Introduction There is a scarcity of simulation-based interprofessional (IP) programs in Portugal, with a notorious absence in undergraduate education. This paper describes the first step towards the development of an interprofessional education (IPE) undergraduate program, namely the implementation and preliminary assessment of the workshop LINKS – Lifting INterprofessional Knowledge through Simulation. The aim...
Background: Patient-focused interventions recognize the role of patients as active participants in the process of delivering effective, safe and responsible healthcare. When equipped with appropriate knowledge, patients can play an important role in their own care by early diagnosing self-limiting conditions and establishing a beneficial relationship with the healthcare team. The purpose of this study was to id...
Background: Patient-focused interventions recognize the role of patients as active participants in the process of delivering effective, safe and responsible healthcare. When equipped with appropriate knowledge, patients can play an important role in their own care by early diagnosing self-limiting conditions and establishing a beneficial relationship with the healthcare team. The purpose of this study was to id...
Purpose: To identify nonpharmacological clinically effective interventions for constipation in adults. Methods: A systematic review of experimental studies of nonpharmacological interventions addressing participants’ management of constipation using samples of adults over 18 years of age was conducted. In evaluating the methodological quality of the eligible studies, we used the assumptions of the Cochrane Coll...
Introduction: Urinary incontinence is a major health problem resulting in physical, psychological and social changes with economic repercussions on the health system. Is a multifactorial condition associated with age-related changes and disorders of the genitourinary system, which corroborates the fact that it is the most often recurring geriatric syndrome. Aims: To identify non-pharmacological interventions fo...
Introduction and objectives: Diabetic foot is one of the disabling complications of diabetes affecting more than one million people in Portugal. Negative pressure therapy is relatively recent, describing itself as facilitating wound bed preparation and inducing granulation and angiogenesis. It is our goal to provide an overview of available evidence on the clinical efficacy of negative pressure in the treatment...