERGE and STEPHANECK, we calculated the amount of information transmitted in each area and in each square of the total matrix. RESULTS: The 562 verbal behaviors identified were put in one SAVI matrix, that was composed by the squares: a) P-NUR; b) P-P; c) NUR-P; NUR-NUR; according to the utterer and receptor respectively. In the areas where the verbal behaviors were attributed, we got values of R varying from 0,0758 to 0,5203 and from 0,1213 to 0,3020 in the squares. These values indicate that the verbal interactions tend to move away from repetition and stereotype, since the more distant the value of R be of zero and nearer of 1, the richer the dialogue is. CONCLUSION: The calculation of information transmitted (R) according to the Theory of Information permits the identification of the type of interaction that is occurring and how rich the dialogue is. In this study, we evidenced a value of R that is not the ideal one, but it can be worked and improved. We believe that this tool can contribute very much to the study of verbal interaction, not only between the health professionals and the AIDS patients, but also among other patients, patients' relatives and other professionals.

Publication Types:

• Meeting Abstracts

Keywords:

• Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
• Humans
• Interpersonal Relations
• Nurse Practitioners
• Nurses
• Verbal Behavior

Other ID:

• 20049490

UI: 102184415

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