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Exploring climate change’s impact on the cardiopulmonary health of adults livin...

Background: Climate change is affecting public health and well-being. In 2016, Swiss emergency departments (EDs) treated 1,722,000 cases, with 4718 daily admissions. In 2023, the ED of Sion Regional Hospital recorded 75,000 consultations. The links between climate change and health are complex, necessitating urgent research on its impact on cardiopulmonary health in Valais, Switzerland. Raising awareness among ...

Large language models in nursing education: a step forward for wound care teaching

Urinary incontinence after childbirth: prevalence, risk factors and impact on q...

Background & aim: Urinary incontinence (UI) significantly impacts quality of life, with pregnancy and childbirth recognized as major risk factors. This study aimed to identify the prevalence and risk actors of UI and its impact on quality of life among women after childbirth. Methods: A cross-sectional study using stratified cluster sampling was conducted on 696 women in Portugal, who had a childbirth within th...

The CHANT's conceptual and psychometric validity in Switzerland: a descriptive ...

To effectively mitigate the health impacts of climate change, future nurses must be equipped with the requisite knowledge and competencies. Knowing their levels of ecoliteracy would help to make them more effective. Background/Objectives: This descriptive study will use a three-round, multicentre, modified e-Delphi survey to establish an expert panel’s consensus on the Climate, Health, and Nursing Tool’s (CHANT...

Translation, adaptation and validation of the Toronto Symptom Assessment System...

Effective symptom management and patient comfort require a systematic assessment to better control symptoms. The Toronto Symptom Assessment System for Wounds (TSAS-W) is a tool designed to evaluate the complexity and specificity of wounds, focusing not on healing but on the effective control of symptoms. This study aims to translate, adapt and validate the TSAS-W for the Portuguese population and to analyze its...

Atenção visual em crianças surdas: revisão sistemática (2000-2019)

Deafness appears to be associated with a decrease in executive functions. Deaf children are perceived and framed more based on their limitations than on their potentialities. Early exposure to spoken or signed language, combined with the development of visual attention, can contribute to greater autonomy and social inclusion of deaf children. The objective of the study is to identify and analyze the main approa...

Nursing intervention program for intestinal stoma self-care: a focus group

Background: Specific and systematic nursing interventions for self-care promotion positively influence the process of adapting to life with a stoma.Objective: To analyze nurses’ perspectives on a nursing intervention program for promoting self-care in people with an intestinal stoma.Methodology: Qualitative study using focus groups for data collection. A convenience sample of nine participants was used. The COn...

Promoting eCo-responsability, eCo-literacy, and eCo-centricity in emergency tri...

Background: Climate change, ambient air pollution, and non-optimal temperatures are recognized as a global health emergency. Many studies have highlighted increases in the number of emergency hospital admissions and hospitalizations for respiratory and cardiovascular diseases associated with nonoptimal temperatures, unconventional gas reserves, particulate matter, agrounded level Os, sulphur dioxide, or nitroge...

Thromboembolic events in people with cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic: case-...

Objective: to analyze the association between coronavirus disease infection and thromboembolic events in people with cancer in the first year of the pandemic. Method: case-control study carried out by collecting medical records. The selected cases were adults with cancer, diagnosed with a thromboembolic event, treated in the selected service units during the first year of the pandemic. The control group include...

Skin microclimate on heels: a within-person randomized clinical trial

Objective: To evaluate the skin microclimate on the heels of patients hospitalized in an intensive care unit, using multi-layer polyurethane foam with silicone compared to transparent polyurethane film. Method: a within-person, parallel, randomized, clinical trial of superiority. Each patient received the experimental intervention (multi-layer polyurethane foam dressing with soft silicone) and the control inter...