Humanised care in acute psychiatric hospitalisation units: Definition, values and strategic initiatives from the perspective of persons with mental health problems, primary carers and professionals.

Introduction: Humanised care refers to the holistic approach to the person, considering their bio-psycho-social and behavioural dimensions. It becomes more complex when the person has mental health problems that may affect his or her will, cognition and relationship to the world. The literature on the humanisation of mental health is scarce and only offers the view of professionals.

Benefits of continuous suture of perineal injury in adaptation to motherhood.

Objective: To assess the effect of the continuous suture technique of the perineal wound on the capacity and functional recovery of women when carrying out their self-care routine, the care of the newborn (NB), breastfeeding (BF) and Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), both basic activities of daily living (BADL) and instrumental (IADL), during the postpartum period.

Methods: Non-randomised clinical trial with blinding allocation to study groups, carried out at the Arnau de Vilanova tertiary hospital in Lérida. The intervention group received continuous suture for perineal repair and the control group discontinuous suture.

Nursing interventions for perinatal bereavement care in neonatal intensive care units: A scoping review.

Background: Despite technological advances and specialist training of neonatal teams, perinatal deaths still occur. Such events are traumatic experiences for the parents and increase the risk of pathological grieving. Nursing is one of the main sources of support.

[Analysis of dehydration in older people in a nursing home in Spain: prevalence and associated factors].

Background: dehydration in institutionalized elderly people has not been extensively studied. There are not clear data on the Spanish context. Aim: to estimate the prevalence of dehydration and to identify the associated factors in institutionalized older people in a nursing home.

Are the classic signs of infection in concordance with results from percutaneous aspiration to diagnose infection in pressure injuries?

Aim: To explore the concordance between the presence of classic signs of infection and the positive diagnosis identified by the microbiological culture of fluid collected by percutaneous aspiration.

Background: The classic signs of infection are commonly applied in some contexts to confirm infection in pressure injuries, but its accuracy has been questioned in chronic wounds. Little is known about the concordance of this method with others, such as the deep fluid culture from pressure injuries collected by percutaneous aspiration.

[Frailty as a predictor of mortality in a cohort of people aged 75 years and older].

Objective: To determine the association between frailty in older persons and mortality in the city of Lleida (Spain) between 2009 and 2012.

Methods: We conducted a prospective longitudinal study based on persons living in the city of Lleida aged 75 years and older, covered by the public health system and living in single-family households. The cross-sectional study was performed between 2009 and 2010 and longitudinal study was carried out 3 years later (median 25 months).

[Depressive symptoms in elderly women. The influence of gender].

Objective: To examine gender differences in depressive symptoms in people over 75 years of age in the community.

Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study. The data was obtained from the study of frailty in Lleida (FRALLE survey).

[Analysis of disability-free life expectancy over the lifespan: from maturity to old age].

Objective: To determine the life stages in which disability-free life expectancy is shortened before the age of 70 years.

Method: A retrospective longitudinal analysis was carried out in a cohort of 1,286 non-institutionalized people aged from 70 to 74 years old living in metropolitan areas. Disability was measured by instrumental and basic activities of daily living.

Protective effects of social networks on disability among older adults in Spain.

The loss of autonomy at advanced ages is not only associated with ageing, but also with the characteristics of the physical and social environment. Recent investigations have shown that social networks, social engagement and participation act like predictors of disability among the elderly. The aim of this study is to determine whether social networks are related to the development and progression of disability in the early years of old age.

[Frailty criteria in the elderly: a pilot study].

Objective: To measure the frailty of people 75 years or over and who live in their own homes based on Fried's criteria and modified by Ávila-Funes.

Design: Pilot study of cross-sectional design. SITE: Primary Health Care Centres (7) in the city of Lleida.

[Protective effects of social networks on disability among older adults in Madrid and Barcelona, Spain, in 2005].

Background: The loss of autonomy at advanced ages is not only associated with ageing, but also with the characteristics of the physical and social environment. Recent investigations have shown that social networks, social engagement and participation act like predictors of disability among the elderly. To analyze the effect of social networks on the level of autonomy (instrumental and basic disability) at initial stages of the old age.