Cardiac anxiety in the perioperative period of patients undergoing cardiac surgical procedures: an observational study.

Objective: to compare cardiac anxiety symptoms in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft and valve surgery repair in the preoperative period, on the day of hospital discharge and on the first return visit after hospital discharge.

Methods: an observational study, carried out in inpatient units and in outpatient clinic of a university hospital. Data were collected through interviews.

Effect of an educational program on physical activity in individuals undergoing their first percutaneous coronary intervention: A randomized clinical trial.

Background: Educational programs designed for specific populations to improve regular physical activity need to be tested.

Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of an educational program, when compared to usual care, on improving physical activity 5 to 7 months after hospital discharge in adult patients undergoing their first percutaneous coronary intervention.

Methods: Randomized controlled trial with two groups: usual care (n = 56) and educational program (n = 53) interventions.

Comparison of Anxiety and Depression Symptoms in Individuals According to their Sex, Type of Cardiac Device, and Diagnosis of Chagas Disease.

Introduction: Implantable cardiac pacemakers or cardioverter defibrillators are alternatives for the treatment of arrhythmias, however, their use has caused changes in the emotional state of patients. The objective of this study was to compare the measures of anxiety and depression symptoms in individuals according to their sex, type of cardiac device, and diagnosis of Chagas disease.

Methods: This is an observational and cross-sectional study conducted with adults with implantable cardiac pacemakers or cardioverter defibrillators.

Development, validation and international certification of a health portal for people with disabilities.

Objectives: to develop, validate with specialists and internationally certify a virtual health portal, the D+Informação.

Methods: a quantitative methodological study. Twenty-two expert judges validated the Portal in the health and computer science areas using the Content Validity Index and the Gwet test.

Knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about acute coronary syndrome among patients with type 2 diabetes.

Objective: to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of Guyanese individuals with type 2 diabetes regarding acute coronary syndrome and explore associations between these measures and the population's sociodemographic and clinical characteristics.

Method: cross-sectional study conducted in Linden, Guyana, with sixty type 2 diabetics, interviewed using a sociodemographic and clinical questionnaire and the Acute Coronary Syndrome-Response Index. The Mann-Whitney test was used to assess potential differences between groups according to the ACS-Response Index subscales, and sex, age, time since diabetes diagnosis, and body mass index and the Kruskal-Wallis test to compare the ACS-Response Index subscales according to educational level.

Going home after a child's cardiac surgery: education for safe care.

Objectives: to validate the content and appearance of the booklet "Going home after a child's cardiac surgery" and assess family members' cognitive learning regarding its use.

Methods: a methodological and quasi-experimental study of before and after type, with semi-structured interview, pre-test and reading of the booklet in a hospital; post-test and validation occurred after hospital discharge. Wilcoxon non-parametric statistics were used.

The effect of reinforcing an educational programme using telephone follow-up on health-related quality of life of individuals using warfarin: A randomised controlled trial.

Objectives: To evaluate the effect of reinforcing an educational programme through telephone follow-up on health-related quality of life and anxiety and depression symptoms in individuals starting warfarin therapy.

Background: Educational interventions have improved quality of life in individuals using warfarin. Few studies have examined the addition of telephone follow-up to enhance educational interventions.

Coaching Leadership in the context of the Mobile Emergency Care Service.

Objective: To analyze the Coaching Leadership exercised by nursing coordinators in the Mobile Emergency Care Service units, in the coordinators and nursing technicians' perception, in addition to its correlation with three sociodemographic variables.

Method: Descriptive and analytical study carried out on nursing coordinators and nursing technicians from the pre-hospital care units, using the Coaching Leadership questionnaires and the Spearman correlation test to analyze the results.

Results: 11 nursing coordinators and 155 nursing technicians participated in the study.

Leadership and job satisfaction in the Mobile Emergency Care Service context.

Objective: to evaluate the correlation between the practice of Coaching Leadership performed by nursing coordinators and job satisfaction, in the self-perception of coordinators and the perception of nursing technicians of the Mobile Emergency Care Service.

Method: a descriptive, correlational study that used the Questionnaire on Self-Perception of the Nurse in the Exercise of Leadership to measure the self-perception of leadership of the eleven nursing coordinators and the Questionnaire on Nursing Technician Perception in the Exercise of Leadership to verify the perception of 155 nurse technicians. The Job Satisfaction Questionnaire assessed job satisfaction in both categories.

Relationship between emotional states before cardiac valve surgeries with postoperative complications.

Objective: To investigate associations between preoperative anxiety and depression symptoms and postoperative complications and the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patients undergoing valve repair surgery.

Method: Observational, exploratory and prospective study. The consecutive non-probabilistic sample consisted of patients undergoing their first valve repair surgery.

Adverse events associated to the use of equipment and materials in nursing care of hospitalized patients.

Objective: To analyze the occurrence of adverse events associated to the use of equipment and materials in nursing care.

Method: Quantitative, descriptive study, using the electronic records of adverse events notifications in an accredited hospital.

Results: A total of 1,065 adverse events were reported, of which 180 (16.

Association of preoperative anxiety and depression symptoms with postoperative complications of cardiac surgeries.

Objective: to investigate the associations of preoperative anxiety and depression symptoms with postoperative complications and with sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patients submitted to the first coronary artery bypass graft.

Method: observational, analytical and longitudinal study. A consecutive non-probabilistic sample consisted of patients submitted to coronary artery bypass graft.

Educational program for coronary artery disease patients: results after one year.

Objective: To evaluate the long-term results of an educational program compared to usual care.

Method: A longitudinal study in which 56 participants from a previous study (randomized controlled clinical trial) were evaluated twelve months after the percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) was assessed by the Medical Outcomes Study: 36-item Short Form (SF-36), and anxiety and depression symptoms were assessed by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS).

Instruments used in the assessment of expectation toward a spine surgery: an integrative review.

Objective: To identify and describe the instruments used to assess patients' expectations toward spine surgery.

Method: An integrative review was carried out in the databases PubMed, CINAHL, LILACS and PsycINFO.

Results: A total of 4,402 publications were identified, of which 25 met the selection criteria.

Stressors perceived by patients in the immediate postoperative of cardiac surgery.

Objective: to investigate stressors perceived by patients in the immediate postoperative of cardiac surgery and their association with sociodemographic and clinical characteristics.

Method: a prospective correlational study conducted in a city in São Paulo, between August 2013 and December 2014. A non-probabilistic sample included patients submitted to their first coronary artery bypass graft or mitral valve surgery.

Health status and mental health in patients after percutaneous coronary intervention.

Objective: to assess the association between perceived health status and the mental health of patients submitted to percutaneous coronary intervention after hospital discharge.

Method: a quantitative and cross-sectional study involving 101 participants. The following instruments were used: a sociodemographic and clinical characterization instrument, the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36), and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS).

Somatic and cognitive-affective depressive symptoms among patients with heart disease: differences by sex and age.

Objective: this study investigated the association of somatic and cognitive-affective symptoms with sex and age, among patients hospitalized with heart disease.

Method: this study was a secondary analysis of two previous observational studies totaling 531 patients with heart disease, hospitalized from 2005 to 2011 in two public hospitals in Ribeirão Preto, state of São Paulo, Brazil. Somatic and cognitive-affective symptoms were assessed using the subscales of the Beck Depression Inventory - I (BDI-I).

A randomized controlled trial of an educational programme to improve self-care in Brazilian patients following percutaneous coronary intervention.

Aims: To test an educational programme with telephone follow-up to improve self-care in Brazilian patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention.

Background: Percutaneous coronary intervention has been established as a treatment for coronary disease. However, additional intervention is needed to improve self-care for individuals who undergo this procedure to reduce further disease.

[Anxiety and depression among men and women who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention].

A descriptive, cross-sectional, correlational study aimed to investigate the association of sex and the presence of anxiety and depression after hospital discharge in patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Fifty-nine patients undergoing PCI and receiving outpatient treatment in the first seven months after hospital discharge were evaluated. To assess the symptoms of anxiety and depression the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) was used.

[Perceived health status and pharmacological adherence of patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention].

The objectives of this study were to evaluate the perceived health status and pharmacological adherence, and to verify the correlation between these measures in patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention, after hospital discharge. It was a cross-sectional study carried out from May 2011 to July 2012. The instruments used were: SF-86 and Measurement of Adherence to Treatment, with 101 patients, 54 (53.

Presence of depressive symptoms in patients with a first episode of acute coronary syndrome.

Aim: to compare possible differences regarding the presence of depressive symptoms according to the clinical diagnosis of Acute Coronary Syndrome, gender and age, one week before the first cardiac event.

Method: cross-sectional, descriptive and exploratory study, which used the Beck Depression Inventory. The sample consisted of 253 patients.

Clinical evolution of patients hospitalized due to the first episode of acute coronary syndrome.

Aim: to assess the clinical evolution of patients hospitalized due to the first episode of Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) according to its clinical manifestation.

Methods: data were collected from 234 patients, hospitalized between May 2006 and July 2009 due to the first episode of an ACS, by consulting their medical records.

Results: 234 patients were hospitalized, 140 (59.

[Patients' symptoms before a first hospitalization due to Acute Coronary Syndrome].

The objective of this study was to characterize and compare patients regarding their report of experiencing chest pain, dyspnea and limitation of the daily life activities one week before their first hospitalization due to Acute Coronary Syndrome, according to the clinical presentation form, and compare them. This is a cross-sectional, descriptive and correlational study. A clinical evaluation instrument was used to investigate the presence and severity of dyspnea, chest pain and physical restriction due to myocardial ischemia.

Health-related quality of life in patients admitted after a first episode of acute coronary syndrome.

This study aimed to investigate health-related quality of life based on the four weeks antecedent to first admission for acute coronary syndrome and describe potential associations between quality of life, gender and prior treatment for any other cardiovascular condition. An exploratory, descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted in two public hospitals in an inner state city of the State of São Paulo. Of 253 participants studied, 69.