Effects of educational technologies on the prevention and treatment of diabetic ulcers: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: to analyze the effects of educational technologies in the prevention and treatment of diabetic ulcers.

Method: a systematic review conducted in seven databases, a bibliographic index, an electronic library and the Gray Literature. The sample consisted of 11 randomized controlled clinical trials.

[Leprosy-related mortality in the State of Piauí, Brazil: time trends and spatial patterns, 2000-2015].

The study aimed to analyze spatial patterns and time trends in leprosy-related mortality in the State of Piauí, Brazil, from 2000 to 2015. This was a mixed ecological study with a spatial and temporal state-based approach, using data from the Brazilian Mortality Information System. The analysis includes epidemiological characteristics, mortality trends by Joinpoint regression, and spatial analysis, using the state's 224 municipalities (counties) as the geographic unit.

Factors associated with the knowledge of patients and caregivers about clean intermittent urethral catheterization: an integrative review.

Objective: To identify the factors associated with the knowledge of patients and caregivers about Clean Intermittent Urethral Catheterization in the literature which hinder or facilitate the procedure.

Method: An integrative review of the literature conducted in the MEDLINE/PubMed, CINAHL, Cochrane, Web of Science, SCOPUS and LILACS databases.

Results: 13 primary studies were included in the sample after the peer review.

Pressure ulcer dressings in critical patients: a cost analysis.

Objective: To assess the direct cost of dressings in pressure ulcer treatment.

Method: This was a descriptive observational study conducted at an intensive care unit in the Northeast region of Brazil, between November and December 2015. Data were gathered using the Pressure Ulcer Scale for Healing and a form to characterize and assess costs.