Carla Gomes da Rocha

• RN - MScN - PhD(c)
• Research Associate at HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland

Background: The number of centenarians worldwide is expected to increase dramatically, reaching 3.4 million by 2050 and >25 million by 2100. Despite these projections, depression remains a prevalent yet underdiagnosed and undertreated condition among this population that carries significant health risks. Objective: This study aimed to identify and...

Background. In recent years, the healthcare landscape has seen a paradigm shift towards patient-centeredness in the provision of nursing care. The Primary Nursing Care Model has aroused interest as an approach that prioritizes the individualization and continuity of care, as well as the involvement of the patient in decision-making about their heal...

BACKGROUND The number of centenarians worldwide is expected to increase dramatically, reaching 3.4 million by 2050 and >25 million by 2100. Despite these projections, depression remains a prevalent yet underdiagnosed and undertreated condition among this population that carries significant health risks. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to identify and a...

Aim The aim of this study is to test the validity and reliability of the shortened version of the Scale for the Environments Evaluation of Professional Nursing Practice (SEE‐Nursing Practice). Methods This methodological, cross‐sectional study was conducted between September and December 2022. The original version of the SEE‐Nursing Practice was a...

Background: Given the increasing number of people achieving exceptionally long lifespans, there is an urgent need for a better understanding of mental health in centenarians. This study aimed to understand the prevalence of mental health conditions-depressive symptoms, anxiety, sleep disturbances, disinhibition, and aberrant motor behaviour-among...

Background Despite most centenarians facing age-related declines in functional and cognitive capacities, the severity of these declines varies among individuals, as does the maintenance of good mental health (e.g., depressive symptoms) despite these declines. This study aims to examine this heterogeneity in centenarians from the Second Heidelberg C...

Depressive symptoms (DS) are prevalent among older adults (WHO, 2021). However, data on DS appear to be scarce in centenarians. In addition, DS may have been aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in centenarians who may have been more susceptible to the negative consequences of pandemic restrictions. Thus, as part of the SWISS100 study (J...

Introduction: Early geriatric rehabilitation programs are potential means to prevent acute hospitalisation-associated functional decline. Methods: The objectives were to measure the impact of an interdisciplinary rehabilitation program on patients' administrative in hospital data and on functional trajectories. With a before-and-after design, we...

Background The COVID-19 pandemic reinforced the need to invest in nursing practice environments and health institutions were led to implement several changes. In this sense, this study aimed to analyze the impact of the changes that occurred in nursing practice environments between the first and fourth critical periods of the pandemic. Methods Qua...

Over the past decades, centenarians have increasingly attracted the attention of the research community. This development reflects the constant rise of the numbers of very old individuals, but also the need to better understand longevity mechanisms and what characterizes life at age 100. This scoping review provided an overview of trends in centena...

(1) Background: The repercussions of work environments were widely studied before the pandemic. However, there are still many difficulties to be discovered considering the impact generated by it. Thus, this study aimed to analyse the impact of COVID-19 on nursing practice environments and nurses’ job satisfaction. (2) Methods: A correlational study...

Introduction Depression is one of the most frequent mental health problems in older populations. ¹ To the best of our knowledge, the prevalence of depressive symptomatology (DS) among centenarians in Switzerland is unknown. Furthermore, the COVID-19 pandemic may have had a negative impact. As part of the study SWISS100 ² , we intend to provide key...

Background: Initiatives aimed at assessing and intervening in health literacy have the potential to promote adherence to self-care behaviours, which is the main focus of intervention by rehabilitation nurses. Thus, the objectives were to analyse the level of health literacy of working-age citizens and identify priority areas for intervention by reh...

Social isolation and loneliness have been recognized as problems older people face due to their adverse effects on health and mortality, but very few researchers have analyzed their co-occurrence, which might be particularly prevalent and critical among the very old. In this study, we investigated the prevalence of combinations of social isolation...

Aim: To analyze the impact of COVID-19 on professional nursing practice environments and patient safety culture. Background: The relationship between work environments and patient safety has been internationally recognized. In 2020, the pandemic imposed enormous challenges, yet the impact on these variables remains unknown. Method: Quantitativ...

Background: Due to the increasing care needs of older adults, family caregivers are more and more solicited. This can have a negative impact on their quality of life related to a lack of preparedness for caregiving and feelings of burden. Objectives: To measure perceptions of burden and preparedness for caregiving among the family caregivers of hos...

The COVID-19 pandemic has imposed challenges to health systems and institutions, which had to quickly create conditions to meet the growing health needs of the population. Thus, this study aimed to assess the impact of COVID-19 on professional nursing practice environments and to identify the variables that affected their quality. Quantitative, obs...

Background: Although COVID-19 attracted attention to the environments of professional nursing practice, triggering a series of responses to address some of the most pressing problems, it is important to identify the size and scope of other weaknesses that have emerged. Methods: In an observational and cross-sectional study, using the Scale for t...

Being considered as individuals with elevated risk of severe health reactions to the COVID19 infections, governments around the world have put in place wide-ranging measures to protect very old individuals from the virus. In the present study, we investigated centenarians’ experience of the COVID19 pandemic, to reach a better understanding of their...

Henk Verloo,1,2 Adrien Lorette,2 Carla Gomes da Rocha,1 Joëlle Rosselet Amoussou,3 Estelle Gillès de Pélichy,2,4 Alcina Matos Queiros,5 Montserrat Mendez Rubio,2 Armin von Gunten2 1School of Health Sciences, HES-SO Valais / Wallis and Department of Nursing Sciences, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, Sion, CH-1950, Switzer...

La douleur est une problématique fréquente chez la personne âgée et peut avoir de graves répercussions sur la qualité de vie. Evoquons en particulier l'incapacité physique, le déclin fonctionnel, la perte d'autonomie, l'isolement social et la dépression [1,2]. Selon la littérature, la douleur chronique touche entre 40% et 75% des personnes vivant à...

Introduction: The occurrence of Pressure Ulcers (PUs) implies devastating consequences for geriatric patients such as low functional recovery, pain and infections, extended length of stay and mortality. Since 2008 the University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV) has set up a PUs prevention program called "Objectif Zéro Escarres" (OZE). According to the O...

Pendant leur hospitalisation, nombre de seniors risquent de perdre leur indépendance fonctionnelle, pour des raisons diverses. Des interventions ciblées, basées sur une collaboration interdisciplinaire, permettent de réduire ce risque.