Osteossarcoma é o tumor ósseo maligno primário mais comum, com uma taxa de incidência nos adolescentes de 8 a 11 casos/milhão entre 15 e 19 anos. No Brasil, estima-se 350 casos/ano até 20 anos. A sobrevida é de até 70% em cinco anos para os não metastáticos e 80% de sobrevida global. Quando recaem, essa sobrevida atinge 20% em um ano. Pacientes com Osteossarcoma devem ser acompanhados frequentemente com estudos radiológicos para investigação de metástases, por pelo menos 5 anos após término do tratamento , sendo mais intensivo nos dois primeiros anos, onde ocorrem a maioria das recaídas. Objetivo: Avaliar o acompanhamento do pós tratamento nos pacientes portadores de osteossarcoma. Casuística e Métodos: Estudo retrospectivo realizado na Fundação Pio XII Hospital de Câncer de Barretos, com 52 pacientes tratados de Osteossarcoma pelo Departamento de Pediatria, no período de janeiro de 2000 a julho de 2006. Os dados foram coletados através de uma ficha clínica, que constava registros sócios demográficos e clínicos. Foi realizada a análise descritiva dos dados. Para a associação das variáveis independentes ao comparecimento à consulta, utilizou-se o teste qui-quadrado. Resultados: Dos 52 pacientes analisados, 61,5 % eram do sexo masculino, com mediana de idade de 15 anos e 48,1% procedentes do Estado de São Paulo. Em relação às variáveis clínicas, 59,6% recidivaram e desses recidivados, 58% foram pulmonar. Desses com recidiva pulmonar, 44,4% no momento da recaída apresentavam queixa e não adiantaram a consulta. Não houve associação estatisticamente significativa entre as características demográficas com o comparecimento adiantado à consulta, sendo que os residentes a menos de duas horas do hospital representaram 33,3% e os que residiam há mais de 21horas de viagem 30,8% (p=0,073). Nas consultas em que ocorreram atrasos, 54,5% dos pacientes estavam hospedados em alojamento (p=0, 010). Entre os pacientes, 81,3% dos que adiantaram a consulta apresentavam queixas quando comparados com os que não adiantaram (p=0,005). Dos pacientes que recidivaram, 12,9% compareceram atrasados em alguma consulta, enquanto que os não recidivados,47,6% atrasaram em alguma consulta (p=0,006).Nas consultas em que houve atrasos, 54,5% estavam hospedados em alojamento(p=0,010). Conclusão: Em nossa experiência podemos inferir que a distância não foi fator preponderante para o comparecimento atrasado às consultas e que a maioria dos pacientes que compareceram atrasados à consulta dependiam do alojamento para hospedagem. Verificou-se que os pacientes que adiantaram a consulta apresentavam mais queixas, e estas estavam associadas ao resultado positivo dos exames realizados. Além disso, nos pacientes que recidivaram, aqueles que adiantaram a consulta não apresentaram diferença estatisticamente significativa na sobrevida livre de recidiva / Osteosarcoma, the most common malignant primary bone tumor, with incidence rates, for adolescents between 15 to 19 years old, of 8-11 cases/ million. In Brazil, it is estimated 350 cases/ year until 20 years of age. It has a survival of up to 70% in five years for the non-metastatic ones and a global survival of up to 80%. When they relapse, this survival reaches 20% in one year, and it might reach 40 % in five years. Osteosarcoma patients should be followed up, frequently, with radiologic studies to investigate metastases, for at least five years after the end of treatment, which should be more intensive in the two first years, where most of the relapses occur. Aim: To evaluate the post-treatment follow-up in osteosarcoma patients. Material and methods: A retrospective study carried out at Fundação PioXII Hospital de Câncer de Barretos evaluated 52 osteosarcoma patients who were treated by the Pediatrics Department, between January, 2000 and June, 2006. Data were collected using a clinical file which comprised socio-demographic and clinical data. Results: 52 patients were analyzed, 61,5% were male, the mean age was 15 years old, and 48,1% were from São Paulo State. In regard to the clinical variables, 59,6% of patients relapsed, and from those, 58% have lung relapses. 44,4%of the patients who had lung relapses, presented some kind of complain and did not move up their visits. There was no statistically significant difference between the demographic features and the early attendance to visits, and people who lived less than a two-hour-trip from the hospital represented 33,3% of patients whereas people who lived more than a 21-hour-trip, represented 30,8% (p=0,073). The relapse showed association with late attendance to visit, because 12,9% of relapse patients were late (p=0,006). Among the late patients, 54,5% of them were in housing(p=0,005). Conclusion: In our study, we could infer that distance was not an important factor to late attendance to visits, and most late patients depended on housing to have a place to stay. During follow-up, it was verified that early patients presented more complaints, and those were related to the positive results of the exams. Besides, in relapse patients, those who have moved up their visits, did not present statistically significant difference in the relapse-free survival

O trabalho em equipe de saúde e enfermagem tem sido apontado como um importante aspecto da organização dos serviços para alcançar a produção do cuidado integral. Assim, o estudo tem como objetivo identificar e analisar as concepções dos profissionais de enfermagem sobre o trabalho em equipe de enfermagem bem como as concepções sobre a prática do cuidado integral e da integralidade à saúde. A pesquisa, de abordagem qualitativa, foi realizada num hospital especializado em oncologia em duas unidades, ambulatório de especialidades e clínica cirúrgica. Foram entrevistadas 21 profissionais, enfermeiras e técnicas de enfermagem e no tratamento do material empírico, utilizou-se a técnica de análise de conteúdo. Os resultados mostram que a concepção de trabalho em equipe de enfermagem é majoritariamente, ação interprofissional e que as entrevistadas elegem como elementos necessários para o trabalho em equipe a comunicação, confiança, vínculo, respeito mútuo, reconhecimento do trabalho do outro e colaboração. Identifica-se a presença de conflitos na equipe de enfermagem que ocorrem predominantemente entre enfermeiras e técnicas de enfermagem e obstaculizam o trabalho em equipe. Os conflitos em sua maioria são decorrentes da ausência de reconhecimento das contribuições das técnicas de enfermagem por parte das enfermeiras e da ausência de colaboração e compartilhamento do plano de cuidados entre as distintas categorias. Quanto às concepções sobre o cuidado integral de enfermagem as entrevistadas o referem como alternativo ao modelo de organização funcional, ancorado na abordagem biopsicossocial e fortalecido pelo modelo de enfermeiro referência. No tocante às práticas de integralidade à saúde identificam-se três categorias, a articulação entre os profissionais da equipe no atendimento do paciente, a articulação dos setores do hospital e a articulação do hospital na rede de atenção à saúde. Conclui-se que o trabalho em equipe de enfermagem caracteriza-se pela estreita interface com as ações desenvolvidas pela equipe interprofissional e que a colaboração e o planejamento dos cuidados de enfermagem realizado em conjunto entre enfermeiras e técnicas de enfermagem podem ampliar a qualidade da assistência de enfermagem com foco nas necessidades de cuidado do paciente. / The teamwork in the health and nursing area has been pointed as an important aspect from services organization seeking for the achievement of the integrated care concept. This study aims to identify and analyze the concepts sustained by nursing professionals concerning the teamwork in the nursing area as well as the concepts related to the practice of an integrated care and comprehensive health care. This qualitative research was developed in two different areas, out patient clinic and surgical clinic, from an oncology specialized hospital. There were 21 professionals interviewed including nurses and the nursing assistants. For the empirical treatment the content analysis technique was used. The results demonstrate that the understanding related to teamwork in nursing is mostly interprofessional practice and the interviewed people point as necessary elements for the teamwork the communication, trust environment, linkage among the professionals, respectful environment and the valorization of the work performed by each of the team members as well as the collaboration along with them. Conflicts mostly between nurses and the nursing assistants can be identified, establishing a barrier for the team work achievement. The majority of the conflicts derive from the lack of valorization from the nurses towards the contributions delivered by the nursing assistants as well as the lack of collaboration and sharing with regards to nursing care plan. With respect to the concept concerning the comprehensive health care the interviewed professionals mention it as an alternative model to functional organization, sustained by the biopsychosocial approach and reinforced by the primary nursing model. With regards to the integrated care practices three categories can be identified: the articulation between the professionals from the team when treating the patient, the articulation from the different sectors in the hospital and the articulation from the hospital in the health care system. It concludes that the nursing teamwork characterizes itself by the strict interface with actions carried out by the interprofessional team and that collaboration and nursing health care planning, performed together both by nurses and the nursing assistants, can increase the quality of the nursing assistance focusing on the patient centered care.

O trabalho em equipe de saúde e enfermagem tem sido apontado como um importante aspecto da organização dos serviços para alcançar a produção do cuidado integral. Assim, o estudo tem como objetivo identificar e analisar as concepções dos profissionais de enfermagem sobre o trabalho em equipe de enfermagem bem como as concepções sobre a prática do cuidado integral e da integralidade à saúde. A pesquisa, de abordagem qualitativa, foi realizada num hospital especializado em oncologia em duas unidades, ambulatório de especialidades e clínica cirúrgica. Foram entrevistadas 21 profissionais, enfermeiras e técnicas de enfermagem e no tratamento do material empírico, utilizou-se a técnica de análise de conteúdo. Os resultados mostram que a concepção de trabalho em equipe de enfermagem é majoritariamente, ação interprofissional e que as entrevistadas elegem como elementos necessários para o trabalho em equipe a comunicação, confiança, vínculo, respeito mútuo, reconhecimento do trabalho do outro e colaboração. Identifica-se a presença de conflitos na equipe de enfermagem que ocorrem predominantemente entre enfermeiras e técnicas de enfermagem e obstaculizam o trabalho em equipe. Os conflitos em sua maioria são decorrentes da ausência de reconhecimento das contribuições das técnicas de enfermagem por parte das enfermeiras e da ausência de colaboração e compartilhamento do plano de cuidados entre as distintas categorias. Quanto às concepções sobre o cuidado integral de enfermagem as entrevistadas o referem como alternativo ao modelo de organização funcional, ancorado na abordagem biopsicossocial e fortalecido pelo modelo de enfermeiro referência. No tocante às práticas de integralidade à saúde identificam-se três categorias, a articulação entre os profissionais da equipe no atendimento do paciente, a articulação dos setores do hospital e a articulação do hospital na rede de atenção à saúde. Conclui-se que o trabalho em equipe de enfermagem caracteriza-se pela estreita interface com as ações desenvolvidas pela equipe interprofissional e que a colaboração e o planejamento dos cuidados de enfermagem realizado em conjunto entre enfermeiras e técnicas de enfermagem podem ampliar a qualidade da assistência de enfermagem com foco nas necessidades de cuidado do paciente. / The teamwork in the health and nursing area has been pointed as an important aspect from services organization seeking for the achievement of the integrated care concept. This study aims to identify and analyze the concepts sustained by nursing professionals concerning the teamwork in the nursing area as well as the concepts related to the practice of an integrated care and comprehensive health care. This qualitative research was developed in two different areas, out patient clinic and surgical clinic, from an oncology specialized hospital. There were 21 professionals interviewed including nurses and the nursing assistants. For the empirical treatment the content analysis technique was used. The results demonstrate that the understanding related to teamwork in nursing is mostly interprofessional practice and the interviewed people point as necessary elements for the teamwork the communication, trust environment, linkage among the professionals, respectful environment and the valorization of the work performed by each of the team members as well as the collaboration along with them. Conflicts mostly between nurses and the nursing assistants can be identified, establishing a barrier for the team work achievement. The majority of the conflicts derive from the lack of valorization from the nurses towards the contributions delivered by the nursing assistants as well as the lack of collaboration and sharing with regards to nursing care plan. With respect to the concept concerning the comprehensive health care the interviewed professionals mention it as an alternative model to functional organization, sustained by the biopsychosocial approach and reinforced by the primary nursing model. With regards to the integrated care practices three categories can be identified: the articulation between the professionals from the team when treating the patient, the articulation from the different sectors in the hospital and the articulation from the hospital in the health care system. It concludes that the nursing teamwork characterizes itself by the strict interface with actions carried out by the interprofessional team and that collaboration and nursing health care planning, performed together both by nurses and the nursing assistants, can increase the quality of the nursing assistance focusing on the patient centered care.

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Poor interprofessional communication has been linked to decreased quality of patient care and increased numbers of medical errors. Increased occupational stress due to lack of effective interprofessional communication can lead to poor job satisfaction and burnout. The purpose of this study was to identify barriers to interprofessional communication as perceived by radiologic technologists. In particular, how did demographic data influence these perceptions? The research was conducted during June of 2009. The population for this survey consisted of registered radiologic technologists employed at hospitals in Northeast Tennessee. A locally developed survey questionnaire covering the subject of interprofessional communication was distributed to a cluster sample directly involved in patient care. Participants indicated that interprofessional communication effects their occupational stress and job satisfaction in addition to the quality of patient care. This analysis revealed that radiographers experienced the most difficulty communicating with nurses.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the efficacy of an interdisciplinary intervention on interdisciplinary teamwork and patient functional outcomes in an acute inpatient rehabilitation unit at a mid-sized regional hospital. Design: Pilot mixed-methods pre-post intervention study. Methods: Interdisciplinary teamwork and patient functional outcomes were measured before and after a teamwork intervention. Interdisciplinary teamwork was measured with the Healthcare Team Vitality Instrument (HTVI) and a qualitative staff questionnaire developed by a content expert. Patient functional outcomes were measured by aggregated Functional Independence Measure (FIM®) scores. Findings: Post-intervention FIM® gain scores increased significantly (p = .008). Staff questionnaire revealed improvement in interdisciplinary teamwork, with the major themes of teamwork and appreciation/respect. Post-intervention HTVI showed no significant change (p=.528). Conclusions: Initial results of this intervention are promising; additional research is needed to study the effectiveness of this intervention in a variety of acute rehabilitation settings. Clinical Relevance: Rehabilitation leaders can implement low-cost teamwork interventions to improve interdisciplinary teamwork and patient outcomes.

Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) are a significant issue in healthcare facilities worldwide. Hand hygiene (HH) remains the most effective method for preventing the incidence of HAI in routine patient care. Past and current interventions focused on the overall improvement of HH compliance, but studies found that the amount of time required to achieve full HH compliance with the existing guidelines may not be practical. Improving HH compliance at critical moments during patient care may be more effective than improving HH compliance at all opportunities. However, there are little to no studies on healthcare workers’ (HCWs) behavior regarding HH during the patient care process. Secondary data analysis on a prospective dataset from the STAR-ICU trial was completed to identify HCWs’ behavior patterns regarding HH during the patient care process. Multiple logistic regression for transitions with random effects using repeated measures and transition modeling was used to identify possible associations between HH compliance and patient care tasks, the order of tasks, and workload. The models adjusted for the effects of HCW type, glove use, and isolation precautions. The study identified 28,826 task sequences and 42,349 HH opportunities. HCWs were slightly less likely to do HH before critical tasks compared with other tasks (OR: 0.97, 95% CI: 0.96-0.99), but more likely to do HH after contaminating tasks compared with other tasks (OR: 1.12, 95% CI: 1.10-1.13). HCWs are also more likely to move from task sequences that have a relatively lower risk to patients to task sequences that have a relatively higher risk to patients than vice versa (65.4% versus 34.7%). HCWs are also less likely to do HH after moving from tasks that have a relatively lower risk to patients to tasks that have a relatively higher risk to patients than vice versa (OR: 0.93, 95% CI:0.92-0.95). HCWs’ HH compliance rates decreased as the workload level increased (OR: 0.93, 95% CI: 0.89-0.98). Workload did not appear to affect HH compliance before critical tasks or after contaminating tasks and did not affect the order in which HCWs perform patient care tasks. Increase in workload was associated with an increase in the odds of critical tasks occurring (OR: 1.55, 95% CI: 1.45-1.65). In conclusion, HCWs are more likely to perform HH after contaminating tasks to prevent contaminating themselves and to reduce the risk of transmission in subsequent task sequences. However, they do not perform tasks in an order that minimizes risk to the patient; instead, it appears that they perform tasks as they come up in routine care. Furthermore, HH is not being performed at critical moments during patient care. Lastly, workload did not affect the order in which HCWs perform patient care tasks, suggesting that HCWs behavior patterns contribute significantly to how they care for patients and perform HH. Interventions targeting the order in which HCWs perform patient care tasks and improving HH compliance before critical tasks may be more effective than those designed to improve HH compliance at all HH opportunities for reducing HAI rates.

Bakgrund: Personcentrerad vård (PCV) används allt oftare inom såväl somatisk som psykiatrisk vård, med övervägande positiva effekter för individen. Kliniska studier pågår men ett annat sätt att utvärdera arbetssättet är att följa hur indikatorer från patientregister utvecklas efter införande. Syfte: I denna studie analyseras indikatorerna utifrån kunskapen om att psykiatriska kliniken på Gotland har infört PCV 2016 och har därav haft möjligheten att närmare följa indikatorernas utveckling. Metod: Denna studie har genom deskriptiv analys identifierat resultat som tyder på att det sker förändringar i indikatorutvecklingen över tid som kan kopplas till införande av PCV år 2016. Resultat: Tydligaste resultatet är minskningen av antalet individer och vårdtillfällen inom slutenvården. Minskningen av Individuella planer är tydlig och borde analyseras närmare med genusperspektiv. Resultat inom områden säker vård är inte tydliga, men ingalunda negativa, med bibehållna låga värden. Slutsats: Resultaten i denna studie tyder på att det sker förändringar i indikatorutveckling över tid som kan kopplas till införande av PCV år 2016. / Background: Person-centered care (PCV) is increasingly used in both somatic and psychiatric care, with predominantly positive effects for the individual. Clinical studies are ongoing, but another way of evaluating methods is to follow how indicators from patient registries develop after implementation. Purpose: In this study, the indicators are analyzed based on the knowledge that the psychiatric clinic at Gotland has introduced PCV 2016 and has thus had the opportunity to closely monitor the indicators' development. Method: Through descriptive analysis, this study has identified results that indicate that there are changes in indicator development over time that can be linked to the introduction of PCV in 2016. Outcome: The clearest result is the reduction in the number of individuals and inpatient care. The reduction of Individual plans is clear and should be analyzed in more detail with a gender perspective. Results in areas of safe care are not clear, but by no means negative, with low numbers maintained. Conclusion: The results in this study indicate that there are changes in indicator development over time that can be linked to the introduction of PCV in 2016.

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Background: Patient experience has become an essential quality indicator in healthcare. Purpose: The purpose of this thesis was to conduct a concept analysis of the patient experience. Methods: Walker and Avant’s methodology served as the framework for this concept analysis. Data were retrieved from seven databases and one search engine. The literature search used keywords related to "patient experience" and included articles published at any time up until March 2018. A total of 257 articles and organizational websites were included in the analysis after meeting the inclusion criteria. Results: Twenty attributes were found to define the patient experience: communication, respect for patients, information/education, patient-centered care, comfort/pain, discharge from hospital, hospital environment, professionalism/trust, clinical care/staff competency, access to care, global ratings, medication, transitions/continuity, emotional dimension, outcomes, hospital processes, safety/security, interdisciplinary team, social dimension, and patient dependent features. Conclusion: The results of this study will guide and clarify the critical concepts towards an explicit definition of the patient experience.