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Nursing Practice Environment and its impact on Retention and Turnover: Umbrella...
Figueiredo, Ana Rita; Baixinho, Cristina; Lucas, PedroIntroduction The shortage of nurses constitutes a global challenge with repercussions on care quality, patient safety, and the sustainability of health services. Among the factors influencing retention, the nursing practice environment stands out. It is understood as the set of organizational characteristics that either facilitate or constrain professional practice. Favorable environments are associated with hi...
Early mobilization in hospitalized patients with pneumonia: a systematic review...
Peças, Dina; Antunes, Ana Vanessa; Baixinho, CristinaIntroduction Pneumonia is one of the main causes of hospitalization worldwide, affecting different age groups, with a higher risk for adults/elderly. In addition to representing a significant burden of morbidity and mortality, prolonged hospitalization due to pneumonia is associated with high rates of immobility, with patients remaining up to 95% of the time in bed.1,2 Low hospital mobility is a preventable ris...
Safety in Transition of Care for Critically Ill Patients: Systematic Literature...
Sousa, Eliana; Machado, Paulo; Rodrigues, Diana; Baixinho, CristinaIntroduction The transition of care refers to the process of transferring responsibility and sharing relevant and accurate clinical information regarding a patient’s health status from one healthcare professional to another.1 Factors such as the lack of standardized procedures, time pressure, clinical complexity of patients, shortages in human resources, and inadequate professional training2 have been identifie...
Profile of stroke survivors attending a rehabilitation center in Huambo, Angola...
Nungulo, Victor; Gonçalves, Mauer; Pedrosa, Ana Rita; García-Fernández, Rubén; Henriques, Maria Adriana; Baixinho, CristinaIntroduction The continued rise in the global prevalence of cerebrovascular diseases, strongly associated with lifestyle factors, is concerning and substantially affects patients’ quality of life. Despite therapeutic advances, residual sequelae often persist, affecting self-care and functional status and, consequently, quality of life. In Angola, studies assessing the functional and cognitive status of people u...
Knowledge, Self-Care and Fragility Fracture Risk: An Exploratory Study Informin...
Silva, Tiago; Garcêz, Sandra; Matos, Alexandre; Nascimento, Tiago; Baixinho, Cristina; Ferreira, Ricardo J. O.; Costa, AndreiaIntroduction Fragility fractures (FF) are a growing public health problem, with 70,700 cases recorded in Portugal in 2019.¹ These fractures are associated with a one-year mortality rate of 25%² and a major economic impact. The management of FF risk comprises multiple interacting components, in which knowledge and the ability to perform self-care activities are key elements.3 Objective To explore the association...
IMPLEMENTING THE RESULTS OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH: CONTRIBUTIONS, CHALLENGES AND...
Praça, Christina; Baixinho, CristinaThe rapid advance of research and the worldwide proliferation of its results are an indisputable gain for the development of society, with clear translations in technological, social and human advances. This increase in studies and the dissemination of results is a challenge for researchers who, on the one hand, have access to a variety of studies on a given topic, but who are still faced with the challenge of ...
Effectiveness of interventions in preventing venous ulcer recurrence: Systemati...
Gomes, Filipe; Henriques, Maria Adriana; Baixinho, CristinaIntroductionVenous ulcers affect up to 3% of the global population, with a high economic impact and impact on quality of life.1,2 This context is exacerbated by their recurrence rates, which reach 70% within 12 months of healing.1 These cycles of healing and recurrence are not interrupted by recommended self-care activities aimed at their prevention. Their recurrence is associated with the chronicity of their r...
Telerehabilitation in Children and Adolescents with Cystic Fibrosis - Scoping R...
Ferreira, Mara; Pessoa, Ezequiel; Baixinho, CristinaIntroductionCystic Fibrosis (CF) is a chronic, progressive genetic disease that primarily affects the respiratory system (1). Treatment is complex, involving multiple daily care routines and regular rehabilitation interventions (2). However, adherence is often unsatisfactory (2). Recent technological advances have increased accessibility to care and adherence to treatment, although studies on telerehabilitation...
Cochrane Corner – Fall prevention interventions for older adults residents in c...
Silva, Tiago; O. Ferreira, Ricardo J.; Silva Costa, Andreia; Baixinho, Cristina; Henriques, Adriana; Vaz Carneiro, AntónioAs quedas na pessoa idosa são uma das principais causas de morbilidade e mortalidade prematura, constituindo um problema de saúde pública de grande relevância. Esta revisão sistemática Cochrane, atualiza revisões anteriores, avaliando 104 ensaios clínicos aleatorizados e controlados, envolvendo 68.964 pessoas com ≥65 anos, residentes em estruturas residenciais para idosos. A meta-análise compara a efetividade d...
A implementação dos resultados da investigação qualitativa: contributos, desafi...
Praça, Christina; Baixinho, CristinaO avanço rápido da investigação e a proliferação mundial dos seus resultados são um ganho indiscutível para o desenvolvimento da sociedade, com traduções claras nos avanços tecnológicos, sociais e humanos. Este acréscimo de estudos e a disseminação dos resultados são um reptopara os investigadores, que,por um lado,têm acesso a estudos diversos sobre um dado tema, mas continuam a ter o desafio de fazer chegar os...