International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Anxiety is one of the most common problems among nursing students. The State-Trait Anxiety Invent... more Anxiety is one of the most common problems among nursing students. The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) is used to detect anxiety in this population; however, its length hinders speedy detection. For this reason, a faster and more efficient instrument is needed for early detection. This study aimed to determine the relationship between the anxiety measurement scales State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and the Visual Analogue Scale for Anxiety (VAS-A) by establishing a discrimination threshold through the contrast of true positive rates (VPR) and false positive rates (FPR). To this end, a cross-sectional quantitative observational and analytical study was carried out on 185 fourth-year nursing students. The data collected were anxiety (STAI and VAS-A) and socio-demographic variables during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results showed a correlation between the two scales (VAS-A and STAI). The VAS-A is a useful instrument for assessing students in a crisis that could potentially gene...
Considerando que la simulacion con pacientes estandarizados es un metodo innovador, un grupo de p... more Considerando que la simulacion con pacientes estandarizados es un metodo innovador, un grupo de profesores, decidimos introducir dicho metodo en la asignatura Cuidados de la Persona Mayor del Grado en Enfermeria de la Universidad de Lleida. El objetivo del trabajo es mostrar el diseno de los seminarios de simulacion con pacientes estandarizados en el que los “pacientes” se situan dentro de un escenario simulado y los estudiantes practican la valoracion, el diagnostico y la toma de decisiones
Objetivo: Conocer y analizar las 9 dimensiones de vida relacionada con la fragilidad de las perso... more Objetivo: Conocer y analizar las 9 dimensiones de vida relacionada con la fragilidad de las personas mayores de 75 y mas anos de edad residentes en la comunidad de la ciudad de Castellon de la Plana. Metodologia: Estudio descriptivo, transversal, dirigido a 992 personas de 75 y mas anos de edad, que disponen de tarjeta sanitaria y residen en viviendas familiares, a traves de un muestreo aleatorio estratificado. Se realiza un cuestionario personal a traves de la encuesta FRALLE, que recoge los criterios de fragilidad junto a las 9 dimensiones de vida. Resultados: Tres meses despues del inicio del estudio se han captado 316 individuos, lo que supone el 31,9% del total de la muestra requerida. Conclusiones: La participacion del personal previamente entrenado ha facilitado el acceso a la poblacion y la respuesta obtenida. La encuesta FRALLE ofrece rigurosidad y validez ajustada a la consecucion de los objetivos del estudio actual. La colaboracion clinico-universitaria es importante para...
The aim of this critical review was to clarify recommended fluid intake for older people. A liter... more The aim of this critical review was to clarify recommended fluid intake for older people. A literature search of published articles and guidelines on fluid intake recommendations until April 2020 was carried out using PUBMED, Scopus, Cochrane, and Google Scholar. In this review, we focused on people over 65 years old at different care levels. The results show that the mean fluid intake ranges between 311 and 2390 mL/day. However, it is difficult to know whether this corresponds to the real pattern of fluid intake, due to the variability of data collection methods. With respect to the recommendations, most international organizations do not take into consideration the physiology of ageing or the health problems associated with an older population. In conclusions, we recommend to follow the guideline of the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). ESPEN is the only guideline which takes into account age. It is also b...
International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 2021
The COVID‐19 crisis in Spain has exacerbated the shortage of nursing staff to respond to increasi... more The COVID‐19 crisis in Spain has exacerbated the shortage of nursing staff to respond to increasing healthcare demands. For this reason, nursing students were requested to collaborate voluntarily as auxiliary health staff. This emergency has led to mental health problems in health professionals, hence the relevance of coping techniques. The objectives of this study were to explore the experiences and emotional responses of final‐year nursing students who volunteered to carry out healthcare relief tasks during the peak of the COVID‐19 pandemic, and to identify the coping strategies they adopted to deal with this situation. A qualitative study was conducted in the constructivist paradigm. Purposive sampling was used, and twenty‐two students participated in semi‐structured interviews, which were then content‐analysed. The study is reported using the COREQ checklist. Five themes emerged in the ‘Experiences and emotional response’ dimension (context, patients, emotions and feelings, risk...
Nutritional status of Catalonia's elderly people with different health care needs. The aims o... more Nutritional status of Catalonia's elderly people with different health care needs. The aims of this study were to assess the prevalence of malnutrition through the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) in the elder population of Lleida (Catalonia) from different levels of care and to determine if that scale is a good way of monitoring our population. A cross-sectional study was designed. It included men and women of 65 years or more users of primary health care centre, the acute hospital, nursing home and health and assisted social services. The MNA was used in your short form (MNA-SF) and MNA total (MNA). This questionnaire is designed to screen the nutritional status of elderly people, when they arrived to the hospital and during their stay. Three hundred and ninety-eight individuals (184 men) were included aging 77 on average. According to the categories of the MNA, the prevalence of malnutrition of the total sample was 22.6% and risk of malnutrition of 35.4%. The MNA has been va...
People infected with venous wounds need to solve the acute problem (infection), later to treat th... more People infected with venous wounds need to solve the acute problem (infection), later to treat the underlying cause (venous hypertension). By a proper assessment of the person can establish a comprehensive treatment. In the case above is achieved healing a venous ulcer 12 years of evolution in 11 weeks of treatment, with consequent savings for the health system, improving the quality of life of the person and the environment and cut red tape care.
Revista Espanola de Geriatria y Gerontologia, 2013
To know the prevalence of mistreatment and to identify the associated factors among elderly peopl... more To know the prevalence of mistreatment and to identify the associated factors among elderly people without cognitive impairment, seen in the geriatric unit, located in the hospital emergency area. Cross-sectional study of a population of 65 years or older assessed by the geriatric Interdisciplinary Social Welfare Functional Unit (ISSFU) of the emergency area in the Arnau de Vilanova hospital of Lleida. We excluded participants with cognitive impairment. The total number of participants was 127. The suspicion of mistreatment was measured using the Questionnaire of the American Medical Association (AMA) and the Canadian Task Force (CTF). The variables studied were social demographic characteristics and functional dependency. Prevalence of suspicion of mistreatment was 29.1% (95% CI: 0.21-0.37). The most frequent subtypes were neglect and psychological, and less frequent was negligence. Associated factors were being female, being in unpaid work, being a widow and living alone. Three out of ten elderly people were identified as possible victims of abuse. Due to the relative isolation of many of the elderly who were abused, an unexpected visit to the emergency area may be the only opportunity for detection. Geriatric units located in this area should include the suspicion of mistreatment of this population in their comprehensive assessment. For this, it is necessary to have tool with a high degree of sensitivity and specificity for detection of abuse in the elderly.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Anxiety is one of the most common problems among nursing students. The State-Trait Anxiety Invent... more Anxiety is one of the most common problems among nursing students. The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) is used to detect anxiety in this population; however, its length hinders speedy detection. For this reason, a faster and more efficient instrument is needed for early detection. This study aimed to determine the relationship between the anxiety measurement scales State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and the Visual Analogue Scale for Anxiety (VAS-A) by establishing a discrimination threshold through the contrast of true positive rates (VPR) and false positive rates (FPR). To this end, a cross-sectional quantitative observational and analytical study was carried out on 185 fourth-year nursing students. The data collected were anxiety (STAI and VAS-A) and socio-demographic variables during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results showed a correlation between the two scales (VAS-A and STAI). The VAS-A is a useful instrument for assessing students in a crisis that could potentially gene...
Considerando que la simulacion con pacientes estandarizados es un metodo innovador, un grupo de p... more Considerando que la simulacion con pacientes estandarizados es un metodo innovador, un grupo de profesores, decidimos introducir dicho metodo en la asignatura Cuidados de la Persona Mayor del Grado en Enfermeria de la Universidad de Lleida. El objetivo del trabajo es mostrar el diseno de los seminarios de simulacion con pacientes estandarizados en el que los “pacientes” se situan dentro de un escenario simulado y los estudiantes practican la valoracion, el diagnostico y la toma de decisiones
Objetivo: Conocer y analizar las 9 dimensiones de vida relacionada con la fragilidad de las perso... more Objetivo: Conocer y analizar las 9 dimensiones de vida relacionada con la fragilidad de las personas mayores de 75 y mas anos de edad residentes en la comunidad de la ciudad de Castellon de la Plana. Metodologia: Estudio descriptivo, transversal, dirigido a 992 personas de 75 y mas anos de edad, que disponen de tarjeta sanitaria y residen en viviendas familiares, a traves de un muestreo aleatorio estratificado. Se realiza un cuestionario personal a traves de la encuesta FRALLE, que recoge los criterios de fragilidad junto a las 9 dimensiones de vida. Resultados: Tres meses despues del inicio del estudio se han captado 316 individuos, lo que supone el 31,9% del total de la muestra requerida. Conclusiones: La participacion del personal previamente entrenado ha facilitado el acceso a la poblacion y la respuesta obtenida. La encuesta FRALLE ofrece rigurosidad y validez ajustada a la consecucion de los objetivos del estudio actual. La colaboracion clinico-universitaria es importante para...
The aim of this critical review was to clarify recommended fluid intake for older people. A liter... more The aim of this critical review was to clarify recommended fluid intake for older people. A literature search of published articles and guidelines on fluid intake recommendations until April 2020 was carried out using PUBMED, Scopus, Cochrane, and Google Scholar. In this review, we focused on people over 65 years old at different care levels. The results show that the mean fluid intake ranges between 311 and 2390 mL/day. However, it is difficult to know whether this corresponds to the real pattern of fluid intake, due to the variability of data collection methods. With respect to the recommendations, most international organizations do not take into consideration the physiology of ageing or the health problems associated with an older population. In conclusions, we recommend to follow the guideline of the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). ESPEN is the only guideline which takes into account age. It is also b...
International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 2021
The COVID‐19 crisis in Spain has exacerbated the shortage of nursing staff to respond to increasi... more The COVID‐19 crisis in Spain has exacerbated the shortage of nursing staff to respond to increasing healthcare demands. For this reason, nursing students were requested to collaborate voluntarily as auxiliary health staff. This emergency has led to mental health problems in health professionals, hence the relevance of coping techniques. The objectives of this study were to explore the experiences and emotional responses of final‐year nursing students who volunteered to carry out healthcare relief tasks during the peak of the COVID‐19 pandemic, and to identify the coping strategies they adopted to deal with this situation. A qualitative study was conducted in the constructivist paradigm. Purposive sampling was used, and twenty‐two students participated in semi‐structured interviews, which were then content‐analysed. The study is reported using the COREQ checklist. Five themes emerged in the ‘Experiences and emotional response’ dimension (context, patients, emotions and feelings, risk...
Nutritional status of Catalonia's elderly people with different health care needs. The aims o... more Nutritional status of Catalonia's elderly people with different health care needs. The aims of this study were to assess the prevalence of malnutrition through the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) in the elder population of Lleida (Catalonia) from different levels of care and to determine if that scale is a good way of monitoring our population. A cross-sectional study was designed. It included men and women of 65 years or more users of primary health care centre, the acute hospital, nursing home and health and assisted social services. The MNA was used in your short form (MNA-SF) and MNA total (MNA). This questionnaire is designed to screen the nutritional status of elderly people, when they arrived to the hospital and during their stay. Three hundred and ninety-eight individuals (184 men) were included aging 77 on average. According to the categories of the MNA, the prevalence of malnutrition of the total sample was 22.6% and risk of malnutrition of 35.4%. The MNA has been va...
People infected with venous wounds need to solve the acute problem (infection), later to treat th... more People infected with venous wounds need to solve the acute problem (infection), later to treat the underlying cause (venous hypertension). By a proper assessment of the person can establish a comprehensive treatment. In the case above is achieved healing a venous ulcer 12 years of evolution in 11 weeks of treatment, with consequent savings for the health system, improving the quality of life of the person and the environment and cut red tape care.
Revista Espanola de Geriatria y Gerontologia, 2013
To know the prevalence of mistreatment and to identify the associated factors among elderly peopl... more To know the prevalence of mistreatment and to identify the associated factors among elderly people without cognitive impairment, seen in the geriatric unit, located in the hospital emergency area. Cross-sectional study of a population of 65 years or older assessed by the geriatric Interdisciplinary Social Welfare Functional Unit (ISSFU) of the emergency area in the Arnau de Vilanova hospital of Lleida. We excluded participants with cognitive impairment. The total number of participants was 127. The suspicion of mistreatment was measured using the Questionnaire of the American Medical Association (AMA) and the Canadian Task Force (CTF). The variables studied were social demographic characteristics and functional dependency. Prevalence of suspicion of mistreatment was 29.1% (95% CI: 0.21-0.37). The most frequent subtypes were neglect and psychological, and less frequent was negligence. Associated factors were being female, being in unpaid work, being a widow and living alone. Three out of ten elderly people were identified as possible victims of abuse. Due to the relative isolation of many of the elderly who were abused, an unexpected visit to the emergency area may be the only opportunity for detection. Geriatric units located in this area should include the suspicion of mistreatment of this population in their comprehensive assessment. For this, it is necessary to have tool with a high degree of sensitivity and specificity for detection of abuse in the elderly.
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