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ORIGINAL ARTICLE07-19-2024
Validation of an instrument for patient classification to support obstetric nursing care
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(2):e20230401
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEValidation of an instrument for patient classification to support obstetric nursing care
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(2):e20230401
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0401
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Objectives:
to develop and validate an instrument for the classification of pregnant and postpartum women according to the demand for nursing care.
Methods:
a methodological study conducted in three stages: 1) construction of the instrument based on literature review; 2) content validation using the Delphi technique with 12 experts; and 3) Evaluation of the convergent construct validity through the correlation between the scores of the constructed instrument and the Fugulin instrument.
Results:
an instrument with ten indicators of specific care for pregnant and postpartum women was developed. A content validity index higher than 0.9 was obtained, requiring only one round of the Delphi technique. The Spearman coefficient was 0.64 between the instruments, indicating a strong correlation.
Conclusions:
the classification instrument specifically constructed for pregnant and postpartum women showed evidence of content validity and convergent construct validity with a widely used instrument in the national territory.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE07-19-2024
Validation of an instrument for assessing leprosy care in children and adolescents
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(2):e20230344
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEValidation of an instrument for assessing leprosy care in children and adolescents
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(2):e20230344
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0344
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Objectives:
to validate the content of an instrument for assessing leprosy care in individuals under 15 years old in the context of Primary Health Care.
Methods:
methodological study of content validation, based on the evaluation of essential and derived attributes in primary care, in the professional version. For data analysis, the Content Validation Index (CVI ≥ 0.8) and Cronbach’s Alpha were calculated.
Results:
a higher percentage of judges among nurses (61.5%) was observed; with a doctorate (46.2%), and engaged in teaching and research (77%). The overall Content Validation Index of the instrument was 0.98. In the analysis of Cronbach’s Alpha of the instrument, the assigned value was 0.717.
Conclusions:
the instrument represents an advancement in the measurement of health evaluation policies and can significantly contribute to improving the quality of care provided to children and adolescents with leprosy.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE07-19-2024
Validation of the Brazilian Version of the Modified Scale for Delineating Advanced Practice Nursing Roles
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(2):e20230211
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEValidation of the Brazilian Version of the Modified Scale for Delineating Advanced Practice Nursing Roles
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(2):e20230211
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0211
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Objectives:
to validate the Brazilian version of the Modified Scale for Delineating Advanced Practice Nursing Roles.
Methods:
this was a methodological study for the clinical validation of an instrument, conducted with 207 nurses working in primary care. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, Cronbach’s alpha test, and z-test for proportion comparison were used.
Results:
the internal reliability of the scale was 0.944, with alpha greater than 0.80 in most domains, except for Education (0.786). In the exploratory factor analysis, considering the criterion of eigenvalue greater than one, eight factors were identified, explaining 79.38% of the variance. In the comparison of proportions, the adequate responses (≥ 2) in the domain of Comprehensive Direct Care, in both analyzed groups, were statistically equal. This domain had the highest score of adequate responses, followed by Education and Systems Support. Insufficient scoring was observed in the domains of Publication and Professional Leadership.
Conclusions:
the instrument demonstrated stability and reliability to be used in the evaluation of advanced nursing practice.
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REVIEW07-15-2024
Factors associated with Burnout Syndrome in police officers: a scoping review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(2):e20230444
Abstract
REVIEWFactors associated with Burnout Syndrome in police officers: a scoping review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(2):e20230444
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0444
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Objectives:
to synthesize research on factors associated with Burnout Syndrome (BS) in police officers.
Methods:
a scoping review was conducted without temporal or language restrictions. Data were exported to EndNote to remove duplicates and then imported into the Rayyan app for organization, article selection, and data extraction.
Results:
a total of 4559 publications were identified, with 50 studies included in the review. Research conducted in Brazil and the United States predominated. Certain occupational factors were found to be more closely linked to police officers compared to other professions, including law enforcement, frequency of interaction with suspects and criminals, rank, dissatisfaction with the organization, and civilian confrontations.
Conclusions:
certain aspects of the police profession contribute to BS, even in countries with better working conditions in public security. It is recommended to prioritize health promotion initiatives for these professionals.
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07-15-2024
Invisibilidade do trabalho da enfermagem: tecnologia como via de combate
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77:e77suppl0301
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Invisibilidade do trabalho da enfermagem: tecnologia como via de combate
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77:e77suppl0301
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.202477suppl0301pt
Views0Na concepção comum, o trabalho é comumente associado a uma atividade remunerada em uma sociedade mercantil e de direito, refletindo a visão moderna que o limita ao tempo trocado por salário. Essa perspectiva, influenciada pelos princípios da Revolução Industrial, estabelece uma dicotomia entre o trabalho e o tempo fora dele, segmentando a vida em esferas […]See more -
ORIGINAL ARTICLE07-15-2024
Root cause analysis of safety incidents in antineoplastic use in children
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77:e20230139
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ORIGINAL ARTICLERoot cause analysis of safety incidents in antineoplastic use in children
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77:e20230139
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2021-0139
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Objectives:
to identify and analyze the factors that contribute to safety incident occurrence in the processes of prescribing, preparing and dispensing antineoplastic medications in pediatric oncology patients.
Methods:
a quality improvement study focused on oncopediatric pharmaceutical care processes that identified and analyzed incidents between 2019-2020. A multidisciplinary group performed root cause analysis (RCA), identifying main contributing factors.
Results:
in 2019, seven incidents were recorded, 57% of which were prescription-related. In 2020, through active search, 34 incidents were identified, 65% relating to prescription, 29% to preparation and 6% to dispensing. The main contributing factors were interruptions, lack of electronic alert, work overload, training and staff shortages.
Conclusions:
the results showed that adequate recording and application of RCA to identified incidents can provide improvements in the quality of pediatric oncology care, mapping contributing factors and enabling managers to develop an effective action plan to mitigate risks associated with the process.
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07-15-2024
Invisibility of nursing work: technology as a means of combat
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77:e77suppl0301
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Invisibility of nursing work: technology as a means of combat
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77:e77suppl0301
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.202477suppl0301
Views0In the common conception, work is commonly associated with a paid activity in a commercial and legal society, reflecting the modern view that limits it to time exchanged for wage. This perspective, influenced by Industrial Revolution principles, establishes a dichotomy between work and time outside of work, segmenting life into professional and private spheres. However, […]See more -
REVIEW07-15-2024
Risk for imbalanced blood pressure pattern among incarcerated women: Middle-Range Theory
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77:e20230288
Abstract
REVIEWRisk for imbalanced blood pressure pattern among incarcerated women: Middle-Range Theory
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77:e20230288
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0288
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Objectives:
to develop a Middle-Range Theory for the Risk for imbalanced blood pressure pattern among incarcerated women.
Methods:
theoretical development study to obtain the theoretical-causal validity of the Nursing Diagnosis Risk for unstable blood pressure. The Middle-Range Theory was developed according to six stages: establishment of the approach to developing the theory; definition of the conceptual models to be later analyzed; definition of the main conceptions; a pictorial diagram; propositions; causal relationships and evidence for practice.
Results:
two attributes and 20 antecedents related to imbalanced blood pressure were identified, a pictorial diagram was developed, and nine theoretical propositions were presented.
Conclusions:
the theory developed here favors the diagnostic reasoning of nurses and contributes to planning actions to promote the cardiovascular health of incarcerated women. A new proposition for the diagnosis of Risk for unstable blood pressure was also structured with a new title, definition, and etiological factors.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE03-24-2021
Costs of healthcare-associated infections in an Intensive Care Unit
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74(1):e20200275
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ORIGINAL ARTICLECosts of healthcare-associated infections in an Intensive Care Unit
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74(1):e20200275
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0275
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Objectives:
to evaluate hospitalization costs of patients with and without Healthcare-Associated Infections an Intensive Care Unit.
Methods:
a retrospective case-control study. Data collection was retrieved from the medical records of Intensive Care Unit of a medium-sized public hospital in Goiás-Brazil. For each case, two controls were selected. Data on socioeconomic, clinical, and hospital costs were collected. To verify associations between variables, Odds Ratio and linear regression were calculated.
Results:
a total of 21 patients diagnosed with Healthcare-Associated Infections and 42 controls were evaluated. The hospitalization cost for patients with infection was four times higher than for non-infection patients (p-value<0.001). There was an association between infection and higher mortality (p-value <0.001), longer hospital-stay (p-value =0.021), and higher hospital costs (p-value =0.007).
Conclusions:
hospitalization costs of diagnosed Healthcare-Associated Infections patients are high compared to those who do not have this diagnosis.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE03-24-2021
Feelings, experiences and expectations of kidney transplant individuals and challenges for the nurse
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74(1):e20200392
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEFeelings, experiences and expectations of kidney transplant individuals and challenges for the nurse
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74(1):e20200392
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0392
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Objectives:
to identify feelings, experiences, and expectations of kidney transplant patients, generated from the diagnosis of chronic renal disease until the post-transplant period, highlighting the challenges for nurses to incorporate individualized care to cope throughout the disease process.
Methods:
qualitative, descriptive research, carried with seven kidney transplant patients, in the city of Manaus, State of Amazonas. The data analysis followed the methodological referential of Bardin’s content analysis.
Results:
the diagnosis of the disease was experienced negatively, and hemodialysis was described as an imprisonment and health decline. The transplant meant an improvement in quality of life. The main difficulties were lack of a specialized hospital and low immunity.
Conclusions:
the nurses’ approach of chronic renal patient and with the renal transplantation favored the discovery of solutions facing the demands of the disease and allowed greater capacity to implement individualized care, surrounding a relationship of trust and respect.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE06-11-2021
Work at the surgical center: risks of the pathogenic suffering of the nursing team
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74(2):e20190803
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEWork at the surgical center: risks of the pathogenic suffering of the nursing team
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74(2):e20190803
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2019-0803
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Objectives:
to assess the risks of pathogenic suffering related to the experience of nursing workers in the operating room of a university hospital.
Methods:
cross-sectional, quantitative study, carried out from 11/2017 to 01/2018 in a university hospital in the South of Brazil. The sample was composed by 159 nursing workers of the units of a surgical center, that answered to the Scale of Evaluation of Pathogenic Suffering at Work. Data was submitted to statistical analysis.
Results:
the workers present low risk of pathogenic suffering related to the experiences at work, being the results of its factors: Uselessness (1.47±0.761) – low risk; Indignity (2.372±1.035) – medium risk; and Disqualification (1.74±0.903) – low risk.
Conclusions:
the evaluation of Pathogenic Suffering at Work Scale was positive, predominating low risk for pathogenic suffering of surgical center workers related to professional experiences, because they feel useful, valued and are not indignant about their work, feelings that reflect on the quality of care provided.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE05-21-2021
Music in the relief of stress and distress in cancer patients
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74(2):e20190838
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEMusic in the relief of stress and distress in cancer patients
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74(2):e20190838
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2019-0838
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Objectives:
to evaluate the effects of music on the physiological stress and distress of cancer patients being treated in a hospital.
Methods:
quasi-experimental study carried out with cancer patients hospitalized in the nursing wards of a public hospital. There was a single 15-minute intervention using music. It was individual, and headphones were used for patients to listen to three songs chosen by each one. The levels of stress and distress were measured before and after the intervention, using music to analyze the cortisol in the saliva and the answers to the distress thermometer. The significance level of the statistical analysis was 5%, using the non-parametric Wilcoxon test.
Results:
the mean age of the 26 patients was 56 years old. Most were female, white, and had breast cancer. After intervention, there were statistically significant diminutions in both stress and distress — p < 0.001.
Conclusions:
the use of music diminishes the stress and the distress of cancer patients.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE05-21-2021
Orthognathic surgery: doubts from patients with orofacial fissures regarding the immediate postoperative period
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74(2):e20200089
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEOrthognathic surgery: doubts from patients with orofacial fissures regarding the immediate postoperative period
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74(2):e20200089
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0089
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Objectives:
to identify the main doubts regarding the immediate postoperative care of patients with orofacial clefts undergoing orthognathic surgery.
Methods:
cross-sectional, quantitative study, developed in a public and tertiary hospital, between November 2017 and May 2018. Data collection occurred through interviews during the preoperative nursing consultation. An instrument was used to describe doubts, which later were grouped according to the subject.
Results:
48 patients participated. The doubts referred to sun exposure (56%), food/mastication (48%), the relationship between intermaxillary block-breathing-vomiting (48%), oral hygiene (31%), physical activity restriction (27%), nasopharyngeal cannula, removal of surgical stitches, hospitalization time and speech/communication (23%), bleeding, cryotherapy, facial massage, aesthetic and functional results, healing, edema/ecchymosis, postoperative pain, and changes in facial sensitivity (21%).
Conclusions:
the doubts were related to food, the period of convalescence, care for the surgical wound, postoperative complications, and medications.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE05-28-2021
The work of a Brazilian nursing team of collective health in the special indigenous health district
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74(2):e20200116
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEThe work of a Brazilian nursing team of collective health in the special indigenous health district
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74(2):e20200116
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0116
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Objective:
To identify the potential and the limits of the actions of the nursing team in the Primary Health Care for the Health of the Indigenous.
Methods:
This is a quantitative study guided by the Theory of Practical Intervention of Nursing and Collective Health. 230 nursing professionals participated, responding to an instrument about the frequency of the actions carried out in assistance, management, teaching, and research.
Results:
168 nursing technicians and 62 nurses participated. As strengths, 80% participated in the assistance most of the time. Stand out: 90.3% and 71% of nurses carried out nursing consultations and house visits, respectively. As a limitation, the involvement in education and research is small. Only 2% of the interviewees carried out scientific researches, reflecting the need to broaden and qualify care and improve the use of traditional practices, overcoming the biomedical model.
Final considerations:
Nursing assistance is essential in the modification and monitoring of the epidemiological profile of indigenous populations, and its results allow for the planning of quality actions.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE05-28-2021
Managed clinical protocol: impact of implementation on sepsis treatment quality indicators
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74(2):e20200282
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEManaged clinical protocol: impact of implementation on sepsis treatment quality indicators
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74(2):e20200282
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0282
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Objectives:
to assess the impact of the implementation of a managed sepsis protocol on quality indicators of treatment for septic patients in an emergency department of a university hospital.
Methods:
an observational epidemiological study involving septic patients. The study was divided into two phases, pre-intervention and intervention, resulting from the implementation of the managed sepsis protocol. The study variables included sepsis treatment quality indicators. The results were statistically analyzed using the program Epi InfoTM.
Results:
the study sample included 631 patients, 95 from pre-intervention phase and 536 from intervention phases. Implementing the protocol increased patients’ chances of receiving the recommended treatment by 14 times. Implementing the protocol reduced the hospitalization period by 6 days (p <0.001) and decreased mortality (p <0.001).
Conclusions:
this study showed that implementing the managed protocol had an impact on the improvement of sepsis treatment quality indicators.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE06-16-2021
The meaning of nursing 200 years after Nightingale – perceptions of professional practice in the intensivist context
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74(2):e20200364
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEThe meaning of nursing 200 years after Nightingale – perceptions of professional practice in the intensivist context
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74(2):e20200364
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0364
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Objectives:
to know the meaning of contemporary nursing from the experience of intensive care nurses.
Methods:
qualitative research based on the theoretical framework of Symbolic Interactionism and the methodological framework of Interpretive Interactionism. The setting was a general hospital in Bahia, being carried out with 12 nurses working in intensive care for at least one year, through semi-structured interviews and drawing-text-theme technique, whose data were organized according to Miles and Huberman and analyzed upon the referential.
Results:
the sense of being a nurse was evidenced; a being for care, resulting from the experience in intensive care, capable of promoting the development of professional self-image, by causing, in nurses, other skills – besides the scientific ones, such as empathy, creativity, spirituality and compassion.
Final Considerations:
the sense of being a nurse, currently, expresses developments inherited from the Nightingalean proposal, but transcends the technical-managerial emphasis of this to a humanistic care perspective converging with our contemporary professional identity: a being for care.
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REFLECTION02-22-2021
Convergent care research and its qualification as scientific research
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74(1):e20190657
Abstract
REFLECTIONConvergent care research and its qualification as scientific research
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74(1):e20190657
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2019-0657
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Objectives:
to highlight the main attributes of Convergent Care Research that ratify it as a method of scientific research. Methods: it is a theoretical-reflective study on Convergent Care Research’s theoretical-methodological assumptions. Development: Convergent Care Research is compatible with the Social Constructionism paradigm. Convergent Care Research projects have two approaches: practical and conceptual. The Convergent Care Research process corpus contains five phases: conception; instrumentation; scrutiny; analysis and theorizing. Final Considerations: Convergent Care Research rigor encompasses the relationship between research and care practice, and this corresponds to the convergence of these two dimensions. Due to its theoretical foundation and criteria of methodological rigor, Convergent Care Research is aligned with scientific research methods.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE10-21-2019
Consumption of alcohol and drugs and school absenteeism among high school students of public schools
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2019;72(6):1692-1698
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEConsumption of alcohol and drugs and school absenteeism among high school students of public schools
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2019;72(6):1692-1698
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0828
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Objective:
To evaluate the relation between the consumption of alcohol and other drugs and school absenteeism in high school students of public schools in the 30 days prior to data collection.
Method:
Cross-sectional study of quantitative character conducted from May to September 2017, with 282 high school students of public schools of Mossoró-RN. We used a closed questionnaire with questions about drug consumption as our instrument of analysis. We performed hierarchical binary logistic regression by using the SPSS 20.0.
Results:
In bivariate analysis, the relation between absenteeism and drug consumption patterns proved to be significant to those who engage in heavy episodic drinking of alcohol and in the use of tobacco, inhalants and marijuana. The adjusted regression model only included the variables tobacco and heavy episodic drinking of alcohol.
Conclusion:
The hierarchical binary logistic regression analysis corroborated with absenteeism outcomes, explaining it in 12.3% of cases.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE10-21-2019
Caregiver burden and stress in psychiatric hospital admission
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2019;72(6):1699-1706
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ORIGINAL ARTICLECaregiver burden and stress in psychiatric hospital admission
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2019;72(6):1699-1706
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0832
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Objective:
to evaluate the relation between sociodemographics factors, stress and burden of care of family caregivers of patients at a psychiatric hospital admission.
Method:
quantitative study, with a cross-sectional correlation design. A total of 112 family caregivers participated, older than 18, in a Brazilian psychiatric hospital. A sociodemographic questionnaire was used to collect data, the Zarit Burden Interview and LIPP Adult Stress Symptom Inventory.
Results:
burden of care in family caregivers at a psychiatric hospital admission was significantly associated with stress (p=0.000). The psychological symptoms of stress predicted severe burden. Most caregivers presented a moderate or severe burden, with 52.7% in the resistance phase of stress; 66.1% presented psychological symptoms.
Conclusion:
results show the alarming situation of caregivers of patients from a psychiatric hospital, evidencing their own vulnerability to illness. Indeed, the during admission in a psychiatric hospital, not only patients need care, but also their caregivers.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE10-26-2020
Suspected COVID-19 flu-like syndrome in men who have sex with men and have been involved in casual sex
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73:e20200913
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ORIGINAL ARTICLESuspected COVID-19 flu-like syndrome in men who have sex with men and have been involved in casual sex
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73:e20200913
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0913
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Objective:
To evaluate the presence of flu-like syndrome suggestive of COVID-19 in men who have sex with men (MSM) and engaged in casual sex during a period of social isolation.
Method:
National epidemiological survey, applied in April and May 2020, by adaptation of Respondent Drive Sampling.
Results:
1,337 MSM participated in the survey, of which 514 (38.4%) had fever associated with another sign or symptom of flu-like syndrome. Social, demographic characteristics, sexual practices and activities during the period of social isolation were statistically associated with the presence of flu-like syndrome. There was a statistical difference (p < 0.001) in the average of partners between those who had signs and symptoms of flu-like syndrome (3.5) and those who did not (1.7).
Conclusion:
Evidence of signs and symptoms indicative of flu-like syndrome suggestive of COVID 19 in Brazilian MSM who were involved in casual sex during the period of social isolation.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE10-21-2019
Functional independence of elderly patients who fell: a follow-up study
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2019;72(6):1715-1722
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEFunctional independence of elderly patients who fell: a follow-up study
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2019;72(6):1715-1722
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0845
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Objective:
to evaluate, in emergency hospital service and at home, the functional independence of elderly people who fell.
Method:
longitudinal study with 151 elderly. Functional Independence Measure (FIM) was used. Statistical tests were performed with univariate and bivariate analysis.
Results:
mean of total FIM value in the hospital was 70.4; and at home 84.3 (p <0.001). Independence was lower in the motor domain, in “self-care”, “mobility” and “locomotion” dimensions, in the two evaluations (p <0.001). Dependence reduced from 97.3% elderly in the hospital to 82.8% at home (p <0.001). There was a negative correlation between total FIM and age, number of medications, number of diseases and hospitalization time in both evaluations. Femoral and hip fractures were associated with lower total FIM values (p <0.001).
Conclusion:
the elderly had less independence in the hospital compared to at home, with greater impairment in the motor domain and “self-care”, “mobility” and “locomotion” dimensions, in the two moments evaluated.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE07-31-2020
Explanatory models of families of children with type 1 diabetes mellitus
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73:e20180975
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEExplanatory models of families of children with type 1 diabetes mellitus
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73:e20180975
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0975
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Objectives:
to analyze how children with type 1 diabetes mellitus and their families explain the pathology, based on their understanding of the factors related to the discovery of diabetes, the etiology, treatment, and prognosis of the disease.
Methods:
qualitative methodological approach, based on medical anthropology and the narrative method. In-depth interviews were conducted with 12 families of children with type 1 diabetes mellitus attending follow-up consultations at a specialized center. The statements were subjected to inductive thematic analysis.
Results:
the explanatory models identified describe the families search for the clarification of the signs and symptoms that the child had. Faced with the disease, families reorganized themselves to meet new health care needs of children, such as adequate nutrition, physical exercise, and blood glucose monitoring.
Final Considerations:
knowing the explanatory models allows the understanding of how families give meaning to the child’s illness, favoring daily nursing care and an effective control of the disease.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-08-2023
Polypharmacy, potentially inappropriate medications and associated factors among older adults with hypertension in primary care
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20220785
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEPolypharmacy, potentially inappropriate medications and associated factors among older adults with hypertension in primary care
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20220785
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0785
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Objective:
to identify the prevalence and associations of polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate medication use among older adults with hypertension treated in primary care.
Methods:
a cross-sectional study carried out with older adults with hypertension treated at a Family Health Strategy unit. Data collection included analysis of medical records, interviews and multidimensional assessment of older adults. Socio-demographic information and clinical variables were collected. Statistical analysis was performed by multiple logistic regression.
Results:
polypharmacy prevalence was 38.09%, and potentially inappropriate medication (PIM), 28.57%. There was a significant association between polypharmacy and PIM use, altered sleep and ethnicity. PIM use was associated with polypharmacy, worse family functioning, and absence of a caregiver. Cognitive decline reduces the prevalence of these medications.
Conclusions:
polypharmacy and PIM use among older adults with hypertension represent a problem in this population, especially among the most vulnerable.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE10-01-2022
Continuity of care for children with special healthcare needs during the COVID-19 pandemic
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2022;75(2):e20210150
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEContinuity of care for children with special healthcare needs during the COVID-19 pandemic
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2022;75(2):e20210150
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2021-0150
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Objective:
To describe the continuity of care for children with special healthcare needs during the COVID-19 pandemic through the perception of their caregivers in the Northeast of Brazil.
Methods:
Qualitative descriptive-exploratory research carried out between June and September 2020, in a municipality in the Northeast of Brazil. Eleven caregivers participated through semi-structured interviews conducted at home. The data were submitted to thematic content analysis.
Results:
The social isolation period and the suspension of health services affected the continuity of care, configuring the category “Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for the continuity of care”. Caregivers expressed fear of children contracting the coronavirus, characterizing the category “Fears and uncertainties of the COVID-19 pandemic in view of the vulnerability of children with special healthcare needs”.
Final considerations:
Caregivers’ reports revealed problems in the continuity of care for the studied cohort. Therefore, health care practices must be rethought in times of pandemic.
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