Raising infants with attention defi cit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) off ers numerous challenges and fosters the emergence of adaptive needs in their primary caregivers, which are evident in impairments in their quality of life. A mixed study of concomitant triangulation was carried out at the Chiqui Gómez Lubián Polyclinic in Santa Clara, Cuba from 2016 to 2020, to determine the eff ectiveness of an educational intervention in adaptive modes for primary caregivers of children with ADHD in their quality of life. Th e patients belonging to the municipality's health areas were taken into account to determine the population, by homogeneous sampling. Post-intervention quantitative data analysis included univariate and multivariate analysis of changes in the aff ected dimensions of quality of life (QL) and satisfaction; the qualitative, content analysis. It resulted in an increase in the Q...

El déficit de atención e hiperactividad (TDAH), afecta las relaciones con sus cuidadores primarios, quienes necesitan contar con apoyo profesional y tecnologías educativas que contribuyan a su adaptación, afrontamiento y calidad de vida, ante los estímulos que provoca el cuidado a infantes con dicho trastorno. Se realizó un estudio mixto de tipo triangulación concomitante, en el Policlínico Chiqui Gómez Lubián de Santa Clara, Cuba de 2016 a 2019, con el objetivo de diseñar tecnologías educativas dirigidas a la adaptación, afrontamiento, calidad de vida y satisfacción de cuidadores primarios de infantes con Trastorno por déficit de atención e hiperactividad. Se tuvieron en cuenta para determinar la población los cuidadores primarios pertenecientes a las áreas de salud del municipio, por muestreo homogéneo. Resultó un predominio de mediana capacidad de afrontamiento y a...

Raising infants with attention defi cit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) off ers numerous challenges and fosters the emergence of adaptive needs in their primary caregivers, which are evident in impairments in their quality of life. A mixed study of concomitant triangulation was carried out at the Chiqui Gómez Lubián Polyclinic in Santa Clara, Cuba from 2016 to 2020, to determine the eff ectiveness of an educational intervention in adaptive modes for primary caregivers of children with ADHD in their quality of life. Th e patients belonging to the municipality's health areas were taken into account to determine the population, by homogeneous sampling. Post-intervention quantitative data analysis included univariate and multivariate analysis of changes in the aff ected dimensions of quality of life (QL) and satisfaction; the qualitative, content analysis. It resulted in an increase in the Q...

Worldwide, breast cancer represents the most frequent tumor among women. A pre-experimental study was carried out, with the use of quantitative and qualitative methods in the family doctor’s offi ce 31, of the 50th Anniversary Polyclinic of Manicaragua, Cuba from January 2018 to June 2021, to determine the eff ectiveness of an educational program for the control of modifi able risk factors of breast cancer, in women of the clinic 31 of Manicaragua. From a population of 128 women aged 25 to 75 years and over, a sample of 25 women was selected according to non-probabilistic sampling by criteria. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used. Th e predominant toxic habit in women was smoking in 80% of the studied sample and after the implementation of the educational program, it decreased to 32%. Th e level of knowledge about risk factors was raised to a good level in 80% of the sample...

Breast cancer is the second most common malignant neoplasm in women and is a global health problem. A developmental, longitudinal, prospective research study was carried out in the family doctor's office 31, of the 50th Anniversary Polyclinic of Nicaragua, Cuba from January 2018 to January 2021, with the objective of designing an educational program for the control of risk factors. modifiable risk of breast cancer in women. From a population of 128 women aged 25 to 75 years and over, a sample of 25 women was selected according to non-probabilistic sampling by criteria. It used descriptive statistics. In the study carried out, the age of 55 to 64 years prevailed, with a basic secondary school level. The results achieved show that women have risk factors for breast cancer, such as early menarche, alcohol consumption, smoking, and history of third-generation breast pathologies. The educatio...

Palliative care is used to solve suff ering, restore the dignity of the person, and satisfy human needs. Th e majority of patients with Chronic Heart Failure are of advanced age and are not susceptible to heart transplantation, despite being a syndrome with high lethality and poor prognosis, the lack of comprehensive and eff ective palliative care is evident in studies that describe the end of the lives of patients. A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in 158 patients, with the aim of describing the sociodemographic characteristics and human needs of the patients according to their responses when integrating palliative care into Nursing care, in Remedios, Cuba, from 2016 to 2020. Th ey predominated the group of the elderly from 70 to 79 years old and the fi gure of women, with medium technical level, marital status, widows, and religious beliefs. Among the most aff ected n...

In advanced stages of Heart Failure, drug therapy is not always effective and heart transplantation is not an option for all types of patients. In these conditions, palliative care arises as an alternative therapy to improve physical condition and quality of life. In order to design a nursing intervention in palliative care for patients with chronic heart failure in the community, a development research was carried out with a mixed approach of an explanatory sequential type, in the health area served by the Polyclinic XXX Anniversary of the Fall in Combat of the Heroic Guerrilla and his Companions, of the Remedios municipality, belonging to the province of Villa Clara, Cuba from 2018 to 2021. The patients with Chronic Heart Failure (CHF) of the referred Polyclinic and their relatives were taken into account to determine the population. The sample was made up of 158 patients by simple ran...