Publications by authors named "Miriam Vazquez-Campo"

Article Synopsis
  • - The study aimed to create a questionnaire to evaluate the quality of advance care planning among healthcare professionals and tested its psychometric qualities.
  • - The research involved physicians and nurses from various healthcare centers, using methods like the Delphi technique for initial design and various statistical tests for validation.
  • - Results showed that the final 21-item questionnaire, named ProPAD-pro, is reliable and valid, with strong internal consistency and the ability to measure five key dimensions related to advance care planning.
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Objective: To know the opinions of the health professionals who work at the Ourense Continuous Care Point (PAC) regarding work aggressions.

Design: Qualitative study with phenomenological approach carried out between January and May 2019.

Setting: PAC.

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Objective: To analyse the level of knowledge and attitudes concerning living wills of nurses working in 3 hospitals of Servizo Galego de Saúde (Spain).

Method: Descriptive, cross-sectional, multi-centre study. Stratified sampling was carried out with nurses from the University Hospital Complexes of Ourense, Ferrol and Vigo.

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Objective: To discover through the patients themselves the process of coexisting with Parkinson's disease.

Method: Qualitative study of phenomenological approach. The sample consisted of 6 participants.

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Objective: To learn the opinion of a group of young patients about health personnel with tattoos.

Method: Descriptive study conducted in the first semester of 2017 on patients admitted to the Obstetrics Unit of the Hospital Complex of Ourense. The data collection was carried out by means of a self-administered questionnaire prepared "in-house" where several photographs of health professionals with and without tattoos were shown.

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Background: Schizophrenia patients present deficits in social cognition (SC), emotion and social perception, theory of mind (ToM), and attributional style. This study tested the efficacy, in real clinical conditions, of a online self-training program in SC, e-Motional Training, in comparison with treatment as usual.

Method: A randomized single-blinded multicenter clinical trial was conducted with 60 schizophrenia stable outpatients.

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Objective: To determine stress levels and to identify if there is a relationship between emotional intelligence and work stress in nurses and healthcare assistants of the Emergency Department.

Method: Observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach. The population were nurses and healthcare assistants of the Emergency Department of the University Hospital of Ourense.

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Scientific research can contribute to more efficient health care, enhance care quality and safety of persons. In order for this to happen, the knowledge gained must be put into practice. Implementation is known as the introduction of a change or innovation to daily practice, which requires effective communication and the elimination of barriers that hinder this process.

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  • Patients with schizophrenia often struggle with social cognition skills like emotion perception, theory of mind, and attributive style, which are necessary for effective social interactions.* -
  • A pilot study in Spain tested a new online training program called e-Motional Training (ET®), where 21 patients participated; half received standard treatment while the other half got additional weekly training sessions using ET®.* -
  • Results showed that ET® was well-received and led to significant improvements in social cognition skills, suggesting it could be an effective tool for remote therapy for patients with schizophrenia.*
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Objective: The objective is to evaluate the opinions of a paediatric population of Pontedeume Health Centre, A Coruña, Spain regarding the clothing of nurses.

Method: A descriptive analytical cross-sectional study with of paediatric patients in Pontedeume Health Centre between the months of March and April 2010. Data were collected using a questionnaire consisting of 14 questions completed during a 15-minute semi-structured interview, and included a presentation with different pictures.

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Objective: To investigate how patients with DM Type 1 attending a nursing education clinic cope with the disease and to analyse the relationships between the style of coping (CS) and control-self-management of the disease.

Method: A cross sectional study was performed on all patients attending a diabetes education consultation at the Hospital of Ourense. The sociodemographic and clinical variables, as well as those related to the management of DM were collected.

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