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Information Technology in Nursing Practice: A Scoping Review of Assessment Tool...
Cachata, D; Costa, M; Magalhães, T; Lucas, P; Gaspar, FIntroduction: The ongoing evolution of Health Information Technology has provided professionals with major challenges in maintaining the safety and quality of care provided to patients, especially when it comes to hyper-technological environments in hospital. This has driven the need to develop specific competencies and maintain a balance between ethical aspects, social and legal challenges related to privacy a...
Adverse childhood experiences and health outcomes: a 20-year real-world study
Martins, B; Taveira-Gomes, T; Gomes, JC; Vidal-Alves, MJ; Magalhães, T"Introduction: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) refer to traumatic life events occurred in childhood that comprise abuse (e.g., psychological, physical, sexual), neglect (psychological and physical), indirect violence or household dysfunctions. Such experiences ultimately lead to severe short-, medium- and long-term consequences for the victim's health. The goal of this study is to analyze the prevalence of...
The Integration of Information Technology in the Management and Organization of...
Cachata, D; Costa, M; Magalhães, T; Gaspar, FThe adoption of health technologies is occurring on an unprecedented scale, with enormous potential to improve the health of populations. In this context, information technology (IT) in nursing has emerged with a focus on quality and safety of care for the benefit of the patient. There is insufficient reliable evidence demonstrating how the integration of IT in nursing care influences methodologies for managing...
Biological Evidence Management for DNA Analysis in Cases of Sexual Assault
Magalhães, T; Ricardo Jorge Dinis Oliveira; Silva, B; Corte Real, F; Nuno Vieira, DBiological evidence with forensic interest may be found in several cases of assault, being particularly relevant if sexually related. Sexual assault cases are characterized by low rates of disclosure, reporting, prosecution, and conviction. Biological evidence is sometimes the only way to prove the occurrence of sexual contact and to identify the perpetrator. The major focus of this review is to propose practic...
Physical abuse against elderly persons in institutional settings
Frazão, SL; Correia, AM; Norton, P; Magalhães, TIntroduction: People over 65 years old are expected to be an increasing group exposed to abuse. Despite the well-studied intra-familial abuse, institutional abuse still lacks a proper understanding about its determinants and characteristics. Aim: The general objective of this study is to provide a better knowledge about physical abuse against elderly people in institutional settings, in order to contribute to a...
Domestic violence against elderly with disability
Frazão, SL; Silva, MS; Norton, P; Magalhães, TAbuse against elders with disabilities is a growing problem as the world population ages. Though they require mandatory reporting, these cases are most frequently not detected or not reported by health professionals for a variety of reasons, including the difficulty of making an accurate diagnosis. By performing a retrospective analysis of alleged domestic violence cases against elders with moderate or severe d...
Prevalência de hipertensão arterial em adolescentes portugueses da cidade de Li...
Silva, D; Matos, A; Magalhães, T; Martins, V; Ricardo, L; Almeida, HIObjetivo: Determinar a prevalência de pré-hipertensão arterial (pré-HTA) e hipertensão arterial (HTA) em adolescentes portugueses da cidade de Lisboa e averiguar a relac¸ão da pressão arterial (PA) com os fatores de risco: sexo, obesidade, tabagismo, alcoolismo, prática de exercício físico e história familiar de HTA. Metodologia: Estudo epidemiológico observacional, descritivo e transversal, numa amostra de con...