Transcultural adaptation and validation of the Eating Self-Efficacy Brief Scale (ESEBS): the Brazilian version.

Purpose: This study aimed to develop and validate the Brief Eating Self-Efficacy Scale (ESEBS-BR) in Brazilian Portuguese, addressing the lack of tools to assess eating self-efficacy beliefs in Portuguese-speaking populations.

Method: The study sought to cross-culturally adapt the scale, evaluate its internal structure, validate its reliability and validity, and explore potential associations between eating self-efficacy and eating behaviors. The cross-cultural adaptation process involved translation and back-translation, expert committees, and pre-testing.

Identification of medication-related fall risk in adults and older adults admitted to hospital: A machine learning approach.

The study aimed to develop and validate, through machine learning, a fall risk prediction model related to prescribed medications specific to adults and older adults admitted to hospital. A case-control study was carried out in a tertiary hospital, involving 9,037 adults and older adults admitted to hospital in 2016. The variables were analyzed using the algorithms: logistic regression, naive bayes, random forest and gradient boosting.

Quality of life in the voice of children who depend on health technologies: Mixed methods study.

Objective: To examine the quality of life of children who depend on health technologies as expressed in their own words.

Methods: A parallel and convergent mixed methods design was employed with 30 aged five to 12 year old children who depend on health technologies. Data collection was done through a characterization form, Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 4.

The Stroke Self-Efficacy Questionnaire Brazil (SSEQ-B): a structural validity analysis.

Background: Self-efficacy has been shown to play an important role in rehabilitation outcomes of stroke patients. The Stroke Self-Efficacy Questionnaire Brazil (SSEQ-B) is designed to assess self-efficacy of functional performance after stroke.

Objective: This research sought to address the structural validity of the SSEQ-B using exploratory and confirmatory factorial analyses.

Efficacy and safety of neuromuscular electrical stimulation in the prevention of pressure injuries in critically ill patients: a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Pressure injuries (PIs), especially in the sacral region are frequent, costly, and increase morbidity and mortality of patients in an intensive care unit (ICU). These injuries can occur as a result of prolonged pressure and/or shear forces. Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) can increase muscle mass and improve local circulation, potentially reducing the incidence of PI.

Patient safety culture, missed Nursing care and its reasons in Obstetrics.

Objective: to assess the correlations between the patient safety culture, the missed Nursing care, and the reasons for the omission in the obstetric area.

Method: a cross-sectional study, conducted in 2019, with 62 Nursing professionals working in the obstetric area of a teaching hospital in southern Brazil. The MISSCARE-Brasil and Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture instruments were used.

Evaluation of patient safety culture in a private general hospital: a case study in Brazil.

Purpose: The purpose is to assess the patient safety culture perceived by healthcare and administrative staff in a Brazilian hospital and examine whether education and experience are related to positive perceptions.

Design/methodology/approach: A descriptive-analytical case study was carried out at Ernesto Dornelles Hospital, a private Brazilian institution. The Brazilian version of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture was used to assess the perceptions of 618 participants, of whom 315 worked in healthcare assistance and 303 in administrative services.

The environment of the nursing team's professional practice in inpatient units of a university hospital.

Objective: To evaluate the environment of the professional practice of the nursing staff from inpatient units and to compare it according to professional and work characteristics.

Method: A cross-sectional analytical study conducted in southern Brazil. Data was collected through the Brazilian version of the Nursing Work Index-Revised with a sample of (n=142) professionals, them being nurses (n=56; 34.

National Early Warning Score 2: transcultural adaptation to Brazilian Portuguese.

Objective: Cross-cultural adaptation of the National Early Warning Score 2 to Brazilian Portuguese.

Methods: A methodological study of a cross-cultural adaptation of a scale, based on the Beaton et al. framework, authorized by the Royal College of Physicians.

Stress and overweight/obesity among nursing students.

Objective: analyze associations between demographic, academic, health, stress, overweight and obesity characteristics among nursing students.

Method: this is a cross-sectional study with 95 students from a private university in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. A demographic, academic and health characterization questionnaire and the Assessment of Stress in Nursing Students (ASNS) scale were applied.

Sepsis and AMI: knowledge of the population visiting parks and patient companions.

Objective: To identify the population's knowledge of the terms "sepsis" and "acute myocardial infarction" (AMI).

Method: Cross-sectional quantitative study. Data was collected through the application of a questionnaire to two groups of participants, as follows: individuals who visit parks in Porto Alegre, State of Rio Grande do Sul and companions of patients of a university hospital in Porto Alegre.

Risk factors for the development of phlebitis: an integrative review of literature.

Objective: To describe the scientific evidence published in literature regarding the risk factors for the development of phlebitis.

Method: Integrative literature review with the inclusion of 14 original articles found in the LILACS, Scielo and Pubmed bases from January 2004 to April 2015, analyzed by levels of evidence and frequency, associated factors, degree and treatment of phlebitis.

Results: The frequency / incidence / minimum rate of phlebitis was 3% and the maximum was 59.

Incidence of phlebitis and post-infusion phlebitis in hospitalised adults.

Objective: to determine the incidence of phlebitis during and after the use of peripheral intravenous catheter (PIC), and analyse the association of this complication with risk factors.

Methods: cohort study with 165 adult patients admitted to a university hospital in Porto Alegre, totalling 447 accesses, from December 2014 to February 2015. Data were collected on a daily basis and analysed by means of descriptive and analytical statistics.

Risk assessment and incidence of falls in adult hospitalized patients.

Objectives: assess the risk of falls in adult hospitalized patients and verify the incidence of the event in this environment.

Method: cohort study, with approval by the Research Ethics Committee, which monitored 831 patients hospitalized at a university hospital. The Morse Fall Scale (MFS) was used to assess the risk and patients with high risk (≥45 points) were considered exposed to falls.

Analysis of risk prediction capability and validity of Morse Fall Scale Brazilian version.

Objective: To analyse the power to predict risk and verify the validity of the Morse Fall Scale - Brazilian version (MFS-B).

Method: This is a methodological, longitudinal study with 1487 adult patients of two university hospitals of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil conducted from November 2013 to March 2014. The MFS-B was used to assess the risk of falls.

Determining Nurse Staffing for Peritoneal Dialysis Care.

There is no consensus on the ideal staffing levels for peritoneal dialysis (PD) units. The objective of this two-phase study was to evaluate nurse staffing levels in a PD unit based on activities and time spent performing them. An instrument was created based on nursing activities identified by a focus group, and the time spent performing these activities was measured over a four-month period.

Incidence of phlebitis associated with the use of peripheral IV catheter and following catheter removal.

Objective: to investigate the incidence of phlebitis and its association with risk factors when using peripheral IV catheters (PIC) and following their removal - (post-infusion phlebitis) in hospitalized adults.

Method: a cohort study of 171 patients using PIC, totaling 361 punctures. Sociodemographic variables and variables associated with the catheter were collected.

Translation and adaptation to Portuguese of the haemodialysis patient assessment tool - CUDYR-DIAL.

Objective To translate and culturally adapt the tool Categorización de usuario según dependencia y riesgo en unidades de hemodiálisis (CUDYR-DIAL) into Brazilian Portuguese. Method This is a methodological study for the translation and cultural adaptation or localization of the instrument CUDYR-DIAL. Results In the pre-test stage, three nurses applied the instrument to 78 patients of the haemodialysis unit of the São Lucas Hospital of the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul.

Prevalence of minor psychiatric disorders in socio-educational agents in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.

Objective: To determine the prevalence and factors associated with minor psychiatric disorders (MPD) in socio-educational agents.

Method: It is a cross-sectional study with 381 socio-educational agents the Centers for Socio-Educational Services in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The Brazilian versions of the Scale of Demand-control-social support at work and the Self Reporting Questionnaire-20 have been applied.

[Analysis of fall risk factors in adults within the first 48 hours of hospitalization].

Objective: To analyze fall risk factors in the first 48 hours of hospitalization and to associate them with the occurrence of falls.

Method: Cohort study conducted at a hospital in Porto Alegre/RS, Brazil. A sample of 556 patients from an adult in-patient study population were evaluated within the first 48 hours of hospitalization for factors associated with falls, based on the Morse Fall Scale (MFS) and muscle strength, among others.

[Adverse events related to the use of enteral nutritional therapy].

Aimed at verifying the occurrence of adverse events related to enteral nutrition use in patients of a public hospital in the countryside of Rio Grande do Sul. A quantitative, longitudinal and descriptive study, conducted in January-May 2012, that accompanied 46 patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit and Medical Clinic. For evaluating the adverse events, we used quality indicators: inadvertent exit, tube obstruction and volume of infused diet.

Work ability in nursing: relationship with psychological demands and control over the work.

Objective: to evaluate the association between psychological demands, control over the work and the reduction of work ability of nursing professionals.

Method: this cross-sectional study involved 498 nursing professionals of a university hospital in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Data collection was carried out in 2009 using the Brazilian versions of the Work Ability Index and Job Stress Scale, with logistic regression models used for the data analysis.

[Work-related stress according to the Demand-Control Model and Minor Psychic Disorder in nursing workers].

This was a cross-sectional study that aimed to assess the association between work-related stress according to the Demand-Control Model, and the occurrence of Minor Psychic Disorder (MPD) in nursing workers. The participants were 335 professionals, out of which 245 were nursing technicians, aged predominantly between 20 and 40 years. Data were collected using the Job Stress Scale and the Self-Reporting Questionnaire-20.