Determinants of quality of life decrease in family caregivers of care-dependent patients: a longitudinal study.

Purpose: Family caregivers of care-dependent patients experience a decline in their Quality of Life (QoL). However, the determinants contributing to this decrease in QoL are still not fully understood. Therefore, this study aimed to estimate prospectively the determinants contributing to decreased QoL among family caregivers of care-dependent patients.

Risk and protective factors for Long COVID in Brazilian adults (CUME Study).

Background: Most people recover from COVID-19, however, between 5 to 20% have experienced new, recurring, or continuous health problems four or more weeks after being infected, a phenomenon called Long COVID, and whose reasons for its manifestation are incipient. Our objective was to analyse the risk and protective factors for Long COVID in Brazilian adults participating in the CUME Study.

Methods: The CUME Study is a prospective cohort conducted with graduates from federal universities in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil.

[The meaning of work for professionals in a substitute mental health service].

The Psychosocial Care Center is seeing as a new strategy to address patients with mental disorders in that is has special features in everyday work that directly influence the practices developed by health professionals working in the area. To learn about the meaning of work for professionals working in a Psychosocial Care Center in the city of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, a qualitative case study was conducted that included recorded interviews with 13 professionals from different categories. For data analysis, the technique of content analysis was used, and the results were as follows: professionals working in psychosocial care centers are satisfied with the new model of mental health care based on the anti-asylum proposal, and work fulfillment is due to the achievement of socially integrating individuals with mental disorders and helping them achieve autonomy.

[Organization of the health system from the perspective of home care professionals].

The aim of this qualitative case study is to analyze how the health system is organized from the perspective of homecare professionals. Data was collected by means of semi-structured interviews with seven professionals that provide home healthcare services. Content analysis revealed the following empirical categories: Perception of home care professionals in relation to their work and the health system; Difficulties in articulating the Home Care Program with other services of the health system; and, Opportunities to articulate the various health services with the Home Care Program.

Relational experiences of power and gender for nurse-managers of private hospitals.

Influenced by increased technology and globalization, Brazilian hospitals are undergoing significant changes. The managerial models focused on the male model are being slowly and gradually replaced, with an expressive participation of female nurses in management positions. Thus, we aimed to uncover some aspects of the relational experiences of power and gender of nine female nurse-managers working in four large and medium-sized private hospitals in Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, through a qualitative case study.

[Comprehensive care from the perspective of health care workers from Belo Horizonte].

The objective of this qualitative case study was to present the understanding that health care workers and administrators of Belo Horizonte have about comprehensive care. Thirty-two workers were interviewed using a semi-structured questionnaire. Data analysis showed that comprehensiveness permeates the various levels of health care, adding the concept of health promotion.