Comfort needs as perceived by hospitalized elders: an analysis under the light of Kolcaba's theory.

Objective: To reveal the Comfort needs as perceived by hospitalized elders, using Kolcaba's theory.

Methods: Descriptive and qualitative study, with 11 elders hospitalized in a university hospital, aiming to identify their needs for Comfort.

Results: Discourses were categorized in four thematic units: Physical, Environmental, Sociocultural, and Psychospiritual.

Construction validation of an instrument for nursing care related to cutaneous xerosis.

Objective: Describe the construct validation process of the instrument "Nursing care for the assessment, prevention and treatment of cutaneous xerosis in the elderly".

Method: Methodological study carried out with 101 nurses in four hospitals in the great João Pessoa, between July and September 2018. Construct validation was performed through exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, in addition to the consistency check by Cronbach's alpha.

No additional benefit of using a calcium hydroxide liner during stepwise caries removal: A randomized clinical trial.

Background: Clinicians often use calcium hydroxide liners during stepwise treatment of advanced caries. In this randomized clinical trial, the authors compared the short-term outcome of stepwise caries removal with and without use of a calcium hydroxide liner in conjunction with provisional resin-modified glass ionomer (RMGI) restorations.

Methods: The authors included in the trial 98 patients aged 15 to 30 years who had a deep carious lesion in a posterior tooth.