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REVISÃO
Nonpharmacological interventions to improve quality of life in heart failure: an integrative review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(1):198-209
01-01-2017
Resumo
REVISÃONonpharmacological interventions to improve quality of life in heart failure: an integrative review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(1):198-209
01-01-2017DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0112
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Objective:
to identify articles that assessed the effectiveness or efficacy of nonpharmacological interventions to improve quality of life of people with heart failure in the literature.
Method:
an integrative literature review was performed in Lilacs, MedLine and SciELO databases, including randomized or nonrandomized clinical trials and quasi-experimental studies published between 2003 and 2014, in Portuguese, English or Spanish.
Results:
twenty-three studies were included. The categories of nonpharmacological interventions that improved quality of life of people with heart failure were: Remote health monitoring, Instructions on health practices, Physical activity follow-up and Traditional Chinese Medicine practices.
Conclusion:
these results can guide the selection of interventions to be implemented by health professionals that treat people with heart failure. Future systematic reviews with meta-analyses are needed in order to identify the most effective interventions for improving these individuals’ quality of life.
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PESQUISA
Association between self-care and hospital readmissions of patients with heart failure
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(3):500-506
01-01-2016
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PESQUISAAssociation between self-care and hospital readmissions of patients with heart failure
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(3):500-506
01-01-2016DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2016690312i
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Objective:
to assess the association between self-care and the number of hospital readmissions of patients with heart failure (ADHF) and test the applicability of two self-care assessment tools. longitudinal study, performed in a cardiology reference hospital in southern Brazil.
Method:
it included 82 patients with a mean age of 61.85±12.33 years, 57.3% male. The mean score of self-care assessment found the scales European Heart Failure Self-care Behavior Scale and Self-care Scale for Patients with Heart Failure was unsatisfactory.
Results:
it was observed an average of 2.57±1.66 rehospitalization last year for decompensated heart failure. There was a correlation between self-care scores with the number of hospital readmissions for decompensated HF. Education and age were associated to self-care of HF patients.
Conclusion:
both scales assess self-care in a relevant way, and correlated their indexes.
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PESQUISA
Accuracy in inference of nursing diagnoses in heart failure patients
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(4):690-696
01-01-2015
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PESQUISAAccuracy in inference of nursing diagnoses in heart failure patients
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(4):690-696
01-01-2015DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680417i
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Objective:
to determine the accuracy of nursing diagnoses of fatigue, intolerance to activity and decreased cardiac output in hospitalized HF patients.
Method:
descriptive study applied to nurses with experience in NANDA-I and/or HF nursing diagnoses. Evaluation and accuracy were determined by calculating effi cacy (E), false negative (FN), false positive (FP) and trend (T) measures. Nurses who showed acceptable inspection for two diagnoses were selected.
Results:
the nursing diagnosis of fatigue was the most commonly mistaken diagnosis identifi ed by the nursing evaluators.
Discussion:
the search for improving diagnostic accuracy reaffi rms the need for continuous and specifi c training to improve the diagnosis capability of nurses.
Conclusion:
the training allowed the exercise of clinical judgment and better accuracy of nurses.