Center for Innovative Care and Health Technology

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Coaching as a model for facilitating the performance, learning, and development of palliative care nurses

Publication . Costeira, Cristina; Dixe, Maria A.; Querido, Ana; Vitorino, Joel; Laranjeira, Carlos

Palliative care nurses experience huge pressures, which only increased with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). A reflection on the new demands for nursing care should include an evaluation of which evidence-based practices should be implemented in clinical settings. This paper discusses the impacts and challenges of incorporating coaching strategies into palliative care nursing. Evidence suggests that coaching strategies can foster emotional self-management and self-adjustment to daily life among nurses. The current challenge is incorporating this expanded knowledge into nurses’ coping strategies. Coaching strategies can contribute to nurses’ well-being, empower them, and consequently bring clinical benefits to patients, through humanized care focused on the particularities of end-of-life patients and their families.

2022Journal article

Open access

ASO Author Reflections: Impact of a Preoperative Home-Based Exercise Program on Quality of Life After Lung Cancer Resection

Publication . Machado, Pedro; Oliveiros, Bárbara; Martins, Raul A.; Cruz, Joana

Surgical resection is the cornerstone of curative treatment for patients with lung cancer. Nevertheless, it often leads to functional limitations and symptoms of pain, fatigue, and dyspnea, which have a detrimental impact on patients’ health-related quality of life (HRQoL).

2023-11-19Journal article

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ASO Visual Abstract: Effect of Preoperative Home-Based Exercise Training on Quality of Life After Lung Cancer Surgery: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial

Publication . Machado, Pedro; Pimenta, Sara; Garcia, Ana Luís; Nogueira, Tiago; Silva, Sónia; Santos, Claúdia Lares dos; Martins, Maria Vitória; Canha, André; Oliveiros, Bárbara; Martins, Raul A.; Cruz, Joana

2023-11-17Journal article

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“Looking beyond Mental Health Stigma”: An Online Focus Group Study among Senior Undergraduate Nursing Students

Publication . Valentim, Olga; Moutinho, Lídia; Laranjeira, Carlos; Querido, Ana; Tomás, Catarina; Longo, João; Carvalho, Daniel; Gomes, João; Morgado, Tânia; Correia, Tânia

Evidence highlights the need for professionals to be aware of their stigmatizing attitudes and discriminatory practices in order to minimize the negative impact on the people they take care of. However, nursing students’ perceptions of these issues have been poorly studied. This study explores the perspective of senior undergraduate nursing students on mental health and the stigma around it, by considering a simulated case vignette of a person with a mental health problem. A descriptive qualitative approach was chosen and involved three online focus group discussions. The findings show various manifestations of stigma, both at an individual and collective level, which indicates that it is an obstacle to the wellbeing of people with mental illness. Individual manifestations of stigma concern its effect on the person with mental illness, while at the collective level they concern the family or society in general. Stigma is a multifactorial, multidimensional, and complex concept, in terms of identifying and fighting it. Thus, the strategies identified involve multiple approaches at the individual level, aimed at the patient and family, namely through education/training, communication, and relationship strategies. At the collective level, to intervene with the general population and specific groups, such as groups of young people, strategies suggested include education/training, use of the media, and contact with people with mental disorders as ways to fight stigma.

2023-03-05Journal article

Open access

Edible films and coatings based on agrifood residues: A new trend in the food packaging research

Publication . Gaspar, Marisa C; Braga, Mara E M

Food packaging trends have been changing in the last years, mainly due to consumer concerns about plastic pollution and agrifood waste. Recent advances in the development of edible films and coatings are discussed. These systems can be much more than packaging, with additional functions such as antioxidant, antimicrobial, and nutritional properties, among others. Challenges in industrial processes and/or in some films’ properties are addressed from the authors’ point of view. The use of agrifood residues in these packaging systems is included as a promising strategy that promotes sustainability and circular economy. The authors consider that more research and actions are needed to achieve the best packaging material for each food product with reduced production costs.

2023Journal article

Open access