Publications by authors named "Paula A Duque"

Unlabelled: Epilepsy is a disease that commonly manifests in childhood and can significantly affect the quality of life for both sufferers and their families. As such, it necessitates comprehensive and high-quality healthcare.

Objective: To assess the impact of an educational intervention targeted to caregivers of children and adolescents with epilepsy.

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Objective: This work sought to describe the influence of Marie Poussepin on Nursing from her vocation of service and charity.

Methods: Historical-hermeneutic study with participation by 15 Dominican Sisters of Charity in the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin from the city of Manizales and Bogotá, Colombia, who answered semi-structured interviews. The information was gathered and recontextualized via the open and axial coding system through ATLAS.

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Introduction: The creation of digestive stomata is associated with a change in people's lives. Causing a strong impact that influences all dimensions of life. This paper reports on the effects of socio-educational interventions on the quality of life (QOL) of people with a digestive ostomy.

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Objective: To identify the preconception risk factors in parents of children suffering from congenital cardiopathy.

Method: A cross-sectional descriptive study, which included parents of children suffering from cardiopathy, attended at consultations in a not-for-profit organization, in order to be diagnosed and referred for heart surgery or to be assessed in postoperative cardiac monitoring. The sample population included 500 people who responded to a survey for the identification of socio-demographic and preconception risk factors.

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Background: Conversion disorder is diagnosed late, by exclusion and with a high risk of complications. There is a wide experience in adults that is not extrapolated to paediatric patients. According to the literature, the prognosis is better in children, but this changes when other variables such are included, such as comorbidities, late diagnosis and a very convincing social image of the neurological disease.

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