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01-01-2015
Low birth weight in a municipality in the southeast region of Brazil
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(6):1169-1175
Abstract
Low birth weight in a municipality in the southeast region of Brazil
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(6):1169-1175
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680624i
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Objective:
to identify the prevalence of low birth weight in the city of São Paulo.
Method:
epidemiological cross-sectional study with data collected by means of the Brazilian Live Birth Information System related to births occurred in the city of São Paulo between 2007 and 2013. Maternal, gestational, childbirth, and neonatal variables were analyzed descriptively and by association.
Results:
9.65% (1,342,655) of live births were underweight (mean of 3234.55 grams in the term group and 2312.17 in the pre-term group) with a mean maternal age of 27.53 years old. The risk factors identified include maternal age, not having a partner, low maternal level of education, other race rather than white, pre-term pregnancy, multiple births, low number of prenatal check-ups, and cesarean delivery.
Conclusion:
knowledge of this evidence favors planning the care provided by defining strategies to reduce it and consequently improve maternal and infant health care.
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01-01-2015
Gait speed and cognitive score in elderly users of the primary care service
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(6):1163-1168
Abstract
Gait speed and cognitive score in elderly users of the primary care service
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(6):1163-1168
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680623i
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Objective:
to investigate the association between gait speed and the cognitive score of elderly patients enrolled in a Basic Health Unit.
Method:
a quantitative cross-sectional study with 203 elderly, a sample calculated based on the estimated population proportion. Data were collected using a sociodemographic and clinical questionnaire, gait speed test (GS) and the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE).
Results:
the illiterate patients had a mean MMSE=19.33(±3.7) and GS = 0.76m/s (±0.3); those with low/medium education had a MMSE = 25.43(±2.8) and GS = 0.92m/s (±0.2); and the elderly with higher education had a MMSE = 27.33(±2.9) and GS=1.12m/s (±0.3).There was a weak correlation (R2=00354) between gait speed and cognitive score, with statistical significance (Prob>F = 0.0072) and a positive linear trend.
Conclusion:
the better cognitive score the higher the gait speed; the illiterate elderly were those with lower gait speed, thereby indicating a poorer physical performance.
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01-01-2015
Fluid and dietary restriction’s efficacy on chronic kidney disease patients in hemodialysis
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(6):1154-1162
Abstract
Fluid and dietary restriction’s efficacy on chronic kidney disease patients in hemodialysis
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(6):1154-1162
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680622i
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Objective:
to identify self-care measures to manage fluid and dietary restrictions and assess their effectiveness.
Method:
descriptive-correlational study and cluster analysis with 254 chronic renal failure patients on regular hemodialysis program, handled by hemodiafiltration. We evaluated the effectiveness of self-care by interdialytic weight gain (IWG) and by potassium and phosphorus serum pre-dialysis serum levels.
Results:
several self-care measures were significantly correlated with a lower IWG and a lower level of pre-dialysis phosphorus. Patients most often use measures to reduce salt consumption than measures to restrict potassium and dietary phosphorus. The spouse provides important support dietary management. Subjects who use more often the self-care measure are mostly female, are older, less IWG and have a higher Kt/V.
Conclusion:
these results can contribute to the nursing educational support.
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01-01-2015
Validation of newborn positioning protocol in Intensive Care Unit
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(6):1147-1153
Abstract
Validation of newborn positioning protocol in Intensive Care Unit
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(6):1147-1153
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680621i
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Objective:
to verify the positioning indications of newborn sand build a standard operating procedure protocol for newborn positioning in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
Method:
for protocol validation, the Delphi technique was used ,in which expert nurses in the field reviewed the proposed procedure.
Results:
we present the results of this validation in a protocol form, to contribute to the discussion about newborn positioning in NICU and standardization of nursing care related to positioning. We evaluated ten indicators, in which there was agreementof100.0% in seven, and of80% in three, above the 60% recommended by the validation technique.
Conclusion:
given the importance of newborn positioning in NICU for its neuromuscular development, this study contributes to the adoption of an evidence-based practice for nursing.
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01-01-2015
Patient safety culture in a bone marrow transplantation unit
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(6):1139-1146
Abstract
Patient safety culture in a bone marrow transplantation unit
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(6):1139-1146
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680620i
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Objective:
evaluate the patient safety culture in the perspective of health professionals from a bone marrow transplantation unit of an oncology research center, at a reference hospital for cancer treatment in Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Method:
a quantitative cross-sectional study that used the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire was conducted between August and September 2013. The study analyzed 33 professional surveys. Statistical data analysis used descriptive and inferential statistics.
Results:
among the dimensions analyzed, only “job satisfaction” reached a mean score above 75, considered positive in terms of patient safety culture.
Conclusion:
the dimensions of safety culture present in the survey have to be valued by professionals and managers to allow safe patient care.
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01-01-2015
Job satisfaction of nursing staff in a university hospital
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(6):1130-1138
Abstract
Job satisfaction of nursing staff in a university hospital
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(6):1130-1138
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680619i
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Objective:
identify the determinants of job satisfaction of the nursing staff of a public university hospital.
Method:
secondary study with mixed data approach and simple and multiple linear regression. A total of 115 subjects participated in the study, 41 nurses and 74 nursing assistants and technicians. The data collection occurred in 2013 using the QST-Caism questionnaire.
Results:
education, hierarchical level and workplace constitute job satisfaction determinants. However, age, gender, job and work period did not show this relationship. More educated workers held low job satisfaction if exercised not graduated nursing functions.
Conclusion:
graduated workers who perform high school functions are more unsatisfied than those who have high school function and qualification.
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01-01-2015
Medical waste in mobile prehospital care
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(6):1122-1129
Abstract
Medical waste in mobile prehospital care
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(6):1122-1129
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680618i
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Objective:
the objective of this study is to identify how Medical Waste (MW) is managed in Mobile Prehospital Care (MPC) services in the state of São Paulo as well as characterize and quantify this waste.
Method:
exploratory and descriptive field study with data collection based on the methodology proposed by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), which was conducted over eight consecutive days to identify the production and characteristics of generated waste.
Results:
it was found that the MW management of the MPC is not yet in line with the requirements of RDC 306/04, which could affect the occupational safety of workers, patients, the community, and the environment.
Conclusion:
it is recommended for the health managers to focus on this issue. The lack of studies with regard to MPC also indicates the need for further studies on the waste management.
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01-01-2015
Severe lactational mastitis: particularities from admission
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(6):1116-1121
Abstract
Severe lactational mastitis: particularities from admission
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(6):1116-1121
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680617i
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Objective:
to identify characteristics of women who have suffered severe lactational mastitis.
Method:
a descriptive, retrospective, documentary, quantitative study was performed. Data were collected from patient records of 114 hospitalized women from January of 2009 to December of 2013. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics.
Results:
a higher percentage of severe lactational mastitis was found in young, primiparous women who had completed high school, who had no partner, and did not have a job; 96.5% of women had breast complications before admission and remained hospitalized an average of 4.4 days; at discharge, 23.7% of women had weaned their infants.
Conclusion:
this study showed that severe lactational mastitis can cause great harm to the woman and the baby.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE11-28-2023
Geospatialization of tuberculosis and income transfer programs among Indigenous peoples in an endemic territory
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20220216
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEGeospatialization of tuberculosis and income transfer programs among Indigenous peoples in an endemic territory
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20220216
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0216
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Objective:
To analyze the spatial pattern of tuberculosis in Indigenous peoples from the State of Pará and its correlation with income transfer.
Methods:
Ecological study, with 340 cases reported in Indigenous peoples in the State of Pará, Brazil, in the period 2016-2020. The study performed a descriptive analysis and calculation of incidence rates with smoothing by the local empirical Bayesian method. The Global Moran index assessed the autocorrelation of the rates with income transfer data, p<0,05.
Results:
The Marajó and metropolitan mesoregions of Belém had the highest tuberculosis rates, and a reduced number of people benefited from income transfer (high-low correlation). The study identified high rates, and a significant number of people benefited from financial aid (high correlation high), I=0.399, p=0.027 in the Southwest.
Conclusions:
The spatial autocorrelation between tuberculosis and access to income transfer programs constitutes a relevant subsidy for the formulation of social protection policies and may impact the disease control actions in Indigenous territories, valuing the epidemiological heterogeneity identified in the mesoregions.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE11-13-2023
Vulnerability to physical inactivity: evidence of content validity and response processes
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20220563
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEVulnerability to physical inactivity: evidence of content validity and response processes
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20220563
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0563
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Objective:
To analyze content validity evidence and response processes of a bank of items for measuring vulnerability to physical inactivity in adults.
Method:
Methodological study, with 13 specialists and 46 representatives of the target population. The Content Validity Index (CVI) and binomial test were calculated; data obtained through validity based on response processes were collected through interviews.
Results:
Of the 105 constructed items, 16 were excluded (CVI<0.78); 89 items showed agreement <80% in the psychometric criteria, being modified. Of the 101 items that remained (CVI>0.78), 34 were changed and 4 were deleted after evaluating the evidence of response processes. In the end, 97 items remained, with a global CVI of 0.92, organized into two dimensions: Subject (CVI=0.91) and Social (CVI=0.94).
Conclusion:
The items presented adequate parameters and evidence of validity; and can subsidize the construction of instruments that consider the subject’s and social vulnerability in understanding physical inactivity.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-08-2023
The relationship between level of knowledge and vaginal discharge prevention behavior for nursing student
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20220602
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEThe relationship between level of knowledge and vaginal discharge prevention behavior for nursing student
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20220602
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0602
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Objective:
Reproductive health in adolescent girls is very important. To determine the relationship between the level of knowledge and the behavior of preventing vaginal discharge among nursing students.
Methods:
a quantitative, cross-sectional study, with 155 first-year female students at a private faculty of nursing. Data were collected from February to March 2022, using an electronic questionnaire.
Results:
98.1% of participants have a good level of knowledge and 92.3% of participants practice good vaginal discharge prevention behavior.
Conclusion:
good knowledge produces appropriate prevention behavior. The result of this study can be used as a contribution of thoughts and references as a more in-depth study of the factors that influence the level of knowledge and behavior about the disease of the genitalia and the dangers of pathological vaginal discharge.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE11-13-2023
Access of people with pulmonary tuberculosis to government programs: Primary Care professionals’ perceptions
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20220716
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEAccess of people with pulmonary tuberculosis to government programs: Primary Care professionals’ perceptions
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20220716
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0716
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Objective:
to analyze Primary Health Care professionals’ perceptions about the access of people with pulmonary tuberculosis to government social support and income transfer programs.
Methods:
multicenter/qualitative study, carried out in Family Health Units in four Brazilian capitals: Belém/Pará, Campo Grande/Mato Grosso do Sul, Recife/Pernambuco and Rio de Janeiro/Rio de Janeiro. Fifty-eight professionals participated (social workers, dentists, nurses, pharmacists, physicians and nursing technicians), who provided assistance to people with pulmonary tuberculosis. Individual interviews were conducted, and the content analysis technique was used.
Results:
among the participants, 45/77.6% were women and 33/56.9% were between 25 and 40 years old. Two thematic categories were organized, demonstrating the perceptions about the possibilities of access to government programs by people with pulmonary tuberculosis in vulnerable situations and the obstacles inherent to this context.
Final considerations:
it is necessary to move forward in improving patient access to social programs.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-08-2023
Fear of COVID-19 when experiencing pregnancy or childbirth in the pandemic: what are the associated factors?
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20220755
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEFear of COVID-19 when experiencing pregnancy or childbirth in the pandemic: what are the associated factors?
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20220755
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0755
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Objective:
to identify factors associated with fear of COVID-19 among women who experienced pregnancy or childbirth during the pandemic.
Methods:
a cross-sectional study, nested within a prospective cohort, using an online survey, from August 2021 to February 2022, based on descriptive data analysis.
Results:
of the 431 participants, 52.8% were postpartum women and 20.1% were pregnant women. With regard to fear of COVID-19, a mean score of 20.46 was obtained (moderate fear). The highest fear scores were present in women whose newborns were admitted to hospital in neonatal critical units (p=0.032), and the lowest among those covered by supplementary health (insurance) (p=0.016).
Conclusion:
among pregnant and postpartum women, high fear of COVID-19 translated into the possibility of having newborns admitted to hospital in a critical unit. The importance of supporting actions to support pregnant/postpartum women’s mental health in relation to COVID-19 or other threats that may influence the neonatal outcome stands out.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE11-21-2023
Coping strategies for chronically ill children and adolescents facing the COVID-19 pandemic
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20230045
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLECoping strategies for chronically ill children and adolescents facing the COVID-19 pandemic
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20230045
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0045
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Objective:
to understand the experiences and coping strategies of children and adolescents with chronic illnesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods:
a descriptive study, with a qualitative approach, carried out with six children and adolescents at the reception of an outpatient clinic of a pediatric hospital in the state of Ceará. Data collection took place from April to September 2021, using story-drawing, analyzed in light of Coutinho’s criteria.
Results:
two thematic categories emerged: Situations experienced by children and adolescents in times of COVID-19; Coping strategies for children and adolescents in their chronic illness process during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Final considerations:
understanding the experiences and coping strategies of children and adolescents with chronic illness demonstrated the expression of creative imagination, incorporated by subjective components, which brings to light an approximation with the reality perceived and interpreted in a context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-08-2023
Simulation-based training in Leprosy: development and validation of a scenario for community health workers
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20230114
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLESimulation-based training in Leprosy: development and validation of a scenario for community health workers
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20230114
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0114
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Objectives:
To build and validate a clinical simulation scenario designed to instruct community health workers (CHWs) in active leprosy case detection.
Methods:
Methodological study involving the development of a simulated clinical scenario and content validation by experts. The Content Validity Index (CVI) was used to determine the level of agreement among the judging commitee, and a descriptive analysis of their recommendations was performed.
Results:
A simulated scenario with a simulated participant was developed — a simulation characterized by low complexity, moderate physical/environmental fidelity, moderate to high psychological fidelity, and high conceptual fidelity, lasting 50 minutes and capable of training up to 10 CHWs simultaneously. The scenario was validated by 14 experts, with a CVI exceeding 80% for all components.
Conclusions:
The validated clinical simulation possesses attributes that make it highly reproducible in various national health contexts, thereby contributing to the global “Towards Zero Leprosy” strategy.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-08-2023
Knowledge and practices about health among Quilombola men: contributions to health care
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20230138
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEKnowledge and practices about health among Quilombola men: contributions to health care
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20230138
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0138
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Objective:
to analyze health knowledge and practices among Quilombola men.
Methods:
a qualitative, descriptive study, carried out with 40 men from two Quilombola communities in Santa Izabel do Pará, state of Pará, Brazil. Individual interviews were carried out using a semi-structured script. Text corpus was subjected to analysis with Interface de R pour les Analyses Multidimensionnelles de Textes et de Questionnaires 0.6, alpha 3, through Descending Hierarchical Classification.
Results:
among participants, eight (20.00%) were aged 55 to 59 years. 382 text segments were identified, with 299 (78.27%) being used, generating five lexical classes, which made up two subcorpora. The classes were organized into four thematic axes, covering knowledge about health and practices to prevent and solve health problems.
Final considerations:
men highlighted popular/traditional wisdom permeated by biomedical knowledge, translating their understanding of how to act to remain or become healthy.
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EXPERIENCE REPORT02-25-2022
Production and use of educational technologies in nursing post-graduation
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2022;75(5):e20210510
Abstract
EXPERIENCE REPORTProduction and use of educational technologies in nursing post-graduation
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2022;75(5):e20210510
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2021-0510
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Objective:
To report, under the light of Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences, the experience of students with advanced educational practices, involving the production and use of technologies in the postgraduation nursing course of the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco.
Methods:
Experience report of students from the post-graduation nursing program from the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, about the production of knowledge using educational technology and the application of active methodologies in the teaching-learning process for face-to-face and distance teaching.
Results:
The post-graduate students participated in the educational process in a creative way, both during in-person and distance teaching. They created: domino games, educational videos, parodies, conceptual maps, virtual role-playing, an interactive quiz, among others.
Final considerations:
The experience of the students with the advanced educational practices, including the production and use of technologies in nursing post-graduation showed that the teaching-learning process can be innovative and planned to go beyond traditional methods.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE02-17-2020
Professional who attended childbirth and breastfeeding in the first hour of life
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73(2):e20180448
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEProfessional who attended childbirth and breastfeeding in the first hour of life
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73(2):e20180448
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0448
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Objectives:
To investigate the association between the professionals who attended vaginal delivery and breastfeeding in the first hour of life.
Methods:
This is a cross-sectional study with data from the Nascer no Brasil (Born in Brazil) survey, conducted in the 2011-2012 period. Data from 8,466 puerperae were analyzed using a logistic regression model with a hierarchical approach.
Results:
The proportion of mothers who breastfed at birth was higher in deliveries attended by nurses (70%). A nurse-assisted delivery was 64% more likely to breastfeed in the first hour of life. Other factors associated with the outcome: residing in the North; age less than 35 years; multiparity; prenatal guidance on breastfeeding in the first hour of life; birth at Baby-Friendly Hospital; companion at birth; and female newborn.
Conclusions:
Obstetrician nurse/nurse-assisted delivery was a significant independent factor associated with breastfeeding in the first hour of life, suggesting the importance of strengthening the role of the obstetrician nurse.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE10-25-2022
Prevention of domestic accidents in childhood: knowledge of caregivers at a health care facility
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2022;75(2):e20210006
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEPrevention of domestic accidents in childhood: knowledge of caregivers at a health care facility
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2022;75(2):e20210006
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2021-0006
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Objective:
To analyze caregivers’ knowledge about prevention of domestic accidents in early childhood and its association with education level.
Methods:
This is a cross-sectional study conducted in a Primary Care Unit in Niterói with caregivers (convenience sample) of children under 6 years old. To classify the knowledge, we adopted the Positivity Index; to verify the association between the variable “schooling” and knowledge, the chi square test was used; statistically significant results: p < 0.05.
Results:
A total of 256 caregivers participated; 93.5% showed adequate knowledge. In the individual items, the knowledge (100%) about prevention of accidents with sharp toys, firearms, intoxication by products stood out; and less frequently (64.5%), the knowledge of the information contained in the Child’s Health Booklet. There was no statistically significant association (p = 0.237) between education and knowledge. Conclusion: The caregivers presented knowledge about the prevention of domestic accidents, and this was not associated with the level of education.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE04-03-2020
Nursing work in assisted human reproduction: between technology and humanization
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73(3):e20170919
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ORIGINAL ARTICLENursing work in assisted human reproduction: between technology and humanization
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73(3):e20170919
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0919
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Objectives:
To analyze the social representations of nurses who work with assisted human reproduction about the operation with reproductive biotechnologies.
Methods:
Qualitative approach, supported by the Theory of Social Representations, with sixteen participants. Individual, semi-structured interviews, analyzed through the Alceste software.
Results:
Pragmatic elements related to nurses’ performance from a professional, institutional, and public policy perspective in reproductive biotechnologies emerged, demonstrating the practical dimension of these representations. The characteristics of the professional to act in this area were addressed, showing the lack of information and search for scientificity; precarious perception of the organizational structure of health services; and attributions of nursing care arising from the health care practice in assisted human reproduction.
Final considerations:
Social representation is anchored in the link between technology/medicalization and humanization/reception regarding reproductive biotechnologies. Working in assisted human reproduction involves a new and challenging nursing care, requiring specific and ethical knowledge.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE03-20-2020
Cardiometabolic diseases and active aging – polypharmacy in control
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73(2):e20180324
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLECardiometabolic diseases and active aging – polypharmacy in control
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73(2):e20180324
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0324
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Objectives:
To estimate the prevalence of cardiometabolic diseases and their association with polypharmacy in elderly people at the University of the Third Age (Portuguese acronym: UnATI).
Methods:
A cross-sectional, descriptive, analytical study with 121 elderly patients. The prevalence ratio, Pearson’s Chi-square test and Fisher’s exact test were used as measures of association.
Results:
At the mean age of 68.3, most elderly had at least one cardiometabolic disease (82.6%), of which hypertension was the most prevalent (71.1%), and consumed prescription drugs of continuous use (92.6%). Almost half of the elderly (48.2%) used combinations of drugs, which suggests a high cardiovascular risk. Polypharmacy due to prescription was observed in almost one-third (28.6%) of the sample, associated with the use of antihypertensives (p=0.004), antidiabetics (p=0.000) or lipid-lowering agents (p<0.000).
Conclusions:
Clinical guidelines recommend changes in lifestyle, but increased pharmacotherapy prevails in practice, which increases the risk of adverse events, especially in old age.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE03-09-2020
Actions of nurses toward obesity in primary health care units
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73(2):e20180404
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEActions of nurses toward obesity in primary health care units
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73(2):e20180404
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0404
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Objectives:
To understand the actions of nurses toward obesity in primary health care units.
Methods:
A phenomenological study was carried out with 12 nurses of a city in the state of Minas Gerais. The interviews were organized into categories and analyzed according to the social phenomenology of Alfred Schütz and literature associated with the theme.
Results:
The following categories emerged, expressing the actions of nurses toward obesity prevention and control: “Guidance on healthy lifestyle habits”, “Barriers to the actions of nurses”, and “Focusing specifically on obesity”.
Final considerations:
Considering that guidance on healthy lifestyle habits was mostly carried out during individual and collective activities directed to the general population, regardless of their weight conditions, nurses must reorganize their professional practice in primary health care units by implementing specific actions for users with obesity or at risk of developing it.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE09-29-2022
Incidence of acute radiodermatitis in women with breast cancer undergoing hypofractionated radiotherapy
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2022;75(1):e20210118
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEIncidence of acute radiodermatitis in women with breast cancer undergoing hypofractionated radiotherapy
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2022;75(1):e20210118
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2021-0118
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Objective:
To estimate the incidence and degree of acute radiodermatitis at the end and after the end of treatment in women with breast cancer undergoing hypofractionated radiotherapy.
Methods:
Observational, prospective, and longitudinal study, conducted between March 2019 and January 2020, in a radiotherapy outpatient clinic.
Results:
Thirty-two women participated in the study, among whom, in the last session of hypofractionated radiotherapy, 15 (46.9%) had radiodermatitis, erythema in 13 (40.6%), and wet peeling in 2 (6.3%). In the post-treatment evaluation, 27 (84.4%) had radiodermatitis, erythema in 17 (53.1%), dry peeling in 8 (25%), and wet peeling in 2 (6.3%).
Conclusion:
The general incidence of radiodermatitis after hypofractionated radiotherapy in women with breast cancer was 37.5%, erythema, 12.5%, and dry peeling, 25%. The development of care protocols for the management of radiodermatitis after treatment is of paramount importance.
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REVIEW03-30-2020
Care of the self in the daily living of nurses: an integrative review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73(2):e20180668
Abstract
REVIEWCare of the self in the daily living of nurses: an integrative review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73(2):e20180668
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0668
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Objectives:
to identify if nurses care for themselves and describe such practices.
Methods:
this is an integrative review of the literature published between 2006 and 2018 and indexed in the Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde, Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online and Web of Science databases.
Results:
the sample totaled 20 articles, grouped by content similarity in the thematic categories “limits and possibilities for the care of the self”, “knowledge about practices on the care of the self” and “implications of care of the self in professional practice”.
Final considerations:
the knowledge about techniques on caring for the self allows nurses to develop themselves personally and professionally. We suggest to managers and administrators a redirection of the nursing practice that contemplates the strengthening of the nurse as the manager of care and leader of the team, as well as the inclusion of the concept of care of the self in the curricula of undergraduate and graduate nursing courses.
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