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ORIGINAL ARTICLE07-29-2024
Contribution of informal caregivers to self-care in individuals with heart failure
- Mailson Marques de Sousa
, - Adriana Meira Tiburtino Nepomuceno ,
- Rayana Pereira Feitosa ,
- Lara de Sá Neves Loureiro ,
- Renan Alves Silva , [ … ],
- Simone Helena dos Santos Oliveira
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEContribution of informal caregivers to self-care in individuals with heart failure
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230492
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0492
- Mailson Marques de Sousa ,
- Adriana Meira Tiburtino Nepomuceno ,
- Rayana Pereira Feitosa ,
- Lara de Sá Neves Loureiro ,
- Renan Alves Silva ,
- Maria das Graças Melo Fernandes ,
- Simone Helena dos Santos Oliveira
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Objectives:
to evaluate the contribution of informal caregivers to the self-care of individuals with heart failure.
Methods:
a cross-sectional study was conducted with 87 caregivers from March to October 2022 in the city of João Pessoa/PB. The caregivers’ contribution was assessed using the Caregiver Contribution to Self-Care of Heart Failure Index instrument. Scores ≥ 70 points indicate adequate contribution. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Spearman’s correlation.
Results:
the sample consisted of 81.6% female caregivers. Median scores obtained for the self-care contribution scales were: 63.3 for maintenance; 55.5 for management; and 66.6 for confidence. Caregivers never or rarely recommended monitoring body weight, regular physical exercise, extra use of diuretics, and fluid restriction.
Conclusions:
informal caregivers showed inadequate contribution in the areas of maintenance, management, and confidence in self-care of individuals with heart failure.
- Mailson Marques de Sousa
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE07-29-2024
Mental health of parents of children and adolescents who require special health care
- Eliana Roldão dos Santos Nonose ,
- Rosane Meire Munhak da Silva ,
- Eliane Tatsch Neves ,
- Débora Falleiros de Mello ,
- Adriana Zilly , [ … ],
- Regina Aparecida Garcia de Lima
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEMental health of parents of children and adolescents who require special health care
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230457
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0457
- Eliana Roldão dos Santos Nonose ,
- Rosane Meire Munhak da Silva ,
- Eliane Tatsch Neves ,
- Débora Falleiros de Mello ,
- Adriana Zilly ,
- Aline Cristiane Cavicchioli Okido ,
- Regina Aparecida Garcia de Lima
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Objective:
To identify the manifestations presented by parents of children and adolescents who require special health attention that can impact their mental health.
Methods:
exploratory, qualitative research, based on the concept of vulnerability, with data collection carried out through interviews with 18 parents of children and adolescents with special health care needs, hospitalized in the pediatric ward of a hospital in Paraná, between May/2017 and May/ 2018. Data analyzed by inductive thematic analysis.
Results:
parents experienced situations of vulnerability when providing care at home, with repercussions on their mental health, expressed by manifestations of lack of protection, anxiety and depression.
Final considerations:
It is important that health professionals seek to expand actions to promote care and reduce situations that generate threats, insecurities, concerns and damage to the health of parents, which can impact and further weaken care for children and adolescents who need attention especially health.
- Eliana Roldão dos Santos Nonose
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07-29-2024
Reflections on theoretical framework use in nursing research
- Maria Ribeiro Lacerda ,
- Rudval Souza da Silva ,
- Nadirlene Pereira Gomes ,
- Silvana Regina Rossi Kissula Souza
Abstract
Reflections on theoretical framework use in nursing research
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230486
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2024-0486
- Maria Ribeiro Lacerda ,
- Rudval Souza da Silva ,
- Nadirlene Pereira Gomes ,
- Silvana Regina Rossi Kissula Souza
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Objectives:
to reflect on theoretical framework use in nursing research.
Methods:
a theoretical-reflexive study, based on concepts and constructs pertinent to using nursing theories and other sciences, considering issues of epistemology or philosophy of science.
Results:
we presented what it is and why to do nursing research and what a theoretical framework is and why to use it, in addition to some considerations regarding theoretical framework use in nursing research, essential for constructing disciplinary knowledge, which enables the materialization of researchers’ work and the presentation of propositions resulting from investigations in and for nursing as a discipline and science.
Final Considerations:
based on a reflection based on epistemological conceptions, it is possible to affirm that a theoretical framework is the core of researchers’ thinking, delimiting a problem to be investigated and, based on it, outlining methodological strategies to be followed, supporting nursing action and thinking as discipline and science.
- Maria Ribeiro Lacerda
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REVIEW07-29-2024
Nursing diagnoses for people hospitalized with heart failure: an integrative review
- Ana Paula Dias de Oliveira ,
- Lucas Garcia Lima ,
- Vinicius Batista Santos ,
- Larissa Maiara da Silva Alves Souza ,
- Juliana de Lima Lopes , [ … ],
- Alba Lucia Bottura Leite de Barros
Abstract
REVIEWNursing diagnoses for people hospitalized with heart failure: an integrative review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230471
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0471
- Ana Paula Dias de Oliveira ,
- Lucas Garcia Lima ,
- Vinicius Batista Santos ,
- Larissa Maiara da Silva Alves Souza ,
- Juliana de Lima Lopes ,
- Alba Lucia Bottura Leite de Barros
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Objectives:
to identify in the literature the main nursing diagnoses according to the NANDA-I diagnostic classification for people hospitalized with heart failure.
Methods:
an integrative literature review, carried out in February 2019 and updated in July 2023, in the MEDLINE via PubMed, LILACS, SciELO and CINAHL databases. Given the use of acronym PEO, studies without a time cut in Portuguese, English and Spanish were included. Descriptive analysis was carried out to present the identified information.
Results:
analysis of 27 articles identified 24 nursing diagnoses, with emphasis on Decreased Cardiac Output, Excessive Fluid Volume, Decreased Activity Tolerance and Fatigue.
Final Considerations:
evidence can contribute to better diagnostic decisions centered on people with heart failure in search of more assertive health results and have the potential to support future studies on a possible syndromic pattern in this population.
- Ana Paula Dias de Oliveira
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE07-29-2024
Disrupted mother-fetus dyad risk in high-risk pregnancies: a Middle-Range Theory
- Ryanne Carolynne Marques Gomes Mendes ,
- Gabrielle Pessôa da Silva ,
- Jaqueline Galdino Albuquerque Perrelli ,
- Cleide Maria Pontes ,
- Lívia Maia Pascoal , [ … ],
- Francisca Márcia Pereira Linhares
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEDisrupted mother-fetus dyad risk in high-risk pregnancies: a Middle-Range Theory
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230464
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0464
- Ryanne Carolynne Marques Gomes Mendes ,
- Gabrielle Pessôa da Silva ,
- Jaqueline Galdino Albuquerque Perrelli ,
- Cleide Maria Pontes ,
- Lívia Maia Pascoal ,
- Ana Luisa Brandão de Carvalho Lira ,
- Marcos Venícios de Oliveira Lopes ,
- Suzana de Oliveira Mangueira ,
- Francisca Márcia Pereira Linhares
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Objectives:
to develop and evaluate a Middle-Range Theory for the nursing diagnosis “Disrupted Mother-Fetus Dyad Risk” in high-risk pregnancies.
Methods:
this methodological study was conducted in two stages: theory development and evaluation. Dorothea Orem’s General Nursing Model was used as the theoretical-conceptual foundation. Evaluation was conducted using the Delphi method with seven judges, and consensus was achieved when the Content Validity Index of the evaluated items was ≥ 0.80.
Results:
the theory identified 20 elements of the nursing diagnosis “Disrupted Mother-Fetus Dyad Risk” (10 risk factors, 4 at-risk populations, and 6 associated conditions), 14 propositions, and 1 pictogram. After two rounds of evaluation, the theory was considered consistent, with consensus reached for all items, each achieving a Content Validity Index ≥ 0.80.
Conclusions:
the Middle-Range Theory included biopsychosocial factors explaining the nursing phenomenon “Disrupted Mother-Fetus Dyad Risk,” which aids in nurses’ diagnostic reasoning.
- Ryanne Carolynne Marques Gomes Mendes
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE07-29-2024
Family refusal of skin donation for transplantation: trends and associated factors
- Karoline de Oliveira Lins Souto ,
- Rafael Rodrigo da Silva Pimentel ,
- Ágata Nunes Brito ,
- Edvaldo Leal de Moraes ,
- Marcelo José dos Santos
Abstract
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
- Karoline de Oliveira Lins Souto ,
- Rafael Rodrigo da Silva Pimentel ,
- Ágata Nunes Brito ,
- Edvaldo Leal de Moraes ,
- Marcelo José dos Santos
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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.
- Karoline de Oliveira Lins Souto
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE07-29-2024
Primary Health Care in transitional care of people with stroke
- Adriana Bitencourt Magagnin ,
- Kenia Lara da Silva ,
- Giane Zupellari dos Santos Melo ,
- Ivonete Teresinha Schulter Buss Heidemann
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEPrimary Health Care in transitional care of people with stroke
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230468
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2024-0468
- Adriana Bitencourt Magagnin ,
- Kenia Lara da Silva ,
- Giane Zupellari dos Santos Melo ,
- Ivonete Teresinha Schulter Buss Heidemann
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Objectives:
to understand the role of Primary Health Care teams in caring for people with stroke after hospital discharge.
Methods:
single case study, with integrated units of analysis, with a qualitative approach. Data triangulation occurred through interviews with professionals and family caregivers involved in transition of care, in addition to direct observations in rounds and document analysis. For the analyses, the analytical strategies of theoretical propositions and construction of explanations were used, with the help of ATLAS.ti®.
Results:
the importance of counter-referral, the role of community health workers and the multidisciplinary team, health promotion, secondary prevention, home visits as a visceral attribute and nurses as care managers are evident.
Final Considerations:
the high demand on teams and the Social Determinants of Health interfere with adequate continuity of care. Transitional care programs that enable continuity of care are recommended.
- Adriana Bitencourt Magagnin
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE07-29-2024
Completeness of variables in Hospital-Based Cancer Registries for prostatic malignant neoplasm
- Wesley Rocha Grippa ,
- Raphael Manhães Pessanha ,
- Larissa Soares Dell’Antonio ,
- Cristiano Soares da Silva Dell’Antonio ,
- Luciane Bresciani Salaroli , [ … ],
- Luís Carlos Lopes-Júnior
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLECompleteness of variables in Hospital-Based Cancer Registries for prostatic malignant neoplasm
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230467
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0467
- Wesley Rocha Grippa ,
- Raphael Manhães Pessanha ,
- Larissa Soares Dell’Antonio ,
- Cristiano Soares da Silva Dell’Antonio ,
- Luciane Bresciani Salaroli ,
- Luís Carlos Lopes-Júnior
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Objectives:
to analyze the completeness of variables from Hospital-Based Cancer Registries of cases of prostate neoplasm in the Oncology Care Network of a Brazilian state between 2000 and 2020.
Methods:
an ecological time series study, based on secondary data on prostate cancer Hospital-Based Cancer Registries prostate. Data incompleteness was classified as excellent (<5%), good (between 5%-10%), fair (10%-20%), poor (20%-50%) and very poor (>50%), according to the percentage of lack of information.
Results:
there were 13,519 cases of prostate cancer in the Hospital-Based Cancer Registries analyzed. The variables “family history of cancer” (p<0.001), “alcoholism” (p<0.001), “smoking” (p<0.001), “TNM staging” (p<0.001) had a decreasing trend, while “clinical start of treatment” (p<0.001), “origin” (p=0.008) and “occupation” (p<0.001) indicated an increasing trend.
Conclusions:
most Hospital-Based Cancer Registries variables showed excellent completeness, but important variables had high percentages of incompleteness, such as TNM and clinical staging, in addition to alcoholism and smoking.
- Wesley Rocha Grippa
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE10-21-2019
Burnout assessment in nurses from a general emergency service
- Daniela Filipa Rocha Nobre ,
- Isabel Cristina Mascarenhas Rabiais ,
- Patrícia Cruz Pontífice Sousa Valente Ribeiro ,
- Paulo Rosário Carvalho Seabra
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEBurnout assessment in nurses from a general emergency service
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2019;72(6):1457-1463
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0870
- Daniela Filipa Rocha Nobre ,
- Isabel Cristina Mascarenhas Rabiais ,
- Patrícia Cruz Pontífice Sousa Valente Ribeiro ,
- Paulo Rosário Carvalho Seabra
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Objective:
To assess the level of Burnout among nurses in a general emergency department.
Method:
Quantitative, descriptive, correlational and cross-sectional study. 32 nurses from a general adult emergency department answered a questionnaire to evaluate Burnout. (Copenhagen Burnout Inventory).
Result:
It was verified that 59.4% of the nurses presented total Burnout. Work-related burnout was the subscale with the highest average score. It was found that the lower the age and the longer the time working in the institution, the higher the level of Burnout. Longer professional experience was related to lower levels of Burnout. There were also higher scores of Burnout among participants who thought about changing their profession, their institution or their service.
Conclusion:
The prevalence of Burnout is high. Professional Burnout was the most critical subscale. Age and the current work are the subscales that most influence perceived Burnout
- Daniela Filipa Rocha Nobre
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REFLECTION03-05-2021
The nurse’s work in the context of COVID-19 pandemic
- Valéria Gomes Fernandes da Silva ,
- Bruno Neves da Silva ,
- Érika Simone Galvão Pinto ,
- Rejane Maria Paiva de Menezes
Abstract
REFLECTIONThe nurse’s work in the context of COVID-19 pandemic
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74:e20200594
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0594
- Valéria Gomes Fernandes da Silva ,
- Bruno Neves da Silva ,
- Érika Simone Galvão Pinto ,
- Rejane Maria Paiva de Menezes
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Objective:
Reflect on the work experienced by the nurse in coping with the COVID-19 pandemic in a public hospital of the State of Rio Grande do Norte.
Methods:
Reflective essay based in the professional experience in a public reference hospital for the care of patients affected by COVID-19 in the State of Rio Grande do Norte. Results were organized in two empirical categories, which emphasize potentialities and barriers in the nurse’s work in the face of the COVID-19, presented by means of Ishikawa diagram.
Results:
Two categories emerged from the experiences: Nursing leadership in organizing health services to face COVID-19; and the performance of nursing care management in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Final considerations:
It is necessary to value the nurse’s work in all its attributes, as well as strengthen the interdisciplinary work processes, which collaborate to overcome the crisis caused by the pandemic.
- Valéria Gomes Fernandes da Silva
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE07-10-2020
Nursing appeals on social media in times of coronavirus
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73:e20200225
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLENursing appeals on social media in times of coronavirus
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73:e20200225
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0225
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Objective:
to know and analyze the nursing appeals on social media during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Method:
it is a documentary, qualitative, descriptive, and exploratory research with data collected in publications in two social media. Two hundred ninety-five publications of nursing professionals published on Twitter and Instagram between March 11 and 20, 2020 were submitted to content analysis using ATLAS.ti resources.
Results:
four thematic categories emerged: #stayathome, #whereismyPPE, #nowweareheroes, #nothingnewinthefrontline, according to frequency of communications. The appeals show a relationship with the social relevance of nursing professional work and with the conditions required for its exercise.
Final considerations:
old and new challenges of the profession were placed on the agenda in social media, especially related to the workforce and instruments of labor. These speeches can serve as a foundation for policies to improve working conditions and promote appreciation of the profession.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE06-09-2020
Stress of nursing professionals working in pre-hospital care
- Ana Elizabeth Lopes de Carvalho ,
- Iracema da Silva Frazão ,
- Darine Marie Rodrigues da Silva ,
- Maria Sandra Andrade ,
- Selene Cordeiro Vasconcelos , [ … ],
- Jael Maria de Aquino
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEStress of nursing professionals working in pre-hospital care
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73(2):e20180660
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0660
- Ana Elizabeth Lopes de Carvalho ,
- Iracema da Silva Frazão ,
- Darine Marie Rodrigues da Silva ,
- Maria Sandra Andrade ,
- Selene Cordeiro Vasconcelos ,
- Jael Maria de Aquino
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Objectives:
To analyze the factors related to the occupational stress of a Mobile Emergency Care Service (Samu) nursing team.
Methods:
This is a descriptive study, with a quantitative approach, performed with nursing professionals from Samu service of a city of Pernambuco. A sociodemographic questionnaire and the Lipp’s Stress Symptom Inventory were used.
Results:
The participants presenting stress (24.6%) were classified in the phases: resistance (19.7%), exhaustion (4.4%) and near exhaustion (0.5%). It was also observed an association of stress level with the following factors: gender, sleep quality, professional autonomy restriction, emotional exhaustion with work performed and work in inadequate or unhealthy physical facilities.
Conclusions:
Although showing low occurrence of stress, this study pointed out the profile that presents the highest risk of developing occupational stress, through the factors significantly associated with stress in the studied population.
- Ana Elizabeth Lopes de Carvalho
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE08-19-2019
Mobile application for the teaching of the International Classification for Nursing Practice
- Nikaelly Pinheiro Mota ,
- Claudenisa Mara de Araújo Vieira ,
- Maria Naiane Rolim Nascimento ,
- Adriana Moraes Bezerra ,
- Glauberto da Silva Quirino , [ … ],
- Nuno Damácio de Carvalho Félix
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEMobile application for the teaching of the International Classification for Nursing Practice
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2019;72(4):1020-1027
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0751
- Nikaelly Pinheiro Mota ,
- Claudenisa Mara de Araújo Vieira ,
- Maria Naiane Rolim Nascimento ,
- Adriana Moraes Bezerra ,
- Glauberto da Silva Quirino ,
- Nuno Damácio de Carvalho Félix
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Objective:
Developing a mobile application for the teaching of the International Classification for Nursing Practice.
Methods:
Methodological applied research for technological production, performed in three phases of the contextualized instructional design model: analysis, design and development.
Results:
The application has an initial screen, which provides information about the team and its purpose. Then, four moblets are listed, including presentation, user’s guide consisting of five modules, educational games and five clinical cases. The references on which the application was based are also presented.
Final considerations:
It was possible to develop an application with the potential to promote the knowledge of nursing students and professionals about this classification system.
- Nikaelly Pinheiro Mota
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REFLECTION06-29-2020
Children’s (in)visibility in social vulnerability and the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Marialda Moreira Christoffel ,
- Ana Leticia Monteiro Gomes ,
- Tania Vignuda de Souza ,
- Lia Leão Ciuffo
Abstract
REFLECTIONChildren’s (in)visibility in social vulnerability and the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73:e20200302
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0302
- Marialda Moreira Christoffel ,
- Ana Leticia Monteiro Gomes ,
- Tania Vignuda de Souza ,
- Lia Leão Ciuffo
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Objective:
To examine the impact of the infection by the novel coronavirus on Brazilian children in situation of social vulnerability based on the Millennium Sustainable Development Goals.
Method:
Reflective study based on discursive formulation in three aspects: principles of the objectives and goals for the millennium sustainable development; impact of the pandemic on the health of children and their families living in social vulnerability; and the role of pediatric nursing in the care provided – limits and challenges.
Results:
In January 2020, the news of COVID 19 is released as a pandemic. In Brazil, children and families are still without access to basic rights, thereby increasing their risks of social vulnerability because of the quarantine. The nursing field has an important role in monitoring children and their families, offering guidance in search for solutions and preventing contamination.
Conclusion:
There are still challenges to be overcome by the children and their families in situations of vulnerability against COVID-19.
- Marialda Moreira Christoffel
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE08-18-2021
Effects of floral therapy on labor and birth: a randomized clinical trial
- Sonia Regina Godinho de Lara ,
- Maria Cristina Gabrielloni ,
- Mônica Bimbatti Nogueira Cesar ,
- Márcia Barbieri
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEEffects of floral therapy on labor and birth: a randomized clinical trial
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74:e20210079
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2021-0079
- Sonia Regina Godinho de Lara ,
- Maria Cristina Gabrielloni ,
- Mônica Bimbatti Nogueira Cesar ,
- Márcia Barbieri
Views0INTRODUCTIONThe Policy of Comprehensive Attention to Women’s Health focuses on improving obstetric care. One of the points observed in the Program of Comprehensive Attention to Women’s Health is the monitoring of pacts to reduce the rate of cesarean sections in hospitals of the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS – Sistema Único de Saúde), rescuing the […]See more
- Sonia Regina Godinho de Lara
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE06-27-2019
Health literacy of adults with and without arterial hypertension
- Fernanda Moura Borges ,
- Ana Roberta Vilarouca da Silva ,
- Luisa Helena de Oliveira Lima ,
- Paulo César de Almeida ,
- Neiva Francenely Cunha Vieira , [ … ],
- Ana Larissa Gomes Machado
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEHealth literacy of adults with and without arterial hypertension
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2019;72(3):646-653
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0366
- Fernanda Moura Borges ,
- Ana Roberta Vilarouca da Silva ,
- Luisa Helena de Oliveira Lima ,
- Paulo César de Almeida ,
- Neiva Francenely Cunha Vieira ,
- Ana Larissa Gomes Machado
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Objective:
Assess the level of health literacy of adults, with and without hypertension, treated in three basic health units (UBS) in Picos, Piauí.
Methods:
Cross-sectional study conducted with 357 adults. Data were collected using a questionnaire with sociodemographic variables, and literacy was assessed by the Test of Functional Literacy in Adults. Descriptive analysis was performed followed by the association between literacy and exposure variables with Pearson’s chi-squared (X2) test and Mann-Whitney U test.
Results:
Inadequate or marginal health literacy was found in three units investigated (71.5%; 77.8% and 85.2%);. Age and the years of schooling were factors associated with inadequate literacy in adults with hypertension (p<0.0001).
Conclusion:
Inadequate literacy was found in more than 70% of the hypertensive patients investigated. This finding reinforces the need to improve the self-care skills of hypertensive patients, especially the older ones and those with few years of schooling.
- Fernanda Moura Borges
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