Publications by authors named "Blanca Marin-Fernandez"

Losing a newborn is for many mothers a painful end in which death occurs when life is expected, which makes them live a time of loneliness, personal doubt and feeling of failure. After carrying out a previous qualitative study analyzing the experiences of 25 women who suffered a spontaneous perinatal loss at any time during pregnancy and a systematic review of the factors that affect the emotional response after perinatal losses, a nursing care proposal is presented based on Watson's Theory of Transpersonal Human Care to respond to the needs of women who experience this loss process. This care plan proposal is intended to achieve individualized care for women who suffer perinatal losses adapted to their needs, not only physical but also emotional.

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Purpose: The aim of this paper is to develop a preliminary theory that explores in depth into understanding the experiences of women who have suffered a spontaneous perinatal loss during any trimester of their pregnancy regarding their emotional response to this loss.

Design: A grounded theory approach was used, and 25 in-depth interviews were conducted with Spanish women who suffered a spontaneous perinatal loss.

Methods: Theoretical sampling and constant comparative analysis were used to reach theoretical saturation.

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Objective: To examine the perception of the hospital birth experience in women at 8 weeks and 8 months after the birth and to determine if there have been any changes in that perception.

Design: This was a prospective qualitative study with a phenomenological approach based on semi-structured, individual and in-depth interviews at 8 weeks and 8 months after childbirth as well as participant's observations. The data were transcribed and analysed thematically using ATLAS.

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Purpose: To validate the content of the nursing diagnosis proposal Disturbed thought process.

Methods: With an exploratory and descriptive design, the content validation for each component of the diagnosis proposal was pursued, based on a previous broad conceptual work, through consulting experts, applying Fehring's Diagnosis Content Validation Model. The modified Delphi technique was used by sending out three rounds of questionnaires electronically to seek consensus among the experts.

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Emotional care is an important part of the holistic labor and should be considered when providing care to people affected by perinatal losses. To synthesize the findings from recently published scientific evidence on the emotional care needed following perinatal loss, a search in PubMed, CINAHL, SCOPUS, and Web of Science was carried out in January 2020 yielding 22 studies which met the inclusion criteria and were analyzed following Whittemore and Knafl's (2005) methodology. One category on "offering emotional care" was identified: "Aspects influencing the psychosocial well-being of women after perinatal loss," comprising eight themes: risk of complicated grief, cultural values, perinatal losses in multiple pregnancies, experience of subsequent pregnancies, need of information, contact with the deceased baby, impact on relatives, and strategies for emotional care.

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The objective of this study was to determine the effect of an education short course on professional' self-efficacy in the area of breastfeeding care. The intervention had a pre-post design. A total of 43 healthcare professionals attended the course.

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Background: Breastfeeding care plays a fundamental role in establishing breastfeeding and longer duration after discharge. Practices though vary among professionals involved and are often inconsistent with good practices recommended, being a threat to women's breastfeeding self-efficacy. Breastfeeding self-efficacy is considered a predictor for successful breastfeeding and a significant variable amenable to intervention for promoting lactation AIM: To evaluate the efficacy, feasibility and acceptability of a new breastfeeding self-efficacy promoting programme (SIALAC) on 6-month breastfeeding maintenance.

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Introduction: physical inactivity is the fourth most important risk factor for mortality worldwide and university students present this risk factor at a high level. Objective: to determine the changes in the physical activity of university students in Navarra during the first three years of college. Methods: prospective observational study of a cohort of university students.

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Objective: To understand which needs are considered priorities in the hospital birth experience from the perspectives of postpartum women.

Design: This qualitative prospective study used a phenomenological approach. Data were collected through participant observations and semi-structured interviews recorded at eight weeks and eight months after childbirth.

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Inflammatory bowel diseases generate disability. We aimed to adapt and validate the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Disability Index in a Spanish population and to analyze the sociodemographic and clinical factors associated with disability in patients with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. Cultural adaptation and validation of psychometric properties in the index were done, along with an observational, cross-sectional, and analytical approach to determine associations with sociodemographic and clinical factors.

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Inflammatory bowel disease has a negative impact on individuals perception of their health status and is associated with disabling processes that have physical, social, and work repercussions. The objectives of this study were to describe the life experiences of individuals with Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis and to develop a theoretical framework to describe the relationships of these diseases with personal and clinical factors. A qualitative study on the basis of grounded theory was conducted, involving individual and semistructured interviews on the life experiences of 14 adults of different ages with inflammatory bowel disease in relapse or inactive phase.

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Purpose: To analyze and synthetize the existing scientific literature in relation to the nursing diagnosis disturbed thought processes (DTPs) (00130).

Methods: An integrative review was developed, identifying relevant papers through a search of international and Spanish databases and the examination of key manuals.

Findings: Theoretical papers propose modifications for the nursing diagnosis DTPs.

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Introduction: One of the strategies for the prevention of the obesity is the identification of critical periods of gain weight. Some studies confirm gain weight during the university period.

Objective: The purpose of the present study was to determine the changes in the body weight of the university students in Navarre.

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Introduction: Current models of beauty represent an extreme thinness in the women and a muscular body in the men. The body image perception will condition the search of ideal beauty through different behaviors and can be transform in eating disorders. The university students, with the changes typical of youth and university transition, are a vulnerable group.

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Aims And Objectives: The objectives of this study were to analyse the differences in the treatment and the evolution of acute coronary syndromes according to the gender of the patient and to determine the likely causes of these differences.

Background: Epidemiological studies confirm the differences in the course and treatment of acute coronary syndromes according to factors such as gender and age. The factors associated with the observed gender-based differences are not known.

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Purpose: To analyze the frequency of the nursing diagnosis disturbed thought processes (DTP) (00130) in a sample of psychiatric and psychogeriatric patients in medium- and long-term units and to describe those factors associated with its presence.

Methods: A secondary analysis of the data obtained in a multicentric and cross-sectional study developed in Spain was undertaken.

Findings: The total sample was 624 patients, from which 39.

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Introduction: Mediterranean diet is a lifestyle with contrasted beneficial effects on pregnancy, for both the mother and her offspring. However, factors influencing adherence to this diet are unknown.

Objective: To investigate the factors (educational level, occupation, place of birth, number of previous children and age) that influence adherence to the Mediterranean diet in pregnant women in the region of Pamplona.

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Objectives: The objective of this study is to determine the prevalence of asthma symptoms and overweight-obese in children aged 6-7 years and adolescents aged 13-14 years within the metropolitan area of Pamplona, and analyse the risk of asthma within the age groups and the influences if sex on this relationship.

Methods: The study is based on data of asthma symptoms and body mass index of 4,413 children and adolescents obtained from the International Study of Asthma and Allergies phase III questionnaire. Unconditional logistic regression was used to obtain adjusted odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) for overweight-obesity and asthma symptoms in both groups, taking as reference the group of normal weight.

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The physical methods to control body temperature, either to induce hypothermia, or to increase body temperature, can be of two types: physical methods of external heating or cooling and invasive methods that require complex procedures and technology. There are many strategies for the induction of hypothermia, all based on three of the four basic mechanisms of heat transfer, evaporation, convection and conduction. In the hospital environment the external cooling methods or surface (blankets of cold air or water circulation, plates of hydrogel Artic Sun, methods of cooling helmet) are the most widely used for the induction of therapeutic hypothermia.

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The main antipyretic drugs belong to two different therapeutic groups: non-steroidal anti-inflammatory and antirheumatic; and analgesic and antipyretic. In some cases, both groups are included in the NSAID group (analgesics antipyretics and NSAID). Most of the chemical compounds included in this group have three actions, but the relative performance of each of them can be different, as well as the incidence of adverse effects.

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Introduction And Objectives: To estimate the preoperative levels of anxiety and depression in patients awaiting heart surgery and to identify the risk factors associated with the development of these mood disorders. To evaluate the relationship between preoperative anxiety and depression and postoperative morbidity.

Methods: Prospective longitudinal study in a sample of 100 patients undergoing heart surgery.

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The application of cold therapy is called thermotherapy Can distinguish two major forms: local and general. At the local level is widely used in the field of physical rehabilitation, rheumatology and various surgical specialties. However the evidence on issues relating to its potential benefits, physiological reason underlying its action, or application form is not sufficiently supported.

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Measuring body temperature is a common practice in the area of care. There are various measuring instruments, ranging from simple glass thermometers to sophisticated electronics that allow measurement in different body sites. This article presents the advantages and disadvantages of different thermometers are currently on the market.

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The knowledge of the physiological mechanisms for controlling body temperature, and the etiology and pathophysiology of fever and hyperthermia nursing care enable these interdisciplinary problems, allowing early detection to prevent its progression. It also allows the nurse the implementation of quality care through the adoption of specific measures to lower the temperature, the administration of medical therapy, hemodynamic monitoring, respiratory and metabolic control and water.

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