Historical technology transfer activities and productivity of NIDLRR grantees.

This paper analyzes the technology-related outputs from The National Institute of Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR). We seek to answer the questions: What are the types and frequency of assistive technology (AT) technology transfer (ATTT) outputs from NIDILRR grants? How does NIDILRR's ATTT generation compare to other granting organizations? What types of ATTT outputs occur, how, and what is the relative productivity of the most frequently funded universities and small businesses performing with funding by NIDILRR grants? An online search was conducted for indications of ATTT from grants funded from 1983-2021 through publicly available databases, the National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC), and the internet. This data was then categorized across relevant output types and analyzed.

Implementation of community health care services to counter the SARS-CoV2 pandemic.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has ravaged many countries worldwide since December 2019. The high infection rates, and the need for health care assistance for individuals with comorbidities, strained the national health care systems around the world. Outbreak peaks increased the burden on hospitals that where perceived as high-risk places by people, who often decided to cancel or defer hospital visits.

Effects of the WHO 8-step wheelchair-service-delivery process on wheelchair users in El Salvador: a cohort study.

Purpose: To test the hypotheses that, after the delivery of manual wheelchairs following the WHO 8-step service-delivery process, wheelchair-related health and quality of life, wheelchair skills, wheelchair use, and poverty probability would improve; and that the number of wheelchair repairs required, adverse events, caregiver burden, and the level of assistance provided would decrease.

Methods: This was a longitudinal, prospective within-subject study including 247 manual wheelchair users, and 119 caregivers, in El Salvador who received a wheelchair following the WHO 8-step process as well as maintenance reminders. Outcome measurements were performed structured questionnaires and dataloggers at the initial assessment, at wheelchair delivery, and at 3- and 6-month follow-up.

Impact of the healthcare reorganization of the Local Health Authority services in Rieti (Italy) during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.

Background: The need to contain the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has forced national and local organizations to define and implement targeted emergency response and management measures. As the knowledge about the infection grew, a wider range of organizational measures were deployed.

Methods: This study involves the SARS-CoV-2 infected people managed by the Local Health Authority of Rieti (Italy).

Exploratory investigation of the outcomes of wheelchair provision through two service models in Indonesia.

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that only 17-37% of the approximately 77 million people who need a wheelchair have access to one. Many organizations are trying to address this need through varying service delivery approaches. For instance, some adhere to WHO's recommended 8-steps service approach while others provide wheelchairs with little to no service.

Evaluation of Nursing Service Management Model applied in hospitals managed by social health organization.

Objective: Evaluate the Hospital Nursing Service Management Model from the perspective of nurses from hospitals managed by social health organization, considering the type and dimensions of the model.

Methods: This is an exploratory, cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach; census population. The evaluation was conducted in 15 hospitals based on the Index of Professional Nursing Governance, including the descriptive analysis of the k-means method and multiple linear regression to score the instrument.

Implementation of the Nursing Services Management Model in 16 hospitals.

Objectives: to describe the main aspects and relevant results of the implementation of the Nursing Services Management Model in hospitals managed by social health organization, from 1998 to 2018.

Methods: experience report of the model implemented in 16 hospitals in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.

Results: the actions and monitoring of the implementation were based on protocols considering: management model and structure of the nursing service in hospitals; care process and main nursing care results; and people development.

Preliminary steps of the development of a Minimum Uniform Dataset applicable to the international wheelchair sector.

Assistive products outcomes are needed globally to inform policy, practice, and drive investment. The International Society of Wheelchair Professionals developed a Minimum Uniform Dataset (MUD) for wheelchair services worldwide with the intent to gather data that is comparable globally. The MUD was developed with the participation of members from around the globe and its feasibility piloted at 3 sites.

Family members' satisfaction with the care flow in the Pediatric Emergency Department.

Objective: To evaluate the satisfaction index of the pediatric patient's caregiver (person responsible for the child) regarding the waiting time for the care flow in an emergency service.

Method: A prospective, cross-sectional, quantitative study with 300 family members in the Pediatric Emergency Department of a general hospital. An instrument was used to analyze the service flow, waiting time and satisfaction evaluation.

Economic evaluation of sFlt-1/PlGF ratio test in pre-eclampsia prediction and diagnosis in two Brazilian hospitals.

Objectives: To assess the economic impact of introducing the soluble FMS-like tyrosine kinase (sFlt-1) to placental growth factor (PlGF) ratio test into clinical practice in two Brazilian hospitals.

Methods: An economic model estimating the incremental value of the information from a Brazilian public and private healthcare payer perspective generated by the sFlt-1/PlGF ratio test, compared with current diagnostic procedures, in guiding the management of women with suspected pre-eclampsia. A cohort of 1000 pregnant women between 24 weeks and 36 + 6 weeks of gestation were managed in either a 'test' scenario in which the sFlt-1/PlGF test is used in addition to current diagnostic procedures, or a 'no-test' scenario.

Analysis of incidents notified in a general hospital.

Objective: To evaluate the incidents spontaneously notified in a general hospital in Minas Gerais.

Method: Retrospective, descriptive, quantitative study performed at a general hospital in Montes Claros - Minas Gerais State. The sample comprised 1,316 incidents reported from 2011 to 2014.

Promoting Mental Health in Italian Middle and High School: A Pilot Study.

Aim: In Italy, a handbook has been developed based on the principles of cooperative learning, life skills, self-effectiveness, and problem-solving at high school level. Early studies have shown the handbook's effectiveness. It has been hypothesized that the revised handbook could be more effective in middle schools.

Diagnostic value of computed tomography colonography (CTC) after incomplete optical colonoscopy.

Introduction: This study evaluated the role of computed tomography colonography (CTC) in patients who previously underwent incomplete optical colonoscopy (OC). We analyzed the impact of colonic lesions in intestinal segments not studied by OC and extracolonic findings in these patients.

Methods: Between January 2014 and May 2015, 61 patients with a history of abdominal pain and incomplete OC examination were studied by CTC.

Effects of Endocrine Disruptor Compounds, Alone or in Combination, on Human Macrophage-Like THP-1 Cell Response.

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the immunological effects on human macrophages of four endocrine disruptor compounds (EDCs) using the differentiated human THP-1 cell line as a model. We studied first the effects of these EDCs, including Bisphenol A (BPA), di-ethylhexyl-phthalate (DEHP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP) and 4-tert-octylphenol (4-OP), either alone or in combination, on cytokine secretion, and phagocytosis. We then determined whether or not these effects were mediated by estrogen receptors via MAPK pathways.

Coaching leadership: leaders' and followers' perception assessment questionnaires in nursing.

Objective: To describe the development, content analysis, and reliability of two questionnaires to assess the perception of nurse leaders, nurse technicians, and licensed practical nurses - coached in the practice of leadership and the relation with the dimensions of the coaching process.

Methods: This was a methodological study with a quantitative and qualitative approach, which had the goal of instrumentation in reference to the construction and validation of measuring instruments. The instrument proposition design was based on the literature on leadership, coaching, and assessment of psychometric properties, subjected to content validation as to clarity, relevance, and applicability in order to validate the propositions through the consensus of judges, using the Delphi technique, in 2010.

[Difficulties experienced by nurses in the use of process indicators].

The research has investigated the difficulties that nurses from "Santa Casa" Hospital in Montes Claros-MG have had in using indicators to analyze the quality of care processes results. A transversal study of quantitative approach was carried out, with a questionnaire being applied to nurses who have obeyed the inclusion criteria. As a result, it was showed that 94,9% of the participants reported difficulties in using process indicators, considering that 50% of them got graduated less than three years ago and just 30% received information about the subject during the course.

Validation of the process criteria for assessment of a hospital nursing service.

Objective: to validate an instrument containing process criteria for assessment of a hospital nursing service based on the National Accreditation Organization program.

Method: a descriptive, quantitative methodological study performed in stages. An instrument constructed with 69 process criteria was assessed by 49 nurses from accredited hospitals in 2009, according to a Likert scale, and validated by 16 judges through Delphi rounds in 2010.

[Computerized system for managing nursing care indicators at Hospital São Paulo].

Indicators are tools that permit to define parameters that will be used to make comparisons between a result and its expected value, as well as to add a value of judgement in this regard. The purpose of this study is to describe the experience of a group of nurses in the development of a computerized system to manage nursing care indicators at Hospital São Paulo. Four stages were used to implement the indicator management system: developing a nursing care indicator handbook; performing a manually registered pilot test; developing the computerized system; and performing the pilot test of the computerized system in eleven units at the hospital.

Contribution of Miscanthus x giganteus root exudates to the biostimulation of PAH degradation: an in vitro study.

Phytoremediation is considered as a promising and cost-effective method to enhance bioremediation of polluted soils. Exudation of plant root secondary metabolites similar to organic pollutants may induce the expression of microbial degradative enzymes and favour cometabolism of xenobiotics. We investigated the contribution of Miscanthus x giganteus root exudates in the biostimulation of PAH-degradation.

[Coaching: a reference model for the practice of nurse-leaders in the hospital context].

The objectives of the present study was to evaluate the leadership of nurses by using the coaching strategy as a managerial tool, and identify, measure and analyze the acquisition of competencies from the view of nurse-coaches. This is a descriptive, cross-sectional, exploratory and field study that was performed using a quantitative approach. Situational Leadership was selected as the theoretical framework and the research instrument was submitted to statistical and content analyses and was applied on 11 nurse leaders of a large scale private general hospital located in São Paulo.

[Perception of the nursing team about causes of errors in the administration of medication].

The nursing staff, responsible for the last stages of the administration of medications can detect failures and avoid them. The security in the administration of medicines is essential, therefore it is necessary to identify the types of errors and the risk factors in the occurrence of failure. This study sought to identify the causes of errors in administering medication and preventive measures.

[Nurses' perception on the results of quality indicators for the improvement of professional practice].

The quality control strategies plays an important role to nurses as they become more involved and qualified to improve the care provided. The purpose of this study was to diagnose the perception of nurses at a private hospital on the nursing quality processes applied to care improvement. This is a descriptive-exploratory study whose sample was composed by 19 nurses from care units.

Quality of life in heart transplant candidates.

Objective: To assess the quality of life of patients with refractory heart failure disease as candidates for heart transplant.

Methods: A transversal, descriptive and prospective study with 18 adult patients, with mean age of 52 years under pre-transplantation outpatient follow-up at educational and public hospital in São Paulo town. The quality of life was assessed by reference to 'The Medical Outcomes Study 36-item Short-Form Health Survey' (SF-36) generic questionnaire in order to assess the aspects in relation to the function, dysfunction, physical and emotional uneasiness.

Medication errors in an intensive care unit.

Aim: This paper is a report of a study to investigating the incidence types and causes of medication errors (MEs) and the consequences for patients. Background. Medication errors are a common problem in hospitals around the world, including those in Brazil.