Humor Styles in Healthcare Professionals: A Correlational Study.

Using humor as a caregiving strategy can help professionals perceive daily and work-related events from a more optimistic and light-hearted perspective. The main objective of this study was to analyze humor styles among health care professionals. A cross-sectional and correlational design was employed.

The comfort perception in the critically ill patient from the Kolcaba theoretical model.

Background: The stay in a critical care unit (CCU) has a serious impact on physical condition causing numerous discomfort factors such as pain or difficulty in communicating. All of these are associated with possible sequelae following discharge from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) named post-ICU syndrome. The Kolcaba Comfort Theory allows, from a holistic approach, to identify care needs from the patient's perspective using instruments such as the General Comfort Questionnaire (GCQ).

[Adaptation and validation of the MoVac-flu scale on motivation towards the flu vaccine].

Objective: To translate, adapt and validate the psychometric properties of MoVac-flu scale in order to be used in Spanish.

Method: The present research was an analytical observational study of cross-cultural adaptation and validation into Spanish of the MoVac-flu scale. It has been carried out between the months of March and July 2022.

Predictive validity of the Clinical Frailty Scale-España on the increase in dependency after hospital discharge.

Introduction: The frailty present at hospital admission and the stressors to which patients are subjected during their stay may increase dependency at hospital discharge.

Objectives: To assess the predictive validity of the Clinical Frailty Scale-España (CFS-Es) on increased dependency at 3 and 12 months (m) after hospital discharge.

Methodology: Multicentre cohort study in 2020-2022.

[Protocolo para la evaluación de una intervención de alfabetización en salud sobre morbimortalidad y calidad de vida en pacientes con insuficiencia cardíaca.].

Objective: Heart failure (HF) is a complex clinical syndrome that impairs the ability to achieve proper filling or ejection, in which patients have typical symptoms and signs. It is a major Public Health problem with a high incidence and prevalence associated with high morbidity and mortality. The management of the patient with HF is complex, requiring in its treatment the work of specialized multidisciplinary teams in which the management of cardiac-healthy habits and self-care will play a leading role.