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- Back pain and body posture evaluation instrument: validation of the questionnaire for Portuguese pre-adolescentsPublication . Matos, Maria João; Festas, Constança; Barreiras, Catarina; Almeida, Sofia; Noll, MatiasBackground: Knowledge of pre-adolescents’ postural habits and back pain profiles is essential for school health teams to develop systematized intervention strategies.Objective: To perform the psychometric validation of the Back Pain and Body Posture Evaluation Instrument (BackPEI) for Portuguese pre-adolescents.Methodology: A methodological study was conducted for the instrument’s linguistic adaptation, pre-test, and psychometric evaluation. This evaluation took place in two phases, using a test-retest design to assess the instrument’s reliability.Results: A total of 115 pre-adolescents participated in the study (M = 11.5 years). Questions 2.5 and 2.3 obtained the lowest (k = 0.072) and highest (k = 0.693) levels of agreement, respectively. For ques-tion 2.23 (pain intensity), no difference was found between the test (M = 3.54; SD = 1.98) and the retest (M = 3.54; SD = 1.33; p = 0.959), with the answers showing a strong correlation (ICC = 0.719).Conclusion: The European Portuguese version of the BackPEI retained the original 21 items, with the addition of two items suggested by the experts and proved to be a reliable tool for assessing pos-tural habits and back pain in Portuguese pre-adolescents.
- Core components of rehabilitating children with brain cancer using exergames: a scoping reviewPublication . Ribeiro, Catarina Dias; Barbosa, Pedro José; Marques, Goreti; Almeida, Sofia; Padilha, José MiguelIntroduction: Child cancer is a rare phenomenon carrying alterations in physical condition, that influence the way they develop. Due to the implications resulting from brain tumors it is necessary to define, implement and evaluate interventions that minimize the functional impact on the child, speci-fically those that utilize exergames. So, the aim of this study is to map the literature related to the use of exergames in the motor rehabilitation of school--aged children with brain tumors. Methodology: Scoping Review method, according to Joanna Briggs Institute. Two independent re-viewers carried out the review which included studies incorporating school-aged children with a brain tumor, who resorted to exergames in motor rehabilitation programs. Research was carried out without a time limit, accessing to EBSCOHost, Web of Science, Scopus, and grey literature. Results: Three publications were included. The intervention varied between 8 to 12 weeks including 3 to 5 sessions per week, with an estimated time of 30 to 45 minutes per session. The most used gaming platform was Nintendo® Wii. Several evaluation tools have been applied, to obtain data about physical fitness, functionality, quality of life, neuropsy-chological state, and self-concept. Discussion: Intervention programs differ one from another, particularly in the criteria for their pres-cription, duration, and assessment tools, as well as the game platforms used. The programs are evalua-ted at an early stage and at the end and can be ex-tended up to 3 months after the end of the program. Conclusion: Further investigation should be carried to examine the characteristics of interventions aimed at children with cancer, namely the frequen-cy, intensity, type, and duration of physical exercise, as well as the influence of exergames on the rehabilitation of children with brain tumors. The scarcity of research on this topic justifies investing in primary studies to clarify the impact of the intervention of specialist nurses in Rehabilitation Nursing in this field. The analysis of interventions that can be implemented by specialist nurses for children with cancer is an emerging issue, to promote infor-med decision-making in Rehabilitation Nursing, as well as to identify priority areas for research.
- Dor nas costas nos pré-adolescentes de uma comunidade escolar do Alto Minho: um estudo de prevalênciaPublication . Matos, Maria João; Barreiras, Catarina; Festas, Constança; Almeida, Sofia; Luís, RicardoO período de crescimento inerente à infância e à adolescência é uma etapa importante para o desenvolvimento músculo-esquelético, pois é marcado por diversas transformações físicas. Durante esta fase, a aquisição de hábitos posturais incorretos, principalmente em ambiente escolar e a ocorrência de alterações posturais, poderá originar lesões músculo-esqueléticas (LME), onde se destaca a dor, principalmente localizada na coluna vertebral, decorrente de diversos fatores de risco (Sedrez, Rosa, Noll, Medeiros, & Candotti, 2015).
- Evaluating e-health literacy, knowledge, attitude, and health online information in Portuguese university students: a cross-sectional studyPublication . Almeida, Sofia; Pinto, Elisabete; Correia, Marta; Veiga, Nélio; Almeida, ArmandoBackground: The main objective of the present study was to assess e-health literacy in a sample of Portuguese university students and its association with the level of knowledge and seeking for COVID-19-related information. Methods: This cross-sectional online study was conducted on Portuguese university students. All students completed a questionnaire consisting of demographic characteristics, e-health Literacy Scale (eHEALS), and a questionnaire about knowledge, attitude, and health online information seeking. Results: A total of 534 students (76.8% women), with a mean age of 24.3 years old (SD = 7.8), participated in this cross-sectional study, 53.0% of students were from non-health sciences. The mean score of eHEALS literacy was 28.8 (SD = 5.6). Most students (71.1%) classified the Internet as a useful, or very useful, tool in helping them make health related decisions. The use of the Internet as a tool to research health information for a period of two or more hours (OR = 1.9; CI 95% = 1.2; 3.4), to search online for health information on professional websites (OR = 2.3; CI 95% = 1.4; 3.6), to search in official media (OR = 2.3; CI 95% = 1.4; 3.9), and to study in the field of health sciences (OR = 1.6; CI 95% = 1.1; 2.6) increased the likelihood of having sufficient e-health literacy. Conclusion: From a public health perspective, there is a need to develop programs that increase health literacy among university students.
- The nursing practice environment and job satisfaction, intention to leave, and burnout among primary healthcare nurses: a cross-sectional studyPublication . Lucas, Pedro; Jesus, Élvio; Almeida, Sofia; Araújo, Beatriz; Costa, Patrícia; Cruchinho, Paulo; Teixeira, GiselaBackground: The nursing practice environment significantly influences nurses’ job satisfaction, turnover, and burnout; therefore, it is essential to promote favorable environments to ensure the retention of qualified professionals. Improving the nursing practice environment is a low-cost organizational strategy associated with satisfaction, retaining professionals, and reducing burnout. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between the nursing practice environment and job satisfaction, turnover, and burnout among primary healthcare nurses in Portugal. Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional, and correlational study was carried out based on data from the RN4CAST Portugal Project. The Nurse Survey Instrument (Core Nurse Survey) of the RN4Cast Project (2018) was used for data collection. The sample consisted of 1059 nurses from fifty-five health center groups in mainland Portugal, fifteen health centers in the Autonomous Region of Madeira, and six health centers in the Autonomous Region of the Azores. Results: Primary healthcare nurses in Portugal rated the nursing practice environment as unfavorable or mixed, with an average (x) of 2.5 (standard deviation (SD) = 0.4), which is associated with lower job satisfaction, with an average of 2.0 (SD = 0.4), moderate intention to leave, with 40.3%, and low levels of burnout, with an average of 1.6 (SD = 0.8). There was also a negative correlation between the nursing practice environment and burnout (r = −0.28) and its dimensions. Emotional exhaustion (r = −0.35) represents the individual dimension of stress and physical exhaustion, corresponding to feelings regarding the depletion of emotional and physical resources, depersonalization (r = −0.18) represents the interpersonal context dimension of burnout, and a lack of personal accomplishment (r = −0.15) represents the self-assessment dimension of burnout and refers to feelings of incompetence and a lack of confidence and self-efficacy at work. Conclusions: The quality of the work environment is associated with greater job satisfaction and a reduction in burnout. For this reason, improving the work environment has therefore been associated with increased job satisfaction and reduced burnout among primary healthcare nurses, promoting nurse retention and the well-being of healthcare teams.
- Psychometric properties of the healthy lifestyle behaviors scale in Portuguese pregnant womenPublication . Nunes, Maria Arminda; Melnyk, Bernadette Mazurek; Almeida, Sofia; Cardoso, Alexandrina; Vieira, MargaridaBackground: Pregnancy provides a privileged and opportune moment to implement interventions promoting healthy lifestyle behaviors and significantly improving perinatal outcomes. The Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Scale (HLBES) can be used to assess health promoting behaviors, such as diet, physical activity, and mental health. Purpose: This study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the HLBES in Portuguese pregnant women. Methods: A methodological study was conducted on a convenience sample of 192 pregnant women receiving prenatal care. After cross-cultural adaptation, an exploratory factor analysis and internal consistency assessment were carried out to evaluate the psychometric properties of the scale. Data collected included the Healthy Lifestyle Beliefs Scale to assess the HLBES’ criterion validity. Results: Exploratory factor analysis with Varimax rotation yielded 2 subscales that explained 45.23% of the total variance. The scale revealed an overall internal consistency of 0.78 and a good criterion validity with the Healthy Lifestyle Beliefs Scale (r = 0.65, P <.01). Conclusion: Our results suggest that the HLBES is an instrument for reporting healthy lifestyle behaviors in Portuguese pregnant women; however, further studies are recommended. This scale can be used to not only describe healthy lifestyle behaviors in pregnant women but also to determine the effects of health promoting interventions.
- Relationship of the nursing practice environment with the quality of care and patients’ safety in primary health carePublication . Lucas, Pedro; Jesus, Élvio; Almeida, Sofia; Araújo, BeatrizBackground: Nursing practice environment has impact on the quality of nursing care and on patients’ and nurses’ outcomes, namely better performances of these healthcare workers. Improving the nursing practice environment is a low-cost organizational strategy to achieve better patients’ outcomes and retain qualified nurses, thus improving nursing care of units, healthcare organizations and healthcare system. This study aims to analyse the relationship between nursing practice environment and the nurses` perception of quality of care, patient safety, and safety culture in Primary Health Care in Portugal. Methods: We conducted a descriptive, analytical, and cross-sectional study using data from RN4CAST Portugal. The sample was composed of 1059 nurses from 55 Health Center Groups of the mainland Portugal, 15 Health Centers of the Autonomous Region of Madeira and 6 Health Centers of the Autonomous Region of the Azores. Multivariate analysis and correlation analysis methods were used for data processing. Results: Nurses consider that, in the Portuguese Primary Health Care, there is a mixed and unfavourable nursing practice environment, with a perception of a good quality of care, and both acceptable patients’ safety and safety culture. The Collegial Nurse-Physician Relations and Nursing Foundations for Quality of Care dimensions to have the best ratings. The perception of Primary Health Care nurses on the dimension Nurse Participation in Organization Affairs was the one that showed the lowest score, followed by Staffing and Resource Adequacy and Nurse Manager Ability, Leadership, and Support of Nurses. Based on perception of nurses, the relationship between the nursing practice environment and the safety culture is higher, followed by the quality of care and patients’ safety. Conclusions: The perception of Primary Health Care nurses is that there is an unfavourable and mixed nursing practice environment, with good quality of care, and acceptable patient safety and safety culture. The quality of the nursing practice environments is associated to better quality and safety of care. Thus, improving the nursing practice environments in healthcare organizations is a low-cost organizational strategy to achieve greater patients and nurses’ outcomes, improving the quality of nursing care to patients in the Primary Health Care units.
- Rn4cast study in Portugal: validation of the Portuguese version of the Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work IndexPublication . Almeida, Sofia; Nascimento, Ana; Lucas, Pedro Bernardes; Jesus, Elvio; Araújo, BeatrizObjective: This study aims to validate the Portuguese version of the Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index (PES-NWI) and assess construct validity through exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study validates the psychometric properties of the PES-NWI in Portugal. Exploratory factorial analysis is used to analyze the psychometric properties of the PES-NWI in a sample of 5,075 Portuguese nurses; the data sample covers all geographic regions in the country. Confirmatory factor analysis is performed to confirm the model’s data adequacy. Results: Factorial analysis explained 54.6% of the variance and a five-dimension structure. The five factors identified were Nurse Participation in Hospital Affairs, Nurse Manager Ability, Leadership and Support of Nurses, Nursing Foundations for Quality of Care, Staffing and Resource Adequacy, and Nurse-Physician Relations. The confirmatory analysis showed that the five-factor model fit well with the data in the Portuguese context. Conclusion: In a Portuguese health context, the PES-NWI is a valid scale to access the nursing environment and improve working conditions.
- The FANTASTIC questionnaire: translation, adaptation, and validation of the lifestyle assessment instrument in Portuguese preadolescentsPublication . Rodrigues-Pires, Filipe; Festas, Constança; Amado, João; Neves-Amado, João; Almeida, SofiaBackground: Lifestyles built in pre-adolescence will influence all human development throughoutthe life cycle. Its diagnosis constitutes an effective need for the provision of nursing care in terms ofschool health.Objective: To translate, adapt and validate the FANTASTICO questionnaire for Portuguese preadolescents.Methodology: A process of translation and adaptation of the questionnaire was carried out using theDelphi technique. A specific computer base it was created. An exploratory study was carried out toevaluate the instrument’s psychometric properties. The process took place between January and July 2019.Results: The translated version and adapted by an expert panel maintained the 30 items of the originalinstrument. The exploratory study revealed that the instrument has good psychometric properties witha total Cronbach’s alpha of 0.72.Conclusion: The Portuguese version O Meu Estilo de Vida FANTASTICO (pre-adolescents) is a goodmeasuring instrument to assess the lifestyles of Portuguese pre-adolescents.
- Transforming museum management through ICT adoption: an analysis of the Portuguese context during the COVID-19 pandemicPublication . Roque, Maria Isabel; Campos, Ana Cláudia; Almeida, Sofia; Pasandideh, ShabnamThis study aims at analysing the development of digital co-creative strategies adopted by museums during the COVID-19 pandemic and the transformative potential of co-creative experiences with the help of digital tools to redefine the relationship between the museum and its audiences. This is exploratory research using online qualitative surveys applied to Portuguese museums during the COVID-19 pandemic for participation of virtual audiences for data collection and analysis. Results from this study contribute to managers’ awareness of museum digital transformation around the world sharing similar contexts and that may want to develop the participatory approach with the support of digital technologies. Results show new avenues for the adoption and implementation of digital strategies in museum management. To the authors’ knowledge, this is one of the first studies to explore the participatory museum framework combined with the development of digital strategies applied to museums following COVID-19.