Publications by authors named "S Castro"

Background:  Stroke remains a public health problem, reported as the third cause of disability. Among survivors, the ability to perform usual daily activities may be reduced, requiring rehabilitation.

Objective:  To investigate the prevalence of self-reported stroke, the accessibility of healthcare, and the degree and percentage of patients with limitations in usual activities who are unassisted by physiotherapeutic treatment in different regions of the country.

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Introduction: Generational diversity in nursing has introduced new challenges, for nurse managers and practice environments, in addressing both the nurses' and clients' needs and organizations' social and health policies. The organizational climate encourages professionals to preserve positive practice environments, which promotes a healthy coexistence between generations, respecting their distinctive characteristics and values, with the essential purpose of ensuring the team's effectiveness and the organization's success.

Objective: To map the available scientific evidence on the generational diversity of nurses in professional practice environments.

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To investigate the relationship between sociodemographic factors, musculoskeletal pain and its characteristics, and the type of primary health care received with self-reported disability. This is a cross-sectional study, interviewing individuals selected from spontaneous demand for health care in two types of care: health center and family health unit. Disability was investigated using the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS) 2.

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Rising child welfare costs and a desire to keep kids out of the system have encouraged the use of kinship care-of which custodial grandparents make up the majority of caregivers. Unfortunately, custodial grandparents report greater needs for social and emotional support to successfully care for their grandchildren. Yet, the resources required to provide preventive social-emotional support to these families are unknown.

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  • Patients with chronic critical illness (CCI) often experience acquired muscle weakness, making optimal protein intake crucial for their recovery, but guidelines on the ideal protein levels remain unclear.
  • A systematic review was conducted by searching major databases for studies comparing high versus low protein intake in critically ill adults who had been in the ICU for more than a week.
  • The analysis included four studies with over 1,700 patients, revealing that higher protein intake (greater than 1.3g/kg/day) significantly reduced early mortality rates in these patients.
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