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Lean and/or Six Sigma for process optimization in the perioperative period: an integrative review

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the evidence on the influence of Lean and/or Six Sigma for process optimization in the perioperative period. Methods: Integrative review carried out in the MEDLINE (PubMed), Web of Science, EMBASE, CINAHL, Scopus and LILACS databases on the use of Lean and/or Six Sigma to...

Generalized Resistance Deficits in inmates with hypertension: missing resources that limit health

ABSTRACT Objective: to understand the Generalized Resistance Deficits of people deprived of liberty with hypertension in a Brazilian prison unit. Method: qualitative research, anchored in Salutogenesis, carried out with 38 people with hypertension from a Brazilian prison unit, from February to July 202...

Factors associated with Community Health Agents' knowledge about tuberculosis

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the factors associated with the knowledge of Community Health Agents (ACS) about tuberculosis. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 110 ACS. A questionnaire was used to assess knowledge about pulmonary tuberculosis (component 1) and the work functions of AC...

Validity of the TBApp mobile application for self-care management for people with tuberculosis

ABSTRACT Objectives: to describe the validity process of the TBApp mobile application for self-care management for people with tuberculosis linked to Primary Health Care. Methods: methodological research developed with ten expert judges, carried out virtually. The application was assessed in relation t...

Sleep duration and quality of Brazilian nursing staff who work in shifts

ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze sleep duration and sleep quality in nursing professionals who work in shifts. Method: this is a cross-sectional, analytical research, carried out between September 2017 and April 2018, at a public hospital in southern Brazil, with the nursing team. A socio-occupational an...

Translation and Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the LYMPH-ICF Instrument for Lymphedema into Portuguese/Brazil

ABSTRACT Objective: The aim of this study is to cross-culturally adapt the Lymphoedema Functioning, Disability and Health Questionnaire Lymphoedema (LYMPH-ICF) instrument into Brazilian Portuguese and conduct a pilot application (n = 10), without psychometric pretensions. Method: Methodological researc...

Cardiovascular Risk and Lifestyle: comparison between teaching workers in Portugal and Brazil

ABSTRACT Objective: Compare Cardiovascular Risk between workers in Brazil and Portugal who work in the teaching context and its relationship with Lifestyle and Common Mental Disorder. Methods: Cross-sectional study that compared the cardiovascular health conditions of teaching workers in Manaus (Brazil...

Nursing care protocol for critical users with tracheostomy under mechanical ventilation

ABSTRACT Objectives: to develop and assess a nursing care protocol for critically ill users with tracheostomy under mechanical ventilation. Methods: a methodological study, developed through two phases, guided by the 5W2H management tool: I) target audience characterization and II) technology developme...

Fall Tailoring Interventions for Patient Safety Brazil Program: an evaluability study in a teaching hospital

ABSTRACT Objectives: to present the theoretical model, logic model, and the analysis and judgment matrix of the Fall TIPS Brazil Program. Methods: a qualitative, participatory research approach, in the form of an evaluability study, encompassing the phases (1) problem analysis; (2) program design, deve...