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Association of socioeconomic and clinical variables with the state of frailty among older inpatients

Objectives: to identify the prevalence of frailty among inpatient older adults in a clinical hospital and check the association of the socioeconomic and clinical characteristics with the state of frailty. Method: observational, cross-sectional and analytical study, conducted with 255 hospitalized patient...

Knowledge and attitudes of undergraduate nursing students toward dementia: An Indian perspective

Invest. educ. enferm; 33 (3), 2015
Objective.This work evaluated nursing students' knowledge and attitudes toward individuals with Alzheimer's disease and dementia. Methodology. This was a transversal, descriptive study carried out with a randomly selected group of nursing students (N = 122) from Bangalore, India, in 2013. The study used ...

Drug use, mental health and problems related to crime and violence: cross-sectional study

Objective: to investigate the correlation between disorders related to the use of alcohol and other drugs and symptoms of mental disorders, problems related to crime and violence and to age and gender. Methods: cross-sectional descriptive study carried out with 128 users of a Psychosocial Care Center for...

Governance of professional nursing practice in a hospital setting: a mixed methods study

Objective: to elaborate an interpretative model for the governance of professional nursing practice in a hospital setting. Method: a mixed methods study with concurrent triangulation strategy, using data from a cross-sectional study with 106 nurses and a Grounded Theory study with 63 participants. The qu...

Subnotificacao de acidentes biológicos pela enfermagem de um hospital universitário

Cienc. enferm; 21 (2), 2015
Objetivo: Identificar a taxa de subnotificação de acidentes com material biológico pela equipe de enfermagem de um hospital universitário e os motivos referidos para a subnotificação. Material e método: Pesquisa de corte transversal. Foram entrevistados individualmente todos os profissionais de en...

Comparação de resultados obstétricos e neonatais entre primíparas e multíparas assistidas no domicílio

Cienc. enferm; 21 (2), 2015
Objetivo: Comparar os resultados obstétricos e neonatais entre primíparas e multíparas assistidas no domicilio por enfermeiras obstétricas. Material e método: Estudo de corte transversal, que analisou prontuários de 100 partos de mulheres assistidas no domicílio e seus neonatos, de janeiro/2005 a ...

Treatment adherence in heart failure patients followed up by nurses in two specialized clinics

Objectives: to analyze treatment adherence in heart failure (HF) patients followed up by the nursing staff at specialized clinics and its association with patients' characteristics such as number of previous appointments, family structure, and comorbidities.Methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted ...

Peritonitis and catheter exit-site infection in patients on peritoneal dialysis at home

Objective: to analyze the complications related to peritonitis and catheter exit-site infections, in patients on peritoneal dialysis at home.Method: quantitative and cross-sectional study, carried out with 90 patients on peritoneal dialysis at home, in a municipality in the Northeast region of Brazil. Fo...

High risk for obstructive sleep apnea in patients with acute myocardial infarction

Objectives: to stratify the risk for obstructive sleep apnea in patients with acute myocardial infarction, treated at a public, tertiary, teaching hospital of the state of São Paulo, Brazil, and to identify related sociodemographic and clinical factors.Method: cross-sectional analytical study with 113 p...

Intimate partner violence and anxiety disorders in pregnancy: the importance of vocational training of the nursing staff in facing them

Objective: to identify the relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder, trait and state anxiety, and intimate partner violence during pregnancy.Method: observational, cross-sectional study developed with 358 pregnant women. The Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist - Civilian Version was used, a...