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ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-16-2024
Health literacy development of Primary Health Care patients: qualitative research
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(6):e20240154
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEHealth literacy development of Primary Health Care patients: qualitative research
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(6):e20240154
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2024-0154
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Objectives:
to identify the process of health literacy development among primary care patients, relating it to their self-care practices.
Methods:
qualitative, prospective research with 22 patients from two Family Health Strategy units. Data were obtained through individual semi-structured interviews, examined through descriptive statistics and thematic content analysis.
Results:
the results discuss how participants learn about health and how this resonates in their behaviors, culminating in two thematic categories: “Health knowledge construction”; and “Dialogue between health knowledge construction and patient care actions”.
Final Considerations:
health knowledge is developed mainly through interpersonal relationships, mediated by health professionals through bonding and communication. Community educational actions and training of health professionals in communication can promote health literacy and self-care among patients.
Keywords:Chronic DiseaseHealth LiteracyPrimary Health CareQualitative ResearchWorld Health OrganizationSee more -
ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-16-2024
Analysis of omission of antimicrobial doses in Intensive Care Units
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(6):e20240102
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEAnalysis of omission of antimicrobial doses in Intensive Care Units
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(6):e20240102
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2024-0102
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Objectives:
to analyze the rate of antimicrobial dose omission in intensive care units.
Methods:
cross-sectional study carried out between March 1 and September 30, 2023, in intensive care units of a University Hospital in Rio de Janeiro.
Results:
the sample consisted of 452 prescriptions and 1467 antimicrobial doses. The dose omission rate was 4.29%. Each antimicrobial prescribed increased the chance of omission by 51%. The strategy of double-checking prescriptions helped prevent 30% of antimicrobial dose omissions (p=0.0001).
Conclusions:
monitoring the omission of antimicrobial doses can guide nursing actions to improve quality and patient safety, contributing to the prevention of medication errors, antimicrobial stewardship and the fight against antimicrobial resistance.
Keywords:Anti-Infective AgentsAntimicrobial StewardshipIntensive Care UnitsMedication errorsPatient SafetySee more -
REVIEW12-16-2024
Recommendations for guidelines for promoting mental health in the workplace: an umbrella review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(6):e20240086
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REVIEWRecommendations for guidelines for promoting mental health in the workplace: an umbrella review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(6):e20240086
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2024-0086
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Objectives:
to summarize the recommendations of guidelines for promoting mental health in the workplace.
Methods:
an umbrella review, according to Joanna Briggs Institute and Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses methodological assumptions. Data collection was carried out in January 2021 and updated in July 2023 in the American Psychological Association, Cochrane Library, EMBASE, National Library of Medicine, and Scopus databases. Systematic reviews that assessed guidelines with recommendations for mental health care for workers were included. PROSPERO registration CRD42023461845.
Results:
four systematic reviews published between 2015 and 2018 were identified. The abstracts highlighted actions that facilitate and inhibit the recommendations as well as three categories of intervention: primary prevention – worker protection; secondary prevention – promoting workers’ mental health; and tertiary prevention – supporting, monitoring and rehabilitating workers upon returning to work.
Conclusions:
the interventions are based on prevention, promotion and early recognition, support and rehabilitation of mental health problems.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-16-2024
Psychometric analysis of ProQOL-BR in nursing: building hospital safety and protection
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(6):e20240085
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEPsychometric analysis of ProQOL-BR in nursing: building hospital safety and protection
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(6):e20240085
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2024-0085
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Objectives:
to analyze the psychometric properties of the ProQOL-BR instrument in hospital nursing professionals.
Methods:
a methodological study to validate the ProQOL-BR. Confirmatory factor analysis, assessment of local and global adjustment quality, Pearson hypothesis testing and Cronbach’s alpha internal consistency analysis were used.
Results:
a total of 490 professionals participated. The model presents adequate quality due to factor weights (λ≥ 0.40), acceptable overall fit quality and adequate chi-square ratio and degrees of freedom (χ2/g.1=2.51) for the parameters of CFI (0.923), GFI (0.902), TLI (0.914) and RMSEA (0.042). In terms of validity, it was shown to be adequate with CC=0.89. The internal consistency obtained by standardized Cronbach’s alpha was 0.761. Criterion validity was shown to be favorable with significant correlations (0.001).
Conclusions:
the instrument was validated regarding content, criteria and reliability. Three questions were removed from the original instrument, ProQOL-BR, leaving the final instrument with 25 questions.
Keywords:BurnoutHealth Status IndicatorsNursing StaffQuality of Professional LifeValidation Studies as TopicSee more -
GerenciaDOR™: development of digital technology by nurses for the assessment of patients with chronic pain
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(6):e20240050
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GerenciaDOR™: development of digital technology by nurses for the assessment of patients with chronic pain
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(6):e20240050
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2024-0050
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Objectives:
to develop a digital technological solution (prototype) for assessing patients with chronic pain.
Methods:
this is a methodological and technological development study based on the Human-Centered Design framework and the principles of Patient-Centered Care. The prototype guides patients through a body diagram and directs them to an evaluation using specific instruments that address the multidimensional aspects of chronic pain.
Results:
the GerenciaDOR* project enables navigation through the Web App screens, providing access to pain assessment features up to the presentation of results.
Final Considerations:
the study describes a systematic approach to pain assessment and expands nurses’ knowledge in pain management. Additionally, it can promote the development of other digital technologies for chronic pain assessment and contribute to a multidisciplinary, patient centered treatment.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-16-2024
Respectful care for postpartum women with sickle cell disease: a netnographic study
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(6):e20230545
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ORIGINAL ARTICLERespectful care for postpartum women with sickle cell disease: a netnographic study
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(6):e20230545
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0545
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Objectives:
to analyze principles of respectful maternity care in narratives of postpartum women with sickle cell disease, relating them to Sustainable Development Goals.
Methods:
netnographic study, with two videos published in 2020. Deductive iconographic and thematic analysis by Respectful Maternity Care Charter, organized in MAXQDA.
Results:
principles identified were the right to: freedom from harm and ill-treatment; information, informed consent, refusal of medical procedures, and respect for their choices and preferences including companion; be considered a person from birth, with dignified and respectful treatment; health at the highest possible level; newborns being with their parents or guardians. The Sustainable Development Goals for women by 2030 were not positively contemplated in postpartum women’s experience.
Final Considerations:
it is appropriate that health workers qualify themselves to provide respectful maternity care, with qualified listening, understanding, and resolution of unique demands of postpartum women with sickle cell disease, seeking equality in care for women.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-16-2024
Construction and validation of an educational game on biosafety in the central sterile supply department
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(6):e20230478
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEConstruction and validation of an educational game on biosafety in the central sterile supply department
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(6):e20230478
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0478
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Objectives:
to construct and validate an educational game on biosafety in the Central Sterile Supply Department of a hospital in Curitiba, PR.
Methods:
the study was conducted using a quantitative approach, employing applied and technological research with an exploratory design. The process was divided into six stages, from the definition of the theme to the validation and application of the game. The study was carried out from May to August 2022, involving 17 nursing professionals from a Central Sterile Supply Department during day and night shifts, as well as 9 judges.
Results:
the study resulted in the construction of a board game named by the authors as “My Health First.”
Conclusions:
the research achieved its objective of constructing and validating an educational game. By reflecting on professional practice and correlating the occupational risks present, the professionals were able to list safe actions, identify problems, and seek solutions.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-16-2024
Training profile of intensive care nurses in Brazil: cross-sectional study
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(6):e20230460
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ORIGINAL ARTICLETraining profile of intensive care nurses in Brazil: cross-sectional study
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(6):e20230460
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0460
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Objectives:
to describe the training profile of Brazilian intensive care nurses.
Methods:
a cross-sectional study carried out in two stages: a structured, self-administered questionnaire; mapping of the national supply of lato sensu postgraduate courses. Data was collected on the sociodemographic profile, training process and characterization of the courses.
Results:
in the first stage, 202 respondents were obtained. The majority were women (79.2%), aged between 26 and 45 (80.7%), graduated less than 5 years ago (44%), through lato sensu postgraduate courses (55.5%), which were marked by the absence of laboratory practice (57.5%) and guided tours (42.5%). In the second stage, 457 courses were identified, with face-to-face teaching (58.9%), a workload of 360 to 420 hours (51.2%), a duration of up to 6 months (41.8%) and variation in the sub-area of training.
Conclusions:
there was a predominance of professionals graduating from lato sensu post-graduate courses, with essentially theoretical teaching and heterogeneity in terms of modality, workload and sub-area of training.
Keywords:Critical Care NursingEducationIntensive Care UnitsNursing EducationNursing, GraduateProfessional PracticeSee more
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE07-29-2024
Evidence of validity of the Risk Self-Medication Questionnaire focused on Health Literacy
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230386
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEEvidence of validity of the Risk Self-Medication Questionnaire focused on Health Literacy
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230386
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0386
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Objectives:
to analyze the validity evidence of the internal structure of the Risk Self-Medication Questionnaire Focused on Health Literacy.
Methods:
a psychometric study with 499 adults. The internal structure was assessed with exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis to prove the adjustment. Internal consistency was measured by composite reliability and McDonald’s omega coefficient (ω).
Results:
the parameters revealed a model of 35 items distributed across four factors, explaining 56% of the total variance, with factor loadings ranging from 0.31 to 0.85 and adequate communalities. Accuracy (0.79
Conclusions:
an instrument was obtained with good evidence of structural validity for measuring self-medication.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE07-29-2024
Nurses’ perspectives on nurses’ work methods
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230374
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ORIGINAL ARTICLENurses’ perspectives on nurses’ work methods
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230374
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0374
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Objectives:
To analyze nurses’ perspectives on nurses’ work methods in the hospital context.
Methods:
A descriptive study with a qualitative approach was conducted in a hospital in northern Portugal, involving 17 nurses. Semi-structured interviews were used for data collection. Data collected between May and June 2023 underwent content analysis, supported by Atlas.ti software.
Results:
Three thematic areas emerged: “Nurses’ work methods in a hospital context,” highlighting the conception and components of work methods and the methods in use; “Implementation of nurses’ work methods,” emphasizing influencing factors and challenges to implementation; and “Impact of nurses’ work methods on patients, nurses, and institutions.”
Final Considerations:
Nurses’ work methods constitute the structure of nursing care. Some factors influence and some challenges arise in the implementation of these methods, producing impacts on patients, nurses, and institutions.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE07-29-2024
Nursing Process for institutionalized older adults: contributions from knowledge awareness workshop
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230349
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ORIGINAL ARTICLENursing Process for institutionalized older adults: contributions from knowledge awareness workshop
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230349
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0349
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Objective:
To analyze the knowledge of professionals working in a Nursing Home about the Nursing Process before and after the awareness workshop.
Methods:
This is strategic action research, developed with nursing professionals and managers of a Nursing Home in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Data were collected between January and June 2023, through semi-structured interviews before and after an awareness workshop. Discursive textual analysis of the data was carried out.
Results:
The central category “Understanding about the Nursing Process in Nursing Homes” emerged, which was unitized into two units of meaning and three categories of analysis.
Conclusion:
Data revealed non-use and lack of knowledge of the Nursing Process before awareness raising. Afterwards, a deeper understanding of the topic and its importance was identified. Awareness-raising workshops contribute to transformation of knowledge.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE07-29-2024
Excessive daytime sleepiness in nursing technicians: association with sleep quality and memory
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230332
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEExcessive daytime sleepiness in nursing technicians: association with sleep quality and memory
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230332
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0332
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Objective:
to investigate excessive daytime sleepiness prevalence among nursing technicians and the association with sleep quality and memory.
Methods:
a cross-sectional, inferential study, carried out in a hospital unit in the state of Goiás between December 2020 and January 2021. Assessments were carried out using the Epworth Sleepiness Scale, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and the Prospective and Retrospective Memory Questionnaire, instruments validated for the Brazilian context. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyzes were performed.
Results:
the sample consisted of 189 nursing technicians with a 40.9% excessive daytime sleepiness prevalence. In multivariate models, excessive daytime sleepiness was not associated with sleep quality, however there was a significant association with overall memory failures.
Conclusions:
study results demonstrate a high excessive daytime sleepiness occurrence, an association with overall memory failures and the need for psychosocial interventions for nursing technicians.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE07-29-2024
Educational technology for multidisciplinary training for managing waiting lists for elective patients
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230299
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEEducational technology for multidisciplinary training for managing waiting lists for elective patients
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230299
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0299
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Objectives:
to construct and assess an educational technology for managing patient waiting lists for multidisciplinary training.
Methods:
study supported by Instructional Design – ADDIE model, whose stages of construction of educational technology were developed in the form of a multi-professional training course. Its respective content assessment was carried out by a committee of experts from 2021 to 2022. The analysis occurred based on the proportion of content adequacy with 95% Confidence Interval.
Results:
seventeen products were created as educational technology learning objects: five storyboards; four videos; three comic books; two pedagogical action plans; a mind map; and a YouTube® playlist. Nine experts assessed content adequacy, which reached 0.89.
Conclusions:
this educational technology contributes to the performance of professionals who manage waiting lists by reducing inequalities, alleviating differences, in addition to promoting equity in care and good health for patients in the Brazilian Health System.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE07-29-2024
Fuzzy Logic: vulnerability of women who have sex with women to sexually transmitted infections
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230271
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEFuzzy Logic: vulnerability of women who have sex with women to sexually transmitted infections
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230271
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0271
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Objective:
To describe the possibility of applying Fuzzy Logic in analyzing the vulnerability of Women Who Have Sex with Women to Sexually Transmitted Infections/HIV/AIDS.
Methods:
We developed a Fuzzy Logic system with 17 input variables and one output variable, using data related to vulnerability in a municipality located in the Midwest region of the State of São Paulo, Brazil.
Results:
The factor with the greatest positive impact was the confirmation that a low understanding of Sexually Transmitted Infections/HIV/AIDS is associated with higher vulnerability. Conversely, the statement “Not disclosing sexual activity to healthcare professionals,” where individuals do not admit to having sex with women, had the least impact.
Conclusions:
Fuzzy Logic facilitates the identification of vulnerability, expressed through the analysis of interaction between variables in each dimension. This makes it a promising method to assist in analyzing the vulnerability of specific populations.
Keywords:Fuzzy LogicHealth VulnerabilityReproductive HealthSexually Transmitted DiseasesWomen Who Have Sex With WomenSee more -
ORIGINAL ARTICLE07-29-2024
University Student Depression Inventory, Brazilian Version, Construct Assessment
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230232
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEUniversity Student Depression Inventory, Brazilian Version, Construct Assessment
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230232
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0232
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Objectives:
to assess the University Student Depression Inventory, Brazilian version (USDI-BR), construct.
Methods:
a methodological study carried out with a snowball probabilistic sample, consisting of 334 undergraduate and graduate students. Confirmatory factor analysis, reliability using McDonald’s omega coefficient and Cronbach’s alpha were performed. Principal component analysis was performed using the varimax rotation and oblimin rotation, using the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin criteria, Bartlett’s test of sphericity and scree plot.
Results:
the USDI-BR presented an internal consistency of items of ω = 0.95 and remained with 30 items, with the addition of 1 factor (Death wish and social withdrawal), totaling 4 factors.
Conclusions:
the USDI-BR has evidence that points to its validity and also its internal consistency, deserving that new studies be carried out to expand the evidence of its psychometric properties.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE07-29-2024
Family refusal of skin donation for transplantation: trends and associated factors
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230209
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEFamily refusal of skin donation for transplantation: trends and associated factors
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230209
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0209
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Objectives:
to analyze the trends and factors associated with family refusal of skin donation for transplantation.
Methods:
this cross-sectional study was conducted in the State of São Paulo, with family authorization terms collected from 2001 to 2020. The variables analyzed included year, age, gender, cause of death, and type of institution. Data were analyzed using linear and multiple logistic regression, with the Odds Ratio estimated at p<0.05 for statistical significance.
Results:
1,355 individuals refused skin donation. The trend of refusals decreased between 2001 and 2009 in the age groups of 0-11 years and 12-19 years, but increased in the group aged ≥60 years. This trend continued to decrease in the 0-11 years group from 2010 to 2020, and increased in the 20-40 years group. Males and the age groups of 20-40 years, 41-59 years, and ≥60 years exhibited 27%, 34%, 47%, and 53% lower chances of refusal, respectively.
Conclusions:
there is an urgent need for measures to mitigate the high number of refusals associated with skin donation.
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Costos de exámenes en un laboratorio clínico hospitalario de Chile
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(2):363-371
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Costos de exámenes en un laboratorio clínico hospitalario de Chile
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(2):363-371
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0688
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Objetivo:
determinar los costos medios totales asociados a la realización de exámenes de laboratorio en un laboratorio clínico hospitalario de Chile.
Método:
estudio retrospectivo con información del período julio 2104 a junio 2015. Se seleccionaron 92 exámenes clasificados en diez grupos según la metodología de análisis. Los costos se estimaron como la suma de costos directos e indirectos de laboratorio y factores indirectos institucionales.
Resultados:
se obtuvieron los valores promedio para los costos según grupo de exámenes (en dólares): 1,79 (química clínica), 10,21 (técnicas de inmunoensayos), 13,27 (coagulación), 26,06 (cromatografía líquida de alta resolución), 21,2 (inmunológicos), 3,85 (gases y electrolitos), 156,48 (citogenéticos), 1,38 (orina), 4,02 (hematológicos automatizados), 4,93 (hematológicos manuales).
Conclusión:
el valor que retorna a las instituciones públicas, o arancel por servicio, que prestan servicios de laboratorio no refleja adecuadamente los verdaderos costos medios totales de producción de exámenes.
Keywords:Arancel por ServicioCostos Directos e IndirectosCostos MediosDiagnósticos y Exámenes de LaboratorioProducción de ExámenesSee more -
Costs of examinations performed in a hospital laboratory in Chile
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(2):363-371
Abstract
Costs of examinations performed in a hospital laboratory in Chile
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(2):363-371
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0688
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Objective:
To determine the total average costs related to laboratory examinations performed in a hospital laboratory in Chile.
Method:
Retrospective study with data from July 2014 to June 2015. 92 examinations classified in ten groups were selected according to the analysis methodology. The costs were estimated as the sum of direct and indirect laboratory costs and indirect institutional factors.
Results:
The average values obtained for the costs according to examination group (in USD) were: 1.79 (clinical chemistry), 10.21 (immunoassay techniques), 13.27 (coagulation), 26.06 (high-performance liquid chromatography), 21.2 (immunological), 3.85 (gases and electrolytes), 156.48 (cytogenetic), 1.38 (urine), 4.02 (automated hematological), 4.93 (manual hematological).
Conclusion:
The value, or service fee, returned to public institutions who perform laboratory services does not adequately reflect the true total average production costs of examinations.
Keywords:Average CostsDiagnoses and Laboratory ExaminationsDirect and Indirect CostsProduction of ExaminationsService FeeSee more -
Accuracy of the defining characteristics in nursing diagnoses of Hyperthermia in newborns
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(2):357-362
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Accuracy of the defining characteristics in nursing diagnoses of Hyperthermia in newborns
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(2):357-362
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0037
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Objective:
to clinically validate the accuracy of the defining characteristics in nursing diagnoses of Hyperthermia in newborns.
Method:
a cross-sectional study conducted in units of medium and high risk in a maternity from the city of Fortaleza-CE. A total of 216 newborns were evaluated to identify the defining characteristics of diagnoses. A latent class model with random effects was used to measure sensitivity and specificity.
Results:
Hyperthermia was present in 5.6% of the sample. The characteristics lack of suction maintenance (31.3%); skin warm to touch (25.5%); lethargy (24.2%); and tachypnea (21.4%) were the most frequent. Stupor presented higher sensitivity (99.9%) and specificity (100%) while vasodilation characteristics, irritability and lethargy only showed significant values for specificity (92.7%, 91.6% and 74.3%, respectively).
Conclusion:
four characteristics of high specificity contribute to Hyperthemia. However, stupor is the only one with significant sensitivity to identify it at its early-stage.
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Non-frail elderly people and their license to drive motor vehicles
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(2):350-356
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Non-frail elderly people and their license to drive motor vehicles
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(2):350-356
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0675
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Objective:
to analyse the link between the non-frailty condition and the results of driving license for elderly people to drive motor vehicles.
Method:
cross-sectional study with data collection in the sample period from August 2015 to March 2016. Study performed with 347 elderlies (≥60 years).
Results:
180 (51.9%) of the participants were classified as non-frail. 48 (26.7%) of them were considered capable to drive, 121 (67.2%) capable to drive with restrictions and 11 (6.1%) temporarily uncapable. No significant relation was found between the non-frailty conditions and the results of the motor vehicles driving license study (p=0.557).
Conclusion:
The absence of physical frailty does not necessarily points out that the elderly are able to drive motor vehicles. Tracking the frailty subsidizes preventive interventions, which seek to interfere positively in the act of driving. This is an unprecedented study in nursing and it highlights an essential field for the performance of gerontological nursing.
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Practice of use of diapers in hospitalized adults and elderly: cross-sectional study
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(2):343-349
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Practice of use of diapers in hospitalized adults and elderly: cross-sectional study
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(2):343-349
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0341
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Objective:
analyze the practice of use of diapers in adults and elderly in hospital.
Method:
observational cross-sectional study, with a sample of 105 participants assigned according to the data collection period, from September 2013 to January 2014, in the surgical clinic wards in a University Hospital.
Results:
it was observed that 38% of the 105 participants of the study did not need the use of diapers. 18% used it because they were disabled and 16% had their cognitive system damaged. As they were hospitalized, it was identified that 51.4% of patients were there ranging from 02 to 10 days, and 60% used diapers for the same period. It is also identified that long term urinary catheter (24.8%), as technology associated to diapers in the urinary control and to pressure ulcers (12.4%), being the main complication.
Conclusion:
the use of diapers did not have specific criteria to be selected. For this, it was proposed an “Evaluation Scale of Diapers Use in Adults”, as for indication as for its monitoring to help the study transposal for the nursing practice.
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Burnout and nursing work environment in public health institutions
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(2):336-342
Abstract
Burnout and nursing work environment in public health institutions
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(2):336-342
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0524
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Objective:
to identify associations between the Burnout domains and the characteristics of the work environment.
Method:
cross-sectional study with 745 nurses from 40 public health institutions in São Paulo. Nursing Work Index-Revised (NWI-R) and Maslach Burnout Inventory were used. Similar institutions according to NWI-R were grouped by clustering and the Anova and Bonferroni tests were used in the comparative analyzes.
Results:
there was significant and moderate correlation between emotional exhaustion and autonomy, control over the environment and organizational support; between reduced personal accomplishment, autonomy and organizational support; and between depersonalization and autonomy. The group that presented the worst conditions in the work environment differed on emotional exhaustion from the group with most favorable traits.
Conclusion:
emotional exhaustion was the trait of Burnout that was more consistently related to the group of institutions with more unfavorable working conditions regarding autonomy, organizational support and control over the environment.
Keywords:Burnout ProfessionalCross-Sectional StudiesHealth Facility EnvironmentHospitals, PublicNursingSee more -
Patients’ knowledge about medication prescription in the emergency service
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(2):329-335
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Patients’ knowledge about medication prescription in the emergency service
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(2):329-335
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0002
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Objective:
To identify which orientations were received by the patient about the medication prescription and which professional performed it; to evaluate the patients’ knowledge about prescription drugs and to correlate it to socioeconomic variables, comorbidities, and the frequency with which the patient seeks emergency service; and to evaluate the knowledge about the medication prescribed after the health care.
Method:
This was a cross-sectional study on 304 patients that received emergency service’s discharge along with medication prescription. Applied instruments: sociodemographic characterization and evaluation of the knowledge about the prescribed medication. We used a descriptive and inferential analysis.
Results:
Most subjects had no doubts about how or for how long to take the medication; and presented questions about adverse reactions and what to do in case of forgetting to take the medication doses. There was a significant association between age; educational level; comorbidity; the frequency of emergency service’s use; and knowledge about medications.
Conclusion:
a total of 48% of the patients declared to need information about adverse effects and what to do if they forget to take the medication.
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Calf circumference: clinical validation for evaluation of muscle mass in the elderly
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(2):322-328
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Calf circumference: clinical validation for evaluation of muscle mass in the elderly
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(2):322-328
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0121
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Objective:
To validate calf circumference as a technology for assessing muscle mass in the elderly.
Method:
Cross-sectional study with 132 elderly people from Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil. Decreased muscle mass was determined by the skeletal muscle mass index (IME) using Dual Energy X-Ray Absortometry (DEXA). The cutoff circumferences (CC) cutoff points to indicate muscle mass decrease were estimated by ROC curve, sensitivity, specificity and accuracy.
Results:
The most accurate cut-off points for detecting decreased muscle mass in the elderly were 34 cm for men (sensitivity: 71.5%, specificity: 77.4%) and 33 cm for women (sensitivity: 80.0%; specificity: 84.6%).
Conclusion:
CC can be used as a measure for early identification of muscle mass decrease in routine evaluations of the elderly in primary care.
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