Publications by authors named "Fernanda Maria Vieira Pereira-Avila"

Objectives: to assess the socio-cognitive factors determining adherence to standard precautions by nursing professionals in care practice during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil.

Methods: an analytical cross-sectional study, carried out with 9,039 nursing professionals in Brazil, using an electronic form containing participant sociodemographic, training and work variables, and the Brazilian version of the Standard Precautions Questionnaire. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used using the statistical software R.

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Objective: to build, validate, and evaluate an educational health website on home care for newborns for use by pregnant women, postpartum women, and family members.

Method: methodological study developed according to the Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate model. After construction, the website was validated by 20 experts and evaluated by 20 individuals from the target audience, and the data wasanalyzed according to the Concordance Index with a cut-off point equal to or greater than 0.

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Objective: to evaluate the usability of the ROBOVID mobile application for health education about COVID-19.

Method: methodological study with an applied quantitative approach, developed with 21 adults, using an electronic form. Usability was assessed using the System Usability Scale.

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Objective: To describe feelings, challenges and strategies related to the continuity of breastfeeding after returning to work in the perception of lactating nurses.

Method: Descriptive, exploratory, qualitative study, with snowball sampling. Data collection occurred virtually between August and September 2020 in the State of Rio de Janeiro.

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Objective: to investigate the prevalence of skin lesions and factors associated with the use of N95 respirators among health professionals in Brazil.

Method: cross-sectional study conducted with 11,368 health professionals using a respondent-driven sampling method adapted for online environments. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to investigate the association between the "skin lesions with the use of N95 respirators" variable and gender, professional category, workplace, training, COVID-19 diagnosis, and availability of sufficient and high-quality Personal Protective Equipment.

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Objective: To know the intervening factors in the adherence of health professionals to humanized care practices for newborns with good vitality in the delivery room.

Method: Qualitative research, through an online form with 36 health professionals working in delivery rooms in Rio de Janeiro. Data processed in the Interface de R pour Analyses Multidimensionnelles de Textes Et de Questionnaires and analyzed according to Thematic Content Analysis.

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Objective: To construct and validate a mobile application for health education about COVID-19.

Method: Methodological study, developed in six stages, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, between June 2020 and August 2021, with 20 health professionals, using an electronic form. Validation took place through the Content Validity Index, whose indexes should be greater than or equal to 80%.

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Objectives: to develop and validate a scale for assessing the quality of life of women with Human Papillomavirus infection.

Methods: a methodological study to develop the stages of item elaboration, apparent and content validation, semantic validation, pre-test, item allocation in domains, and reliability.

Results: 98 items were elaborated and submitted to apparent and content validation (version 2; n=05).

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Objective: To evaluate the practice of using masks by the population of the Brazilian state of Paraíba during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Method: Cross-sectional, descriptive-analytical study conducted with adults living in the state of Paraíba through an online instrument from April to May 2020, through the Face Mask Use Scale of Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas da Paraíba.

Results: The participants amounted to 1,307 (100.

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Objectives: to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Brazilian version of the Standard Precautions Questionnaire.

Methods: this is a methodological study conducted with physicians and nursing professionals for the evaluation of psychometric properties. A reliability analysis was conducted using Cronbach's alpha.

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Objective: to identify the challenges pediatric nursing workers face as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Method: qualitative study, using a semi-structured electronic form applied to nursing workers from pediatric services in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Data were submitted to lexicographic analysis using the Interface de R pour Analyses Multidimensionnelles de Textes et de Questionnaires, Word Cloud technique, and Similitude Analysis.

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Objective: to identify the factors associated with the use and reuse of masks among Brazilian individuals in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Method: cross-sectional study conducted in the five Brazilian regions, among adult individuals, via an electronic form disseminated in social media, addressing general information and the use of masks. Bivariate analysis and binary logistic regression were used to identify the factors associated with the use and reuse of masks.

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Objectives: to translate and culturally adapt the Infant Feeding Intentions Scale for pregnant women in Brazil.

Methods: methodological study that included stages of translation, synthesis, face and content validation, back translation and semantic assessment. In the face and content and semantic validation stages, we used the Content Validity Index for individual items and for the overall scale for clarity and representativeness.

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Objective:  To reveal the changes in the quality of life reported by women with Human papillomavirus (HPV)-induced lesions.

Methods:  This is a cross-sectional, descriptive-exploratory study of a qualitative approach performed from June to August 2016. Semi-structured face-to-face interviews based on five questions on the concept of quality of life were used.

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Objective: To identify scientific evidence on quality of life measurement instruments used in individuals with infections caused by human papillomavirus.

Method: This was an integrative review carried out from April 1995 to March 2017 in the LILACS, SciVerse Scopus, ISI Web of Science, CINAHL, and PubMed databases. The controlled descriptors adopted were: Infecções por Papilomavirus; Qualidade de Vida; Papillomavirus Infections; and Quality of Life.

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