Health-Related Quality of Life in Primary Caregivers of People Receiving Palliative Home Care.

Primary caregivers face constant challenges because of changes in the clinical situation of the person receiving palliative home care. These changes can alter the health-related quality of life and all its dimensions. This study aimed to describe the health-related quality of life of 137 primary caregivers of people enrolled in a palliative home care program in Bogotá, Colombia, applying a quantitative, descriptive, and cross-sectional research design. The Caregiver's Quality of Life Instrument, initially developed by Ferrell, and the sociodemographic characteristics form for caregivers of people with chronic disease, both previously validated in the Colombian population, were used. The results showed that the primary caregivers have a good and adequate overall health-related quality of life; however, they presented some alterations in the physical, psychological, and social dimensions. Therefore, nursing and interdisciplinary palliative care teams should aim their interventions not only at patients but also at primary caregivers during palliative home care.

Caracterización de las intervenciones de enfermería ante el dolor físico vivenciado en seres humanos críticamente enfermos en la unidad de cuidados intensivos / aharacterization of nursing interventions to the physical pain experienced in humans critically ill in intensive care UNI

Esta investigación busca caracterizar las intervenciones de los profesionales de enfermería ante el dolor físico vivenciado por pacientes de la Unidad de Cuidado Intensivo Adulto del Hospital San Ignacio, de la ciudad de Bogotá. Estudio de enfoque cuantitativo, con diseño descriptivo e interpretativo, empleando como técnica la recolección de información a través de una lista de chequeo, que aborda tres momentos del manejo del dolor: valoración, intervención y evaluación, sustentada en los supuestos teóricos de la Teoría de Rango Medio Síntomas Desagradables. Se ejecutaron 148 listas de chequeo, de las cuales 97 fueron las que cumplieron los criterios para el análisis de cada ítem, evidenciándose la importancia de caracterizar las intervenciones del profesional de enfermería como un proceso necesario y pertinente para proporcionar una estancia de calidad al paciente, puesto que el dolor genera múltiples alteraciones en el paciente que requiere una valoración, intervención y evaluación integral, dentro de un contexto individualizado, personalizado y humanizado.

This research seeks to characterize the activities of nurses to the physical pain experienced by patients in the Adult Intensive Care Unit of the San Ignacio Hospital in Bogota. Quantitative approach study with descriptive and interpretative design, using the technique of gathering information through a checklist that addresses three moments of pain management: assessment, intervention and evaluation, based on the theoretical assumptions of the theory Midrange disagreeable symptoms. 148 checklists were implemented, of which 97 were those who met the criteria for the analysis of each item, showing the importance of characterizing the interventions of the nurse as a necessary and relevant process to provide quality patient stay, Since pain generates multiple alterations in the patient requiring an assessment, comprehensive assessment and intervention within an individualized, personalized and humanized context.