title: [Professional competencies in primary health care for attending to older adults].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify and analyze the necessary competencies in primary health care for attending to older adults.
  
  
  METHODS
  An exploratory, descriptive, and quali-quantitative study was developed. Three rounds of the Delphi Technique were conducted with participants from primary health care services and a multidisciplinary committee. The first questionnaire asked participants to indicate the competencies needed for attending to older adults in primary health care. They were compiled into a list and added to a Likert Scale (from 1 to 5) for the second and third questionnaires. A consensus criterion of 70% was adopted.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twenty eight competencies were reached by consensus and were classified into twelve domains.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The competencies reflect Brazilian health care policy and constitute a reference for professional health practice and education when caring for the older adult in primary health care.
authors.affiliation: Nursing School, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Regina Rigatto
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Witt
authors.affiliation: City Health Secretariat, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maclaine de Oliveira
authors.initials: Mde O
authors.lastname: Roos
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Nilson Maestri
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Andria Machado da
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Carla Daiane Silva
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Mariana Timmers Dos
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Santos
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003697:Delphi Technique; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000592:standards*