Julio Cabrero-García

University of Alicante | UA · Nursing

Objective As the world faces an aging population, the complexities of care management become increasingly pronounced. While technological solutions hold promise in addressing the dynamic demands of care, many nuances are to be considered in the design and implementation of active and assisted living technologies (AAL) for older adult care. This qua...

Background: In recent years, birth experience has been highlighted by national and international organisations as a relevant value in measuring maternal health care quality. According to a standardised tool, we aimed to assess which clinical indicators had the most significant influence on the birth experience. Methods: This prospective observat...

BACKGROUND Aging society posits new socio-economic challenges, to which a potential solution is Active and Assisted Living (AAL) technologies. Visual-based sensing systems are technologically among the most advantageous ones in providing health and social care, however, they come at the risk of violating rights to privacy. With the immersion of vid...

Background: The aging society posits new socioeconomic challenges to which a potential solution is active and assisted living (AAL) technologies. Visual-based sensing systems are technologically among the most advantageous forms of AAL technologies in providing health and social care; however, they come at the risk of violating rights to privacy....

Aim: To create a model that detects the population at risk of falls taking into account fall prevention variable and to know the effect on the model´s performance when not considering it. Background: Traditionally, instruments for detecting fall risk are based on risk factors, not mitigating factors. Machine learning (ML), which allows working w...

Purpose The global activity limitation indicator (GALI) is the only internationally agreed and harmonised participation restriction measure. We examine if GALI, as intended, is a reflective measure of the domains of participation; furthermore, we determine the relative importance of these domains. Also, we investigated the consistency of response t...

The use of digital devices affects eye health; this can influence the performance of workers. To assess this impact, validated patient-reported outcome questionnaires are needed. The purpose of this study was to validate the psychometric properties of the Italian version of the Computer Vision Syndrome Questionnaire (CVS-Q©) using Rasch analysis. T...

Background and Objective: Adequate support in maternity wards is decisive for breastfeeding outcomes during the first year of life. Quality improvement interventions require the identification of the factors influencing hospital benchmark indicators. Machine Learning (ML) models and post-hoc eXplainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) techniques allo...

Introduction Arterial hypertension is the main factor in attributable mortality. It is therefore considered one of the most important public health problems. Health professionals require special training and skills to make a diagnosis. No studies have been found in the literature search that use a validated instrument (questionnaire) to assess heal...

Es conveniente diseñar, aplicar y evaluar metodologías activas y eficaces que permitan entrenar habilidades no técnicas, como las de comunicación, en los profesionales sanitarios en su formación de pregrado. Los objetivos de este trabajo son: a) Implementar un programa de simulación de baja fidelidad para la adquisición de habilidades de comunicaci...

La pandemia Covid-19 ha supuesto cambios radicales de índole social que ha favorecido que muchos adultos mayores se hayan visto en una situación de aislamiento social. El resultado de esta situación es que muchos adultos mayores se encuentren en una situación de aislamiento social y soledad forzada, que aumenta el riesgo de sufrir problemas de salu...

Abstract Background Dying at home is the most frequent preference of patients with advanced chronic conditions, their caregivers, and the general population. However, most deaths continue to occur in hospitals. The objective of this study was to analyse the socioeconomic inequalities in the place of death in urban areas of Mediterranean cities duri...

Background: health measures as the global activity limitation indicator (GALI) or self-rated health (SRH) allow to quantify and monitor the health of the population. The GALI is widely used in the European Union; however, evidence of its construct validity is still limited. We examine whether the GALI reflects disability in specific living context...

Perceived parenting competence influences parenting practices and is a decisive factor in child development and health. There is a lack of valid and reliable tools in Spain to measure perceived parenting competence. The objective was to adapt the Parenting Sense of Competence scale (PSOC) and analyse its psychometric properties in a sample of 600 m...

Fundamento. Conocer el lugar de fallecimiento por causas susceptibles de cuidados paliativos de personas residentes en España de 15 o más años de edad según la comunidad autónoma (CA), y cómo influyen las causas (oncológicas y no oncológicas). Método. Estudio transversal de base poblacional con análisis de los certificados médicos de defunción entr...

Nursing faculties are working to improve students' attitudes towards mental illness and people with severe mental illness, given the repercussions a lack of knowledge and negative attitudes may have on the quality of care. Complementing undergraduate programmes with volunteering activities affords students the opportunity to interact with people wi...

Introduction: The encouragement of positive attitudes towards mental health is necessary in order to improve the quality of healthcare assistance. The attitudes of nursing students towards mental health are unknown and there are no validated scales for their assessment. Aims: to adapt the Psychiatric/Mental Health Clinical Placement Survey (PMHC...

Aims and objectives: To evaluate the availability of, adherence to, and perceived usefulness of guidelines and protocols for managing hydration and subcutaneous hydration in palliative care settings. Background: Hydration at the end of life and the use of a subcutaneous route to hydrate generate some controversy among health professionals for di...

Objective: To adapt the Pregnancy-Related Thoughts Scale into Spanish (Spanish PRTS) and evaluate its psychometric properties. Design: Instrument translation (Phase 1), validation, and psychometric testing (Phase 2). Setting: Phase 2 was conducted in three general hospitals in eastern Spain. Participants: A convenience sample of 180 women du...

Background: The Beginning Breastfeeding Survey-Cumulative (BBSC) is an instrument that assesses the overall maternal perception of breastfeeding effectiveness during the early postpartum period. Research aims: The aims of this study were to adapt and validate a Spanish version of the BBSC and provide new evidence regarding its validity. Methods...

Abstract Background Although studies suggest that most people prefer to die at home, not enough is known about place of death patterns by cause of death considering sociodemographic factors. The objective of this study was to determine the place of death in the population and to analyze the sociodemographic variables and causes of death associated...

Objective: to describe the cross-cultural validation process of the "DISABKIDS" questionnaire in Colombia, for both the children and adolescents' version and the parents' version, an instrument intended to measure the health-related quality of life of Colombian children and adolescents with chronic diseases. Method: the cross-cultural validation...

In health and clinical studies, health-related quality of life is often assessed using the well-established KIDSCREEN-52 questionnaires as well as the Vécu et Santé Perçue de l’Adolescent (VSP-A). The purpose of this study was twofold: to perform an adjusted linguistic validation of the Colombian version of the KIDSCREEN-52 and to assess its psycho...

Background Ageing is associated with sensory and physical declines and falling risk. Objective To determine the association between 3 performance-based mobility tests and fall history. Methods Fifty participants' mobility was assessed by Timed Up and Go (TUG) and 4- and 6-m walking tests (WT). Results The TUG performance correlated with 4- and 6...

Objective: To evaluate the degree of knowledge and attitudes of medical and nursing professionals in two health departments to advance directives, as well as to examine their association with the sociodemographic and occupational variables of the professionals. Methods: A cross-sectional survey on 329 health professionals was carried out through...

Background Fatigue is the most widely reported symptom by women during pregnancy, labour, the postpartum period, and early parenting. The objective was to translate the Fatigue Assessment Scale (FAS) into Spanish and assess its psychometric properties. Methods Instrumental Design. The FAS was translated into Spanish (FAS-e) using forward and back...

Fatigue Assessment Scale Spanish version (and English translation)

Background The Childbirth Experience Questionnaire (CEQ) was originally designed to study women’s perceptions of labour and birth. The main objective of our study was to adapt the CEQ to the Spanish context and determine its psychometric properties. This would provide an opportunity to evaluate women’s experiences in order to improve evidence in th...

La presente memoria recoge los resultados del estudio “Integración de los cuidados espirituales en estudiantes de enfermería: una propuesta de intervención educativa” llevado a cabo por personal docente e investigador integrante de la Red de innovación educativa en espiritualidad y cuidados de enfermería. La Red se constituyó a principios del curso...

Pese a la evidencia empírica que documenta que la atención espiritual es un elemento indispensable en los cuidados de enfermería, encontramos poca investigación sobre la formación de los profesionales en este campo. Los propios profesionales sanitarios reconocen un gran desconocimiento de la dimensión espiritual y señalan la necesidad de una formac...

Background: Evidence indicates that hypodermoclysis is as safe and effective as intravenous rehydration in the treatment of the symptomatology produced by mild to moderate dehydration in patients for whom oral route administration is not possible. However, the knowledge about the use of the subcutaneous hydration and its correlates is still limite...

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Despite the centrality of the difficulty concept in the study of disability, there has been little research on its significance from the point of view of people with functional limitations. The main objective of this study was to describe what older people understand when asked about difficulty in undertaking mobility activities. As a secondary obj...

Se presentan resultados de un estudio sobre el patrón de uso de hipodermoclisis en unidades de cuidados paliativos de la Comunidad Valenciana

As the Global Activity Limitation Index (GALI) has only recently been created and it is not yet known whether it adds any additional information to self-rated health (SRH), two hypotheses were tested: (1) GALI is primarily correlated with functional disability and secondarily with morbidity and (2) SRH is primarily correlated with morbidity and sec...

To implement evidence in a nursing unit and to gain a better understanding of the experience of change within a participatory action research. Study design of a participatory action research type was use from the constructivist paradigm. The analytical-methodological decisions were inspired by Checkland Flexible Systems for evidence implementation...

Background To develop and validate an item bank to measure mobility in older people in primary care and to analyse differential item functioning (DIF) and differential bundle functioning (DBF) by sex. Methods A pool of 48 mobility items was administered by interview to 593 older people attending primary health care practices. The pool contained fo...

Objective To provide new reference values for the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) for patients 70 years-old and over in primary health care (PHC), and analyse their relationship with demographic data, physical function, health and clinical status.DesignBaseline interviews and observations of a longitudinal study on physical function and a...

To provide new reference values for the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) for patients 70 years-old and over in primary health care (PHC), and analyse their relationship with demographic data, physical function, health and clinical status. Baseline interviews and observations of a longitudinal study on physical function and adverse health r...

The aim was to evaluate the effectiveness of evidence implementation through participatory-action research (PAR). A prospective quasi-experimental design with two non-equivalent and non-concurrent groups (2006 and 2008) was adopted. The research was conducted at the bone marrow transplant unit of a tertiary-level Spanish hospital. To put the eviden...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the interrater and test-retest reliability of 4-m and 6-m walking speed tests in elderly people with cognitive impairment. 50 subjects aged 65 and over with cognitive impairment were selected from an adult day-care centre and a nursing home. To examine interrater reliability, 21 people were evaluated indepe...

Within the qualitative research paradigm, the Participatory-Action- Research (PAR) integrates knowledge and action. It is not necessary to wait for knowledge to be produced to transfer it into practice. It is a method used for decades in disciplines such as education and sociology; however it is emerging in the health field. There are a variety of...

To generate changes in nursing practice introducing an evidence-based clinical practice (EBCP) model through a participatory process. To evaluate the effectiveness of the changes in terms of nurse-sensitive outcome (NSO). For international nursing science, it is necessary to explore the reasons for supporting EBCP and evaluate the real repercussion...

The aim of this theoretical study was to evaluate the conceptual model, burden, interpretability, floor or ceiling effects, reliability, validity, and responsiveness of walking speed tests as a measurement of functional limitations in elderly people. A systematic search was conducted in Medline, AgeLine, Embase, CINAHL, and IME, manual searches and...

This research aimed to identify the determinants of full breastfeeding (FBF) and any breastfeeding (ABF) cessation before 6 months, through a six-month follow-up of 248 mothers going a postpartum visit. Data were collected by personal interview during the first month and telephone interviews at four and six months postpartum. Coxs proportional haza...

Objective: to identify which multidimensional measures for quality of life are used on palliative patients in Spain, which is their degree of conceptual and technical adequacy, and if they meet the appropriate standards of reliability, validity and responsiveness. Method: a systematic review of measuring instruments. Electronic searches were carrie...

Objective: To characterize the distinct questionnaires and scales used to measure physical activity, their conceptual frameworks, psychometric properties and application norms. Method: The review included original articles that used questionnaires or scales to assess physical activity in older adults or the elderly. The CINAHL and MEDLINE databa...

To characterize the distinct questionnaires and scales used to measure physical activity, their conceptual frameworks, psychometric properties and application norms. The review included original articles that used questionnaires or scales to assess physical activity in older adults or the elderly. The CINAHL and MEDLINE databases were consulted for...

In this article, the evidence relating to the appropriateness to the target population, practicality and psychometric properties of the BI and the KI of ADL on samples of Spanish old people has been evaluated. To obtain the original documents electronic searches were carried out in Spanish databases and in international databases, MEDLINE, PsycInfo...

Este trabajo es parte de un estudio más amplio sobre la calidad de vida, el trabajo y la salud del profesorado universitario. Los objetivos del mismo son: 1)valorar el grado de satisfacción laboral que experimentan los profesores universitario con la docencia que realizan; con la relación académica que mantienen con el estudiantado y con sus compañ...

Objective the present article evaluates the evidence relating to the conceptual adaptation, applicability and psychometric properties of activities of daily living measures in Spanish elderly people. Material and methods to obtain original documents, electronic searches were carried out in Spanish (IME and ISOC) and international databases (MEDLIN...

the present article evaluates the evidence relating to the conceptual adaptation, applicability and psychometric properties of activities of daily living measures in Spanish elderly people. to obtain original documents, electronic searches were carried out in Spanish (IME and ISOC) and international databases (MEDLINE, PsycInfo, CINAHL and EMBASE)....

To determine (i) the dimensional invariance of instrumental and basic activities of daily living (IADL/ADL) by gender subgroups, and (ii) the extent to which ADL dimensionality varies with the inclusion or exclusion of nondisabled people. Data were taken from the 1999 Spanish Survey on Disability, Impairment and State of Health. The analysis focuss...

El estudio de la calidad y uso de instrumentos de medición de resultados de salud basados en el paciente ha sido y es un campo de interés incipiente para muchas disciplinas sanitarias, entre ellas la enfermería. En los últimos 30 años se ha multiplicado el número de instrumentos de medición, y se ha observado una enorme disparidad en sus contenidos...

Study of the quality and use of patient-based outcomes instruments has been and still is an area of growing interest in many health disciplines, including nursing. In the last 30 years, the number of measures has greatly increased. However, there is enormous disparity in their contents, hampering selection of one or other of these instruments for u...

En esta investigación se ha examinado el grado de satisfacción laboral general que refieren experimentar los profesores universitarios. Se ha evaluado si existen diferencias significativas en satisfacción laboral de acuerdo con el género, la edad o la categoría académica del profesorado. Y se han comparado los resultados obtenidos con los de otros...

The aim of this theoretical study was to review evidence related to the conceptual adequacy, applicability and psychometric properties of depression measures in Spanish elderly people. For this purpose, the national databases, IME and ISOC, and international databases, MEDLINE, PsyInfo, CINAHL and Embase were searched. Also the manual search was co...

El objetivo de este estudio fue validar lingüísticamente la versión española (VOE) del cuestionario Vécu et Santé Per~ue de l'Adolescent (VSP-A) para su aplicación en adolescentes colombianos. La validación lingüística se realizó a partir de la versión española (referencial) de este cuestionario, de origen francés. Se desarrolló en tres etapas: a)...

Objective. To estimate the reproducibility of three direct measures of physical performance from the Short Physical Performance Battery, or EPESE Battery, in primary care. Design. Prospective and descriptive study based on direct observation of physical function by health professionals using a standardised method. Setting. Three primary care heal...

Fundamento: La medida y significado de la discapacidad dependen de los indicadores que se utilicen. El objetivo de este estudio es examinar los indicadores de dependencia y discapacidad residual severa en dos niveles: en cada una de las 14 actividades de la vida diaria (AVD) seleccionadas, y como puntajes sumarios de recuento de actividades. Método...

The measurement and meaning of disability depend on the indicators used. In this study the indicators of dependency and severe residual disability are examined on two levels: in each of the 14 selected activities of daily living (ADL) and also as a summary score of the activities count. The data are extracted of the Disability, Impairment and Healt...

We analyse if university teachers think their job as a stressing job.The study has three main objetives: 1) evaluate the existence and degree of working stress, as well as the absence of working overload and the spare time of university teachers; 2) analyse if there are some differences on working stress or overload related to age, gender or academ...

El objetivo de este estudio teórico fue evaluar la adecuación conceptual, la aplicabilidad y las propiedades métricas de las medidas de depresión empleadas en la investigación con muestras de personas mayores españolas. Para ello se realizaron búsquedas electrónicas en las bases de datos nacionales IME e ISOC, y en las bases de datos internacionale...

En: Análisis y modificación de conducta Valencia 2006, v. 32, n. 142; p. 145-163 Se analiza la presencia de mobbing en el profesorado universitario como parte de un estudio transversal más amplio sobre su calidad de vida, trabajo y salud. Los objetivos del estudio son tres: 1) conocer la frecuencia del mobbing en un contexto universitario, 2) exami...

En este capítulo se recoge el trabajo realizado por la red de investigación en docencia universitaria: “La calidad de vida en el trabajo y la satisfacción laboral de los profesores universitarios” de la Universidad de Alicante. Los profesores son considerados una piedra angularde la universidad y constituyen un elemento esencial en la implantación...

En esta investigación se muestra cómo los profesores universitarios distribuyen el tiempo que dedican a sus tareas académicas. Han respondido al cuestionario 331 profesores de los 589 a los que se les envió, lo que supone una tasa de respuesta del 56,2%. Nuestros resultados revelan que los profesores de la Universidad de Alicante dedican casi la mi...

To establish variations in clinical practice associated with maintaining the patency of peripheral intravenous catheters (PIC) and to determine to what extent such clinical practice falls within the limits of the available scientific evidence, based on a random sample Spanish public hospitals. A cross-sectional, descriptive study was carried out in...

Objective: To establish variations in clinical practice associated with maintaining the patency of peripheral intravenous catheters (PIC) and to determine to what extent such clinical practice falls within the limits of the available scientific evidence, based on a random sample of Spanish public hospitals. Methods: A cross-sectional, descriptive s...

RESUMEN: El objetivo de esta investigación ha sido conocer el grado de satisfacción que los profesores de la Universidad de Alicante experimentan con la docencia que desempeñan, lo que se ha llevado a cabo en el marco de una investigación más amplia sobre la calidad de vida, la satisfacción laboral y el estado de salud de los profesores de universi...

Objetivo. Realizar una revisión de la bibliografía de los diferentes instrumentos diseñados para medir los autocuidados, atendiendo a sus aspectos conceptuales, propiedades psicométricas y normas de aplicabilidad. Método. Se realizó una búsqueda en las bases de datos CINAHL y MEDLINE desde el año 1994 a 2003. La búsqueda se centró en 2 conceptos: s...

Resumen: En este trabajo se estudia la prevalencia de uso y la valoración que llevan a cabo una muestra representativa de 331 profesores de universidad de Alicante de una serie de recursos universitarios relacionados con las nuevas tecnologías de información (NTI). Se ha creado un Índice de uso de nuevas tecnologías. No se observan diferencias sign...

El presente estudio analiza las propiedades psicométricas de la versión en castellano de la Escala de Satisfacción con la Vida (Diener, Emmons, Larsen y Griffin, 1985) utilizando como muestra 588 mujeres en periodo de gestación y puerperio. Se examinó la fiabilidad de la escala a través del alfa de Cronbach, cuyo valor fue de 0,82. El análisis de c...

Objective To describe the evolution of the signs and more frequent gastrointestinal symptoms during the pregnancy and in the two weeks later the birth. Methods Subjets: 583 pregnant women, elects in an accidental way, interviewees between the 8 and 12 weeks of gestation (n = 133), among 18 and 22 (n = 155), among 37 and 42 (n = 203) and two weeks...

To describe the evolution of the signs and more frequent gastrointestinal symptoms during the pregnancy and in the two weeks later the birth. Subjects: 583 pregnant women, elects in an accidental way, interviewees between the 8 and 12 weeks of gestation (n = 133), among 18 and 22 (n = 155), among 37 and 42 (n = 203) and two weeks after the childbir...

Busqueda bibliografica en enfermeria y otras ciencias de la salud. Bases de datos en Internet esta dirigido principalmente al profesional y al estudioso de la enfermeria que quiera localizar, identificar y acceder a informacion relevante, solida, util y cientifica sobre un tema, un problema, una pregunta de interes relacionada con su disciplina: en...

El texto que presentan los profesores Julio Cabrero y Miguel Richart ha sido concebido como una aportacion a la reflexion y el debate acerca de la metodologia de investigacion y su aplicacion en el area de la enfermeria. Este hecho queda patente en la estructura y contenidos de los ocho capitulos en los que se encuentra dividido. En efecto, se hace...