Pub Date : 2025-04-01Epub Date: 2025-02-16DOI: 10.1016/j.enfcle.2025.102147
Müjde Çalıkuşu İncekar , Suzan Yıldız , Yağmur Gül , Ozan Uzunhan
Objective
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of sterile transparent film dressing and tape dressing used in peripheral intravenous catheter application in newborns on the catheter dwell time and the development of catheter-related complications.
Methods
The study was conducted in the neonatal intensive care unit of a hospital as a randomized controlled trial design. This study was conducted with the group that sterile transparent film dressing and the group that tape dressing methods. Data were collected using newborn follow-up forms, the Infiltration Scale and Phlebitis Scale.
Results
There was no statistically significant difference between the two groups referring to the signs of extravasation, phlebitis, and occlusion in newborns related to the catheter dwell time and catheter-related complications (p > 0.05). The scores and signs of infiltration were higher in the tape dressing group (p < 0.05).
Conclusion
The use of a sterile transparent film dressing reduces tissue infiltration in neonates with peripheral intravenous catheters. It is recommended that health care professionals working in neonatal intensive care units use sterile transparent film dressings to dress peripheral intravenous catheters.
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Pub Date : 2025-04-01Epub Date: 2025-04-25DOI: 10.1016/j.enfcle.2025.102152
Remedios Reina Campos , José Miguel Morales Asencio , M. Rosa Iglesias Parra , Marina García Gámez
Objective
Validation of the informal care gains scale available in Spanish to extend it to a version for caregivers of patients with multimorbidity at home.
Method
Psychometric validation study in family caregivers of people with multimorbidity in home care. Content validation was carried out using a panel of experts and the Delphi technique and subsequent empirical validation in a sample of family caregivers of patients with multimorbidity in home care.
Results
PHASE I: 3 of the 10 items were modified to specify the study population. PHASE II: A total of 227 subjects, with a median age of 84 years in patients and 59 years in family caregivers. 78.9% of the caregivers were women. The reliability analysis offered McDonald's omega values of .82, with an average inter-item correlation of .41. The test-retest reliability offered a value of .95. The bifactor structure obtained a good fit: RMSEA of .08 (90% CI .06–.11), TLI .88, explaining 40.6% of the variance. The instrument showed discriminative capacity between caregivers based on overload (p < .001).
Conclusions
The GAIN scale is a valid and reliable instrument for measuring the gains of family caregivers of people with multimorbidity in home care. It is easy to use and allows you to understand what factors to enhance in caregivers to preserve their resilience during the process.
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Pub Date : 2025-04-01Epub Date: 2025-06-05DOI: 10.1016/j.enfcle.2025.102139
Laura Martín-Losada , Montserrat Solís-Muñoz , Cristina González-Blázquez , María del Pilar Serrano-Gallardo , Ana Isabel Parro-Moreno
Aim
To assess the success of a prompted voiding programme for restoring urinary continence at discharge among older adults hospitalized. To identify associated factors with the recovery of urinary continence.
Methods
A quasi-experimental, pre-/post-intervention, without control group study was conducted. Participants were aged 65 and over with a history of urinary incontinence less than one year of current from the Functional Recovery Unit of Guadarrama Hospital throughout a convenience sampling. Patients were on a prompted voiding programme throughout their hospitalisation, individualizing for a voiding diary. Data were collected from October 2019 to March 2020. A descriptive, pre-post intervention, prediction and logistic regression analysis were conducted using SPSS 25 and STATA 15 software. The study was approved by the reference Ethics Committee.
Results
57 patients were included, 86% of them were female (n = 49) who were 82.1 age mean (SD = 9.4). The 56.1% (n = 32) experienced new-onset mixed urinary incontinence and the mean hospital stay was 40.5 (SD:14.7) days. 35.1% (n = 20) achieved urinary continence and reduced the number of urine leaks in those patients who remained incontinent upon discharge (P ≤ .001). Factors associated with the recovery of urinary continence were functional ability upon discharge (P < .001), frequency of the episodes of urinary incontinence on admission (P ≤ .001), frequency of toilet use on admission (P ≤ .001), lessened hospital stays (P = .041), reduction of the risk of the appearance of pressure wounds (P ≤ .001).
Conclusion
Prompted voiding has been shown to be effective in restoring urinary continence in more than a third of the patients studied. Having better functional ability and more frequency of toilet use on admission were associated with the programme’s success. It prevents skin wounds and reduces dependency level.
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Pub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2025-04-11DOI: 10.1016/j.enfcle.2025.502218
Celia Diez de los Ríos de la Serna , Paz Fernández-Ortega
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Pub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2025-02-15DOI: 10.1016/j.enfcle.2025.502162
Kemal Macit Hisar , Sabriye Uçan Yamaç
Objective
The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between of nurses and midwives spiritual well-being and respect for patient privacy.
Methods
The target population of this descriptive research consisted of nurses and midwives employed in healthcare institutions in a district located in the Mediterranean Region of Turkey. The data were collected from 494 nurses and midwives between January 18 and April 29, 2022 using a demographic information form, the Spiritual Well-Being Scale, and the Patient Privacy Scale.
Results
The sample consisted of 494 participants, 422 (85.4%) females and 72 (14.6%) males. The findings revealed that the midwives had significantly higher levels of respect for patient privacy and spiritual well-being than the nurses. Moreover, the participants’ spiritual well-being and respect for patient privacy were positively correlated with age and clinical experience but negatively associated with weekly working hours.
Conclusions
In light of these findings, increasing midwives’ and nurses’ awareness of spiritual well-being and patient privacy through formal education, in-service training, drama activities, and case analyses can contribute to improving the quality of care. In further research, it may be recommended to evaluate the perceptions, opinions and practices of midwives and nurses regarding patient privacy and spiritual well-being.
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Pub Date : 2025-03-01DOI: 10.1016/j.enfcle.2025.102155
Luis García-Costa , Susana Raquel Pérez-Rayo , Alejandro Bosch-Alcaraz , Andrea Ruiz-Romero
Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) is a rare disease characterized by the formation of blisters and vesicles on the skin and mucous membranes. There are 4 types: simple, junctional, dystrophic, and Kindler syndrome. They can have serious complications such as difficult airway, syndactyly, wound superinfection, or squamous cell carcinoma.
We present the case of a 6-year-old male patient with severe generalized recessive dystrophic EB, surgically intervened for syndactyly in the left upper limb and cures in both lower limbs.
These patients have a high risk of suffering adverse events related to the surgical process secondary to the fragility of their tegumentary system, mucous membranes, and noble organs. For this reason, prior to the surgical procedure, an anamnesis and planning was performed, confirming that the patient had a difficult airway as evidenced by previous anesthesia and by the Mallampati scale, a mouth opening greater than or equal to 3 cm and a reduced degree of head-neck mobility. Therefore, minimally invasive measures were taken such as a single venoclysis and maintenance of spontaneous breathing and control of this through nasal glasses with capnography and pulse oximetry. An alternative plan was considered in case these measures failed. In addition, special care was applied, such as the use of dressings and vaseline for skin protection, avoiding friction in mobilizations, pain management with intravenous analgesia and nerve blocks, and anxiolysis through family accompaniment.
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To match the items of a questionnaire on the information process of renal replacement therapy and the degree of information and promotion of living donor kidney transplantation by nephrology nurses, taking into account the gender perspective.
Methods
This study was developed in 2 phases: 1) elaboration of an initial questionnaire by the research team, which consisted of 4 nurses, and 2) completion of two rounds of the Delphi method to agree on the research team's proposal.
Results
16 specialist nurses from all areas of nephrology nursing participated. Of the original questionnaire with 35 questions, 31 items were agreed upon. After the two Delphi rounds, consensus was reached on all questions and a new question was included, which was introduced by the panelists. The consensus made it possible to identify 7 dimensions, which were grouped into 4 themes: Profile of professionals, type of information on renal replacement therapy, knowledge and promotion of kidney transplantation in vivo.
Conclusions
This research has made it possible to create a questionnaire agreed by experts to identify the type of information that nephrology nurses give to people with kidney disease and how the gender perspective influences the information process. At the same time, this tool will facilitate the identification of nurses' level of knowledge about living donor kidney transplantation and the way they promote this renal treatment to the people they care for.
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The aim of this study was to describe women’s perceptions of obstetric violence, medicalisation, and interventionism at childbirth in Spain during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.
Method
A cross-sectional design was used. For data collection, an online questionnaire with closed questions was designed and distributed via social media. Women who gave birth between March 2020 and April 2021 in Spain were recruited.
Results
The sample consisted of 6060 questionnaires. Sixty-two percent of respondents thought that the measures taken were arbitrary and ineffective in curbing the pandemic. For the following variables, statistically significant differences were found between groups related to maternal SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis: feeling rejected for suspected positive SARS-CoV-2 status (p < 0.001), being encouraged to breastfeed (p = 0.048), offering bottles without consent (p < 0.001), not being allowed to be accompanied (p < 0.001), and separating the healthy baby from the mother at birth (p = 0.009). Women who tested positive were also less satisfied with their care and felt less empowered. Thirty-three point five percent of women (n = 2030) report having suffered obstetric violence. Of these, 67.8% (n = 1376) believe that such obstetric violence is not justified by the pandemic.
Discussion
Understanding these experiences during a pandemic provides an opportunity to develop specific protection policies for women in the event of future health crises.
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Rare or orphan diseases represent a challenge for the health system and the quality of life of patients and their families. In Colombia, mothers assume the main role of caregivers, facing physical, emotional, and financial challenges. This study aims to understand the experience of women who are mothers and caregivers of patients with Mucopolysaccharidosis in Colombia, and the variables associated with caregiver burden.
Method
A mixed study was conducted in which the Zarit Caregiver Overload Scale was applied to 48 female caregivers of children with Mucopolysaccharidosis, and they were given an individual structured interview.
Results
The Zarit scale showed that 92% of the participants did not have overload. However, the interviews revealed a variety of negative emotions and feelings, such as loneliness, sadness, fear, and guilt. The women expressed an unfinished life project, with overloaded social roles and a constant permanent crisis. The main emotional resource and support wase faith in God. Tensions were found in the relational fabric with the child or patient, between overprotection and independence.
Conclusions
Understanding the experience of the caregivers of patients with MPS allowed unveiling the complex elements of caregiving through the three intertwined roles: being a woman, being a mother and being a caregiver. The use of religiosity as an indicator of physical and mental well-being confirms its benefit in the processes of coping with the difficulties related to the experience of diagnosis and treatment.
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Pub Date : 2025-03-01DOI: 10.1016/j.enfcle.2025.502163
Iván Fernández-Prada , Sendoa Ballesteros-Peña
Aim
To evaluate the impact of the use of bladder ultrasound in the reduction of urinary catheterization in patients suspected of acute urinary retention or at risk of suffering from it.
Method
A systematic literature review was conducted across various databases to identify studies comparing the use of bladder ultrasound to standard practice in managing acute urinary retention. Both observational and experimental studies that reported the number of urinary catheterizations performed were included.
Results
A total of 8 studies involving 3210 participants were included. The findings indicated that the use of bladder ultrasound was associated with a significant reduction in the number of urinary catheterizations, with decreases ranging from 20% to 90% compared to control groups. Even in studies where a reduction in the number of catheterizations was not observed, there was a decrease in adverse effects associated with this procedure, such as urinary tract infections and extended hospital stays.
Conclusions
This systematic review provides evidence on the benefits of bladder ultrasound in diagnosing and managing acute urinary retention, enabling a reduction in the number of urinary catheterizations. Implementing this technology, along with proper training for nursing staff, could enhance patient care and safety, as well as the efficiency of healthcare systems.
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