A targeted survey on teachers' perception of training/education for blood donation in high school students: An invited case report for enhancing and retention of dedicated donors in Portugal.

Promoting blood donation requires understanding and identifying the factors that motivate donations so that strategies for retaining and increasing loyalty can be developed. Transfusion literacy can be improved through school-based teaching and information about giving and solidarity to promote the development of future donors. For the purpose of aligning any strategies and motivational dynamics that promote adherence to informed donation and loyalty among students in the municipality of Coimbra. This study was undertaken to assess the perception of secondary school teachers regarding the students' knowledge of blood donation. A survey was conducted among teachers from seven public schools in Coimbra with regard to the 3rd and Secondary cycles. Based on the data, people give blood for a feeling of personal satisfaction and peer influence, as well as for the satisfaction of helping others. Blood donation should be made a focal point of relevance and interest in the school community, by implementing programs, projects, and dissemination actions targeting this target group. We are extremely glad and most enthusiastic to be invited to share our study through what's happening with the readers globally.

Disfunções físico-funcionais em pacientes oncológicos: a importância do cuidado paliativo / Physical functional dysfunctions in oncologic patients: the importance of palliative care

Cuidado paliativo consiste na assistência integral a pacientescuja doença não responde ao tratamento curativo. Seu objetivo é a melhoria da qualidade de vida do paciente e de sua família. Este estudo investigou as principais disfunções físico-funcionaisreferidas por pacientes com câncer sem possibilidades terapêuticasde cura e o papel do fisioterapeuta no cuidado paliativo. Estudou-se 50 pacientes com câncer que responderam a um questionário que investigou variáveis sócio-demográficas, clínicase disfunções físico-funcionais referidas pelos pacientes. Osdados foram analisados por estatística descritiva. Os 50 entrevistados apresentaram idade entre 21 e 87 anos (54,2 ± 15,88), sendo 52 por cento do sexo feminino. As alterações físico-funcionais relatadas foram: dor (70 por cento), dificuldade de movimento (58 por cento), alterações circulatórias (48 por cento), alterações respiratórias (48 por cento) edor em pontos de pressão (32 por cento). A grande maioria dos pacientes com câncer avançado apresenta disfunções físico-funcionais. O fisioterapeuta deve, portanto, integrar a equipe de cuidados paliativos destes pacientes.

Palliative care is the active total care of patients whose disease is not responsive to curative treatment. Its objective is to improvepatient and family quality of life. This study investigated the mainphysical-functional disabilities related to patients with incurable androle of physical therapist in palliative care. The study was composedby 50 patients who answered to a questionnaire that investigated social-demographics and clinical variables and the prevalence ofphysical functional disabilities reported by the patients. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics. The 50 patients were 21 to 87 yearsold (54.2 ± 15.88), 52 percent were female. Th ey reported the followingphysical functional alterations: pain (70 percent), difficulty of movement(58 percent), circulatory alterations (48 percent), respiratory alterations (48 percent) and pain in pressure points (32 percent). The great majority of patients with advanced cancer have physical-functional disabilities. The physiotherapist should, therefore, integrate the palliative care teamof these patients.