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Self-medication in adult Latin American immigrants in Seville

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OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of non-prescription pharmaceutical use in the Latin American immigrant population. METHOD: A descriptive, cross-sectional study of a representative sample of 190 immigrants. We used a questionnaire based on the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). RESULTS: In the past six months, 77.4% of the sample self-medicated. The prevalence of consumption of antiinflammatory and non-prescription analgesics was the highest, followed by antibiotics. A statistical difference was observed in non-prescription use of antibiotics by gender.

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• Ciencias de la Salud›Enfermería

Discontinuation of antimicrobials and costs of treating patients with infection

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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the repercussions of discontinuation the cost with the antimicrobial treatment of patients with bloodstream infection. METHODS: A historical cohort study conducted in the intensive care unit of a hospital in Belo Horizonte (MG). The population included 62 patients with bloodstream infection caused by Staphylococcus aureus. Data were collected between March/2007 and March/2011 from patients' medical records, Commission of Hospital Infection Control and Sector of Costs, with descriptive and univariate analysis.

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• Ciencias de la Salud›Enfermería

Qualified listening and social management among health professionals

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OBJECTIVE: To verify, by means of reports of health professionals, what an institutional program of in-service training must contain that is focused on the development of the capabilities to accomplish qualified listening. METHODS: A study using a qualitative, descriptive method, conducted by means of interviews with a focus on the social representations of six professionals - nurses, psychologists, occupational therapists and managers - of an ambulatory clinic at the Hospital das Clínicas de Belo Horizonte (MG), about the procedures of social management in the use of this tool.

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Burnout syndrome in senior undergraduate nursing

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OBJECTIVE: This papers' goal was to evaluate the presence and the factors associated to Burnout Syndrome among senior year Nursing students. METHODS: Exploratory descriptive quantitative research held in a private University of Rio Grande do Sul, with an intentional sample of 42 students enrolled in the 1st half of 2011, through the application of the instrument Burnout Inventory Student Survey (MBI-SS). The sample represented 76.3% of the population studied.

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• Ciencias de la Salud›Enfermería

Aspects related to the permanence of undergraduate and graduate students in semi-presential classes

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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the learning and interaction environment, related to the permanence of undergraduate and graduate students in semi-presential healthcare classes. METHODS: Research of quantitative approach, exploratory, which analyzed data originated, based on a validated questionnaire, based on models ISAM and MAIWT with 18 items, organized in a scale that ranged from zero (hindered my permanence in the class) to 10 (did not hindered my permanence in class).

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• Ciencias de la Salud›Enfermería

Violence in daily hospital nursing work

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OBJECTIVE: To describe the frequency of referred verbal, physical and sexual violence and factors associated with verbal violence in nursing teams' work at public hospitals. METHODS: Cross-sectional study, involving 1509 workers at three public hospitals in Rio de Janeiro City - (RJ). Bivariate analysis and logistic regression were applied. Significance was set at 5%. RESULTS: The frequencies of verbal, physical and sexual violence amounted to 982 (65.1%), 46 (3%) and 87 (5.7%), respectively.

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• Ciencias de la Salud›Enfermería

Matrix tool in the production of integrated care in the family health strategy

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OBJECTIVE: To analyze how the matrix support in mental health contributes to the production of comprehensive care with an emphasis on the interrelationships between worker / user / family. METHODS: Research with a qualitative approach that used the techniques of interview, focus group and systematic observation. Data analysis was based on critical hermeneutics.

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• Ciencias de la Salud›Enfermería

Accessibility and demand at an Emergency Care Unit: the user's perspective

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AIM: To analyze the search for Emergency Care (EC) in the Western Health District of Ribeirão Preto (São Paulo), in order to identify the reasons why users turn to these services in situations that are not characterized as urgencies and emergencies. METHODS: A qualitative and descriptive study was undertaken. A guiding script was applied to 23 EC users, addressing questions related to health service accessibility and welcoming, problem solving, reason to visit the EC and care comprehensiveness.

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• Ciencias de la Salud›Enfermería

Palliative care in the home: perceptions of nurses in the Family Health Strategy

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OBJECTIVE: To understand the perception of nurses from the Family Health Strategy in relation to palliative care in the home. METHODS: A descriptive, exploratory study with a qualitative approach conducted with nine nurses from the Family Health Strategy of the municipality of Lavras - MG. Semi-structured interviews were conducted and data were subjected to content analysis. RESULTS: The various dimensions of care in the home context were identified, along with the performance and limitations of nurses in the care of the patient and his family at end of life.

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Quality of life and stress in caregivers of drug-addicted people

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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate quality of life and presence of stress in caregivers of drug-addicted people. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was carried out at four Psychosocial Care Centers in Mato Grosso. Demographic and quality of life data were collected for 109 caregivers using the Medical Outcomes Study 36 - Item Short-form, depression symptoms (Beck Depression Inventory) and stress of caregivers (Caregiver Burden Scale). RESULTS: Of 109 caregivers, 55.9% were mothers with a mean age of 47.66 years; 23.8% had depressive symptoms.

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• Ciencias de la Salud›Enfermería