Publications by authors named "Margarita Oriol-Ruscalleda"
Background And Aim: Shared decision-making between patients and healthcare professionals is crucial to guarantee adequate coherence between patient values and preferences, caring aims and treatment intensity, which is key for the provision of patient-centred healthcare. The assessment of such interventions are essential for caring continuity purposes. To do this, reliable and easy-to-use assessment systems are required.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To describe the profile of patients treated by a Continuity of Care Manager in an acute-care center during the first six months of its activity, as well as the profile of patients treated and the resource allocation.
Method: A prospective cross-sectional study was conducted on patients with complex care needs requiring continuity of care liaison, and who were attended by the Continuity of Care Nurse during the period from October 2013 to March 2014. Patient characteristics, their social environment and healthcare resource allocation were registered and analyzed.
Objective: To evaluate the results after two years of the implementation of surgical patients' hospital home care program in Consort. Hospitalari de Vic.
Method: Longitudinal study conducted between January 2011 and December 2012 on patients enrolled in hospital home care program patients.
Objective: To describe a model of surgical "patient type" by identifying the needs and characteristics of surgical patients.
Method: We performed a cross-sectional study of surgical patients with one or more diseases and similar needs and/or characteristics admitted to the surgical wards of a general hospital over a 10-month period. The variables analyzed were sociodemographic and clinical data, degree of autonomy, and Virginia Henderson's needs, which were identified through an interview performed in the postoperative period.