%0 Journal Article %T Avalia£¿£¿o do resultado de um programa educativo dirigido a parapl¨¦gicos visando o autocuidado relacionado aos d¨¦ficits identificados na elimina£¿£¿o intestinal %A Padula %A Marcele Pescuma Capeletti %A Souza %A Mariana Fernandes de %J Acta Paulista de Enfermagem %D 2007 %I Universidade Federal de S?o Paulo %R 10.1590/S0103-21002007000200009 %X objectives: to evaluate self-care progress of individuals with paraplegia who attended an educational program regarding 16 intestinal elimination self-care deficits, and to determine the influence of the neurological level of the injury and locus of control on the progress of the self-care. methods: a quasi-experimental design was used to conduct the study. the sample consisted of 28 individuals with paraplegia who were assign to usual care group (n = 14) or to the educational program in intestinal elimination self-care deficits group (n-14). nursing interventions were scored "do = 4", "guide = 3", "support = 2", "teach = 1", "independent = 0". results: individuals with paraplegia who attended the educational program had better progress toward self-care than those to the usual care group (p < 0.05). the neurological level of the injury and the locus of control did not influence individuals' progress toward self-care. conclusion: the individuals who attended the educational program progressed satisfactorily toward intestinal elimination self-care actions. %K health education %K paraplegia %K patient education %K self care %K defecation %K nursing care. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0103-21002007000200009&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en