Publications by authors named "Marcia de Assuncao Ferreira"

In society, cancer is commonly associated with an incurable and disabling disease that causes damage beyond the biological scope, impacting the psychological and sociocultural dimensions of cancer patients. From a cultural point of view, men construct narratives about prostate cancer based on their experiences and social contexts, expressing moral, ethical, and sociopolitical elements attributed to the cause of this type of cancer. We sought to understand the causes of prostate cancer as represented by men living with this type of cancer and its repercussions on self-care.

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  • - The study aimed to explore how well people diagnosed with fibromyalgia understand their condition and the effects this knowledge has on their ability to manage the disease.
  • - Conducted in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the qualitative research involved interviews with 30 participants, mostly women aged 41 to 60, many of whom were unaware of the disease's name and causes but recognized common symptoms like pain.
  • - Findings highlight that misconceptions about fibromyalgia contribute to stigma and challenges in seeking treatment, with many patients relying on support groups to share their experiences and cope effectively.
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Objective: To analyze the social representations of fibromyalgia based on its symptoms and their influences on diagnosis and therapy.

Methods: Qualitative research with the application of the Theory of Social Representations and snowball sampling method. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 30 adults diagnosed with fibromyalgia in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between April 2020 and January 2021.

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Aims And Objectives: To analyse the process of elaborating social representations about pressure injury preventive measures by the nursing team (nurses and nurse technicians) and how this process relates to preventive practices for hospitalized patients.

Design: Qualitative study, with the application of the theory of social representations in its procedural methodological approach.

Methods: The study was carried out in an inpatient clinic of a public hospital in the state of Rondônia, Brazil.

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Assessing health care providers' knowledge, clinical skills, and prejudice toward lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, and other sexual and gender minority populations (LGBTQIA+) can help identify areas for improvement in health care provider training. The aim of this study was to map the range of studies that report measures of health care providers' knowledge, clinical skills, or prejudice toward LGBTQIA+ populations. A scoping review adopting the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology was conducted.

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Objectives: to characterize the outline of a project for health education and its contributions to the propagation of information on the Instagram social network.

Methods: exploratory and descriptive research on an Instagram profile called "@resenhadasaude";. Data collection: from July 23, 2020, to April 21, 2021.

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The objective was to reflect on COVID-19 as a phenomenon of social representations and its implications for nursing and health. A theoretical-reflective study, guided by the precepts of social representations. Reading of scientific articles and books on social representations and official data on COVID-19 were sources for further analytical analysis in the light of theory.

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Objective: to describe the social representations of patients with vasculogenic ulcers about quality of life and analyze such representations from the social context of patients' insertion in relation to the healthcare service.

Method: a qualitative research, based on social representations, developed in a Family Clinic in Rio de Janeiro with 30 patients with vasculogenic ulcers for over 90 days. Data were produced through interviews and submitted to lexicographical analysis using the Alceste software.

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Objectives: to reflect on the impacts of Brazil's response to the COVID-19 pandemic demands on the nursing labor market in light of the recovery of experiences in the USA during the World War II.

Methods: this is a discursive formulation, which discusses the nursing labor market, establishing analogies between historical events.

Results: measures implemented in the World War II by the USA are similar to those that the Brazilian Federal Government has adopted, and, as in the USA, such measures strongly affected both professional training and the nursing labor market.

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Objective: To evaluate the presence of anemia in patients with chronic lower limb ulcers based on profile and hematometric indices.

Method: This is a cross-sectional study carried out in a university hospital in Rio de Janeiro. The sample was composed of 64 participants with lower limb ulcers and evolution time greater than 12 weeks.

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Objective: To reflect about the barriers experienced by the deaf population during the COVID-19 pandemic, the proposals to overcome communication barriers in health care and the role of public policies in effecting the social inclusion of deaf people.

Methods: Reflection based on studies on health care for deaf people, the COVID-19 pandemic and public accessibility policies.

Results: The global crisis of COVID-19 has deepened pre-existing inequalities in the world, in addition to highlighting the vulnerability of people with disabilities, including deaf.

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Introduction: In general, chronic wounds are colonized by bacteria; however, when microorganisms start to multiply at higher levels, wounds can become infected, causing prolongation of the inflammatory phase and retardation of collagen synthesis and epithelialization.

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the presence of infection in venous ulcers after 12 weeks of treatment with autologous platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and determine global white blood cell counts.

Materials And Methods: This case series study involved a sequential sample of 17 patients with venous ulcers treated with PRP for 12 weeks.

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Objective: to analyze the relationships between the development of the Nursing labor and of capitalism over the 200 years of Florence Nightingale.

Method: a logical-reflective and theoretical exposition based on interpretations of historical facts and Marxist theories. The analysis categories were the following: the creation and expansion of the Nightingalean Nursing Teaching System; the subsumption of the Nursing labor to capital; imperialism and international health; and the flexibilization of the Nursing labor.

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Objective: To Identify Quilombola women's social representations about health care and to characterize practices performed by them.

Method: a descriptive, qualitative study, applying the Social Representations Theory, conducted with 30 women from a Quilombola community in the Brazilian Amazon. Individual interviews and thematic content analysis were carried out.

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Objective: To identify the social representations of undergraduate nursing students in the third and eighth term of the course on the rights of health users.

Methods: Qualitative research using the framework of the structural approach to the Theory of Social Representations. A total of 92 students participated.

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Interpersonal relations play a critical role in both the conception and dynamics of Brazilian citizenship. Under the influence of neoliberalism, patients must build strategies to access high-quality health care services. This study aimed to analyze the role of interpersonal relations involved in the access to and delivery of health care services in Brazil amid the influence of austerity policies and the role of nurses in enhancing citizenship through nursing care.

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Objective: To analyze the evidence of researches carried out on humanization in urgent and emergency care, considering their contributions to nursing care.

Methods: Integrative review of LILACS, CINAHL, SciELO, Web of Science, SCOPUS, and BDENF databases, using the keywords: humanization of care, urgencies, emergencies, emergency medical services, and nursing.

Results: The search resulted in a total of 133 publications, of which 17 were included in the scope of this review.

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Objective: To identify the social representations of newly undergraduate nurses on the intensive care of Nursing to critical patients hospitalized in non-critical patient units.

Method: Qualitative and descriptive research. Twenty-six newly undergraduate nurses from a private university participated.

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Objectives: To identify equipment failures during handling by nurses and analyze the conduct of the professionals when these failures occur.

Methods: Descriptive, exploratory and qualitative study, whose field was the intensive care unit of a public institution, and the participants were day nurses that worked providing direct care to patients. Data were produced in 2014 through systematic observation and interviews and were examined with thick description and content analysis.

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Objective: to report the application of a participatory teaching-learning method on the themes death, dying, and associate care to highlight its applicability to the students.

Method: report of application of participatory method in 22 students from the 6th period of the undergraduate program in Nursing and Obstetrics of a public university. The first stage focused on personal experiences of the students and the second on professional prospects.

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Objective: To describe the essential elements that make the nursing team communication process effective, and to analyze such elements in the light of two main theorists, Berlo and King.

Method: This is a qualitative study of assistant convergent research approach. The data production technique was the semi-structured interview, with 25 nursing professionals from a public hospital.

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Objective: to identify the social representations of older adults regarding quality of life, and to analyze the care practices adopted to promote it.

Method: qualitative, exploratory, descriptive research, applying the Theory of Social Representations. Thirty older people from a Health Academy of Rio de Janeiro participated in the study.

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Objective:: to propose a family care model for patients with chronic kidney disease in peritoneal dialysis based on evidence indicated by family members.

Method:: this was a qualitative descriptive study that used the Convergent Care Research method. It was conducted at a state hospital in Rio de Janeiro, including techniques for recording individual interviews and consisted of a group of 19 study participants.

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Objective:: to identify the causes of adverse events affecting clients resulting from the use of equipment in intensive care services; to point out the main recommendations for clinical practice to minimize these events and, then, discuss the implications to nursing care.

Method:: integrative and descriptive review on the SciELO, Medline, LILACS, and PubMed databases. Articles were selected based on the inclusion criteria and the structured instrument was applied.

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