Objective: To analyze self-concept adaptation and role function models in patients with oral cavity cancer. Methods: This is a qualitative study conducted with patients at a cancer reference hospital in Fortaleza, CE, Brazil. The interview was used as a data collection technique, using a semi-structured instrument, based on Callista Roy’s theoretical framework. Data verifi cation occurred based on thematic cont...
Objective: to assess the pain and the differences of this assessment with social, economic and clinical variables in individuals with chronic kidney disease. Methods: cross- -sectional study, with 90 patients with hemodialysis clinics. Three instruments were used clinical/sociodemographic, visual analogue pain scale and McGill pain questionnaire. Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis U tests were used. Results: the m...
Introduction: chronic pain is common in patients with chronic kidney disease. Therefore, complementary therapies are part of the non-pharmacological measures in pain control, besides presenting lower risk, low cost and being less invasive. Among them, auriculoacupuncture stands out. Objective: to analyze the effect of auriculoacupuncture on chronic musculoskeletal pain in renal patients on hemodialysis. Method:...
Objective: to evaluate the costs of hospitalizations for ambulatory care sensitive conditions in the 2008-2015 time series. Methods: ecological study with records of the Hospital Information System. The sample was composed of records of admissions for diagnoses of the Brazilian List hospitalizations for ambulatory care sensitive conditions. Polynomial regressions were used to analyze the temporal trend of rates...
Objective: to analyze the factors related to the impaired comfort of chronic kidney diseases (CKD) patients on hemodialysis. Method: this is a cross-sectional study with 80 patients undergoing hemodialysis in a renal replacement therapy unit through interviews using two instruments, one for clinical and sociodemographic characteristics and the General Comfort Questionnaire, during the hemodialysis session. Mann...
Objective: to evaluate the therapeutic effect of music on anxiety and vital parameters in patients with chronic kidney disease when compared to patients receiving conventional care in hemodialysis clinics. Method: randomized clinical trial conducted in three renal replacement therapy clinics. Sixty people with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis were randomly allocated to an experimental group and a ...
Objective: To construct and validate a safety assessment instrument for chronic renal patients on hemodialysis. Methods: methodological study that comprised the instrument’s construction and content validation by 14 experts, and evaluation of its understanding by nine nurses. Construction was based on the health legislation on hemodialysis and international patient safety standards. For analysis of the experts’...
Objective: to validate the content of the Brazilian version of the General Comfort Questionnaire. Methods: validation study; the instrument was evaluated by 22 judges for clarity, comprehension, relevance, association with comfort and classification of items in the domains. The agreement among judges was analyzed through a binomial test and the Content Validation Index. Results: of the 48 items, ten were distri...
Objective: to analyze the scientific evidence on the positioning of pregnant women in spinal anesthesia for cesarean section. Method: an integrative review of the literature in the Scopus, CINAHL, LILACS and PubMed databases using the descriptors "patient positioning", "spinal anesthesia" and "obstetrics" and their synonyms "patient position" and "spinal anesthetics". Results: The sample of 8 articles showed th...
Objective: to identify drug interactions resulting from scheduling and errors in the preparation of antibacterials. Methods: observational and cross-sectional study carried out in medical clinics of a sentinel hospital. Data were collected through the observation of prescriptions and the preparation of 265 doses of antibacterials with the use of a check list. Results: the administration of Piperaciclina and Taz...