Publications by authors named "Natalia Chantal Magalhaes da Silva"

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  • - The study focused on the diagnostic accuracy of the nursing diagnosis of insomnia in older adults at a community center in Brazil, finding a prevalence of 47.42% in the participants surveyed.
  • - It utilized methods like telephone interviews and latent class analysis to assess the sensitivity and specificity of insomnia's defining characteristics, revealing that dissatisfaction with sleep and nonrestorative sleep-wake cycles were highly accurate indicators.
  • - The findings highlight the significance of these characteristics and related factors like stress and daytime napping, aiming to improve nursing practices for diagnosing and treating insomnia in older populations.
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Objective: to create, validate and evaluate an educational video on nurse-patient communication strategies for undergraduate Nursing students.

Method: this is a methodological study with a longitudinal design and quantitative analysis. The following stages were conducted: pre-production, production, post-production and evaluation of the video by the target population.

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Purpose: The study aimed to validate clinically the indicators of the nursing outcome "Tissue Integrity: Skin and Mucous Membranes" and its conceptual and operational definitions in people with diabetes mellitus.

Methods: A methodological study was conducted with an evaluation of 100 participants for two pairs: one of these pairs used the indicators without the definitions and the other used the indicators with their definitions.

Findings: The pair who used the definitions presented greater concordance and similarity in the ratings.

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Objective: To identify the knowledge produced from the outcomes of the Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC).

Method: A literature review using the integrative databases: Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences (LILACS), US National Library of Medicine (PubMed), Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) and Scopus Info Site (SCOPUS), during the months of August and September 2014.

Results: The review consisted of 21 articles that addressed different issues: Translation and Cultural adaptation (4.

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Objective: to evaluate the effect of foot reflexology on feet impairment of people with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Method: this is a randomized, controlled and blind clinical trial. The sample was comprised by people with type 2 diabetes mellitus who, after being randomized into Treated group (n = 21) and Control group (n = 24), received guidelines on foot self-care.

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