Association between sociodemographic characteristics, stress level and resilience with family functioning of immigrants.

Objective: To analyze the association between sociodemographic characteristics, level of perceived stress and resilience with family functioning of immigrants in Brazil.

Method: Cross-sectional study with 122 immigrants living in a municipality in southern Brazil. Data collected in 2021, using questions for characterization, Family Cohesion and Adaptability, Resilience and Perceived Stress Assessment Scale.

Variables related to perceived stress and resilience among international migrants: a multicenter study (AFFAIR Project).

Objective: To identify variables related to perceived stress and resilience of international migrants.

Method: Multicenter, observational, cross-sectional study carried out with 403 migrants residing in Brazil, Spain, or Portugal. The following instruments were used to collect data: Perceived Stress Scale and Resilience Scale.

Experiencing pregnancy in the context of lupus and antiphospholipid syndrome: a grounded theory.

Objective: To understand the meanings attributed to pregnancy in the context of Lupus and antiphospholipid syndrome by women and healthcare professionals.

Method: Qualitative research, using Symbolic Interactionism as a theoretical framework and Grounded Theory, a constructivist perspective. Data were collected between January and August 2022, through online interviews with 27 women with Lupus located on the social network Facebook and in-person or remote interviews with 12 healthcare professionals.

Challenges of nursing research with immigrant and refugee populations: methodological and pragmatic considerations.

The objective of the study was to identify the main challenges in conducting research with immigrants and refugees and to provide seven methodological and pragmatic strategies. The analyses presented, based on the Theory of Culture Care Diversity and Universality, are extracted from insights of the authors' experiences as researchers and the literature. The main challenges are related to cultural, moral, political, and educational differences between researcher and researched; identification of the universe and sampling; access to informants through the barrier of distrust; and communication and language difficulties.

Pregnancy loss in women with systemic lupus erythematosus: Grounded Theory.

Objective: to learn the meanings attributed to pregnancy loss by women with Lupus.

Method: qualitative research, based on Symbolic Interactionism and Grounded Theory. Data collection took place between January and August 2022 through in-depth interviews.

Experiences of Providers and Immigrants/Refugees with Health Care: A Meta-Synthesis of the Latin American Context.

Introduction: The experiences of providers and immigrants/refugees related to healthcare in the Latin American context have not yet been aggregated. This study aimed to synthesize the qualitative evidence on this theme.

Method: A systematic review of qualitative evidence with meta-synthesis.

Unveiling family relationships based on the context of domestic violence: a Grounded Theory.

Objective: To understand the meanings attributed to family relationships by women who have experienced domestic violence.

Method: Explanatory study using Symbolic Interactionism and Grounded Theory as references. Data were collected from March to November 2021, through online interviews with 23 women found on the social media application Facebook®.

Striking a new balance: A qualitative study of how family life has been affected by COVID-19.

Objective: to examine the repercussions of the pandemic on the family system by focusing on the perspective of family members who contracted and experienced COVID-19.

Method: an exploratory study with a qualitative approach conducted with 27 individuals who had COVID-19. Data collection took place through telephone interviews that were audio-recorded and guided by a semi-structured instrument.

Meanings and Experiences of End-of-Life Patients and Their Family Caregivers in Hospital-to-Home Transitions: A Constructivist Grounded Theory Study.

This study explored the meanings and experiences of patients with terminal chronic diseases and their caregivers, who face the imminence of death in the home environment after hospital discharge. The qualitative study used constructivist grounded theory. The participants were individuals with a terminal chronic illness, discharged to home, and their family caregivers.

From diagnosis to complications: experiences of those who live with systemic lupus erythematosus.

Objective: To understand how people with lupus experience the diagnosis and how they deal with complications arising from the disease.

Method: Qualitative study, whose data were collected between February and July 2019, through semi-structured interviews with 26 individuals and submitted to content analysis.

Results: Three categories emerged that show illness from lupus as a difficult experience, permeated by sadness, fear and suffering, which, in addition to being linked to society's lack of knowledge about the disease, negatively impacts the lives of those who experience it.

The experience of coronaphobia among health professionals and their family members during COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study.

Background: Coronaphobia is an excessive fear of becoming infected by the COVID-19 virus. Situations of coronaphobia against health professionals have been identified. Therefore, there is a need to develop studies to understand family impact and experience of COVID-19 pandemic and coronaphobia.

Factors associated with nurses' positive attitudes towards families' involvement in nursing care: A scoping review.

Aim: To map the factors associated with nurses' positive attitudes towards families' involvement in nursing care and to identify any existing gaps in knowledge.

Background: Several tools have been proposed to assess the attitudes, beliefs and practices of nurses towards families in different care contexts. However, there is a knowledge gap on how the results of these tools can identify the factors that are associated with more positive attitudes of nurses.

Fake news about the COVID-19 pandemic: perception of health professionals and their families.

Objective: To know the perception of health professionals and their families about fake news related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Method: Descriptive-exploratory study with a qualitative approach. Twenty-eight individuals participated, including seven physicians, seven nurses, and 14 family members.

A Corbin and Strauss Grounded Theory on the Experiences of Patients, Relatives, and Health Professionals About the Family Presence During Emergency Care.

This study aimed to explore the experiences of patients, relatives, and health professionals about family presence during emergency care. In this grounded theory, 42 participants were interviewed from October 2016 to February 2017 in 2 Brazilian emergency rooms. Data collection and analysis were based on the constant comparative method.

Essential management competencies of nurses: actions and interactions in the context of the Family Health Strategy.

Objective: to understand the meanings attributed by the Family Health Strategy (FHS) nurses to the management competencies essential to the performance of their actions.

Method: explanatory, qualitative study, whose methodological framework was based on Grounded Theory. A total of 12 Family Health Strategy nurses from a municipality in southern Brazil participated through semi-structured interviews, between December 2018 and February 2019.

Meanings attributed by family and patients to family presence in emergency rooms.

Objective: to understand the process that leads adult and family patients to support family presence in emergency care.

Method: a qualitative study that adopted Symbolic Interactionism as a theoretical reference and the Grounded Theory as a methodological framework. The theoretical sample consisted of 15 relatives and 15 patients assisted at two emergency units in the South of Brazil.

Men's perceptions on educational intervention participation at workplace.

Objective: todescribe the application of educational intervention performed with working men and identify, according to their perceptions, the main results obtained.

Methods: a descriptive and exploratory research, of qualitative nature, developed in a municipality of Southern Brazil, with 35 metallurgists. Data were collected between March and June 2014, through the recording of the operating groups and participant observation.

Family presence during cardiopulmonary resuscitation and invasive procedures: a meta-synthesis.

Objective: To synthesize the best qualitative evidence regarding the perception of family members, patients and health professionals about family presence during cardiopulmonary resuscitation and invasive procedures.

Method: Systematic review with meta-synthesis performed in the databases of Web of Science, Scopus, CINAHL, PsycINFO, LILACS, MEDLINE, Embase and VHL. Articles published between 2010 and 2017 were included and evaluated with use of the Qualitative Data Extraction Instrument.

Non-use of primary care routine consultations for individuals with hypertension.

The objectives of this study were to identify, among individuals with hypertension, sociodemographic factors associated with non-use of routine medical appointments available in primary care and check if non-use of consultations interferes with noncompliance with pharmacotherapy, uncontrolled blood pressure and hospitalization. This is a cross-sectional study with random and stratified sampling. A total of 422 individuals living in the city of Maringá, Paraná, were interviewed.

Traffic accident and homicide mortality in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, 1996-2011.

Objective: to describe trends in mortality due to homicides and traffic accidents among people living in Curitiba, Parana, Brazil, from 1996 to 2011.

Methods: this is an ecological time-series study using National Mortality Information System data; trend analysis was performed by polynomial regression models according to sex.

Results: the mortality coefficient due to traffic accidents among males declined from 61.

Patterns of behaviour in families of critically ill patients in the emergency room: a focused ethnography.

Aim: The aim of this study was to understand the patterns of behaviour from relatives of critically ill patients admitted to the emergency room.

Background: Admission of a critically ill family member to an accident and emergency department is often a sudden and unexpected experience for the family. This stressful event often creates feelings of instability and intense suffering in relatives.

Evaluation of the care program implementation to people with high blood pressure.

Objective: to evaluate the implementation of the care program for people with hypertension in Maringá-PR.

Method: it is an evaluative research of cross-sectional design. Data were collected through structured interviews with 63 nurses between April and June 2013.

[Acute pain from the perspective of minor trauma patients treated at the emergency unit].

Objective: To study the factors that influence the perception of acute pain and the consequences of this experience in patients suffering from mild trauma.

Method: Descriptive qualitative study conducted in an emergency service in southern Brazil. Data was collected in October 2013, through semi-structured interviews with 29 individuals who reported pain after physical trauma, regardless of the triggering factor.

AIDS epidemic in the triple frontier: subsidies for professional practice.

Objective: to analyze the AIDS epidemic trend from 1988 to 2012, in a tri-border area.

Method: Ecological time-series study with data from the Department of informatics from the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS).

Results: A total of 1427 cases of AIDS were registered, and 82.

Prevalence of non-adherence to antihypertensive pharmacotherapy and associated factors.

Objective: The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of non-adherence to antihypertensive drug treatment and its association with factors bio-socio-economic and welfare.

Method: It was a descriptive, cross-sectional study, performed with 422 hypertensive individuals. Data were collected through home interviews, conducted between December 2011 and March 2012.