Demandas de atenção de um paciente na unidade de transplante de medula óssea

Bone Marrow Transplantation: bereavement due to the impact of bodily and psychosocial changes from the perspective of adolescent recipients and their parents

Abstract The diagnosis and treatment of a life-threatening disease have adverse consequences on child development and impact the family. This study aimed to investigate bereavement due to the impact of bodily and psychosocial changes resulting from Bone Marrow Transplantation from the perspective of adolescent patients and their parents. This is a qualitative, descriptive, exploratory, cross-sectional study. Nine dyads (patients and mothers / fathers) were included. Data collection took place through semi-structured audio-recorded interviews. The thematic analysis made it possible to elaborate three categories: losses due to illness; new losses experienced with treatment; learning to appreciate the gains of adverse experience. The results show that transplantation has repercussions that transcend the physical dimension and include social harm, changes in body image, and loss of friends. However, once the radical journey of transplantation is over, the participants positively connoted their experience, identifying benefits that go beyond health recovery, such as emotional maturation, improvement of self-esteem, and the ability to socialize.

Nursing workload in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: a cohort study

Objective Measure nursing workload required by patients submitted to autologous and allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) and analyze the Nursing Activities Score (NAS) of the nursing team during the hospitalization period for HSCT. Method A prospective cohort study conducted from January 2013 to April 2014 with 62 patients hospitalized in the HSCT unit of a university hospital in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. The workload was measured through NAS and data analysis was through chi-square test or Fisher's exact test, Mann-Whitney test and Spearman's correlation coefficient; with 5% significance level. Results Mean nursing workload was 67.3% (SD of 8.2) in autologous HSCT patients and 72.4% (SD of 13.0) in allogeneic HSCT patients (p=0.1380).Monitoring and titration showed, in more than 50% of the time, patients demanded intensified care, requiring two hours or more in a nursing shift for reasons of safety, severity or therapy. Conclusion The nursing workload and the NAS items with the highest scores reflect the magnitude, complexity and specificity of care required by patients submitted to HSCT.

Qualidade de vida e transplante de células-tronco hematopoéticas alogênico: um estudo longitudinal

Este estudo teve como objetivo avaliar a qualidade de vida de pacientes submetidos ao transplante de células-tronco hematopoéticas alogênico, comparando as fases pré-transplante de células-tronco hematopoéticas, o momento do isolamento protetor na Enfermaria e o pós-transplante de células-tronco hematopoéticas imediato. A amostra foi composta por sete pacientes (quatro homens e três mulheres) submetidos ao transplante de células-tronco hematopoéticas no primeiro semestre de 2008. Na coleta de dados foi utilizado o Questionário Genérico de Avaliação de Qualidade de Vida (SF-36), aplicado individualmente em situação face a face. A comparação das médias obtidas nas fases pré-transplante de células-tronco hematopoéticas e Enfermaria evidenciou diferença estatisticamente significante nos domínios Capacidade Funcional (p=0,022) e Dor (p=0,036). Comparando-se as etapas da Enfermaria e do pós-transplante de células-tronco hematopoéticas, evidenciou-se diferença significativa no Estado Geral de Saúde (p=0,036). Não foram encontradas diferenças estatisticamente significantes entre as variáveis no pré e pós-transplante de células-tronco hematopoéticas. Desse modo, comparando-se as três etapas do transplante foi possível verificar que houve depreciação da qualidade de vida durante o isolamento protetor na Enfermaria, seguida de recuperação dos aspectos mensurados.

Attention demands in the workplace and the capacity to direct attention of nurses

This was a descriptive, correlational study designed to evaluate the capacity to direct attention (CDA) of the nurse and to verify an association between the CDA and attention demand situations. For data collection the instruments used were: the Attentional Function Index and the Directed Attention Demands. The participants were 169 nurses of a teaching hospital in the State of São Paulo. The mean perception of performance or CDA was 60.4 which differed between the variables: unit of work (p=0.013), work hours (p=0.044), presence of health problems (p=0.026) and problems of a psychological nature (p=0.005). There was a negative association between the situations of demand and CDA (r = - 0.294, p<0.0001). It was concluded that nurses showed good CDA, which was related to some professional and demographic variables, and the higher the attentional demands, the lower the CDA.