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Quality of life in caregivers of aged stroke survivors in southern Brazil: Arandomized clinical trial
CONCLUSION: the intervention exerted a statistically significant effect on the quality of life of family caregivers with respect to social relationships and autonomy.TRIAL REGISTRATION: NCT02807012.PMID:36722630 | PMC:PMC9886075 | DOI:10.1590/1518-8345.5935.3657
Source: Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem - February 1, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Carla Cristiane Becker Kottwitz Bierhals Fernanda La ís Fengler Dal Pizzol Gail Low Carolina Baltar Day Naiana Oliveira Dos Santos Lisiane Manganelli Girardi Paskulin Source Type: research

Innovation of the governance of integrated care
Aim: Interest in integrated care is growing. This is reflected in the rising numbers of scientific publications, IJIC ’s increased impact factor and the increasing number of participants at IFIC’s international conferences. It is stimulating to see that organizations like the World Health Organisation are developing conceptual frameworks that embrace integrated care [1,2]. At the same time we know that integrat ed care does not become reality automatically; it takes a long timeframe. That can be conflicting with ambitions like ‘implementing good practices as fast as possible’ and with the pressure to deliver result...
Source: International Journal of Integrated Care - October 23, 2018 Category: Nursing Source Type: research

Research on the Cause of Death for Severe Stroke Patients
ConclusionsThe most common cause of death in stroke patients was damage to the central nervous system. Independent risk factors were brain herniation, multiple organ failure, dyslipidemia, community‐acquired lung infection, the use of mechanical ventilation, hypoproteinemia, a history of hypertension, and hospital‐acquired pneumonia. Clinicians should be aware of the presence and possible effects of these conditions. Early prevention, monitoring and intervention to modify controllable risk factors will improve patient prognosis. Relevance to clinical practiceClinicians should be aware of the multiple independent risk f...
Source: Journal of Clinical Nursing - July 5, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Mei ‐zhen Yuan, Feng Li, Qin Fang, Wei Wang, Jing‐jing Peng, De‐yu Qin, Xue‐feng Wang, Guang‐wei Liu Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Optimising palliative and end-of-life care within care home settings
Background The World Health Organization (WHO) has defined palliative care as an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problems associated with life-threatening illness, through the prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification and impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other problems, physical, psychosocial and spiritual.1 Globally, it is estimated that every year over 20 million people will require palliative care at the end of life. Of these 69% are adults over 60 years. These older population, who make up the vast majority of residents w...
Source: Evidence-Based Nursing - December 15, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Mitchell, G., Twycross, A. Tags: End of life decisions (geriatric medicine), Drugs: cardiovascular system, Dementia, Pain (neurology), EBN Opinion, Stroke, End of life decisions (palliative care), Hospice, Memory disorders (psychiatry), End of life decisions (ethics) Source Type: research

Stroke Risk Calculator app.
Abstract STROKE CAN happen to anyone, at any age, at any time. But, according to the World Health Organization, more than 80% of strokes are preventable. PMID: 25633695 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Nursing Older People - January 29, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Virani A Tags: Nurs Older People Source Type: research

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