Ana Mª Palmar Santos

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid | UAM · Nursing degree. Department of Surgery

Aims: To assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health condition of people ≥75 years of age and on their family caregivers in Spain. Design: Multicentric, mixed method concurrent study. Methods: This work, which will be conducted within the primary care setting in 11 administrative regions of Spain, will include three coordinated studies...

Objective: This study examines the clinical and sociodemographic factors associated with adverse health outcomes (falls, emergency room visits, hospital admissions and death) in a cohort of patients older than 55 years with HIV infection. Methods: It is an exploratory prospective study with four years follow-up. People with HIV infection followe...

Aim: To explore perceptions of people with Parkinson's disease and family carers about the use and impact of health and social care services, community and voluntary sector resources for the management of Parkinson's disease. Background: Resources from outside the formal health care system and collaborations between different levels and sectors...

Background: Health and social care systems face difficulties in managing multimorbidity, disease burden and complex needs in long-term conditions such as Parkinson's disease. Objective: This study aimed to develop a European understanding of how health and social care professionals can collaborate with stakeholders from different organizations a...

People with Parkinson's disease (PD) may find it difficult to identify and access the wide number of services they need and are entitled to along their complex PD journey. As part of the project OPTIM‐PARK – Optimisation of community resources and systems of support to enhance the process of living with Parkinson's Disease, document analysis was de...

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an unprecedented health crisis. Pressure on the National Health System has created unique demand particularly in certain services and care units like the critical care units. Objective To learn about the experience of nurses in caring for people with coronavirus in critical care units. Method A qualitative phenome...

Background Pandemics and epidemics have represented public health emergencies with severe consequences at a global level. Primary care teams have played a crucial role in disease surveillance and monitoring during the COVID-19 pandemic through early detection, contact tracing, and isolation of positive cases. The objective of this study was to expl...

Resumen La pandemia por COVID-19 ha supuesto una crisis sanitaria sin precedentes. La presión asistencial sobre el Sistema Nacional de Salud ha generado escenarios insólitos de demanda especialmente llamativos en algunos servicios o unidades asistenciales como las Unidades de Cuidados Críticos. Objetivo Conocer la experiencia de los profesionales...

Background Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of an online nursing consultation through the Internet platform Red Sinapsis (RS) in improving the perceived quality of life of patients with fibromyalgia (FM). Method Eighty patients with FM were randomized to an intervention group (n = 40) or control group (n= 40). The intervention group (IG) was mon...

Background: Massive transfusion (MT) in trauma is initiated on the basis of factors of different natures and depending on protocols and scales used both in prehospital and in-hospital care areas. Objective: The main goal was to analyze and relate factors and predictive variables for MT requirements considering both health care areas. Method: T...

Background The COVID-19 pandemic is a public health challenge that puts health systems in a highly vulnerable situation. Nurses in critical care units (CCUs) and hospital emergency services (HESs) have provided care to patients with COVID-19 under pressure and uncertainty. Objective To identify needs related to safety, organisation, decision-makin...

Siete años después de la publicación de la obra El Trabajo de Fin de Grado en Ciencias de la Salud se lanza una segunda edición donde, además de la necesaria actualización, queda reflejada la experiencia reflexiva acumulada durante esta última década por parte tanto de profesionales académicos, como del propio alumnado. La obra mantiene la misma es...

Abstract Aim To explore the experience of both the mothers and the fathers regarding the care received during delivery in cases of stillbirth. Design A hermeneutic phenomenological study based on semi-structured interviews with eleven mothers and fathers who experienced stillbirth. Participants A purposive sample was recruited in Hospital XXX of...

Objective To determine the effects on maternal satisfaction of the use of the birthing ball as a method of pain relief compared to the subcutaneous administration of pethidine (50 mg) and haloperidol (2.5 mg), during the latent phase of labour. Method Randomised, unicentric, parallel and controlled clinical trial. Participants: Low-risk pregnant w...

RESUMEN Objetivo Determinar los efectos en la satisfacción materna del uso de la pelota de parto como método de alivio del dolor, comparado con la administración subcutánea de petidina (50mg) y haloperidol (2,5mg), en el periodo de latencia de parto. Método Ensayo clínico aleatorizado, unicéntrico, paralelo y controlado. Participantes: gestantes d...

Objective to identify the predictive variables or the massive transfusion triggers in severely traumatized patients through the existing scales. Method a review of the literature was carried out using the Scoping Review method across the electronic databases CINAHL, MEDLINE, LILACS, the Cochrane and IBECS libraries, and the Google Scholar search t...

The aim of this study was to explore the experience of Spanish people living with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and the support these people received from health professionals, particularly nurses. Nineteen patients with >1 year diagnosis, disease activity moderate or severe (DAS28 > 3.2), and already treated with disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs...

The technological advances of medicine, and specifically the techniques of organ transplants, have allowed crossing the border of life and death. This is especially relevant in the case of heart transplant, since its symbolism requires a redefinition not only of these traditional concepts, but also of the body or of one’s own identity. To explore t...

Objective The purpose of this paper is to explore the experience of people who go through the process of a colostomy. Method Methodological approach of qualitative type and with a phenomenological framework, through in-depth interviews. Six women and 12 men, between 38 and 86 years of age, were interviewed before and after surgery, between 3 and 6...

Objective: The purpose of this paper is to explore the experience of people who go through the process of a colostomy. Method: Methodological approach of qualitative type and with a phenomenological framework, through in-depth interviews. Six women and 12 men, between 38 and 86 years of age, were interviewed before and after surgery, between 3 a...

Background The impact of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) on the lives of people is a constant in the studies explored. However, research shows the lack of impact that this has on clinical consultations, despite the influence it may have on the attitude of the person with RA towards treatment adherence. In the Spanish context, except for the study by Devi...

UNLABELLED: Although practical training has always been important in Nursing, it has reached a new dimension in the European Higher Education Area. This has involved adapting the syllabus, where one of the new features is considering clinical practice as an independent subject and also including the concept of competence as a result of the students...

to analyze the scientific literature on home-based family care of people with severe mental illness. integrative review of 14 databases (CINALH, Cochrane Plus, Cuidatge, CUIDEN, Eric, IBECS, EMI, ISOC, JBI COnNECT, LILACS, PsycINFO, PubMed, SciELO, and Scopus) searched with the key words "family caregivers", "severe mental illness", and "home" betw...

Background There is evidence of the effectiveness of rheumatology nurse led clinics, but little research about the nature of the scope of the nursing activity undertaken. Objectives The aim of the study was to explore the work of the rheumatology specialist nurses in order to describe the strategies and interventions they use in the outpatient clin...

La investigación cualitativa es esencial en el ámbito de la salud para la comprensión de realidades complejas y diversas, para explorar y aproximarse a los significados de la experiencia humana y para captar los elementos subjetivos y contextuales de los procesos sociales. Pese al reconocimiento generalizado de que los fenómenos relacionados con la...

En el mito del nacimiento de Atenea, Zeus decide tragarse a su amada Metis (”La Sabiduría”) porque le anuncian que tras la primera hija que nazca, la diosa volverá a quedarse embarazada de un hijo que destronará a Zeus. Al cabo de un tiempo, Zeus sufre unos terribles dolores de cabeza. El herrero divino, Hefesto, le abre el cráneo y de allí sale co...

Introduction: Heart transplant in Spain is a frequent and raising technique with big personal, social and financial impact to those who get involved. However, the corporeity analysis, although it is a key constituent element in the integral definition of the human being, is poorly approached in the process.Objective: This work seeks to analyse the...

Tesis doctoral inédita leída en la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Facultad de Medicina, Departamento de Cirugía Bibliografía p.173-181