Water-Energy-Food Nexus and Life Cycle Thinking: A New Approach to Environmental and Nutritional Assessment of Potato Chips.

The water-energy-food (WEF) nexus has become a key concept to promote the cross-sectoral coordination toward sustainable development. In particular, understanding the interdependences of these pillars, as well as addressing a life cycle perspective, is essential when evaluating food production systems. This study explores the environmental impacts and nutritional quality of potato chips, addressing life cycle thinking and a WEF nexus approach.

Implementing a Care Pathway for Complex Chronic Patients from a Nursing Perspective: A Qualitative Study.

A care pathway constitutes a complex care strategy for decision-making and the organization of processes in the care of complex chronic patients, avoiding the fragmentation of care. Health professionals play a decisive role in the implementation, development, and evaluation of care pathways. This study sought to explore nurses' opinions on the care pathway for complex chronic patients three years after its implementation.

Smoking in nursing students: A prevalence multicenter study.

The role of nursing students as future health promoters of healthy behaviors is influenced by their attitude towards smoking. A cross-sectional study using a self-administered survey was performed to analyze smoking prevalence among undergraduate the nursing students who attend nursing faculties in 2 European countries (Spain and Portugal) during academic period 2015 to 2016. A total of 1469 subjects were surveyed (response rate of 79.

The communication skills and quality perceived in an emergency department: The patient's perspective.

Aim: To examine the influence of health care provider's communication skills on the quality of care perceived by Emergency Department patients.

Background: Communication between patients and health care providers in the context of Emergency Department is challenging and can potentially have a negative impact on the quality of care perceived by patients.

Design: Cross-sectional descriptive study conducted in the Emergency Department at the University Clinical Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca of Murcia, Spain.

Perceptions about the Self-Learning Methodology in Simulated Environments in Nursing Students: A Mixed Study.

The self-learning methodology in simulated environments (MAES©) is an active method of education. The aim of this study was to analyze the perceptions and opinions of undergraduate and graduate nursing students about the self-learning methodology in simulated environments. A mixed, cross-sectional, descriptive study based on a survey tool made ad hoc (quantitative approach) and an open questionnaire (qualitative approach) was carried out.

Characteristics of nursing interventions that improve the quality of life of people with chronic diseases. A systematic review with meta-analysis.

Purpose: The objective of this systematic review was to determine the characteristics of the interventions conducted by nurses that attempt to improve the health related quality of life (HRQoL) of people over 18 years of age with chronic diseases.

Methods: This systematic review with meta-analysis summarizes 24 studies, conducted in 10 countries, that evaluated HRQoL through the Short-Form Health Survey (SF). Five databases were accessed to find the available studies from December 31st, 2000 to May 22sd, 2017.

Comparison of injury severity scores (ISS) obtained by manual coding versus "Two-step conversion" from ICD-9-CM.

Background: The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is the standard diagnostic tool for classifying and coding diseases and injuries. The Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) is the most widely used injury severity scoring system. Although manual coding is considered the gold standard, it is sometimes unavailable or impractical.

Predictive capability of the injury severity score versus the new injury severity score in the categorization of the severity of trauma patients: a cross-sectional observational study.

Purpose: The AIS scale is a measurement tool for single injuries. The ISS is considered the gold standard for determining the severity of injured patients, and the NISS was developed to improve the ISS with respect to loss of information, as well as to facilitate its calculation. The aim of this study was to analyse what injury severity measure, calculated according to the Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS), 1998 and 2005 (update 2008) versions, performs better with mortality, cost and hospital length of stay healthcare indicators.

Factors associated with grip strength among adolescents: An observational study.

Study Design: Cross-sectional.

Introduction: The muscle strength has been studied in different populations in relation with individual and other factors.

Purpose Of The Study: The purpose of this study was to determine values of grip strength in adolescents and to examine its association with sex, age, weight, height, nutritional status, handedness, and academic performance.

Validation of the Spanish Version of the ICECAP-O for Nursing Home Residents with Dementia.

Background: Measurement of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is important for a chronic disease, such as dementia, which impairs the quality of life of affected patients in addition to their length of life. This is important in the context of economic evaluations when interventions do not (only) affect HRQoL and these other factors also affect overall quality of life.

Objective: To validate the Spanish translation of the ICECAP-O's capability to measure Health-related quality of life in elderly with dementia who live in nursing homes.

Complications of Peripherally Inserted Central Venous Catheters: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Background And Aim: The use of venous catheters is a widespread practice, especially in oncological and oncohematological units. The objective of this study was to evaluate the complications associated with peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) in a cohort of patients.

Materials And Methods: In this retrospective cohort study, we included all patient carrying PICCs (n = 603) inserted at our institute between October 2010 and December 2013.