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Hybrid Random Forest Survival Model to Predict Customer Membership Dropout
Sobreiro, Pedro; Garcia-Alonso, José; Martinho, Domingos; Berrocal, JavierDropout prediction is a problem that must be addressed in various organizations, as retaining customers is generally more profitable than attracting them. Existing approaches address the problem considering a dependent variable representing dropout or non-dropout, without considering the dynamic perspetive that the dropout risk changes over time. To solve this problem, we explore the use of random survival fore...
The Elderly Nursing Core Set and the cognition of Portuguese older adults: a cr...
Fonseca, Cesar; Pinho, Lara; Lopes, Manuel; Marques, Maria do Céu; Garcia-Alonso, JoséBackground The aging population and its associated health needs require specific nursing care. The aim of this study was to draw an epidemiological profile of Portuguese elderly adults attending in residential homes and day centers and to evaluate the association between the functioning and cognition of these older adults and their sociodemographic characteristics and presence of multimorbidity. Methods This wa...
Functioning and Cognition of Portuguese Older Adults Attending in Residential H...
Lopes, Manuel; Pinho, Lara; Fonseca, César; Goes, Margarida; Oliveira, Henrique; Garcia-Alonso, José; Afonso, AnabelaThe functioning and cognition of older adults can be influenced by different care contexts. We aimed to compare the functioning profiles and cognition of institutionalized and noninstitutionalized older adults and to evaluate the effect of sociodemographic factors on the functioning and cognition. This is a cross-sectional study that included 593 older adults. The data were collected using the Elderly Nursing C...
The Quality of Life of Older Individuals Following the World Health Organizatio...
Goes, Margarida; Lopes, Manuel; Maroco, João; Oliveira, Henrique; Fonseca, César; Mónico, Lisete; Parreira, Pedro; Garcia-Alonso, José; Pinho, LaraThe aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric qualities of the WHOQOL-BREF(PT) (the questionnaire developed by the World Health Organization Quality of Life Grpup for quality of life assessment), when applied to Portuguese elderly people residing in a community setting. The psychometric qualities were assessed by confirmatory factor analysis. A hierarchical second-order model and a third model were per...
Promotion of Functional Independence in the Deficit of Self-care in the Elderly...
Silva, Anabela; Silva, Susana; Fonseca, César; Garcia-Alonso, José; Lopes, Manuel; Cardoso, Inês; Pinho, LaraStroke continues to be one of the main causes of functional disability, in which the Rehabilitation Nursing Specialist (RNS) has an active intervention in promoting motor, sensory and self-care functional re-education for the recovery of autonomy in Activities of Daily Living (ADL), decreasing the impact of disabilities. Objective: Acquire RNS skills, through an intervention plan for elderly people with neurolo...
Promotion of Functional Independence in the Self-care Deficit of the Elderly Pe...
Silva, Anabela; Silva, Susana; Fonseca, César; Garcia-Alonso, José; Lopes, Manuel; Cardoso, Inês; Pinho, LaraFunctional disability can arise at any time in the life cycle of the elderly person, impairing autonomy and independence in their daily life activities. Making early intervention by the Rehabilitation Nursing Specialist (RNS) essential to maximize independence in self-care and improve quality of life through physical and emotional recovery, with verification of health gains. Objective: Acquire RNS skills throug...
Rehabilitation Nursing Technology Intervention Gains Based on the Model of Self...
Brandão, Ana; Lopes, Elisabete; Barbas, Liliana; Fonseca, César; Garcia-Alonso, José; Pinho, Lara; Lopes, ManuelObjective: Identify the Rehabilitation Nursing intervention gains based on the model of self-care in people with a Proximal Femur Fracture. Methodology: Descriptive and exploratory study, using Robert Yin’s qualitative case study methodology. The Elderly Nursing Core Set (ENCS) was used as a data collection and diagnostic tool; and Fonseca’s Self Care Model (2013) was used as an orientation for intervention. Re...
Rehabilitation Nursing and Elderly People with Neurological Alterations - Home ...
Duarte, Andreia; Fonseca, César; Branco, Juliano; Garcia-Alonso, José; Pinho, Lara; Cardoso, InêsThe main objective of this systematic literature review is to understand the gains that the Nurse Specialist in Rehabilitation Nursing interventions develop to the user with neurological changes in home context technology. A systematic review of the literature was conducted, where 110 articles were reviewed. Results and conclusions: that the rehabilitation process to be effective must have as its basic point th...
Training Proposal Technology for the Elderly with Changes in Self Care and for ...
Fonseca, César; Barbas, Liliana; Martins, Patricia; Ferrinho, Rogério; Garcia-Alonso, José; Pinho, Lara; Cardoso, InêsObjective: Identify the rehabilitation nursing interventions that can contribute to the training of the elderly person with self-care changes and to the training of their caregiver. Methodology: Systematic Literature Review, for which research was done at EBSCO selecting the Cinahl and Medline databases. The PRISMA recommendations were followed, and 11 studies were selected. Results: Training for self-care is o...