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01-01-2016
Determining impacts and factors in ventilator-associated pneumonia bundle
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(6):1108-1114
Abstract
Determining impacts and factors in ventilator-associated pneumonia bundle
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(6):1108-1114
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0253
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Objective:
Assessing the determining impacts and factors in ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) bundle.
Method:
descriptive retrospective longitudinal study, with quantitative approach, held at a public teaching hospital. Collection held between May 2014 and April 2015. Patients of the ICU with VAP participated in the research. For organizing data, the Microsoft Excel 2010 program was used. A critical analysis between the data collected and infection rates was performed. The survey was approved under no. 566,136.
Results:
an increase in the incidence of VAP after implementing the bundle was observed; the prevalent pathogens were gram-negative bacteria. Deaths were equal to or greater than 50%. Changes of professionals and lack of supplies were determining factors.
Conclusion:
in this context, the need for permanent qualification of the team is emphasized, with the purpose of promoting the adherence to the protocol and preventing VAP.
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01-01-2016
Multidisciplinary team of intensive therapy: humanization and fragmentation of the work process
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(6):1099-1107
Abstract
Multidisciplinary team of intensive therapy: humanization and fragmentation of the work process
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(6):1099-1107
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0221
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Objective:
to understand the meaning of humanized care in intensive care units considering the experience of the multidisciplinary team.
Method:
descriptive and exploratory qualitative research. For this purpose, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 24 professionals of the heath-care team, and, after transcription, we organized the qualitative data according to content analysis.
Results:
from two main categories, we were able to understand that humanized care is characterized in the actions of health-care: effective communication, team work, empathy, singularity, and integrality; and mischaracterized in the management processes, specifically in the fragmentation of the work process and health-care, in the precarious work conditions, and in differing conceptual aspects of the political proposal of humanization.
Conclusion:
care activities in intensive therapy are guided by the humanization of care and corroborate the hospital management as a challenge to be overcome to boost advances in the operationalization of this Brazilian policy.
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01-01-2016
Humanized Care: insertion of obstetric nurses in a teaching hospital
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(6):1091-1098
Abstract
Humanized Care: insertion of obstetric nurses in a teaching hospital
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(6):1091-1098
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0295
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Objective:
to evaluate the care provided at an Antepartum, Intrapartum, Postpartum (AIP) unit at a teaching hospital following the inclusion of obstetric nurses.
Method:
transversal study, performed at a AIP unit at a teaching hospital in the capital of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. The sample comprised data regarding the 701 childbirths that took place between 2014 and 2016. The data were organized using Excel and analyzed using version 7 of Epi Info software.
Results:
the results suggest that including obstetric nurses contributed towards qualifying the care provided during labor and childbirth, followed by a reduction in the number of interventions, such as episiotomy caesareans sections, and resulting in encouragement to employ practices that do not interfere in the physiology of the parturition process, which in turn generate good perinatal results.
Conclusion:
inserting these nurses collaborated towards humanizing obstetric and neonatal care.
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01-01-2016
Normative grounds of health care practice in Brazilian nursing
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(6):1082-1090
Abstract
Normative grounds of health care practice in Brazilian nursing
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(6):1082-1090
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0228
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Objective:
to understand the normative grounds of health care practice in Brazilian nursing.
Method:
qualitative study with the use of document research, carried out based on resolutions of the Federal Nursing Council. From a total of 263 resolutions, in the period from 1975 to 2015, 38 which were in accordance with the objective of the study were selected.
Results:
three analytical categories were systematized: Normative grounds of health care practice by the nursing team, under coordination/supervision of the nurse; Normative grounds of the care performed privately by the nurse; and Management and administrative aspects which affect and permeate the practice of health care in nursing.
Conclusion:
the set of normative grounds of health care practice by the nursing team leads to the reflection on the possible overlapping of attributions between professional levels and requires expansion to the other fields of nursing which are coherent with the health care network model.
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01-01-2016
Palliative care and the intensive care nurses: feelings that endure
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(6):1074-1081
Abstract
Palliative care and the intensive care nurses: feelings that endure
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(6):1074-1081
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0267
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Objective:
to know the feelings of nurses regarding palliative care in adult intensive care units.
Method:
qualitative study, which adopted the theoretical framework of Social Representations, carried out with 30 nurses of the state of Santa Catarina included by Snowball sampling. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews conducted from April to August 2015, organized and analyzed through the Collective Subject Discourse.
Results:
the results showed how central ideas are related to feelings of comfort, frustration, insecurity and anguish, in addition to the feeling that the professional training and performance are focused on the cure.
Conclusion:
the social representations of nurses regarding the feelings related to palliative care are represented mainly by negative feelings, probably as consequence of the context in which care is provided.
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01-01-2016
Multi-professional intervention in adults with arterial hypertension: a randomized clinical trial
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(6):1067-1073
Abstract
Multi-professional intervention in adults with arterial hypertension: a randomized clinical trial
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(6):1067-1073
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0320
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Objective:
assess the influence of an intervention, comprised of counseling related to health and aerobic physical training for lowering pressure values, in anthropometric indicators and in the adjustment of biochemical parameters in individuals with hypertension.
Method:
intervention study of the randomized clinical trial variety, with 42 individuals. The intervention-group followed the protocol of health counseling, nutrition and physical activity.
Results:
two intervention groups were considered: intervention-group (a) and intervention-group (b). Intervention-group (a) showed significant decrease in measurements of systolic and diastolic arterial pressure, of high-density lipoprotein parameters, hip circumference values and waist-hip ratio. Intervention-group (b) presented significant decrease in systolic arterial pressure values.
Conclusion:
it was found that the health intervention in conjunction with physical activities were effective in decreasing and/or controlling values for pressure, biochemical and anthropometric indicators.
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01-01-2016
Clinical Caritas Processes in workshops for caregivers of institutionalized elderly people
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(6):1059-1066
Abstract
Clinical Caritas Processes in workshops for caregivers of institutionalized elderly people
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(6):1059-1066
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0359
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Objective:
to describe the use of the Clinical Caritas Processes in workshops for caregivers of institutionalized elderly people, aimed at analyzing these professionals’ perception on humane care towards the institutionalized elderly.
Method:
a convergent care research was conducted with 18 caregivers of a long-term care institution for elderly people in the state of Paraíba, Brazil. Data were collected from June to November 2013, consisting of two months of interaction with the care service and ten meetings conducted in workshops for caregivers. Data were based on the theoretical framework of the Clinical Caritas Processes. Data analysis was based on content analysis and produced ten thematic categories based on the Caritas factors of caring.
Conclusion:
it was found that the use of the ten Caritas factors of caring were useful for humanistic formations when introducing the group to the conceptions of caring that value the self of the people providing the care and of the ones-being cared for.
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01-01-2016
Technological innovation for peripheral venipuncture: ultrasound training
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(6):1052-1058
Abstract
Technological innovation for peripheral venipuncture: ultrasound training
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(6):1052-1058
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0125
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Objective:
to evaluate the training of nurses in the use of ultrasound in peripheral venipuncture.
Method:
descriptive research of quantitative approach performed with nurses as part of an analytical cross-sectional study in two patient care centers: an intensive care unit and an adult emergency center.
Results:
the results showed contributions of training for professional skill and visibility of nurses, requiring, however, more time for complete assimilation of this technological innovation as a safer clinical practice.
Conclusion:
as the use of this technology represents an innovation aimed to facilitate difficult venipuncture and to provide subsidies to the most appropriate clinical decision-making, it is urgent to qualify nurses for its use.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE11-10-2023
Construction and validity of educational technology in audiovisual media on premature newborn care
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20220403
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEConstruction and validity of educational technology in audiovisual media on premature newborn care
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20220403
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0403
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Objectives:
to construct and validate an educational video storyboard about care for premature newborns at home.
Methods:
a methodological study, with the construction of an educational video storyboard, validated with 14 judges. Content was selected from scoping review. For data collection, a validated instrument was used. The criterion for validity was agreement greater than 80%, analyzed using the Content Validity Index.
Results:
the storyboard construction was guided by the Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning theoretical framework. Construction and validity took place from May to December 2020. The storyboard’s final version lasted 10 minutes, and was validated in terms of objective, structure, presentation and relevance, with a Content Validity Index of 0.9.
Conclusions:
the storyboard of the educational video proved to be valid and adequate for health promotion in developing care for premature newborns at home.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-08-2023
Early ambulation and dhikr complementary therapies effect on intestinal peristaltic in post-open cholecystectomy patients
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20220636
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEEarly ambulation and dhikr complementary therapies effect on intestinal peristaltic in post-open cholecystectomy patients
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20220636
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0636
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Objectives:
to analyze and determine the effect of a combination intervention of early ambulation and dhikr therapy on intestinal peristaltic recovery in post-open cholecystectomy patients.
Methods:
a pre-experimental design with one group pre and post-test design was used. The samples were 15 post-open cholecystectomy patients which were selected using the purposive sampling technique. The data were collected using the instrument observation sheet and analyzed using the Wilcoxon test. Early ambulation used standard operational procedure in the hospital and dhikr therapy was carried out at 2 hours post-operation for 10-15 minutes.
Results:
there was an effect of early ambulation and dhikr therapy on intestinal peristaltic recovery in post-open cholecystectomy patients with general anesthesia (Z=-3.442; p=0.001).
Conclusions:
a combination of early ambulation and dhikr therapy can be recommended as interventions to improve intestinal peristaltic in a post-open cholecystectomy patient with general anesthesia.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE11-13-2023
Educational technology on tuberculosis: construction shared with Primary Health Care nurses
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20230025
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEEducational technology on tuberculosis: construction shared with Primary Health Care nurses
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20230025
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0025
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Objective:
to develop, in a participatory way, an educational technology to assist nurses in the management of tuberculosis cases in Primary Health Care.
Methods:
methodological research with a qualitative approach. Data were collected between June and October 2022, in 25 Basic Health Units, with 41 nurses interviewed individually. Thematic content analysis was carried out to guide technology elaboration.
Results:
three empirical categories were organized, demonstrating the facilities and difficulties in tuberculosis management, the conceptions about educational technology as a facilitator of the teaching-learning process in Primary Health Care and participatory development of technology. Nurses were in favor of constructing an instructional guide technology, and made suggestions to encourage its creation and use in daily service routine.
Final considerations:
the participatory process made it possible to create technology to assist nurses in the teaching-learning process in Primary Health Care about caring for people with tuberculosis.
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07-31-2023
First graduate of the Master of Nursing in Advanced Practice in Oncology in Chile
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e76suppl401
Abstract
First graduate of the Master of Nursing in Advanced Practice in Oncology in Chile
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e76suppl401
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.202376suppl401
Views0In 2020, the guidelines for Advanced Nursing Practice (APN) implementation() were published by the International Council of Nursing (ICN). On that occasion, I was invited to comment on the reality of specialist nurses in Chile, expressing the expectation of implementing an APN program, specifically Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS). CNS are one of the most internationally […]See more -
ORIGINAL ARTICLE03-15-2024
Is there scientific relevance to the plot of films and documentaries about eating disorders?
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(1):e20220547
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEIs there scientific relevance to the plot of films and documentaries about eating disorders?
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(1):e20220547
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0547
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Objectives:
to analyze films and documentaries about eating disorders from the last twenty years, identifying the way they approach the topic as well as their relevance for didactic use in teaching the health field.
Methods:
a descriptive study, whose data collection was carried out on the main streaming and video platforms, resulting in the survey of 60 media. Of these, only 25 had audio/subtitles in Portuguese (inclusion criteria). scientific relevance was analyzed considering psychopathological and epidemiological aspects of these disorders. A questionnaire about the plot, characters and descriptive data analysis were used.
Results:
most media were dramas about female teenagers who tried to conform to beauty stereotypes, whose symptoms portrayed converged with current medical diagnostic manuals.
Conclusions:
in practical terms, a classificatory list of 11 media was prepared that could be used as a teaching resource for teaching this topic in the health field.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE02-26-2024
Technological prospecting of patents related to monitoring accidents due to falls in hospitals
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(1):e20230084
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLETechnological prospecting of patents related to monitoring accidents due to falls in hospitals
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(1):e20230084
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0084
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Objectives:
to map the production of technologies aimed at monitoring falls in a hospital environment protected by registered patents.
Methods:
a technological prospecting of international patents, with a quantitative approach, with search carried out between February and March 2022 in the Derwent Innovations Index database with descriptors fall, hospital, monitoring.
Results:
212 patents were found, with the majority filed and published since 2010, by Tran B (9) and Cerner Innovation Inc (9), focused on health technology. Universities were responsible for 13% of deposits. There was a predominance of records from the United States (43.4%), China (21.7%) and Japan (12.3%), in addition to technological strategies classified as devices for the environment (80.7%) and for preventing falls (66.5%) as well as trend towards resources with multiple functionalities in the same technology.
Conclusions:
the plurality of functions in the same device reflects the search for optimizing resources and the concern with comprehensive care.
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REVIEW03-15-2024
Use of podcasts for health education: a scoping review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(1):e20230096
Abstract
REVIEWUse of podcasts for health education: a scoping review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(1):e20230096
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0096
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Objectives:
to map the scientific evidence related to the characteristics, themes, and outcomes of using health education podcasts aimed at individuals over 18 years of age in intra or extrahospital environments.
Methods:
a scoping review, based on the Joanna Briggs Institute method, conducted in 11 databases, including studies from 2004 to 2022.
Results:
11 studies were selected, categorized, highlighting the characteristics, evaluated outcomes, areas, and conditions of podcast application, indicating it as an effective tool for promoting behavioral change, health promotion, and social interaction, demonstrating its potential to improve well-being, quality of life, and user/client autonomy.
Conclusions:
the use of podcasts proves to be an effective, innovative, and low-cost tool, with a significant social impact, being effective for behavioral change, satisfaction, and social interaction. However, the lack of comprehensive studies on podcast development methodologies represents challenges to be overcome.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE03-15-2024
Health Management of an HIV Testing and Counseling Center: Nursing Contributions
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(1):e20230217
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEHealth Management of an HIV Testing and Counseling Center: Nursing Contributions
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(1):e20230217
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0217
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Objectives:
to analyze the role of nursing in the establishment of an HIV/AIDS Testing and Counseling Center in a Brazilian municipality.
Methods:
a historical study utilizing primary sources, including documents and oral accounts, involving a total of ten participants. The study encompasses the years 1997 and 1998. The research took place at the Testing and Counseling Center in São João de Meriti. Data was collected from March to May 2022.
Results:
nursing made significant contributions through the development of training initiatives led by nurses, who were also responsible for individual and group counseling, as well as HIV testing requests.
Final Considerations:
nursing played a crucial role in the center and in the management of Sexually Transmitted Infections, being involved in all stages of treatment in accordance with current public health policy.
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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
Abstract
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
Abstract
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
Abstract
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
Abstract
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
Abstract
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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