Level of satisfaction of critical care patients regarding the nursing care received: Correlation with sociodemographic and clinical variables.

Background: The satisfaction of critical care patients regarding the nursing care received is a key indicator of the quality of hospital care. It is, therefore, essential to identify the factors associated with the level of satisfaction of critical care patients.

Objectives: To analyse the level of satisfaction of critical care patients in relation to the nursing care received and to determine the relationship between the level of satisfaction and the sociodemographic and clinical variables.

Addiction as a disease: Mitigating or fuelling stigma?

Letter to the Editor.

Nursing Intensive-Care Satisfaction Scale [NICSS]: Development and validation of a patient-centred instrument.

Aim: The aim of this study was to develop and validate the Nursing Intensive-Care Satisfaction Scale to measures satisfaction with nursing care from the critical care patient's perspective.

Background: Instruments that measure satisfaction with nursing cares have been designed and validated without taking the patient's perspective into consideration. Despite the benefits and advances in measuring satisfaction with nursing care, none instrument is specifically designed to assess satisfaction in intensive care units.

[Reliability and validity of the Spanish adaptation of the brief form of the Cocaine Craving Questionnaire-Now (CCQ-N-10)].

Objective: To assess the metric properties of the abridged, 10-item version of the Cocaine Craving Questionnaire-Now (CCQ-N-10) in its Spanish adaptation.

Method: The sample consists of 63 people beginning treatment for cocaine-abuse (n=23) or dependence (n=40) disorders according to DSM-IV criteria. Participants completed an assessment battery that included the extended, 45-item version of the Cocaine Craving Questionnaire (CCQ-N-45) - in which the CCQ-N-10 is embedded -, the Cocaine Craving Scale (CCS), a Visual Analog Craving Scale (VAS), the Severity of Dependence Scale (SDS), and the Clinical Psychiatric Impression (CPI).

[Validation study of the Multidimensional Alcohol Craving Scale (MACS)].

Background And Objective: Craving is a psychobiological phenomenon characteristic of addictive behaviours, which is difficult to assess due to its subjective nature and multidimensionality. The aim of this study was to validate a multidimensional alcohol craving scale (MACS) entirely developed in Spain.

Material And Method: The validation of the MACS was based on an observational study, carried out in 452 alcohol-dependent patients treated with naltrexone.