Sleep quality of patients with heart failure and associated factors.

Objectives: to assess sleep quality of patients with heart failure and associated sociodemographic and clinical characteristics.

Methods: a cross-sectional study, developed with 88 patients. Sleep quality was assessed by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index.

Bladder ultrasound: evidence of content validity of a checklist for training nurses.

Objectives: to develop and analyze evidence of content validity of a checklist for training nurses in measuring bladder volume through ultrasound.

Methods: a methodological study, consisting of three stages: literature review; instrument item preparation; and analysis of evidence of content validity. The Content Validity Index (CVI) and Gwet's AC2 were used for content validity analyses.

Advancing Digital Education Technologies by Empowering Nurses With Point-of-Care Ultrasound: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study.

Background: Bedside ultrasonography, also known as point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS), is a promising technological tool that enhances clinical assessment, enriching diagnostic capabilities and clinical reasoning. Its use in nursing spans various patient populations and health care settings, providing nurses with a valuable health assessment tool to improve care quality and patient safety. Despite its growing integration into clinical practice, PoCUS training has mainly focused on physicians, leaving a gap for trained nurses who demonstrate similar proficiency in conducting scans and interpreting images.

Sexual function, health functionality, and quality of life in females with pulmonary arterial hypertension: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) can have several consequences on sexual function, which can lead to worsened quality of life.

Aim: The study sought to assess sexual function and its association with health functionality and quality of life in females with PAH.

Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in pulmonary circulation outpatient clinics from January 2022 to March 2023 in females diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension.

Nursing diagnoses for people hospitalized with heart failure: an integrative review.

Objectives: to identify in the literature the main nursing diagnoses according to the NANDA-I diagnostic classification for people hospitalized with heart failure.

Methods: an integrative literature review, carried out in February 2019 and updated in July 2023, in the MEDLINE via PubMed, LILACS, SciELO and CINAHL databases. Given the use of acronym PEO, studies without a time cut in Portuguese, English and Spanish were included.

Sexual counseling for people with acute coronary syndrome: educational video development.

Objective: to assess validity evidence of an educational video on safe sexual activity after acute coronary syndrome.

Method: study in three phases: video development; content validity analysis by 11 experts; and analysis of validity based on response processes by seven people with coronary disease. The content validity ratio (CVR) was calculated with critical values for the second phase of 0.

Evidence of content validity of the nursing outcome "sexual functioning" from the nursing outcome classification.

Purpose: To evaluate the content validity evidence of the nursing outcome "sexual functioning" from the Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC).

Methods: A multi-method study, including a methodological study analyzing the content validity evidence of the NOC outcome and sexual functioning, and a quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study. In the first phase, a literature review was conducted to map and identify clinical indicators associated with sexual functioning to construct the conceptual (CD) and operational definitions (ODs) of each outcome indicator.

Content analysis of NOC outcomes related to mechanical ventilation in people with COVID-19.

Objective: To analyze the evidence of content validity of the Nursing Outcomes "Mechanical Ventilation Response: Adult" and "Mechanical Ventilation Weaning Response: Adult", for patients with severe COVID-19.

Method: Methodological study developed in two stages: literature review to construct the definitions of the indicators and analysis of the evidence of content validity of the nursing outcomes by a focus group.

Results: All the conceptual and operational definitions developed for the 56 indicators were considered clear and precise.

Evidence of validity of the Smoking Cessation Counseling scale - Brazilian version.

Objective: to evaluate the evidence of validity of the internal structure and reliability of the Brazilian version of the Smoking Cessation Counseling instrument.

Method: psychometric study of confirmatory factor analysis and reliability carried out on 250 nurses in clinical practice. For the analysis of the convergent validity of the factor model, Average Variance Extracted values were calculated, and discriminant analysis was carried out using the Fornell-Larcker criterion.

Predictors of self-care behaviors in individuals with heart failure in Brazil.

Objective: To identify the predictors of self-care behaviors in individuals with heart failure.

Method: A cross-sectional study including 405 patients with heart failure. Self-care behaviors were assessed by the Self-Care of Heart Failure Index.

Telephone messages regarding preventive measures against COVID-19.

Objective: To analyze the evidence of content validity of telephone messages regarding preventive measures against COVID-19.

Method: Methodological study, in which messages containing text and image were developed through a narrative literature review and whose content was evaluated by eight judges in terms of clarity, practical relevance, theoretical relevance and vocabulary. The content validity index (CVI) was calculated, and messages that reached levels above 90% were considered to have adequate evidence of validity.

Effect of a Supervised Exercise Program on Overweight and Obese Adolescents in the School Environment: A Pretest-Posttest Design.

This study is taken up to evaluate the effect of an exercise program on adolescents' obesity and overweight profile. For this purpose, a 1-group pretest-posttest study was conducted with 72 adolescents who underwent a physical activity program supervised by one health professional 5 times a week; the sessions were distributed over 12 weeks and lasted from 50 to 60 minutes. The primary outcomes were anthropometric measurements, whereas the secondary outcomes were lipid profile, blood glucose, and blood pressure.

King's Parkinson's Disease Pain Questionnaire: reliability and convergent construct validity.

Objectives: to assess the evidence of reliability and convergent construct validity of the King's Parkinson's Disease Pain Questionnaire.

Methods: psychometric study of 75 older adults with Parkinson's disease. The instrument was applied by two researchers separately and reapplied by one researcher 15 days later.

Development and content validity of a website for patients with coronary artery disease.

Objectives: to develop and analyze content validity evidence of a website for patients with coronary artery disease.

Methods: a methodological study, carried out in the phases: Definition - determined contents for inclusion in the website, architecture and design; Implementation - subjects included in the website; Assessment - website submitted to analysis by 13 experts and eight laypersons regarding organization, content and design, on a scale of 1 (no agreement) to 4 (complete agreement). Items that reached Content Validity Ratio (CVR) higher than the established critical values and Content Validity Index greater than 0.

Secondary prevention in coronary artery disease: development and content validity of educational messages for mobile phones.

Objective: To identify information needs of patients with coronary artery disease and develop and validate the content of educational messages for mobile phones for these patients.

Method: The study was carried out in three phases: 1) Identification of information needs in relation to coronary artery disease of patients hospitalized for an acute coronary event; 2) Development of templates containing text and pictures about the disease and treatment; 3) Content validity analysis of template evidence through the assessment of 10 experts. Templates were considered validated when the Content Validity Ratio (CVR) was equal to or greater than 0.

Relationships between Depressive Symptoms, Appetite, and Quality of Life in Heart Failure.

This analytical, cross-sectional study aimed to analyze the relationship between depressive symptoms, appetite, and quality of life (QoL) in 86 patients hospitalized with heart failure. Patients were assessed for depressive symptoms, appetite, and QoL using the Beck Depression Inventory-II, the Simplified Nutritional Appetite Questionnaire, and the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire, respectively. Relationships between sociodemographic and clinical variables, depressive symptoms, appetite, and QoL were analyzed using bivariate tests and linear regression models, with  < .

Effectiveness of educational intervention with manual for anxiety and stress reduction: controlled clinical trial.

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of the educational intervention through an informative manual in reducing anxiety, stress, and changes in vital signs in patients awaiting cardiac catheterization.

Methods: Parallel, randomized, controlled, blind clinical trial. The study excluded patients waiting for cardiac catheterization; those who received the information manual were randomized to the intervention group, and those who received routine information from the unit went to the control group.

Relationship Between Frailty, Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics, and Disease Severity of Older Adults With Acute Coronary Syndrome.

This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between frailty, sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, and disease severity of older adults with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). A total of 57 hospitalized patients ≥60 years with ACS were assessed for frailty through the Tilburg Frailty Indicator. Disease severity was assessed by the Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events, by the maximum troponin level, and by the number of severely obstructed coronary arteries.

Needs of family members of patients in a coronary care unit.

Objective: To identify the need of family members of patients hospitalized in a coronary intensive care unit and their degree of satisfaction with the care provided.

Methods: An observational and cross-sectional study including family members of patients hospitalized in the coronary intensive care unit for acute coronary syndrome in Killip I or II. After the second visit of the same family member to the patient in the unit, a 43-item inventory of needs and stressors of family members was applied.

Cross-cultural adaptation for Brazil and validity of a guide to assist nursing students' clinical reasoning.

Purpose: To assess the validity of a Written Clinical Reasoning Prompt (WCRP) to help nursing students' clinical reasoning (CR).

Method: This is a methodological study of translation and cross-cultural adaptation into Brazilian Portuguese of instruments that aim to promote CR improvement, composed of (1) WCRP; (2) two case studies; (3) a questionnaire about students' perceptions during decision-making in case studies; (4) a scoring rubric for correcting case studies. For translation and cross-cultural adaptation, stages 1-8 of the Research Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (RDC/TMD) Consortium Network were adopted.

Prevalence of pharmacological adherence in patients with coronary artery disease and associated factors.

Objective: to assess the prevalence of pharmacological adherence in patients with coronary artery disease and to identify factors associated with adherence.

Method: a crosssectional, correlational study, including 198 patients with a previous diagnosis of coronary artery disease. Pharmacological adherence was assessed by the four-item Morisky Green test, and the factors that potentially interfere with adherence were considered independent variables.

Quality of life in people with coronary artery disease: translation and cross-cultural adaptation of a questionnaire.

Objective: to carry out translation, cross-cultural adaptation to Portuguese and assess the reliability of the four versions of the Coronary Revascularization Outcome Questionnaire - adapted.

Methods: a methodological study of translation and cross-cultural adaptation into Portuguese, as proposed by Beaton et al., and reliability analysis, by calculating Cronbach's alpha coefficient and item-total correlation of the four versions of the Coronary Revascularization Outcome Questionnaire - adapted.

Sleep quality and its association with menopausal and climacteric symptoms.

Objective: to assess sleep quality in menopausal women and its association with symptoms related to this period.

Method: this is a cross-sectional, analytical and correlational study. Sleep was assessed using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index; and climacteric symptoms, according to the Menopause Rating Scale.