Background The worldwide community has shown significant interest in researching the management of Long COVID. However, there is scarce evidence about the daily experiences of people living with Long COVID and their insights into the healthcare services provided to them. Aims This study aims to understand the experience of Long COVID sufferers with their symptoms and in accessing health services. Method We empl...
Previous studies on health in prison facilities have determined that imprisonment has adverse effects on both physical and emotional well-being. Therefore, the introduction of public health measures is encouraged. This study aimed to (a) evaluate the levels of physical activity and the health condition of a sample of Brazilian prisoners and (b) determine the predictors of low physical activity. An observational...
Worldwide, the COVID-19 pandemic represented a health emergency for prisons. This study sought to understand the meanings and experiences through the narratives of prisoners and family members affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in the context of a maximum-security state penitentiary complex in southern Brazil. For this purpose, a qualitative study was developed based on the methodological framework of constructi...
The COVID-19 pandemic had several repercussions on prison staff, but the currently available evidence has mainly ignored these effects. This qualitative study aimed to understand the impact of COVID-19 on the prison system through the narratives of health and security professionals, using the methodological framework of the constructivist grounded theory proposed by Charmaz. The sample included 10 healthcare wo...
Aims and objectives This paper aims to: (a) determine the personal, sociodemographic, clinical, behavioural, and social characteristics of older Brazilians with clinical evidence of long COVID; (b) evaluate perceived quality of life and determine its association with personal, sociodemographic, behavioural, clinical and social variables; and (c) assess significant predictors of high perceived QoL. Background Gi...
Objective: to report the experience of using social media to promote health actions in older adults during the Covid-19 pandemic. Method: this is an experience report of the extension project entitled "Grandma and grandpa wired: connected to the Internet toward quality of life", carried out from April to December 2020, mediated by synchronous and asynchronous interactions, using digital tools and discussed in l...
Objective: to identify, in the scientific literature, the use of simulation as a teaching-learning method by nursing in the area of child health. Methodology: integrative review, carried out in the PUBMED and Virtual Health Library databases, from 2010 to 2020, through combinations between the controlled and uncontrolled terms "simulation", "simulation training", "children", "nursing”, “nursing education”, wi...
In order to identify the security measures taken and the control of occupational exposure to ionizing radiation in units of hemodynamic, from the perspective of nursing, this quantitative descriptive study was developed during January and February, 2011. A check-list of binary responses (yes / no) was made based on the legislation and updated literature and it was applied in four hospitals in the northern regio...
http://dx.doi.org/10.5902/2236583413287O objetivo do estudo foi identificar mudanças de hábitos e atitudes em sobreviventes de infarto agudo do miocárdio após intervenção coronária percutânea. Foram entrevistados no período de janeiro a março de 2010, 40 indivíduos submetidos à angioplastia primária dentro de uma internação há pelo menos 12 meses após a alta hospitalar. O questionário estruturado foi elaborado...
O objetivo deste estudo foi identificar as medidas de proteção tomadas e o controle da exposição ocupacional às radiações ionizantes em unidades de serviço de hemodinâmica sob a ótica dos profissionais de enfermagem. Para o estudo descritivo quantitativo, no período de janeiro a fevereiro de 2011, foi aplicado em quatro hospitais da região norte do estado do Paraná um check-list de respostas binárias (sim/não),...