The meaning of hope for individuals with spinal cord injury in Brazil.

Aim: To understand the meaning of hope among individuals with spinal cord injury.

Design: A qualitative study employing the ethnographic method was used, with 18 individuals.

Method: Participant observation was chosen to understand individuals with spinal cord injury and interviews were used to elicit information about the hope experience.

Protocol for a scoping review on nursing care and the autonomy of disabled persons.

Introduction: Considering the limitations that disabled persons experience, our understanding of caring for these people has evolved over time worldwide. Because nursing care is dependent on the choices made by patients, nurses can play an emancipatory role by empowering patients with disabilities to become the primary agent in their rehabilitation. Objective was to conduct a range analysis protocol proposing the mapping of conceptual elements for a nursing care model based on the autonomy of disabled persons.

Protocol for a scoping review of skin self-care of people with spinal cord injury.

Introduction: In recent years, increasing methodological references have been used in scientific research; these are points of support in the search for evidence, formulation and elaboration of instruments, scales, guideline and protocols. However, significant variability currently exists in scoping review conduct and reporting, thus limiting the potential of the methodology to advance research and practice about skin self-care of people with spinal cord injury (SCI). Our objective was to perform a scoping review protocol within the health rehabilitation context of people with SCI, focusing on skin self-care.