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Russo S, Caruso R, Conte G, Magon A, Vangone I, Bascape' B, Maga G, Pasek M, Arrigoni C. Development of a Core Outcome Set for Family and Community Nursing: Protocol for a Delphi Study. JMIR Res Protoc 2024; 13:e51084. [PMID: 38551623 PMCID: PMC11015374 DOI: 10.2196/51084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2023] [Revised: 01/03/2024] [Accepted: 01/07/2024] [Indexed: 04/15/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Family and community nurses (FCNs) play a crucial role in delivering primary care to patients within their homes and communities. A key aspect of their role involves various health interventions, which are influenced by their unique competencies, such as health promotion, advanced clinical knowledge, and strong interpersonal skills. However, it is essential to understand which specific health outcomes these interventions impact to better understand the relationship between FCNs' skills and the health results. OBJECTIVE This study aims to outline the steps we will take to develop a set of core outcomes. These outcomes will be particularly sensitive to the health interventions carried out by FCNs, providing a clearer picture of their practice's impact. METHODS A Delphi survey will be used for this research, conducted from January to December 2024. The process will involve 5 steps and input from 3 stakeholder categories. These stakeholders will help identify a preliminary list of outcomes that will form the basis of our core outcome set (COS). RESULTS This guideline will be beneficial for a wide range of stakeholders involved in COS development, including COS developers, trialists, systematic reviewers, journal editors, policy makers, and patient groups. As of January 2024, we have successfully completed the first stage of the study, with the stakeholder group approving the reported outcomes and assigning participant lists for each stakeholder group. CONCLUSIONS This study will provide a roadmap for identifying the key health outcomes influenced by the interventions of FCNs. The multistakeholder, multiphase approach will ensure a comprehensive and inclusive process. Ultimately, the findings will enhance our understanding of FCNs' impact on health outcomes, leading to more effective primary care strategies and policies. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID) PRR1-10.2196/51084.
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- Sara Russo
- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Health Professions Researchand Development Unit, Istituto di Ricerca e cura a carattere scientifico Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Italy
- Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Health Professions Researchand Development Unit, Istituto di Ricerca e cura a carattere scientifico Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Italy
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- Health Professions Researchand Development Unit, Istituto di Ricerca e cura a carattere scientifico Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
- Nursing Degree Course University of Pavia, Istituto Maugeri Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Pavia, Italy
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- Nursing Degree Course University of Pavia, Istituti Clinici di Pavia e Vigevano, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health, University of Applied Sciences in Tarnów, Tarnów, Poland
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- Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, Section of Hygiene, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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Van Horn E, Lewallen LP. Clinical Evaluation of Competence in Nursing Education: What Do We Know? Nurs Educ Perspect 2023; 44:335-340. [PMID: 37404041 DOI: 10.1097/01.nep.0000000000001156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/06/2023]
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AIM The purpose of this article was to examine the research literature to identify objective, replicable measurement of clinical competence in undergraduate nursing education. BACKGROUND Although a standardized licensure examination is used to determine minimal competence to practice, no consensus on the definition or components of competence exists in the research literature. METHOD A comprehensive search was conducted to locate studies that evaluated nursing students' general competence in the clinical setting. Twelve reports published from 2010 to 2021 were examined. RESULTS Measures to evaluate competence were varied and contained multiple concepts including attributes of knowledge, attitudes and behaviors, ethics and values, personal attributes, and cognitive or psychomotor skills. Most studies used researcher-created instruments. CONCLUSION Although essential to nursing education, competence in the clinical setting is not commonly defined or evaluated. The lack of standardized instruments has contributed to the use of varied methods and measures for evaluating competence in nursing education and research.
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- Elizabeth Van Horn
- About the Authors Elizabeth Van Horn, PhD, RN, CNE, is an associate professor, Elon University Department of Nursing, Elon, North Carolina. Lynne P. Lewallen, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF, is professor and associate dean for academic affairs, University of North Carolina at Greensboro School of Nursing, Greensboro, North Carolina. For more information, contact Dr. Van Horn at
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Yang Q, Yang L, Yang C, Chen Y, Wu X, Li L. Negative association between workplace violence and patient safety behaviour in male, but not female, nursing interns: A cross-section study. Nurs Open 2023. [PMID: 37115109 DOI: 10.1002/nop2.1780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2022] [Revised: 02/17/2023] [Accepted: 04/16/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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AIM The aim of the study was to compare the associations between workplace violence and patient safety behaviour between male and female nursing interns. DESIGN A cross-sectional survey. METHODS A cross-sectional survey was carried out at three general hospitals in Shandong Province in China to collect data from 466 nursing interns. We evaluated the associations between workplace violence and patient safety behaviours in men and women using multiple linear regressions. RESULTS Sex moderated the association between workplace violence and patient safety behaviour (B = 1.046, [SE = 0.477]; p = 0.029). Among male nursing interns, there was a significant association between workplace violence and patient safety (B = -1.353, 95% CI [-2.556, -0.151]; p = 0.028). In male nursing interns, verbal violence and sexual violence were significantly negatively associated with patient safety (B = -1.569, SE = 0.492, p = 0.002; B = -45.663, SE = 5.554, p < 0.001). No significant association was found in female nursing interns. PATIENT OR PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION This study did not have a patient or public contribution.
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- Qianqian Yang
- Medical School, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, China
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- Nursing Department of Liaocheng People's Hospital, Liaocheng, China
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- Nursing Department of Liaocheng People's Hospital, Liaocheng, China
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- Nursing Department of Taian City Central Hospital, Taian, China
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- Nursing Department of Taian City Central Hospital, Taian, China
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- Nursing Department of Liaocheng Yundong Hospital, Liaocheng, China
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Kajander-Unkuri S, Kämäräinen P, Hartikainen T, Turjamaa R. Effectiveness of a combined web-based and simulation-based continuing education on home-care professionals' competence to evaluate older people's acute care needs in Finland. HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE IN THE COMMUNITY 2022; 30:e1765-e1774. [PMID: 34644436 DOI: 10.1111/hsc.13605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2021] [Revised: 08/18/2021] [Accepted: 09/27/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Home-care professionals need competences to ensure that they evaluate their older peoples' health conditions, especially in acute care situations. This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of combined web-based and simulation-based continuing education on home-care professionals' competence regarding evaluating older people's needs for acute care. A quasi-experimental pre-test-post-test study was conducted with home-care professionals who were working in older people's care in Finland. Home-care professionals (N = 254) had participated in combined web-based and simulation-based continuing education in 2017-2019. Data were collected using a questionnaire developed for this study before (n = 171) and after (n = 83) the education. The data were analysed statistically. The mean competence score was 3.22 ± 0.51 before the education and 3.92 ± 0.57 after the education. Improvements were detected in overall competence and in all eight subscales. Improvements were highest in health assessment and consultation and the lowest in type 2 diabetes, but this was already the highest level of self-assessed competence in the pre-test assessment. The combined web-based and simulation-based continuing education was effective in increasing the home-care professionals' competence in evaluating older people's needs for acute care. Evaluating older people's needs for acute care should be embedded in curricula and continuing education programmes.
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- Satu Kajander-Unkuri
- Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- Diaconia University of Applied Sciences, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Nursing Science, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
- Social and Health Services, City of Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Nursing Science, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
- Savonia University of Applied Sciences, Kuopio, Finland
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Dellafiore F, Caruso R, Nania T, Pittella F, Fiorini T, Caruso MP, Zaffino G, Stievano A, Arrigoni C. Does the Synergy Model Implementation Improve the Transition from In-Hospital to Primary Care? The Experience from an Italian Cardiac Surgery Unit, Perspectives, and Future Implications. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:5624. [PMID: 35565012 PMCID: PMC9105911 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19095624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2022] [Revised: 04/29/2022] [Accepted: 05/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The demand for care services in the healthcare system has changed and is triggering a smooth transition from in-hospital to primary care. In this regard, patient-centered-care models of care delivery might provide a framework to follow patients' journeys throughout their transition between different levels of care. Accordingly, an Italian research group at a cardiac hospital in Northern Italy implemented the Synergy Model in a Cardiac Surgery Unit, a patient-centered-care model, and is using the framework of the model to guide a smooth transition of patients towards rehabilitation and primary care after their hospitalization. This discursive paper is focused on the experience, perspectives, and future implications of adopting the Synergy Model to facilitate the transition from in-hospital to primary care. The presented experience and discussion might be helpful to the international debate regarding the strategies to boost a smooth transition from in-hospital to primary care.
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- Federica Dellafiore
- Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, Section of Hygiene, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy; (F.D.); (C.A.)
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- Health Professions Research and Development Unit, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, 20097 San Donato Milanese, Italy; (R.C.); (F.P.); (T.F.); (M.P.C.); (G.Z.)
- Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Health Professions Research and Development Unit, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, 20097 San Donato Milanese, Italy; (R.C.); (F.P.); (T.F.); (M.P.C.); (G.Z.)
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- Health Professions Research and Development Unit, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, 20097 San Donato Milanese, Italy; (R.C.); (F.P.); (T.F.); (M.P.C.); (G.Z.)
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- Health Professions Research and Development Unit, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, 20097 San Donato Milanese, Italy; (R.C.); (F.P.); (T.F.); (M.P.C.); (G.Z.)
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- Health Professions Research and Development Unit, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, 20097 San Donato Milanese, Italy; (R.C.); (F.P.); (T.F.); (M.P.C.); (G.Z.)
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- Health Professions Research and Development Unit, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, 20097 San Donato Milanese, Italy; (R.C.); (F.P.); (T.F.); (M.P.C.); (G.Z.)
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- Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, Section of Hygiene, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy; (F.D.); (C.A.)
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The State of the Evidence about the Family and Community Nurse: A Systematic Review. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:ijerph19074382. [PMID: 35410065 PMCID: PMC8998909 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19074382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2022] [Revised: 03/27/2022] [Accepted: 04/02/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Introduction. The increase in chronic degenerative diseases poses many challenges to the efficacy and sustainability of healthcare systems, establishing the family and community nurse (FCN) who delivers primary care as a strategic role. FCNs, indeed, can embrace the complexity of the current healthcare demand, sustain the ageing of the population, and focus on illness prevention and health promotion, ensuring a continuous and coordinated integration between hospitals and primary care ser. The literature on FCNs is rich but diverse. This study aimed to critically summarise the literature about the FCN, providing an overall view of the recent evidence. Methods. A state-of-art systematic review was performed on PubMed, CINAHL, and Scopus, employing the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement and checklist to guide the search and reporting. Results. Five interpretative themes emerged from the 90 included articles: clinical practice, core competencies, outcomes, Organisational and educational models, and advanced training program. Conclusions. FCNs can make a major contribution to a population’s health, playing a key role in understanding and responding to patients’ needs. Even if the investment in prevention does not guarantee immediate required strategies and foresight on the part of decisionmakers, it is imperative to invest more political, institutional, and economic resources to support and ensure the FCNs’ competencies and their professional autonomy.
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Willman A, Bjuresäter K, Nilsson J. Insufficiently supported in handling responsibility and demands: Findings from a qualitative study of newly graduated nurses. J Clin Nurs 2020; 30:83-92. [PMID: 32889729 PMCID: PMC7891354 DOI: 10.1111/jocn.15483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2020] [Revised: 08/11/2020] [Accepted: 08/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Aims and objectives To explore newly graduated registered nurses' experiences and how they manage complex patient situations. Background Newly graduated registered nurses' working in acute care hospital settings are challenged by managing complex patient situations in rapidly changing clinical contexts involving increased patient acuity, comorbidities and staffing shortages. Design Qualitative study design. Methods Data were collected using focus groups interviews of a total of 16 newly graduated registered nurses with clinical work experience of 6 months of direct patient care in an acute care hospital setting. Analyses were conducted using qualitative content analysis. COREQ reporting guidelines were used. Results The analysis resulted in the overarching theme “Not being sufficiently prepared and supported to meet responsibilities and demands.” The theme included three categories: “Responsibility is not in proportion to competence,” “Lack of medical competence and experience complicates patient safety” and “Strives for control to manage and organise nursing care.” Conclusion The results show that newly graduated registered nurses' are not sufficiently supported for the level of responsibility and the demands placed on them when providing nursing in complex patient situations in acute care hospital settings. If they are given sole responsibility for multiple complex patient situations, patient safety may be compromised. Relevance to practice Special attention need to be paid to NGRNs support to medical competence in the areas of assessing, planning, prioritizing, leading, and distributing nursing care in daily clinical settings for at least their first year of professional work.
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- Anna Willman
- Department of Health Sciences, Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sweden
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- Department of Health Sciences, Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sweden
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- Department of Health Sciences, Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sweden.,Department of Health Promotion Sciences, Sophiahemmet University, Stockholm, Sweden
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Self-Care in Congenital Heart Disease Patients. CONGENIT HEART DIS 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-78423-6_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Caruso R, Magon A, Dellafiore F, Griffini S, Milani L, Stievano A, Orchard CA. Italian version of the Assessment of Interprofessional Team Collaboration Scale II (I-AITCS II): a multiphase study of validity and reliability amongst healthcare providers. LA MEDICINA DEL LAVORO 2018; 109:316-324. [PMID: 30168504 PMCID: PMC7682163 DOI: 10.23749/mdl.v109i4.7101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2018] [Accepted: 07/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Objective: To develop and validate an Italian version of the Assessment of Interprofessional Team Collaboration Scale II (I-AITCS II). Methods: A multiphase validation study was conducted. The first phase was the AITCS-II translation from English into Italian to develop the first version of I-AITCS II for practitioners. The second phase was the study of I-AITCS II face and content validity, and the third phase was a cross-sectional data collection to provide evidence of construct validity using the psychometrics testing and the reliability assessment through the internal consistency study. Results: The agreement for the forward-translation among researchers was high. The face and content validity were satisfactory. The underlying constructs of I-AITCS II were partnership, cooperation and coordination. Internal consistency was good for both scale and domains level. There were significant differences related to partnership in the comparison between settings. Conclusions: I-AITCS II showed evidence of validity and reliability. It will be useful to gather data to address programs aimed to enhance interprofessional team collaboration within the Italian healthcare contexts, and it could be used for cross-national researches.
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- Rosario Caruso
- Health Professions Research and Development Unit, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Italy.
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Caruso R, Arrigoni C, Groppelli K, Magon A, Dellafiore F, Pittella F, Grugnetti AM, Chessa M, Yorke J. Italian version of Dyspnoea-12: cultural-linguistic validation, quantitative and qualitative content validity study. ACTA BIO-MEDICA : ATENEI PARMENSIS 2018; 88:426-434. [PMID: 29350656 PMCID: PMC6166160 DOI: 10.23750/abm.v88i4.6341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2017] [Accepted: 04/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Background: Dyspnoea-12 is a valid and reliable scale to assess dyspneic symptom, considering its severity, physical and emotional components. However, it is not available in Italian version due to it was not yet translated and validated. For this reason, the aim of this study was to develop an Italian version Dyspnoea-12, providing a cultural and linguistic validation, supported by the quantitative and qualitative content validity. Methods: This was a methodological study, divided into two phases: phase one is related to the cultural and linguistic validation, phase two is related to test the quantitative and qualitative content validity. Linguistic validation followed a standardized translation process. Quantitative content validity was assessed computing content validity ratio (CVR) and index (I-CVIs and S-CVI) from expert panellists response. Qualitative content validity was assessed by the narrative analysis on the answers of three open-ended questions to the expert panellists, aimed to investigate the clarity and the pertinence of the Italian items. Results: The translation process found a good agreement in considering clear the items in both the six involved bilingual expert translators and among the ten voluntary involved patients. CVR, I-CVIs and S-CVI were satisfactory for all the translated items. Conclusions: This study has represented a pivotal step to use Dyspnoea-12 amongst Italian patients. Future researches are needed to deeply investigate the Italian version of Dyspnoea-12 construct validity and its reliability, and to describe how dyspnoea components (i.e. physical and emotional) impact the life of patients with cardiorespiratory diseases. (www.actabiomedica.it)
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- Rosario Caruso
- Health Professions Research and Development Unit, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Italy.
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Caruso R, Magon A, Baroni I, Dellafiore F, Arrigoni C, Pittella F, Ausili D. Health literacy in type 2 diabetes patients: a systematic review of systematic reviews. Acta Diabetol 2018; 55:1-12. [PMID: 29129000 DOI: 10.1007/s00592-017-1071-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2017] [Accepted: 11/03/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Aim To summarize, critically review, and interpret the evidence related to the systematic reviews on health literacy (HL) amongst type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Methods The methodology for this study consisted of a systematic review of systematic reviews, using the PRISMA statement and flowchart to select studies, and searching on PubMed, CINAHL, Scopus, and Cochrane. The search covered the period between January 2006 and June 2016. Results From the 115 identified record by the queries, only six systematic reviews were included, following a quality evaluation using AMSTAR. The included systematic reviews content was analyzed by the independent work of two authors, using a narrative synthesis approach. The findings of this study (i.e., main themes) are areas of consensus and gaps in knowledge. Areas of consensus are HL definition, HL measurement tools, and the relationship between T2DM patient knowledge (or literacy) and his/her HL. The gaps in knowledge were the assessment of the relations between HL and health outcomes and self-efficacy, the gender differences, the effectiveness of interventions to improve HL, the cost-effectiveness study of interventions to improve HL, and the understanding of the influence of organizational environment on HL. Conclusion This review provides a current state of knowledge to address clinical practice and research proposals. HL could be useful to personalize patients' follow-up and it should be routinely assessed in its three dimensions (i.e. functional, interactive and critical) to enhance patients' ability to cope with clinical recommendations. Future research should be mainly aimed to test the effectiveness of evidence-based interventions to improve HL amongst T2DM patients.
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- Rosario Caruso
- Health Professions Research and Development Unit, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato University Hospital, San Donato Milanese, MI, Italy
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- Health Professions Research and Development Unit, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato University Hospital, San Donato Milanese, MI, Italy
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- Health Professions Research and Development Unit, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato University Hospital, San Donato Milanese, MI, Italy
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- Health Professions Research and Development Unit, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato University Hospital, San Donato Milanese, MI, Italy
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- Hygiene Section, Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Nursing Degree Course, University of Milan, Section of IRCCS Policlinico San Donato University Hospital, San Donato Milanese, MI, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Via Cadore 48, 20900, Monza, Italy.
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Lichosik D, Caruso R. Balancing health care needs in a changing context: nursing highlights from the 2016 European Oncology Nursing Society Congress (EONS10), 17-18 October 2016, Dublin, Ireland. Ecancermedicalscience 2017; 11:710. [PMID: 28144284 PMCID: PMC5243133 DOI: 10.3332/ecancer.2017.710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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European cancer nurses have to face many challenges as a result of the rapidly changing economic and political context in which balancing health care needs has become strategic for healthcare delivery. Currently, cancer nurses must overcome many obstacles arising from clinical, organisational, and educational issues. Within this scenario, the European Oncology Nursing Society (EONS) shaped its tenth congress programme to boost discussion and reflections, to share experiences and research, and to see how cancer nurses try to anticipate and embrace changes. The aim of this was to promote innovative solutions and to address the many issues involved with cancer care. EONS10 was held on 17–18 October in Dublin, Ireland. The congress was attended by more than 500 delegates. The programme covered the following themes: caring for families and carers, inequalities and access to cancer care, caring for patients with haematological cancers, palliative care, communication and information exchange, community cancer care (i.e. parallel sessions), roles and responsibility for advanced nursing practice, International Psycho-Oncology Society (IPOS)-Academy workshops (i.e. workshops), cancer survivorship, clinical leadership and new roles, oncology nursing research, symptom experiences and management, palliative care (i.e. proffered papers), poster presentations, and satellite symposia. The aim of this paper is to highlight and discuss the contents of the EONS10 congress.
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- Danuta Lichosik
- IEOEDUCATION, School of Robotic Surgery, European Institute of Oncology, 20141 Milan, Italy
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- Health Professions Research and Development Unit, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, 20097 San Donato Milanese, Italy
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