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To determine how patients use the internet to get health information and to identify their needs and preferences for a journal transparency tool which would highlight journal transparency practices.
A mixed-methods study comprising a cross-sectional online survey followed by virtual focus groups to further explore the survey responses.
Canada.
A total of 183 adult patients and caregivers completed our online survey. 29 survey respondents participated in the subsequent focus groups.
We report descriptive statistics (counts and percentages) for all quantitative survey items. We used thematic content analysis for text-based survey responses. The focus groups asked patients about four key topics: (1) the content they would like to see in a journal transparency tool, (2) how they would like the content visually displayed, (3) how to best share the tool with patients and (4) how to determine whether the tool was successful over time. We conducted a thematic content analysis to identify core themes discussed. Focus group participants then rank-ordered the themes identified by their perceived importance.
Of the 183 survey respondents, 146 (82%) indicated they use the internet most often when looking for health information, 66 (37%) indicated they sometimes read original research articles when searching for health information and 92 (52%) indicated they sometimes have difficulty knowing if the information they read online is reliable. Approximately half (86; 49%) of the survey respondents had never heard of predatory journals. We identified 32 themes across the four key topic areas that were discussed in the focus groups.
Patients have expressed a need for a journal transparency tool. This study will inform the tool’s development to ensure that it meets the needs and preferences of patients.
This qualitative study aims to identify which themes cause the most emotional variation in patients’ decisions about cancer treatment. Patients’ emotional variations are analysed to detect negative and positive variations to certain themes during the consultations. This analysis helps to detect what themes or elements affect patients’ experiences.
A total of 31 clinical consultations from cancer care pathways were recorded, transcribed and analysed. Patients were followed up until they decided and started treatment for their cancer. An inductive content analysis is followed to interpret patients’ emotional variations. All patients were from Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet of Zaragoza, Spain.
Twelve patients participated in the study, consisting of eight with breast cancer and four with melanoma. Of these patients, nine were female and three were male. Eligible participants were required to be new to the care pathways or to have used them more than 10 years ago. Participants were also required to be aged 18 or older, be fluent in Spanish and be available to participate for 3 months. Participants were excluded if the authors or oncologists noticed poor health conditions that could be exacerbated by the stress and additional effort involved in participating in the study.
Patients’ emotional variations identify five main themes: clinical history, cancer diagnosis, discussion of possible treatment choice, side effects (possible side effects of the selected treatment) and next steps (require complementary medical tests and more consultations to decide the treatment). Most of the emotional variations detected were negative and were mostly grouped into the categories of treatment, side effects and next steps. The most pronounced negative variations were related to delays in starting treatment and the possibility of hair loss.
The themes and emotional variations identified in this study can help to understand patients’ experiences during their initial oncology consultations. These results represent a significant step towards enhancing communication and the patient experience within oncology practices. Oncologists could use these data and procedures to identify where patients experience negative emotions and respond appropriately.
Introducción: Entre los trastornos más importantes que genera la violencia en la salud de la mujer se encuentra la depresión, ansiedad, estrés postraumático, intento de suicidio, trastornos de la alimentación, aunado al incremento del riesgo de contraer Infecciones de Transmisión Sexual como el VIH. Objetivo: Indagar los tipos de violencias vivida en las mujeres indígenas, antes del diagnóstico de VIH. Metodología: Se realizó un estudio cualitativo etnográfico, la información se triangulo a través de la observación participante y entrevistas semiestructuradas a 10 mujeres mexicanas de tres comunidades indígenas de la etnia chinanteca, mayores de 18 años de edad, con diagnóstico de VIH de más de un año. Se realizó análisis del discurso crítico. Resultados: Las opresiones vividas por las mujeres se describieron en 3 categorías: Historias de violencia de género durante la infancia y adolescencia, Detonadores de la violencia: alcoholismo del padre, pobreza extrema y bajo nivel educativo y Naturalización comunitaria de los mandatos de género. Conclusiones: Los tipos de violencia que viven estas mujeres necesitan ser problematizados desde los derechos humanos, perspectiva de género y de la salud pública por investigadores y profesionales de la salud.
Cardiogenic shock (CS) is a complex syndrome characterised by primary cardiac dysfunction. Despite advances in therapeutic options such as mechanical cardiac support, it remains associated with high mortality. Although previous registries have described heterogeneous populations and outcomes across different centres, contemporary real-world data on management practices remain limited. This gap is particularly evident in low- and middle-income countries, where there is no robust registry that clearly defines the current state of CS management. Therefore, a multicentre registry is needed to better characterise current practices and outcomes. Our study aims to gain insight into current therapeutic trends in Mexico, a low- to middle-income country with a significant cardiovascular disease burden.
The Mexican Registry of Cardiogenic Shock is a quality initiative that aims to identify therapeutic trends, demographic characteristics and clinical presentations. It also aims to evaluate outcomes, including mortality and cognitive function at in-hospital and 1-year follow-ups, and to identify areas for improvement in the care process across the broad spectrum of CS.
Ethical approval for this multicentre study was obtained from the local research ethics committees of all participating institutions. The study results will be disseminated to all participating institutions in the form of summary reports and presentations on completion of the analysis.
To examine how cultural health brokers, as trusted intermediaries between formal systems and diverse ethnocultural communities, help navigate decisional conflict and misinformation regarding COVID-19 vaccination and to identify how their work contributes to system resilience in crisis contexts.
A community-based participatory action sensemaking research project to capture the real-time work of cultural health brokers in helping people navigate decisional conflict for vaccination.
Multicultural Health Broker Cooperative in Edmonton, Alberta where brokers speak 54 languages and serve more than 10 000 people from diverse ethnolinguistic communities. 28 cultural health brokers (9 male; experience 4–25 years) contributed to data collection and analysis between 16 September 2021 and 16 December 2021.
The brokers captured real-time reflections and self-interpretations in the SenseMaker platform through a theoretically informed, codesigned, mixed-method data collection tool. The team engaged in 13 weekly, 90 minute, audio-recorded and transcribed sessions: seven focused on understanding and action planning and five reflecting on the SenseMaker data, the focus of the thematic analysis. Data were managed in NVivo (QSR International, Version 12, 2018).
Brokers collected 277 narratives and conducted 13 sensemaking sessions. Understanding and purpose were identified in 68% of narratives as key to achieving coherence; 81% of narratives highlighted trust as crucial to what was needed for action; 62% of narratives reflected on a potential risk, with loss of trust a concern in 70% of them. A rich understanding of the sources of decisional conflict and misinformation was achieved and managed through outreach. There were four entwined components to navigation of the evolving complexity of COVID-19 vaccination: (1) building and sustaining trust; (2) strengthening relationships; (3) creating safe spaces for collective sensemaking and solution finding; and (4) leveraging cultural and social capital to address barriers. Through these mechanisms, brokers reduced decisional conflict and misinformation, supporting informed, values-congruent decisions.
Cultural health brokers, embedded within communities and linked to formal systems, play a critical role in crisis response by fostering trust, mobilising resources and enabling collective sensemaking. This study demonstrates how these intermediaries’ contextually and culturally attuned work provides a model for building system resilience for future crisis response.
by J.L. Ropero-Vega, Y.J. Galvis-Curubo, J. M. Flórez-Castillo
This study describes the development of electrochemical biosensors with high sensitivity to detect pathogenic bacteria, including Escherichia coli O157:H7, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Staphylococcus aureus, in aqueous environments. The biosensors employ the antimicrobial peptides Ib-M1 and Ib-M6 as biorecognition elements, immobilized on gold nanoparticle-modified screen-printed electrodes via a self-assembled monolayer. Detection was achieved through electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, achieving remarkably low limits of detection of 1.4 CFU/mL for E. coli O157:H7 and S. aureus, and 0.8 CFU/mL for P. aeruginosa. The biosensors exhibited linear detection ranges of 0–100 CFU/mL for E. coli O157:H7 and S. aureus, and 0–75 CFU/mL for P. aeruginosa. Notably, the incorporation of carbon nanotubes significantly improved analytical sensitivity of the biosensors, particularly for E. coli O157:H7 and S. aureus. These results highlight the potential of the proposed biosensors for rapid, on-site monitoring of microbial contamination in drinking water, food processing environments, and clinical settings.by Maria Cecilia Rasuk, Alfonsina Palladini, Andrea Moyano, Viviana Díaz, Antonella Giudice, Gisela Castillo, Solana Abraham, Juan Rull, Anja Poehlein, Rolf Daniel, Julian Rafael Dib
The Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata Wied.) is an agricultural pest of significant economic importance. This species has been globally managed using the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT). Insects, including tephritid flies, harbor a diverse gut microbiota that plays critical roles in their physiology, behavior, and overall fitness, suggesting that microbial communities may profoundly influence the biology of this pest. The aim of this study was to characterize the fungal and bacterial gut microbial communities of C. capitata from Tucumán, Argentina, and to assess their response to antimicrobial treatment using amplicon-based 16S rRNA gene and ITS region sequencing. Both control and treated flies were dominated by Proteobacteria (bacteria) and Zygosaccharomyces (fungi). Antimicrobial treatment induced significant shifts in bacterial and fungal composition, reducing diversity and altering gut community structure. Untreated flies exhibited a diverse and structured bacterial gut community dominated by the family Enterobacteriaceae, while antibiotic-treated communities were dominated by Rhizobiaceae. Despite these shifts, fungal communities in both treated and untreated groups were consistently dominated by the genus Zygosaccharomyces. Functional predictions revealed notable changes in metabolic pathways following antibiotic treatment, including increased gene abundance for ABC transporters and the phosphotransferase system, and decreased representation of genes involved in antibiotic biosynthesis and two-component systems. These results indicate significant alterations in bacterial metabolism and stress response mechanisms induced by the treatment. Such changes may help explain the underperformance of irradiated, mass-reared males within the context of SIT. This study provides new insights into the structural and functional dynamics of the C. capitata gut microbiome under disturbance. These findings have implications for understanding the ecological roles of microbial communities in this pest and their potential impact on fly health and fitness. Identification of dominant gut bacterial and fungal groups may support the development of probiotic diets, enhancing the efficiency of SIT application.Introducción. La transición del hospital al domicilio en pacientes oncológicos es un momento crítico que puede generar ansiedad y depresión debido a la autogestión de cuidados. Objetivo. evaluar el impacto emocional de los pacientes oncológicos al recibir el alta de enfermería. Metodología. Estudio observacional descriptivo. Se utilizará el cuestionario HADS para medir los niveles de ansiedad y depresión en una muestra de pacientes hospitalizados próximos a recibir el alta. Los resultados permitirán diseñar estrategias de apoyo emocional y educación sanitaria para mejorar la adherencia terapéutica y la calidad de vida post hospitalaria.
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Introduction. The transition from hospital to home for oncology patients is a critical moment that may generate anxiety and depression due to self-management of care. Objective. To assess the emotional impact of oncology patients upon receiving nursing discharge. Methodology. Descriptive observational study The HADS questionnaire will be used to measure anxiety and depression levels in a sample of hospitalized patients close to discharge. The results will guide the development of emotional support strategies and health education to improve post-hospital therapeutic adherence and quality of life.
Introducción. La transición del hospital al domicilio en pacientes oncológicos es un momento crítico que puede generar ansiedad y depresión debido a la autogestión de cuidados. Objetivo. evaluar el impacto emocional de los pacientes oncológicos al recibir el alta de enfermería. Metodología. Estudio observacional descriptivo. Se utilizará el cuestionario HADS para medir los niveles de ansiedad y depresión en una muestra de pacientes hospitalizados próximos a recibir el alta. Los resultados permitirán diseñar estrategias de apoyo emocional y educación sanitaria para mejorar la adherencia terapéutica y la calidad de vida post hospitalaria.
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Introduction. The transition from hospital to home for oncology patients is a critical moment that may generate anxiety and depression due to self-management of care. Objective. To assess the emotional impact of oncology patients upon receiving nursing discharge. Methodology. Descriptive observational study The HADS questionnaire will be used to measure anxiety and depression levels in a sample of hospitalized patients close to discharge. The results will guide the development of emotional support strategies and health education to improve post-hospital therapeutic adherence and quality of life.
Stroke is the second leading cause of death worldwide, with the greatest burden in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Haemorrhagic stroke or spontaneous intracranial haemorrhage (sICH), including intraparenchymal haemorrhage (IPH) and subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH), has the highest mortality and morbidity. Local management practices for haemorrhagic stroke vary greatly between geographical regions. The Planetary Outcomes after Intracranial Haemorrhage study aims to provide a global snapshot of the patient characteristics, processes of care and short-term outcomes of patients being treated for sICH across high- and low-income settings. It will also describe variation seen in care processes and available resources and time delays to receiving care. A greater understanding of the current state of sICH care is essential to identify possible interventions and targets for improved standards of care in all settings.
We describe a planned prospective, multicentre, international observational cohort study of patients admitted to hospital for management of sICH. We will include patients of all ages presenting to hospital with imaging evidence of sICH (IPH, intraventricular haemorrhage and/or SAH). The study will collect patient, care process and short-term outcome data, following patients for up to 30 days (or until discharge or death, whichever occurs first). Any centre globally where patients with sICH are admitted and managed can participate, targeting a sample size of 712 patients. The study will recruit centres worldwide through pre-existing research networks and by dissemination through neurosurgical and stroke conferences and courses. Each participating centre will complete a site questionnaire alongside patient data collection.
The study has received ethical approval by the University of Cambridge (PRE.2024.070). Participating centres will also confirm that they have undergone all necessary local governance procedures prior to starting local data collection. The findings will be disseminated via open access peer-reviewed journals, relevant conferences and other professional networks and lay channels, including the study website (https://plotich.org/) and social media channels (@plotichstudy).
Indigenous Mayan-Yucatecan communities in Mexico have a high prevalence of chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes, hypertension, obesity and rheumatic diseases (RMDs). According to the syndemic theory, these diseases combined with social, economic and cultural factors affect the quality of life. The aim of this protocol is to describe the methodological process to create, implement and evaluate a Syndemic-Based Care Model (SCM), using a Community Based-Participatory Research (CBPR) strategy in three Mayan-Yucatecan communities.
This is a convergent mixed-methods protocol. The quantitative component is a before-after study, and the qualitative component is an ethnographic study. The intervention will be a SCM co-constructed with Mayan communities based on their particular needs and aiming for reduction of the negative impact of NCD/RMD through a multidisciplinary approach. We will follow four phases of the CBPR: (1) situational analysis, through community censuses and semistructured interviews to understand the prevalence of NCDs and the syndemics in these communities; (2) co-construction of the elements of a SCM based on the health priorities identified by researchers, community members and healthcare workers; (3) implementation of this SCM and (4) evaluation of the SCM through (1) statistical analyses involving the construction of a syndemic index through stepwise logistic regression of the normalised and standardised key clinical, social and economic variables; interval and ratio variables will be normalised by their z-score and categorical variables will be one-hot encoded; similarity and social networks analysis with clustering to identify syndemic subpopulations; and cost-effectiveness and cost-utility analyses using Markov modelling and (2) narrative and thematic qualitative analysis of the SCM’s implementation and impact on community members’ health, function and quality of life.
Research ethics boards of participant institutions approved this research protocol. This project will be presented to municipal authorities, community meetings and community leaders for observation and acceptance. For people who wish to participate, informed consent will be provided written and verbally in Spanish or Mayan-Yucatecan according to the participant preferences, and it can be signed by either autograph or fingerprint. The results of this research will be disseminated to various groups: (a) local and regional authorities of the Mexican health system and municipal authorities; (b) the participating communities will be informed in an assembly of the results and (c) academic dissemination will be done through publications in public science journals and institutional press releases and will also be presented at national and international congresses or symposia.
Emerging adulthood is a new life stage characterised by identity exploration, instability, self-focus, a feeling of ‘being in-between’ and the perception of a range of possibilities. Emerging adults may experience difficulties in their well-being during this complex stage. Adaptive emotion regulation can improve levels of well-being. Previous studies have shown that new technologies can enhance social-emotional competencies in this population. The purpose of the study is to design and implement a serious game, emoWELL, which improves knowledge and the use of adaptive skills of emotion regulation to improve well-being during emerging adulthood.
The participants will be 385 emerging adults aged 18–29 years. They will be randomly assigned to either the control or experimental group. The experimental group will complete the emoWELL serious game. The game takes place on a train ride with several stops where the player will learn about emotion regulation. To assess the effectiveness of emoWELL, psychological assessment instruments validated in the Spanish population will be used. The primary expected outcomes include characteristics of emerging adulthood, emotion regulation (emotion dysregulation, emotion regulation strategies and cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression) and psychological well-being. The secondary expected outcomes are self-esteem, psychological distress, loneliness and optimism. The assessment will occur at two different time points: pretest (T1) and post-test (T2) to observe improvements in the variables of interest.
The study has been approved by the Ethics Committee of the Universitat de València (2013883) and will follow the standards of the Declaration of Helsinki for data collection. The findings will be shared with the scientific community. The intellectual property registration number is as follows: UV-SW-202460R.
Objetivos: Conocer el efecto de la autotrascendencia sobre el bienestar, por lo cual se planteó la hipótesis que indica que a mayor autotrascendencia (intrapersonal, interpersonal y transpersonal [espiritualidad]) mayor bienestar (físico, psicológico y social) en los adultos mayores. Metodología: estudio descriptivo correlacional. La población fueron adultos mayores de ambos sexos. El muestreo fue probabilístico aleatorio estratificado, la muestra total fueron 251 adultos mayores. Resultados: El efecto de la autotrascendencia y la espiritualidad fue significativo (F(1,249) = 4.24, p=.015) sobre el bienestar físico (consumo de alcohol sensato) explicando el 25% de la varianza total. Respecto al efecto de estas mismas variables sobre el bienestar psicológico se puede observar que el modelo fue significativo (F(1,249) = 51.52,p=.001) explicando el 28.8% de la varianza total. Por último se identificó que el efecto de la autotrascendencia y la espiritualidad sobre el bienestar social fue significativo (F(1,249) = 31.00, p=.001), este modelo explicó el 20.0% de la varianza total. Conclusiones: La autotrascendencia (intra e interpersonal y transpersonal [espiritualidad]) tiene efecto sobre el bienestar físico (consumo de alcohol sensato), bienestar psicológico y social. Debido a los resultados se considera que la enfermería debe de abordar estas problemáticas de estudio bajo marcos teóricos que promuevan el desarrollo integrar en el adulto mayor y facilitar el bienestar de la persona en todas las etapas de la vida.
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Objectives: To know the effect of self-transcendence on well-being, for which the hypothesis was raised that indicates that the greater the self-transcendence (intrapersonal, interpersonal and transpersonal [spirituality]), the greater the well-being (physical, psychological and social) in elderly. Methodology: predictive descriptive study. The population was older adults of both sexes. The sampling was stratified random probabilistic, the total sample was 251 older adults. Results: The effect of self-transcendence and spirituality was significant (F(1,249) = 4.24, p=.015) on physical well-being (sensible alcohol consumption) explaining 25% of the total variance. Regarding the effect of these same variables on psychological well-being, it can be seen that the model was significant (F(1,249) = 51.52, p=.001) explaining 28.8% of the total variance. Finally, it was identified that the effect of self-transcendence and spirituality on social well-being was significant (F(1,249) = 31.00, p=.001), this model explained 20.0% of the total variance. Conclusions: Self-transcendence (intra- and interpersonal and transpersonal [spirituality]) has an effect on physical well-being (sensible alcohol consumption), psychological and social well-being. Therefore, it is considered that nursing should address these study problems under theoretical frameworks that promote the comprehensive development of the elderly and facilitate the well-being of the person at all stages of life.
Introducción. El consumo de alcohol es un fenómeno complejo y multifactorial que puede surgir a partir de múltiples características del individuo y el entorno, así como de creencias e ideologías sobre esta conducta. Objetivo. Identificar los patrones del consumo de alcohol y explorar las representaciones sociales del consumo de alcohol que construyen los jóvenes universitarios. Metodología. Se realizó un estudio descriptivo con enfoque cualitativo. En la recolección cuantitativa se obtuvieron 59 participantes, a quienes se aplicó una cédula de datos personales y consumo de alcohol y el cuestionario AUDIT, en la recolección cualitativa se realizaron siete entrevistas semiestructuradas en línea. Resultados. En los 59 participantes, se identificó que el 93.2% consumió alcohol alguna vez en la vida, el 83.1% en el último año, el 55.9% en el último mes y el 28.8% en los últimos siete días. El 36.7% presentó consumo de bajo riesgo, el 34.7% dependiente o de riesgo y el 28.6% perjudicial. A partir de las siete entrevistas surgieron siete categorías: conducta previa relacionada, percepción de beneficios del consumo de alcohol, percepción de barreras para el consumo de alcohol, autoeficacia de resistencia al consumo de alcohol, afectos positivos relacionados al consumo de alcohol, influencias interpersonales e influencia situacional de las redes sociales. Discusión. Los resultados evidencian el papel que pueden tener las creencias, percepciones e ideologías sobre la conducta del consumo de alcohol en los jóvenes universitarios; hallazgos que se convierten en un importante aporte para el desarrollo de futuros estudios y de estrategias de prevención enfocada a jóvenes universitarios.
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Introduction. Alcohol consumption is a complex phenomenon to study that can arise from multiple characteristics of the individual and the environment, as well as beliefs and ideologies about this behavior. Objective: Identify patterns of alcohol consumption and explore the social representations of alcohol consumption constructed by university students. Methodology. A descriptive study was carried out with a qualitative approach. In the quantitative collection, 59 participants were obtained, to whom a personal data and alcohol consumption card and the AUDIT questionnaire were applied; In the qualitative collection, seven semi-structured online interviews were conducted. Results. Of the 59 participants, it was identified that 93.2% consumed alcohol at some point in their lives, 83.1% in the last year, 55.9% in the last month and 28.8% in the last seven days. 36.7% presented low-risk consumption, 34.7% dependent or risky, and 28.6% harmful. Seven categories emerged from the seven interviews: previous related behavior, perception of benefits from alcohol consumption, perception of barriers to alcohol consumption, self-efficacy of resistance to alcohol consumption, positive affects related to alcohol consumption, interpersonal influences and situational influence of social relations. networks. Discussion. The results show the important role that beliefs, perceptions and ideologies can have on alcohol consumption behavior in university students; findings that become an important contribution to the development of future prevention strategies focused university students.
Background
Hypertension rates have increased worldwide, with the most significant increase in morbidity and mortality observed among African Americans. Resilience is a potential factor influencing how individuals manage health-related challenges or self-management tasks for hypertension. Research is scarce related to resilience and self-management frameworks in African Americans with hypertension.
Objectives
We aimed to describe a conceptualized resilience framework and preliminary findings of the association among resilience precursors, stress response, hypertension self-management behaviors, and health outcomes in African Americans with hypertension.
Methods
This cross-sectional, descriptive-correlational study included African American adults with hypertension, aged 25 years and older, recruited from an academic university and surrounding urban communities in the Midwest. Participants completed standardized, validated questionnaires to examine the association among resilience precursors, stress response, hypertension self-management behaviors, health-related quality of life (HRQOL), and blood pressure at baseline. Descriptive statistics were used to describe the sample demographic characteristics, whereas Pearson's correlational and multiple regression analyses were conducted to determine the associations among the variables.
Results
African Americans with hypertension (N = 30) were included in this preliminary study, with a mean age of 59.17 years; 66.7% were female. The mean systolic blood pressure was 136 (SD = 16.8) mmHg; the mean diastolic blood pressure was 78.1 (SD = 13) mmHg. Pearson's correlation analysis revealed significant relationships between resilience precursors, stress response, hypertension self-management behaviors and capability, and health outcome components. Multiple regression analysis showed that poor perceived resilience significantly predicted depression. Low dispositional optimism and low perceived resilience were significant predictors of stress. Higher perceived resilience significantly predicted self-efficacy. Perceived stress was negatively and significantly associated with HRQOL. Finally, higher self-efficacy significantly predicted better HRQOL.
Discussion
This study underscores the significant association between resilience, stress, self-management behaviors, and health outcomes in African Americans with hypertension. Further research with larger sample sizes and longitudinal designs is warranted to confirm and expand upon these findings. Objetivo principal: Develar desde primera persona el misterio existente en la mente de un paciente portador de Trastorno Obsesivo Compulsivo y que además comparte el atributo de ser profesional de enfermería. Metodología: Narrativa, autobiográfico. Resultados principales: El Trastorno obsesivo compulsivo es una enfermedad de baja prevalencia caracterizada por la aparición de ideas intrusivas que desencadenan la realización de acciones compulsivas acompañados de angustia, sufrimiento psiquiátrico y estigmatización de quien la vive. Discusión principal: Es importante explorar en la vivencia del sufrimiento psiquiátrico para relevar la importancia del tratamiento multidisciplinario y las redes de apoyo para la contención de los pacientes portadores de TOC.
Objetivos: Describir el papel del equipo de enfermería en el cuidado de pacientes con sospecha de infarto agudo del miocardio. Metodo-logía: revisión integradora de la literatura, utilizando las bases de datos MEDLINE, PUBMED, LILACS, CUIDEN, CINAHL, y las Prácticas Recomendadas de la Sociedad Brasileña de Cardiología. Se incluyeron publicaciones de 2010 a 2021, que estuvieran en portugués y de acceso gratuito. Resultados: se obtuvo una muestra final de 26 artículos, siendo seleccionados y agrupados en tres categorías temáti-cas: A) Conocimiento del equipo de enfermeria sobre los protocolos para el atendimiento a los pacientes con sospecha de Infarto agudo de miocardio B) la Sistematización de la asistencia de enfermeria durante el atendimiento inicial; C) Papel del equipo de enfermeria. Conclusiones: el equipo de enfermeria es visto como parte fundamental en las unidades de atención, por lo tanto, es necesario actualizar a estos profesionales para un mejor soporte técnico y científico, basado en la evidencia.
Objetivo: Describir el abordaje del dolor en pacientes con insuficiencia cardíaca, según lo encontrado en la literatura. Metodología: se realizó una investigación bibliográfica con búsqueda en las bases de datos MEDLINE, PUBMED, LILACS, CUIDEN, CINAHL, utilizando los descriptores Manejo del dolor, insuficiencia cardíaca y Automedicación, junto con el operador booleano AND. Se seleccionaron artículos en portugués, publicados entre 2010 y 2020, que respondieron al objetivo de la investigación. Las publicaciones duplicadas fueron ex-cluidas al final de las búsquedas en cada base de datos, obteniendo una muestra final de 31 artículos. Resultados: se encontró que el dolor se puede clasificar: 1) Según su naturaleza en nociceptivo (que puede ser somático y visceral), neuropático y mixto) y 2) Según su intensidad: en agudo, crónico o recurrente. Por lo tanto, el abordaje del dolor dependerá de su origen y de la necesidad del individuo.
Objetivo: identificar la producción científica que trate sobre cuidados de enfermería durante el período pre y postoperatorio de pacientes sometidos a cirugía cardíaca. Metodología: Revisión integradora de la literatura con enfoque cualitativo, realizada en las bases de datos CUIDEN, CINAHL, LILACS, LATINDEX, SciELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online) y BDENF (Base de datos bibliográfica especializada en el área de enfermería de Brasil) con un período de tiempo de 2007 a 2020. Resultados: Los principales diagnósticos de enfermería encontrados para el preoperatorio fueron: ansiedad y riesgo de infección, aspiración e integridad de la piel. Los diagnósticos para el postoperatorio fueron: dolor agudo, disminución del gasto cardíaco, alteración del intercambio de gases, riesgo de desequilibrio en el volumen de líquidos y electrolitos, alteraciones en la percepción sensorial, perfusión ineficaz del tejido renal, termorregulación ineficaz y escaso conocimiento sobre las actividades de autocuidados. Conclusión: La sistematización de la atención de enfermería se considera fundamental, para garantizar una atención segura y de calidad a los pacientes sometidos a procedimientos quirúrgicos.
Objetivo: Analizar la prevalencia de mortalidad neonatal tardía en el periodo de 2000 hasta 2010 en los estados de la región sur de Brasil. Metodología: Estudio descriptivo, de naturaleza cuantitativa. Los participantes del estudio eran neonatos nacidos en el período 2000 hasta 2010, que murieron con edades de siete a veintisiete días, en los estados de la región sur de Brasil. Los datos se obtuvieron a través de DATASUS y se analizaron con la ayuda de Microsoft Office Excel 2010, utilizando los cálculos de porcentaje, desviación estándar, promedio y análisis de varianza (ANOVA) este último utilizó un nivel de significación estadística del 5%. Resultados: Se encontró un promedio de 2.33 a 2.56 muertes por cada 1000 nacidos vivos en los estados estudiados del periodo 2000 hasta 2010. Conclusiones: La vigilancia de la mortalidad neonatal ayuda a identificar factores de riesgo, lo que permite la adopción de medidas preventivas necesarias para garantizar la supervivencia de los recién nacidos.
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