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- Development of a nursing-sensitive quality indicators profile in ambulatory surgeryPublication . Pinto, Joana; Sá, Luís; Amaral, António; Amado, JoãoBackground: Ambulatory surgery has increased significantly in recent years. Literature is scarce re-garding the quality of care in this setting, particularly regarding nursing-sensitive quality indicators.Objective: To develop a nursing-sensitive quality indicators profile in ambulatory surgery.Methodology: The modified e-Delphi methodology was used to find consensus on the best indicators. Online questionnaires were used in two rounds.Results: A panel of 27 experts evaluated 58 nursing-sensitive quality indicators in ambulatory surgery, including structure, process, and outcome indicators. Forty-five indicators were validated.Conclusion: This study highlights nurses’ role in perioperative care and may support the development of tools to assess the quality of nursing care in ambulatory surgery.
- Influência familiar nas decisões de carreira: análise descritiva em uma amostra brasileiraPublication . Vautero, Jaisso; Pinto, Joana; Silva, Ana DanielaConsiderando a influência da família de origem sobre as decisões educacionais e de careira o presente estudo teve por objetivo apresentar estatísticas descritivas de uma escala que avalia a influência familiar nas decisões de carreira em relação a diferentes fatores estruturais e processuais familiares. Participaram 242 estudantes universitários, 181 mulheres (74.8%), entre os 21 e 45 anos (M = 25.17; DP = 5.07) de uma universidade do sul do Brasil. Os resultados apontam para diferenças nas médias em alguns fatores estruturais familiares, como o estatuto socioeconómico. Esses resultados devem ser avaliados em estudos posteriores à luz de técnicas estatíticas inferenciais.
- Psychological intervention needs: validation of a survey with Portuguese university studentsPublication . Pinto, Joana; Martins, MarcoThis work presents and discusses the psychometric characteristics of the Portuguese version of The Survey of Student Needs (SSN), a self-report questionnaire that assesses psychological intervention needs. A total of 659 university students participated, 76.5% women, with a mean age of 21.96 years. The results of Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) report a factorial solution of three factors explaining 38.49% of the variance. Considering the internal consistency of this factorial structure, Cronbach’s alpha values of .88 were found in factor 1, .81 in factor 2, and .84 in factor 3. The results of the Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) suggest that the factorial solution proposed by the EFA presents better fit indices to the empirical data when compared to three alternative models (X2/df = 3.096, CFI = .842, GFI = .851, RMSEA = .056, P[rmsea ≤ .05] < .000). In conclusion, this study indicates that the SSN is a valid and reliable instrument applicable to the research and intervention contexts of this field.
- Quality indicators in ambulatory care surgery: a scoping reviewPublication . Pinto, Joana; Matias, Ana Cristina; Sá, Luís; Amaral, AntónioAmbulatory care surgery has multiple advantages over inpatient surgery, leading to great advances in recent years. Quality monitoring and assessment should be a dynamic and evolving process. Therefore, it is necessary to understand which quality indicators evaluate the process, structure, and outcomes underlying AS. This scoping review will potentialy help inform the scientific community of the quality indicators used worldwide to assess ambulatory care surgery.
- Working memory during spontaneous migraine attacks: an fMRI studyPublication . Ruiz-Tagle, A.; Figueiredo, Patrícia; Pinto, Joana; Vilela, Pedro; Martins, Isabel Pavão; Gil-Gouveia, RaquelObjective: To investigate the neural correlates of working memory during a spontaneous migraine attack compared to the interictal phase, using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Background: Cognitive disturbances are commonly observed during migraine attacks, particularly in the headache phase. However, the neural basis of these changes remains unknown. Methods: In a fMRI within-subject test-retest design study, eleven women (32 years of age, average) with episodic migraine were evaluated twice, first during a spontaneous migraine attack, and again in a pain-free period. Each session consisted in a cognitive assessment and fMRI while performing a working memory task (N-back). Results: Cognitive test scores were lower during the ictal session than in the pain-free session. Regions typically associated with working memory were activated during the N-back task in both sessions. A voxel wise between session comparison showed significantly greater activation in the left frontal pole and orbitofrontal cortex during the attack relative to the interictal phase. Conclusion: Migraine patients exhibited greater activation of the left frontal pole and orbitofrontal cortex while executing a verbal working memory task during a spontaneous migraine attack when compared to the interictal state. Given the association of these regions with pain processing and inhibitory control, these findings suggest that patients recruit inhibitory areas to accomplish the cognitive task during migraine attacks, a neural signature of their cognitive difficulties.