Housing is a post-migration risk factor that impacts asylum seekers' health; however, the way in which housing impacts asylum seekers' mental health has not been systematically examined. This systematic literature review identified 21 studies and analysed the data using narrative synthesis. The review found that poor living conditions adversely impact asylum seekers' mental health with some types of housing being more detrimental for mental health than others.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To analyze the literature for terminology, classifications, and factors influencing the adoption of self-care in people with an elimination ostomy.
Method: Scoping review, according to JBI methodology and, for structuring the article, the extension of the PRISMA checklist. The search included studies from 2018 to 2023, in four databases, with specific descriptors and alternative terms.
Objective: To identify the prevalence of people with leg ulcers resulting from sickle cell disease, as well as to describe the clinical, social, economic, and demographic conditions of these people.
Method: Descriptive study, carried out at the Minas Gerais Hematology and Hemotherapy Center Foundation. The study population consisted of individuals over the age of 18 with a diagnosis of sickle cell disease in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Purpose: To evaluate a biofilm model of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in excisional cutaneous wound in mice.
Methods: Preclinical, translational study conducted with 64 C57BL/6 mice randomly assigned to control and intervention groups. Evaluation was on days D0, D3, D5, D7 and D10 of wound making.
Objective: To understand the experience of a woman with systemic lupus erythematosus and leg ulcers with cutaneous calcinosis.
Methods: An experience report based on the social phenomenology of Alfred Schutz, conducted with a young woman undergoing treatment in an outpatient service.
Results: The disease manifested itself in adolescence and brought emotional instability associated with body image concern and social isolation.