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...
Background & Aim: The construction of an ostomy has a physical, psychological, and social impact, requiring the need to adapt. The way this event is experienced is influenced by several factors, namely ostomy self-care competence, the aspect most referred to in the literature. Nurses' specific and systematic intervention positively influences the person's adaptation to the ostomy. This study aimed to describe t...
Objectives: To identify nursing interventions, their characteristics, and outcomes for promoting self-care in candidates for a bowel elimination ostomy. Materials and methods: A scoping review was carried out based on the Joanna Briggs Institute’s recommendations. For this, studies published in Portuguese, English, and Spanish on the Web of Science, CINAHL, and Scopus databases and without a time limit were sel...
Enquadramento: A confeção de um estoma constitui-se como um evento gerador de mudanças influenciado por diversos fatores, nomeadamente a presença de complicações do estoma e/ou pele periestomal. Estima-se que 80% das pessoas com ostomia experienciam, pelo menos, uma complicação relacionada com o estoma ao longo da sua vida. Objetivos: Identificar os fatores de risco associados ao desenvolvimento de complicações...
Background: The use of an instrument to assess the self-care competence in patients with bowel elimination ostomy allows for the systematic identification of their specific needs, ensuring the continuity of nursing care. Although an instrument that assesses the domains that integrate this competence has been developed in Portugal, it has not yet been validated. Objectives: To assess the psychometric properties ...
Background: The development of the self-care competence in the person with a tracheostomy is described as a key driver for a healthy transition to life with a tracheostomy. An instrument for assessing the self-care competence of the person with a tracheostomy contributes to nurses’ decision-making and promotes the quality of care. Objectives: To develop a tool for assessing the self-care competence of the perso...