Effect of cognitive-behavioral program on quality of life in men with post-prostatectomy incontinence: a randomized trial.

Objective: To explore the effects of a cognitive-behavioral program addressing urinary incontinence on the quality of life of men who have undergone radical prostatectomy.

Method: Randomized controlled clinical trial with patients undergoing radical prostatectomy in an institution for cancer treatment in Brazil. The 34 participants were randomized into two groups: 17 in the control group who received the institution's standard care and 17 in the intervention group who received the cognitive-behavioral program.

How Do Healthcare Professionals Develop the Communication Process to Promote Patients' Health Literacy?

This study aimed to analyze the communication process of healthcare professionals for the promotion of health literacy. It is a qualitative study that utilized individual online interviews with 46 healthcare professionals working in Brazil. The thematic content analysis technique proposed by Bardin was employed, and Atlas Ti software assisted in the assessment and interpretation of the texts.

Tangency and multiple factors of violence against lecturer: nuances of the experience in pedagogical practices in health education.

Objective: to identify factors that lead the teacher to experience violence in their pedagogical practice in health education.

Method: research with a qualitative approach, based on the Grounded Theory, conducted with 11 professors of the nursing course of a public university in the central region of Brazil in 2020 and 2021. Online semi-structured interviews were analyzed partially in the light of the Constructivist Grounded Theory.

Cognitive-behavioral program to control lower urinary tract symptoms after radical prostatectomy: a randomized clinical trial.

Objective: to assess the effectiveness of a cognitive-behavioral program to control lower urinary tract symptoms after radical prostatectomy.

Methods: a randomized clinical trial study, with 41 participants randomized into intervention (n=20) and control (n=21), for three months. The intervention group received the cognitive-behavioral program, while the control group received routine guidance from the service.

Competencies of health personnel for the practice of health literacy in Brazil: A Delphi consensus survey.

Objective: The aim of this study was to identify a set of competencies of health personnel for the practice of health literacy in Brazil.

Methods: Scoping review and online interviews with healthcare practitioners, followed by three rounds of the modified e-Delphi method with health literacy specialists from November/2020 to March/2021. During the rounds, the items were revised, new items added for review, and their importance was rated on a five-point Likert scale in an online form.

Professional Responsiveness to Health Literacy: A Scoping Review.

Background: Difficulty in understanding and using health information can harm the patient and increase the cost of care provided. So, this study classified and mapped the characteristics and interventions that make health care professionals responsive to the patient's health literacy.

Methods: Medline (PubMed), CINAHL (EBSCO), PsycInfo, ERIC (ProQuest), Lilacs (BVS) and EMBASE (Elsevier) were searched using a combination of controlled descriptors.

[Dimensions of student violence against the teacher].

Violence against teachers is a global concern and has a negative impact on the development of society. In this context, this study aimed to review definitions of violence against teachers to develop an integrated consensus and conceptual model. A scoping review of the literature was carried out to include articles that could answer the guiding question of the study: "What are the definitions and dimensions of student violence against teachers in teaching?" The studies included in the review, it was identified that violence against the teacher can be defined as a set of actions and situations caused by students in an insidious or chronic way in the workplace and/or through digital medium, mediated by the perception of violence, the copping mechanism of the teacher and the organizational management of the violence.

Risk classification in a pediatric service: evaluation of the structure, process, and outcome.

Objectives: to evaluate a pediatric risk evaluation and classification service in the aspects of structure, process, and outcome.

Methods: a cross-sectional, descriptive, and exploratory study in which qualitative data complement the results. Data collection by non-participant observation, interview, and consultation of medical records.

Quality of life of master's and doctoral students in health.

Objectives: to assess the quality of life of master's and doctoral students in health.

Methods: this is a cross-sectional study carried out with 503 master's and doctoral students from the Brazilian Center-West, using the WHOQOL-BREF to analyze their quality of life. Analysis included Cronbach's alpha coefficient, confirmatory factor analysis and bivariate and multivariate analyzes.

Practices and challenges on coordinating the Brazilian Unified Health System.

Objective: To analyze the obstacles and challenges faced by managers and coordination professionals in their practices in municipal coordinating centers.

Methods: An exploratory descriptive study with a qualitative focus, applied in 40 managers and coordination professionals, from September 2017 to November 2018, with semi-structured interviews, resulting in two categories of analysis: limiting factors and factors that facilitate the management and operationalization of the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) coordinating sector.

Results: Analyzing the statements, we found evidence of the following limiting factors: failure in the criteria of referral, unavailability of beds, high demand, systemic difficulties in relation to the coordinating system, procedures of difficult scheduling and execution, increased repressed demand for elective procedures and difficulties in the flow of information between primary care and coordination.

Factors Associated with Marital Satisfaction and Quality of Life in Family Caregivers of Patients with Mental Disorders.

(1) Background: The aim of this research was to analyze factors associated with quality of life (QoL) and marital satisfaction in married family caregivers of patients with mental disorders. (2) Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in all community mental health services in Goiania municipality, Brazil, in 2016-2017. Married family caregivers of patients with severe and persistent mental disorders were recruited and their QoL and marital satisfaction was assessed by using the World Health Organization Quality of Life Instrument Abbreviated version (WHOQOL-BREF) and Marital Satisfaction Scale.

Factors associated with the burden of family caregivers of patients with mental disorders: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Caregivers are responsible for the home care of family members with mental-health disorders often experience changes in their life that can generate stress and burden. The aim of this study was to identify factors associated with the burden of caregivers of family members with mental disorders.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted with a non-probability sample of family caregivers, whose patients attended a community services program, the Psychosocial Care Centers, in three cities in the southwest region of Goiás State, Central Brazil.

Comprehension of the education handout and health literacy of pacemaker users.

Objective: To verify the comprehension of the education handout and the level of Functional Health Literacy of individuals with cardiac pacemaker (PM) and whether there is correlation between the comprehension and Functional Health Literacy (FHL).

Method: Cross-sectional study with 63 individuals with PM who answered to comprehension tests of the handout, literacy assessment (SAHLPA-50) and cognition (MMSE). Measurements of dispersion, Pearson correlation and multiple linear regression were calculated.

[Therapeutic factors in a group of health promotion for the elderly].

The aim of this study was to identify therapeutic factors presented in a group of health promotion for the elderly. This is a descriptive, exploratory study with a qualitative approach. Data were collected between December 2010 and April 2011 in focal groups that included participants and their coordinators.

[Reflections of child hospitalization in the life of the familiar attender].

This is an assistance convergent research, which aimed to investigate the effects of child's hospitalization in the companion family life. It was performed in a hospital located in Goiania-GO, Brazil, where parents of hospitalized children participated in a support group. Data collection occurred from 2010 February to July, through the recording and transcription of group sessions; to analyze the facts and phenomena experienced in the group, it was used the thematic analysis.

[Traffic injuries among youth in Goiânia, Goiás State].

Traffic injuries are currently one of the world's main public health issues in both developed and developing countries. This study aimed to describe the circumstances involved in the traffic accidents and the profile of the victims attended at the Emergency Hospital of Goiânia, aged 15 to 24 years and residents in Goiânia, Goiás State, Brazil. It's a prospective cross-sectional study carried out from August 2005 to August 2006 by systematic sampling.

[Support group as embracement strategy for relatives of patients in intensive care unit].

Admissions to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) generate needs among relatives, which sometimes do not receive appropriate care. This study aimed at describing a support group (SG) that embraces the relatives of patients admitted to ICU and to evaluate its effectiveness in meeting their needs of information and emotional support. This descriptive study was performed in 2006 in a Hospital of Goiânia/GO, by means sessions of the Support Group for Families (SGF).

[Traffic injuries among youth in Goiânia, Goiás State].

Traffic injuries are currently one of the world's main public health issues in both developed and developing countries. This study aimed to describe the circumstances involved in traffic accidents and the profile of the victims attended at Hospital de Urgências de Goiânia, age group of 15 to 24 years and residents in Goiânia--Brazil. It is a prospective cross-sectional study carried out from August 2005 to August 2006 by systematic sampling.