Evaluation of risk factors associated with hard-to-heal wound infection in a tertiary care hospital

Journal of Wound Care, Volume 33, Issue 3, Page 180-188, March 2024.

Profiles of vulnerability for suicide and self-harm in UK prisoners: Neurodisability, mood disturbance, substance use, and bullying

by Hope Kent, Bella Magner-Parsons, George Leckie, Tuna Dulgar, Anggita Lusiandari, Lee Hogarth, Huw Williams, Amanda Kirby

Screening for vulnerability factors associated with historic suicidality and self-harm on entry to prison is critical to help prisons understand how to allocate extremely limited mental health resources. It has been established that having previous suicide attempts increases odds of future suicidality and self-harm in prison. We utilised administrative screening data from 665 adult male prisoners on entry to a category B prison in Wales, UK, collected using the Do-IT Profiler. This sample represents 16% of all prisoners who entered that prison during a 26-month period. 12% of prisoners reported a history of attempted suicide, 11% reported historic self-harm, and 8% reported a history of both. Historic traumatic brain injury and substance use problems were associated with a 3.3- and 1.9- times increased odds of a historic suicide attempt, respectively, but no significant increased risk of historic self-harm (95% CI: 1.51–6.60 and 1.02–3.50). However, those who were bullied at school had 2.7 times increased odds of reporting a history of self-harm (95% CI: 1.63–6.09). The most salient risk factors associated with both historic suicide and self-harm were higher levels of functional neurodisability (odds ratio 0.6 for a 1 standard deviation change in score, 95% CI: 0.35–0.75), and mood disturbance (odds ratio 2.1 for a 1 standard deviation change in score, 95% CI: 1.26–3.56). Therefore, it could be beneficial for prisons to screen for broader profiles of needs, to better understand how to provide appropriate services to prisoners vulnerable to suicide and self-harm. Multidisciplinary care pathways for prisoner mental health interventions are important, to account for complex multimorbidity. Adaptations may be needed for mental health interventions to be appropriate for, for example, a prisoner with a brain injury. Understanding this broad profile of vulnerability could also contribute to more compassionate responses to suicide and self-harm from prison staff.

Actividades de las enfermeras en cuidados intensivos: una revisión integradora

Objetivo principal: identificar qué actividades guían el trabajo de la enfermera en una unidad de cuidados intensivos para adultos. Metodología: revisión integradora, realizada sobre la base de Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe en Ciencias de la Salud y Sistema de Análisis y Recu-peración de Literatura Médica en línea, entre enero y febrero de 2019. La búsqueda resultó en 15 producciones, que fueron analizadas a través del análisis de contenido temático. Resultados principales: a partir del análisis de los estudios, surgió la siguiente categoría temática: “Actividades que guían el trabajo de la enfermera en una unidad de cuidados intensivos para adultos”, destacando: observación y vigilancia constantes, manejo de instrumentos tecnológicos e interpretación de información de estos dispositivos, desempeño y comunicación entre un equipo multidisciplinario, realizando una evaluación y plan de atención al paciente. Conclusión principal: aunque algunas actividades pueden caracterizarse como técnicas, también existen aquellas que involucran la subjetividad de las enfermeras, dirigidas a una atención más individualizada y guiadas por el ejercicio de la autonomía.