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Empowering women in decision-making about mobility during labor: insights from ...
Lopes, Marlene I.; Vieira, Margarida; Cardoso, AlexandrinaINTRODUCTION: Allowing freedom of movement and positions during labor facilitates safe progression, improves maternal and neonatal outcomes, and contributes to a positive birth experience for women and their partners. Childbirth preparation aims to empower women by equipping them with skills and confidence to manage labor actively and knowledgeably. However, in many hospital settings, women's mobility remains r...
"My birth plan": expectations and individualized care in childbirth preparation...
Almeida, Cátia; Aires, Clara; Cardoso, AlexandrinaBackground: women's expectations influence their experience and satisfaction with childbirth, making it essential to understand them to provide individualized care. Objective: to explore women's expectations before starting childbirth preparation, considering the "My Birth Plan" as a tool for designing specialized care in Nursing-Midwifery. Methodology: a descriptive, mixed-methods, and cross-sectional study wa...
Psychometric properties of the healthy lifestyle behaviors scale in Portuguese ...
Nunes, Maria Arminda; Melnyk, Bernadette Mazurek; Almeida, Sofia; Cardoso, Alexandrina; Vieira, MargaridaBackground: Pregnancy provides a privileged and opportune moment to implement interventions promoting healthy lifestyle behaviors and significantly improving perinatal outcomes. The Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Scale (HLBES) can be used to assess health promoting behaviors, such as diet, physical activity, and mental health. Purpose: This study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the HLBES in Portugu...
Nursing process related to the nursing focus “airway clearance”: a scoping review
Gaspar, Luís; Reis, Neuza; Sousa, Paula; Silva, Abel Paiva e; Cardoso, Alexandrina; Brito, Alice; Bastos, Fernanda; Campos, Joana; Parente, PauloBackground: Airway clearance impairment has a significant impact on self-care and quality of life. Identifying clinical data, nursing diagnoses, and nursing interventions is essential to clinical reasoning and enhancing nursing care. This study aims to map the existing evidence on clinical data, nursing diagnoses, and nursing interventions addressing the nursing focus on “airway clearance”. Methods: Research wa...
Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources–Based Support System for Predicting ...
Coutinho-Almeida, João; Cardoso, Alexandrina; Cruz-Correia, Ricardo; Pereira-Rodrigues, Pedro; Cardoso, AlexandrinaBackground: The escalating prevalence of cesarean delivery globally poses significant health impacts on mothers and newborns. Despite this trend, the underlying reasons for increased cesarean delivery rates, which have risen to 36.3% in Portugal as of 2020, remain unclear. This study delves into these issues within the Portuguese health care context, where national efforts are underway to reduce cesarean delive...
Women's empowerment for active labor: a qualitative study with nurse-midwives i...
Lopes, Marlene I.; Vieira, Margarida; Cardoso, AlexandrinaINTRODUCTION Recognizing the positive impact of movement and positions on labor progression and maternal and neonatal outcomes, there is a strong recommendation to empower women for active labor during antenatal education. This study investigates nurse-midwives' interventions in empowering women for active labor, during antenatal education within primary healthcare settings. METHODS A qualitative descriptive st...
Factors associated with puerperal women's perception of the support received fr...
Sena, Marcela Matias; Barros, Maria Aline Rodrigues; Holanda, Sâmia Monteiro; Aquino, Priscila de Souza; Cardoso, AlexandrinaObjective The aim of the current study was to associate sociodemographic characteristics and satisfaction with the support received from companions during labor and delivery. Method An analytical cross-sectional study was performed in a maternity hospital in Fortaleza, Brazil, from March to August 2019, with 320 postpartum women. A form containing sociodemographic and obstetric questions, companion-related info...
Self‐care nursing interventions: A qualitative study into electronic health rec...
Queirós, Carmen; Silva, Maria Antónia; Gomes, João; Neves, Hugo; Cruz, Inês; Brito, Alice; Cardoso, Alexandrina; Pereira, Filipe Miguel SoaresAims:This study aims to (1) analyse all self-care–related interventions Portuguesenurses documented, (2) determine potential issues that may impair semantic interoper-ability and (3) propose a new set of interventions representing nursing actions regardingself-care that may integrate any HER application.Background:As populations age and chronic diseases increase, self-care concerns rise.Individuals who seek hea...
Healthy Lifestyle Beliefs Scale: Psychometric properties in Portuguese pregnant...
Nunes, Maria A.; Almeida, Sofia; Cardoso, Alexandrina; Vieira, Margarida; Melnyk, Bernadette M.Healthy lifestyle during pregnancy influences the pregnant woman's and child's physical and mental health, impacting perinatal outcomes. Healthy lifestyle beliefs are predictors of lifestyle behaviors, requiring a valid and reliable instrument to assess them during prenatal care. The 16-item Healthy Lifestyle Belief Scale (HLBS) measures a person's beliefs about their ability to live a healthy lifestyle. This s...
Sociodemographic and obstetric factors associated with health‐related quality o...
Gadelha, Ivyna P.; Barros, Maria A. R.; de Freitas, Bruna B.; de Lima Mesquita, Annita; Sales, Nirvana M.; Alexandre, Camila E. C.Objective To evaluate the association between sociodemographic and obstetric factors and the health-related quality of life of pregnant women in high-risk prenatal care. Methods A cross-sectional study of women in high-risk prenatal care in Ceara, Brazil. The investigated outcomes were health-related quality of life, using the Medical Outcomes Study 36-item short-form health survey; the investigated covariates ...