Sociodemographic determinants associated with breastfeeding in term infants with low birth weight in Latin American countries.

Background: A progressive decrease in exclusive breastfeeding (BF) is observed in Latin America and the Caribbean compared with global results. The possibility of being breastfed and continuing BF for > 6 months is lower in low birth weight than in healthy-weight infants.

Aim: To identify factors associated with BF maintenance and promotion, with particular attention to low- and middle-income countries, by studying geographic, socioeconomic, and individual or neonatal health factors.

Feeding practices and anthropometric classification of nutritional status in low-birth-weight infants at term. A prospective cohort study.

Background: About 50 % of LBW occurs in term newborns, which is associated with higher infant mortality rates compared to infants of average birth weight. Analysis of feeding practices in at-risk groups is essential to address malnutrition and stunting in infancy.

Aim: To identify feeding practices and anthropometric classification of nutritional status in a cohort of low-birth-weight term infants.

Social robotics as an adjuvant during the hospitalization process in pediatric oncology patients.

Objective: To describe the experience of implementing social robotics as an adjuvant during the hospitalization process in pediatric oncology patients.

Methods: Before and after cohort study, applying an intervention with the Lego Mindstorms EV3 kit in patients between 8 and 17 years old that are hospitalized with a cancer diagnosis. We excluded patients from the intensive care unit or when their treating physician recommended so.

Health-Related Quality of Life in Primary Caregivers of People Receiving Palliative Home Care.

Primary caregivers face constant challenges because of changes in the clinical situation of the person receiving palliative home care. These changes can alter the health-related quality of life and all its dimensions. This study aimed to describe the health-related quality of life of 137 primary caregivers of people enrolled in a palliative home care program in Bogotá, Colombia, applying a quantitative, descriptive, and cross-sectional research design.

Palliative home care: health-related quality of life.

Objective: To determine the relationship between physical symptoms and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of people enrolled in a palliative home care programme in Bogota, Colombia.

Methods: A quantitative, observational, analytical, cross-sectional study. 123 people, chronically ill and enrolled in a palliative home care programme, participated.

Nursing Interventions in Children Living Under Armed Conflict Situations and Quality of Life: A Scoping Review.

Problem: Today, one in four children in the world lives in an area of conflict or disaster, and more than 30 million have been displaced, enslaved or trafficked, abused, and exploited. However, there is little recognition of nursing interventions in this context and their impact on the quality of life.

Eligibility Criteria: Studies that (1) Described nursing interventions in children under situations of armed conflict.

Content validity of the NECPAL CCOMS-ICO© in Spanish to identify palliative needs in children and adolescents with Cancer.

Objectives: To perform content validation of the NECPAL CCOMS-ICO© instrument to identify palliative needs in Colombian children and adolescents from 8 to 17 years of age with cancer.

Methods: Psychometric study, which used the Lawshe model, modified by Tristan, to perform content validity of the NECPAL CCOMS-ICO© instrument through expert consensus.

Results: The Surprise Question (SQ) Would it surprise you if this patient died within the next year? and the parameters Demand: Has there been any implicit or explicit expression of limitation of therapeutic effort or demand for palliative care from the patient, family, or team members?, Need: identified by professional members of the team, Checklist symptoms (ESAS) ≥ 2 persistent or refractory symptoms, Emotional Distress Detection (EDD) > 9, Social and family assessment", Oncological disease (advanced metastatic or locoregional cancer), Oncological disease (in progression (in solid tumors) and Oncological disease (Persistent symptoms poorly controlled or refractory despite optimizing specific treatment), were considered valid by the experts to identify palliative needs in Colombian children and adolescents aged 8 to 17 years with cancer according to the Lawshe criteria, as modified by Tristán.

Cross-cultural validation of the "DISABKIDS" questionnaire for quality of life among Colombian children with chronic diseases.

Objective: to describe the cross-cultural validation process of the "DISABKIDS" questionnaire in Colombia, for both the children and adolescents' version and the parents' version, an instrument intended to measure the health-related quality of life of Colombian children and adolescents with chronic diseases.

Method: the cross-cultural validation process was conducted according to an international consensual systematic methodology, called standardized linguistic validation, to ensure linguistic equivalence with the original questionnaire.

Results: the pretest's cognitive interviews revealed a need to adjust the questionnaire, which consisted of asking for "health condition" rather than only asking for "condition".