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Social Determinants of Health in the lives of urinary catheter users

ABSTRACT Objective: To identify the influence of social determinants of health on the life conditions of patients who use intermittent urinary catheters. Method: This was a descriptive study conducted in a rehabilitation center with 243 neurogenic bladder patients who used clear intermittent urinary ca...

Perception of cancer patients in palliative care about quality of life

ABSTRACT Objective: To understand the perception of cancer patients in palliative care about quality of life and identify propositions for its improvement. Method: This is a quantitative research carried out with 96 patients in palliative care, admitted in a public hospital from March 2015 to February ...

Cultural adaptation and validation of the Brazilian Version of the Patient Activation Measure-22 items

ABSTRACT Objective: To adapt and validate the Patient Activation Measure (PAM22) in a sample of Brazilians with chronic diseases under outpatient monitoring. Method: Adaptation process comprises translation, back translation, analysis by a committee of judges, semantic analysis, and pre-test. Psychomet...

Assessment of professional competence of nurses in emergencies: created and validated instrument

ABSTRACT Objective: To create an instrument to assess the professional competence of nurses in emergencies. Method: Methodological study carried out between 2013 and 2016 in a Brazilian university. We used the Pasquali's model and Psychometrics as references because they allow subjective phenomena to b...

Sepsis-induced acute kidney injury: kidney protection effects by antioxidants

ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the antioxidant action of N-acetylcysteine and diosmin-hesperidin in an experimental model of sepsis-induced acute kidney injury in rats. Methods: The study used 20 Wistar adult male rats divided into the following groups: control (laparotomy with no induction of abdomin...

Myocardial revascularization: factors intervening in the reference and counter-reference in the hospital setting

ABSTRACT Objective: To understand the intervening factors in the process of reference and counter-reference of the individual with heart disease in the scenario of high complexity in the health care network. Method: Research anchored in the Grounded Theory (Teoria Fundamentada nos Dados). It totaled 21...

Antihypertensive treatment adherence in workers of a General Hospital

ABSTRACT Objective: to assess antihypertensive treatment adherence and associated factors in workers from a hospital. Method: cross-sectional research, consisting of 108 workers who self-reported as being hypertensive. Associations between sociodemographic, work and health variables were assessed regar...

Hands hygiene and the use of gloves by nursing team in hemodialysis service

ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the adhesion of the nursing team to the practice of hands hygiene (HH) and the use of latex gloves in a hemodialysis service. Method: this is a descriptive-exploratory study with a quantitative approach, performed between August and October 2016 in a hemodialysis service ...

Attitudes towards interprofessional collaboration of Primary Care teams participating in the ‘More Doctors’ (Mais Médicos) program

Objectives: to compare the attitudes regarding interprofessional collaboration of health professionals that make up the Family Health Strategy teams participating in the ‘More Doctors’ (Mais Médicos) program; and to identify factors associated with attitudes of interprofessional collaboration. Metho...

Limites e possibilidades para ações de promoção da saúde da pessoa idosa na Estratégia de Saúde da Família: um estudo de caso

Trata-se de um estudo dentro da linha de pesquisa Fundamentos Filosóficos, Teóricos e Tecnológicos do Cuidar em Saúde e Enfermagem na Faculdade de Enfermagem da UERJ, o qual apresenta como objeto de estudo: as ações de promoção da saúde do idoso na ESF. Questão de pesquisa: Quais são os limite...