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Knowledge in palliative care of nursing professionals at a Spanish hospital

Resume Objective: to determine the level of knowledge in palliative care of nursing staff at a Spanish tertiary care hospital. Method: descriptive, cross-sectional study. Data were collected about the results of the Spanish version of the Palliative Care Quiz for Nurses (PCQN), sociodemographic aspects...

Cardiovascular health in Brazilian state capitals

Resume Objective: to estimate the prevalence of ideal cardiovascular health indicators in the Brazilian population, according to gender, age, education and region of residence. Method: cross-sectional study that used data from 41,134 participants of the Surveillance System of Risk and Protective Factor...

Nurse perception of care of hospitalized older adults - a comparative study between northern and central regions of Portugal

Resume Objective: to analyze the relationship between the perceptions of nurses about geriatric care (GC) environment and geriatric nurses' knowledge and attitudes according to unit type considering the northern and central regions of Portugal. Method: a cross-sectional study was developed among 1068 P...

Prevalence of household falls in long-lived adults and association with extrinsic factors

Resume Objective: to identify the prevalence of falls among older adults and the extrinsic factors associated with them. Method: population-based cross-sectional study with 350 older adults. A household survey was conducted using a questionnaire addressing socio-demographic, clinical, and environmental...

Chronotype and work shift in nursing workers of university hospitals

ABSTRACT Objective: To identify the predominant chronotype in nursing workers who work in surgical clinics of university hospitals and to verify the association with work shift. Method: Cross-sectional study, performed in surgical clinics of university hospitals in the Southern region of Brazil. The sa...

Relational technologies as instruments of care in the Family Health Strategy

ABSTRACT Objective: This article aims to identify the relational technologies used by Family Health Strategy nurses in their daily work when treating patients. Method: Descriptive and cross-sectional study with qualitative approach; conducted between May and July 2015, in three Basic Health Units of th...

Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Moral Distress Scale-Revised for nurses

ABSTRACT Objective: Cross-culturally adapt and validate the Moral Distress Scale-Revised for nurses. Method: Quantitative, analytical cross-sectional study conducted with 157 nurses of two hospital institutions of Southern Brazil, one public and one philanthropic. Procedures conducted: cultural adaptat...

Profile of Brazilian workers victims of occupational accidents with biological fluids

ABSTRACT Objective: To characterize the Brazilian workers victims of occupational accidents with biological fluids. Method: Epidemiological and descriptive research, in which 284,877 notifications of the Notifiable Diseases Information System were analyzed between 2007 and 2014. We used Stata 13 for da...

Job satisfaction in an oncology nursing team

ABSTRACT Objective: to identify the level of attributed, perceived and real job satisfaction of oncology nursing professionals and analyze the relationships between the levels of satisfaction among these workers. Method: a descriptive, quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted using the Index of...

Sexual orientation and quality of life of people living with HIV/Aids

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze whether sexual orientation affects the quality of life of people living with HIV/Aids (PLWHA). Method: A cross-sectional analytical study was carried out with 146 PLWHA in Teresina, capital city of the state of Piauí, in 2013, by means of the WHOQOL-HIV-bref. Descriptive...