Publications by authors named "Claudia Consuelo Torres Contreras"
Objective: To determine the factors related to overall healthcare costs of road traffic accidents in Bucaramanga, Colombia.
Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted through the analysis of road traffic accident records that took place in 2019 in Bucaramanga, Colombia. Cost quartiles in dollars were compared using Pearson's chi-squared and Fisher's exact tests.
Objectives: To determine the efficacy of a multicomponent nursing program to prevent delirium in critically ill patients.
Methods: Parallel controlled randomized clinical trial to prevent delirium in 81 critically ill patients: 41 in the control group and 40 in the intervention group (intervention: spatial and temporal guidance, visual stimulus, auditive stimulus, and family support). Participants were recruited from September 2017 to March 2018 in the university hospital Los Comuneros, Bucaramanga, Colombia.
Objective: To determine the effectiveness of a nursing intervention for delirium prevention in critically ill patients.
Method: A quasi-experimental study was conducted with a non-equivalent control group and with evaluation before and after the intervention. 157 Patients were part of the intervention group and 134 of the control group.
Objective: To determine the prevalence of bullying and its determinants among adolescents attending school.
Method: An analytical cross-sectional study was conducted with a sample of adolescents, who were selected using a multistage probability sampling, from 20 public educational institutions in a Colombian city, in which a simple and multivariate binomial regression was carried out.
Results: A total of 500 adolescents participated from which 50.
Introduction: In nursing, it is crucial to know the leadership style required in each situation to act as a leader. The clinical nurse must have an effective leadership style that suits the situations presented during the performance of their functions, in order to achieve the objectives in the care of the patient and family.
Objectives: To describe the situational leadership styles present in nurses in hospital departments, including intensive care, according to the theory of Hersey and Blanchard and to determine the relationship between leadership styles and occupational variables.