Publications by authors named "Maria Cristina Soares Rodrigues"
Background: The scientific literature has shown that an association between polypharmacy and frailty exists. However, few studies have also considered drug interactions and the use of potentially inappropriate medications.
Objective: To evaluate the association between the use of drugs and frailty among community-dwelling older people.
Objective: to validate the Risk Assessment Scale for the Development of Injuries due to Surgical Positioning in the stratification of risk for injury development in perioperative patients at a rehabilitation hospital.
Method: analytical, longitudinal and quantitative study. An instrument and the scale were used in the three perioperative phases in 106 patients.
Objective: To evaluate the structure and adherence to the standardized and specific precautionary measures of health professionals in the Intensive Care Unit of a teaching hospital in the Federal District of Brazil.
Method: A descriptive, cross-sectional and prospective study. A structured questionnaire was used via observations which recorded the practices of professionals with Individual Protection Equipment and indications of precautions.
Objective: To evaluate compliance with the surgical safety checklist.
Methods: Evaluative, observational, cross-sectional and descriptive study with a quantitative approach, performed in 431 pediatric surgeries, in a public hospital in the Federal District, between August 2017 and February 2018. Data were collected by non-participant observation and analyzed by descriptive statistics.
Job-related burnout has been reported by intensive care nurses worldwide; this study was performed to examine burnout in intensive care unit bedside nurses and nurse technicians in Brazil. A cross-sectional survey that included the Practice Environment Scale and the Maslach Burnout Inventory was completed by 209 nurses and nurse technicians working in 4 Brazilian intensive care units in 3 teaching hospitals. Compared with nurse technicians, nurses reported higher levels of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization, and a lower level of personal accomplishment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: to identify and summarize studies examining both drug-drug interactions (DDI) and adverse drug reactions (ADR) in older adults polymedicated.
Methods: an integrative review of studies published from January 2008 to December 2013, according to inclusion and exclusion criteria, in MEDLINE and EMBASE electronic databases were performed.
Results: forty-seven full-text studies including 14,624,492 older adults (≥ 60 years) were analyzed: 24 (51.
Background: According to the World Health Organization, the WHO surgical safety checklist can prevent complications, improve communication and contribute to postsurgical safety culture; hence, there is a need to investigate the attitudes and opinions of surgical teams regarding safety utilizing the WHO instrument. The aim of this study was to assess the attitudes and opinions towards surgical safety among operating room professionals in three public hospitals in the Brazilian Federal District.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with the use of a checklist based on the safety attitudes questionnaire-operating room, sent out during the pre- and post-intervention surveys of the WHO surgical safety checklist (period I and period II) between 2012 and 2014.
Adequate patient education about drug treatment regimen at discharge contributes to the continuity of home care. Integrative review aimed to analyze and synthesize the scientific literature about patient education on medication regimen in the hospital discharge process. We consulted the databases Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System on-line (MEDLINE) and Latin-American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (LILACS), and selected 24 articles published between 2005 and 2010.
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