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REFLECTION01-01-2018
Health advocacy in nursing: contribution to the reorientation of the Brazilian healthcare model
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71:700-703
Abstract
REFLECTIONHealth advocacy in nursing: contribution to the reorientation of the Brazilian healthcare model
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71:700-703
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0615
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Inequalities are the result of the different positions held by individuals in different social spaces, and are related to the distribution of power and property. Health advocacy is a strategy to reduce such inequalities, especially those considered unfair and unnecessary, aiming to fully promote the right to health. This study aims to discuss the contribution of nursing in the field of health advocacy, which includes the right of everyone to a healthy life as one of the strategies for the reorientation of the Brazilian healthcare model.
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REVIEW01-01-2018
Coping strategies for domestic violence against pregnant female adolescents: integrative review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71:693-699
Abstract
REVIEWCoping strategies for domestic violence against pregnant female adolescents: integrative review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71:693-699
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0682
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Objective:
To investigate and analyze in the scientific literature coping strategies for domestic violence against pregnant female adolescents.
Method:
This is an integrative literature review, conducted from July to August 2017 on LILACS, SciELO and PubMed, using the descriptors and the MeSH terms: confrontation, violence, adolescent, pregnant women, prenatal care.
Result:
The sample comprised 9 articles that were organized and characterized according to year, country of study and coping strategy used. The main forms of coping involved the active search for cases and the primary care approach with all family members.
Conclusion:
Individualized prenatal care, the change in professional training and networking activities were pointed out as important components of the strategies for coping with violence against pregnant adolescents.
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REVIEW01-01-2018
People living on the street from the health point of view
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71:684-692
Abstract
REVIEWPeople living on the street from the health point of view
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71:684-692
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0547
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Objective:
To know the Brazilian scientific production of the last ten years (2007 to 2016) about people who experience street situations under the health gaze.
Method:
Integrative literature review using the descriptors: street people, health policy and public health. We analyzed 21 articles available in the Virtual Health Library.
Results:
Four categories of analysis emerged. There was an increase in the frequency of published work on the subject, showing that the experience of living on the street makes people vulnerable to various diseases and health problems and, in addition, increases the difficulties of access to health services.
Conclusion:
There was an increase in the discussion of this topic due to the increase in the number of published studies. Despite the existence of public health policies directed to this social group, much still needs to be done to guarantee the health of this population.
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RESEARCH01-01-2018
Epidemiological profile of maternal mortality
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71:677-683
Abstract
RESEARCHEpidemiological profile of maternal mortality
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71:677-683
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0624
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Objective:
To know the epidemiological profile of maternal mortality in Juiz de Fora, a city in the state of Minas Gerais. Data collection was carried out from April to December 2016.
Method:
Summary of a confidential investigation of maternal mortality on deaths occurred from January 1st, 2005 to December 31, 2015.
Results:
Eighty-five deaths of women residing in Juiz de Fora were identified and analyzed. The age group was between 20 and 36 years. The women carried out prenatal care (74.1%) with less than six visits (34.0%). Cesarean section was conducted in 38.8% of the childbirths and the obstetric treatment was considered appropriate (32.9%). The first cause of maternal death was hypovolemic shock 12 (14.10%), followed by uterine hypotony 6 (7.0%).
Conclusion:
Cesarean section rates are high and prenatal adherence is lower than that expected, which could justify the number of deaths in the period studied.
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RESEARCH01-01-2018
Permanent education in the vaccination room: what is the reality?
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71:668-676
Abstract
RESEARCHPermanent education in the vaccination room: what is the reality?
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71:668-676
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0560
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Objective:
To understand, from the perspective of the professional, the Permanent Education (PE) in the vaccination room in its real context.
Method:
Multiple holistic-qualitative case studies, based on Maffesoli’s Interpretive Sociology with 56 participants from four microregions of the Western Extended Region of Minas Gerais State.
Results:
They present PE as infrequent and insufficient. They denote that the practical-theoretical experience with vaccine contributes to the work; the search for knowledge, starting from the professional itself; and the professional training fails to perform in the vaccination room.
Final considerations:
The notions of PE are linked to the daily needs of individuals and services, with indication of being interactive, periodic, in specific and non-global issues for better assimilation. Obstacles to the non-implementation of PEH are realized by the workload associated with insufficient human resources, the distance of the nurses from the vaccination room and the lack of support from the higher levels.
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RESEARCH01-01-2018
Work and Leprosy: women in their pains, struggles and toils
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71:660-667
Abstract
RESEARCHWork and Leprosy: women in their pains, struggles and toils
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71:660-667
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0598
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Objective:
To analyze the interference of leprosy in women’s life regarding work and daily life activities.
Method:
Exploratory qualitative study developed from semi-structured interviews and with the use of field diaries. The strategy of the organization of data was a thematic analysis of content and referential of the work process in health and gender.
Results:
The themes presented are: “The leprosy pains”, “Changes with the disease and adaptation at work and activities” and “Being a woman with leprosy”. On them, we present the aspects that changed in women’s life from the leprosy, especially regarding work and daily activities. Beyond physical limitation, there are impacts on social relations and above all on formal work, there may even be dismission.
Final considerations:
In women affected by leprosy, work and daily activities are directly affected; this deepens the social difficulties and requires attention of health professionals.
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RESEARCH01-01-2018
Social networks of patients with chronic skin lesions: nursing care
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71:652-659
Abstract
RESEARCHSocial networks of patients with chronic skin lesions: nursing care
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71:652-659
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0581
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Objective:
To describe the social networks of patients with chronic skin damages.
Method:
A qualitative study conducted through semi-structured interviews with nine subjects with chronic skin lesions from June 2016 to March 2017; we used the theoretical-methodological framework of Lia Sanicola’s Social Network.
Results:
The analysis of the relational maps revealed that the primary network was formed mainly by relatives and neighbors; its characteristics, such as: reduced size, low density and few exchanges/relationships, configures fragility in these links. The secondary network was essentially described by health services, and the nurse was cited as a linker in the therapeutic process.
Final considerations:
Faced with the fragility of the links and social isolation, the primary health care professionals are fundamental foundations for the construction of networks of social support and care for patients with chronic skin lesions.
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RESEARCH01-01-2018
Factors associated with delay in seeking care by tuberculosis patients
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71:646-651
Abstract
RESEARCHFactors associated with delay in seeking care by tuberculosis patients
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71:646-651
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0680
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Objective:
To identify social, clinical and behavioral factors of tuberculosis patients that are associated with delay in the search for primary health care.
Method:
This is a cross-sectional, quantitative study conducted with 56 people on treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis in the city of Natal, in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. The data were collected through a structured instrument. The Chi-square and Fisher tests were applied to test the association between independent and dependent variables (search time). A value of p <0.05 was set as statistically significant.
Results:
No social or clinical variables were statistically associated with patient delays in the search for primary health care. Among the behavioral variables, self-medication and the first health service sought had a statistically significant association with the time for seeking care (p = 0.020, and p = 0.033, respectively).
Conclusion:
Self-medication contributes to the delay in the search for primary health care by tuberculosis patients.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE11-28-2023
Geospatialization of tuberculosis and income transfer programs among Indigenous peoples in an endemic territory
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20220216
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEGeospatialization of tuberculosis and income transfer programs among Indigenous peoples in an endemic territory
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20220216
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0216
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Objective:
To analyze the spatial pattern of tuberculosis in Indigenous peoples from the State of Pará and its correlation with income transfer.
Methods:
Ecological study, with 340 cases reported in Indigenous peoples in the State of Pará, Brazil, in the period 2016-2020. The study performed a descriptive analysis and calculation of incidence rates with smoothing by the local empirical Bayesian method. The Global Moran index assessed the autocorrelation of the rates with income transfer data, p<0,05.
Results:
The Marajó and metropolitan mesoregions of Belém had the highest tuberculosis rates, and a reduced number of people benefited from income transfer (high-low correlation). The study identified high rates, and a significant number of people benefited from financial aid (high correlation high), I=0.399, p=0.027 in the Southwest.
Conclusions:
The spatial autocorrelation between tuberculosis and access to income transfer programs constitutes a relevant subsidy for the formulation of social protection policies and may impact the disease control actions in Indigenous territories, valuing the epidemiological heterogeneity identified in the mesoregions.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE11-13-2023
Vulnerability to physical inactivity: evidence of content validity and response processes
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20220563
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEVulnerability to physical inactivity: evidence of content validity and response processes
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20220563
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0563
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Objective:
To analyze content validity evidence and response processes of a bank of items for measuring vulnerability to physical inactivity in adults.
Method:
Methodological study, with 13 specialists and 46 representatives of the target population. The Content Validity Index (CVI) and binomial test were calculated; data obtained through validity based on response processes were collected through interviews.
Results:
Of the 105 constructed items, 16 were excluded (CVI<0.78); 89 items showed agreement <80% in the psychometric criteria, being modified. Of the 101 items that remained (CVI>0.78), 34 were changed and 4 were deleted after evaluating the evidence of response processes. In the end, 97 items remained, with a global CVI of 0.92, organized into two dimensions: Subject (CVI=0.91) and Social (CVI=0.94).
Conclusion:
The items presented adequate parameters and evidence of validity; and can subsidize the construction of instruments that consider the subject’s and social vulnerability in understanding physical inactivity.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-08-2023
The relationship between level of knowledge and vaginal discharge prevention behavior for nursing student
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20220602
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEThe relationship between level of knowledge and vaginal discharge prevention behavior for nursing student
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20220602
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0602
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Objective:
Reproductive health in adolescent girls is very important. To determine the relationship between the level of knowledge and the behavior of preventing vaginal discharge among nursing students.
Methods:
a quantitative, cross-sectional study, with 155 first-year female students at a private faculty of nursing. Data were collected from February to March 2022, using an electronic questionnaire.
Results:
98.1% of participants have a good level of knowledge and 92.3% of participants practice good vaginal discharge prevention behavior.
Conclusion:
good knowledge produces appropriate prevention behavior. The result of this study can be used as a contribution of thoughts and references as a more in-depth study of the factors that influence the level of knowledge and behavior about the disease of the genitalia and the dangers of pathological vaginal discharge.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE11-13-2023
Access of people with pulmonary tuberculosis to government programs: Primary Care professionals’ perceptions
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20220716
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEAccess of people with pulmonary tuberculosis to government programs: Primary Care professionals’ perceptions
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20220716
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0716
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Objective:
to analyze Primary Health Care professionals’ perceptions about the access of people with pulmonary tuberculosis to government social support and income transfer programs.
Methods:
multicenter/qualitative study, carried out in Family Health Units in four Brazilian capitals: Belém/Pará, Campo Grande/Mato Grosso do Sul, Recife/Pernambuco and Rio de Janeiro/Rio de Janeiro. Fifty-eight professionals participated (social workers, dentists, nurses, pharmacists, physicians and nursing technicians), who provided assistance to people with pulmonary tuberculosis. Individual interviews were conducted, and the content analysis technique was used.
Results:
among the participants, 45/77.6% were women and 33/56.9% were between 25 and 40 years old. Two thematic categories were organized, demonstrating the perceptions about the possibilities of access to government programs by people with pulmonary tuberculosis in vulnerable situations and the obstacles inherent to this context.
Final considerations:
it is necessary to move forward in improving patient access to social programs.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-08-2023
Fear of COVID-19 when experiencing pregnancy or childbirth in the pandemic: what are the associated factors?
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20220755
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEFear of COVID-19 when experiencing pregnancy or childbirth in the pandemic: what are the associated factors?
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20220755
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0755
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Objective:
to identify factors associated with fear of COVID-19 among women who experienced pregnancy or childbirth during the pandemic.
Methods:
a cross-sectional study, nested within a prospective cohort, using an online survey, from August 2021 to February 2022, based on descriptive data analysis.
Results:
of the 431 participants, 52.8% were postpartum women and 20.1% were pregnant women. With regard to fear of COVID-19, a mean score of 20.46 was obtained (moderate fear). The highest fear scores were present in women whose newborns were admitted to hospital in neonatal critical units (p=0.032), and the lowest among those covered by supplementary health (insurance) (p=0.016).
Conclusion:
among pregnant and postpartum women, high fear of COVID-19 translated into the possibility of having newborns admitted to hospital in a critical unit. The importance of supporting actions to support pregnant/postpartum women’s mental health in relation to COVID-19 or other threats that may influence the neonatal outcome stands out.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE11-21-2023
Coping strategies for chronically ill children and adolescents facing the COVID-19 pandemic
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20230045
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLECoping strategies for chronically ill children and adolescents facing the COVID-19 pandemic
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20230045
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0045
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Objective:
to understand the experiences and coping strategies of children and adolescents with chronic illnesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods:
a descriptive study, with a qualitative approach, carried out with six children and adolescents at the reception of an outpatient clinic of a pediatric hospital in the state of Ceará. Data collection took place from April to September 2021, using story-drawing, analyzed in light of Coutinho’s criteria.
Results:
two thematic categories emerged: Situations experienced by children and adolescents in times of COVID-19; Coping strategies for children and adolescents in their chronic illness process during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Final considerations:
understanding the experiences and coping strategies of children and adolescents with chronic illness demonstrated the expression of creative imagination, incorporated by subjective components, which brings to light an approximation with the reality perceived and interpreted in a context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-08-2023
Simulation-based training in Leprosy: development and validation of a scenario for community health workers
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20230114
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLESimulation-based training in Leprosy: development and validation of a scenario for community health workers
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20230114
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0114
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Objectives:
To build and validate a clinical simulation scenario designed to instruct community health workers (CHWs) in active leprosy case detection.
Methods:
Methodological study involving the development of a simulated clinical scenario and content validation by experts. The Content Validity Index (CVI) was used to determine the level of agreement among the judging commitee, and a descriptive analysis of their recommendations was performed.
Results:
A simulated scenario with a simulated participant was developed — a simulation characterized by low complexity, moderate physical/environmental fidelity, moderate to high psychological fidelity, and high conceptual fidelity, lasting 50 minutes and capable of training up to 10 CHWs simultaneously. The scenario was validated by 14 experts, with a CVI exceeding 80% for all components.
Conclusions:
The validated clinical simulation possesses attributes that make it highly reproducible in various national health contexts, thereby contributing to the global “Towards Zero Leprosy” strategy.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-08-2023
Knowledge and practices about health among Quilombola men: contributions to health care
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20230138
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEKnowledge and practices about health among Quilombola men: contributions to health care
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20230138
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0138
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Objective:
to analyze health knowledge and practices among Quilombola men.
Methods:
a qualitative, descriptive study, carried out with 40 men from two Quilombola communities in Santa Izabel do Pará, state of Pará, Brazil. Individual interviews were carried out using a semi-structured script. Text corpus was subjected to analysis with Interface de R pour les Analyses Multidimensionnelles de Textes et de Questionnaires 0.6, alpha 3, through Descending Hierarchical Classification.
Results:
among participants, eight (20.00%) were aged 55 to 59 years. 382 text segments were identified, with 299 (78.27%) being used, generating five lexical classes, which made up two subcorpora. The classes were organized into four thematic axes, covering knowledge about health and practices to prevent and solve health problems.
Final considerations:
men highlighted popular/traditional wisdom permeated by biomedical knowledge, translating their understanding of how to act to remain or become healthy.
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12-05-2019
Hospital care and urinary incontinence in the elderly
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2019;72:284-293
Abstract
Hospital care and urinary incontinence in the elderly
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2019;72:284-293
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0273
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Objective:
to identify factors inherent in hospital care that favor urinary incontinence in the elderly.
Method:
an integrative review with Scopus, CINAHL and Pubmed searches. Includes original articles, no language restriction, published between 2008 and 2018. Rated level of recommendation and level of evidence were assessed using the Oxford Center for Evidence-Based Medicine classification. Exploited content through thematic analysis in light of the Donabedian model.
Results:
13 articles constituted the sample. There were factors such as the unjustified and indiscriminate use of devices such as the geriatric diaper; hospital structure adversely affecting the needs of the elderly; and deficit in screening, risk identification and underreporting of the problem favor urinary incontinence in the hospitalized elderly.
Conclusion:
modifiable factors related to hospital structures and care processes favor both the onset and worsening of urinary incontinence in the elderly.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE06-27-2019
Nurse safety culture in the services of a university hospital
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2019;72(3):767-773
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLENurse safety culture in the services of a university hospital
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2019;72(3):767-773
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0376
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Objective:
To evaluate nurse safety culture in a teaching hospital, as well as to verify differences in the safety culture dimensions between services.
Method:
cross-sectional, quantitative study, conducted from October to December 2015, in a university hospital. The instrument Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture was applied.
Results:
A total of 195 nurses from four different services participated in the study. Significant difference between services were identified for five dimensions of safety culture: organizational learning (P=0.012); return of information and communication about error (P=0.014); management support for patient safety (P=0.001); general perceptions about patient safety (P=0.005); and frequency of event notification (P=0.003).
Conclusion:
The medical clinic service had the highest statistical difference between the dimensions. These evaluations allow managers to identify the differences between the same hospital’s services, serving as a warning and assisting in the services’ improvement.
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REVIEW05-18-2020
Effects of acupuncture in patients with chronic kidney disease: a systematic review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73(4):e20180784
Abstract
REVIEWEffects of acupuncture in patients with chronic kidney disease: a systematic review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73(4):e20180784
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0784
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Objectives:
to analyze the effects of acupuncture techniques in patients with chronic kidney disease.
Methods:
a systematic review conducted in six databases, from September to December 2017, following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses’ criteria. The following descriptors were used: Acupuncture AND Chronic Renal Insufficiency AND Clinical Trial.
Results:
nine studies were selected; the acupuncture techniques used were auriculotherapy, electroacupuncture and acupressure aimed at improving quality of life, fatigue, sleep and clinical variables of the disease. The studies that assessed quality of life, sleep and fatigue presented significant benefits. Studies that assessed quality of life, sleep and fatigue presented significant benefits. There was no statistical significance in the improvement of serum creatinine levels and glomerular filtration rate. Methodological and assessment tools’ divergence made impossible meta-analysis
Conclusions:
studies reinforce the positive effect of acupuncture in improving quality of life, fatigue and sleep in patients.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE05-15-2020
Configuration of power relations in physicians and nurses’ professional practices
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73:e20180629
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEConfiguration of power relations in physicians and nurses’ professional practices
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73:e20180629
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0629
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Objective:
to analyze the configuration of power relations constituted in and by the knowledge and daily practices of physicians and nurses in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
Method:
qualitative study in which data were collected through interviews with physicians and nurses from an ICU of a hospital in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. A semi-structured script was used. Data were analyzed through discourse analysis in a Foucaultian perspective.
Results:
three categories were developed – Professional Identity: self-recognition in the profession; Discipline: individualizing attitudes or collective need?; and Circularity of knowledge and power in the constitution of daily practices.
Final considerations:
the identity, discipline and circulation of power are connected in a continuous movement of subjectivation of the subject, which, in turn, uses discourse as a persuasion strategy to modify the position taken over in different situations thereby causing the circulation of power.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-05-2019
Perception of body image and nutritional status in adolescents of public schools
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2019;72:229-235
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEPerception of body image and nutritional status in adolescents of public schools
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2019;72:229-235
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0644
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Objective:
To assess body image dissatisfaction among adolescents from Northern Minas Gerais.
Method:
This is a cross-sectional study with adolescents of both sexes, enrolled in the sixth to ninth year in the municipal public education network. A questionnaire was used, composed of sociodemographic and body image variables, which was obtained through a scale of silhouette figures. The anthropometric measurements of weight and height were performed to estimate body mass index. The correlation between the classification of the body mass index and the body image of adolescents was estimated through weighted Kappa.
Results:
A total of 535 adolescents participated, and 24.5% had different classifications between the real and ideal body image. The Kappa index for the classification of body image was 0.51, 0.58 and 0.32 for the total of adolescents, girls and boys, respectively.
Conclusion:
Public school adolescents are dissatisfied with their self-body image.
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07-05-2021
Selenium concentrations in elderly people with Alzheimer’s disease: a cross-sectional study with control group
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74:e20200984
Abstract
Selenium concentrations in elderly people with Alzheimer’s disease: a cross-sectional study with control group
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74:e20200984
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0984
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Objective:
To investigate possible differences in plasma and erythrocyte concentrations of selenium among elderly with and without a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD).
Methods:
Cross-sectional study, performed with an elderly group with Alzheimer’s disease, diagnosed by a geriatric doctor, and compared to an elderly group without the disease, equaling gender, education, and age. Atomic absorption spectrophotometry determined plasma and erythrocyte concentrations of total selenium (Set).
Results:
The mean age was 74.41±7.1 years in the Alzheimer’s disease group and 71.46±5.1 years among the control group. The Alzheimer’s disease group presented lower plasma concentrations (mean of 45.29±14.51 µg/dL vs. 55.14±14.01 µg/dL; p=0.004), and erythrocyte Set (median of 56.36 µg/L vs. 76.96 µg/L; p<0.001). The logistic regression model indicated an association between erythrocyte Set concentrations and diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease (p=0.028).
Conclusion:
Elderly with Alzheimer’s disease present lower selenium concentrations in the evaluated organic compartments.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE10-21-2019
Mental health in primary health care: health-disease according to health professionals
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2019;72(6):1609-1617
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEMental health in primary health care: health-disease according to health professionals
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2019;72(6):1609-1617
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0743
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Objective:
to analyze perceptions of the Family Health Strategy (FHS) professional team about mental health-disorder and to identify health actions developed by the team for people with mental disorders.
Method:
a qualitative study of a Marxist theoretical framework and a dialectical method. 99 FHS middle and higher level professionals from São Paulo participated. Semi-structured interviews were conducted. Data were submitted to ALCESTE software and Thematic Content Analysis.
Results:
there were three empirical categories: Training in Mental Health; Perception of the FHS professional about mental health-disorder; and Health actions developed by the FHS team with people with mental disorders. Actions that converge and diverge from the psychosocial care model were identified.
Final considerations:
there is an effort from professionals to work according to the psychosocial care model, but it is necessary to invest in the Permanent Education in Health of these professionals to overcome barriers and foster successful territorial actions.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE03-09-2020
Quality of life at work in a central sterile processing department
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73(2):e20180792
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEQuality of life at work in a central sterile processing department
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73(2):e20180792
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0792
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Objectives:
to evaluate the quality of life of nursing professionals who work in a central sterile processing department.
Methods:
a descriptive, quantitative, exploratory study, conducted with 82 nursing professionals working in the Central Sterile Processing Department of a University Hospital, from September to November 2017. A semi-structured instrument and the questionnaire “Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form 36” were used. Results: most of the participants were female, married, aged 31-40 years; 47.6% with 6-10 years of profession, and 82.9% reported working in CSPD for 1-5 years. The most affected quality of life domains were Pain, Vitality, General Health Status and Social Aspects.
Conclusions:
This study showed a need for rethinking and re-creating the labor dynamics in CSPD to improve the quality of life of these nursing professionals.
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