Efectividad de la intervención de enfermería Prostactive para el automanejo de síntomas en hombres con cáncer de próstata en tratamiento / Effectiveness of the Prostactive nursing intervention for symptom self-management in men with prostate cancer

Introducción: El cáncer de próstata es el cáncer de mayor prevalencia en hombres. La enfermedad y el tratamiento generan síntomas urinarios, intestinales, sexuales, hormonales y emocionales que repercuten en el rendimiento funcional de los hombres quienes las padecen, el automanejo de los síntomas ha sido considerada desde la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) como una estrategia para permitir que los hombres puedan conocer mejor su enfermedad y generar habilidades para manejarla desde un ámbito domiciliario. Objetivo: Determinar la efectividad de la Intervención Prostactive para el automanejo de síntomas y su repercusión en el rendimiento funcional, en personas con cáncer de próstata en tratamiento que asisten a la Unidad Oncológica de la Clínica Nogales entre 2022 y 2023. Materiales y métodos: Es un diseño experimental paralelo determinado por la conformación aleatoria de dos grupos con un tamaño de muestra de 100 participantes, 50 para el control (GC) que recibirá el cuidado habitual y 50 para el experimental (GI) al cual se implementó la intervención Prostactive que consta de 4 sesiones presenciales en las cuales se le explicará cómo manejar los síntomas que presenta debido al cáncer de próstata y el tratamiento. Posteriormente se realizó el seguimiento telefónico para conocer el estado de salud a la semana 8 después de las sesiones presenciales. Resultados: la Intervención Prostactive mejoró los niveles de autoeficacia en los participantes del GI, el rendimiento funcional (0,0001) además del automanejo de síntomas urinarios con diferencias estadísticamente significativas frente al GC. No se identificaron cambios en los síntomas obstructivos (valor P= 0.6), síntomas sexuales y síntomas hormonales. Conclusión: La Intervención Prostactive mejora el automanejo de síntomas en hombres con CP en tratamiento, además de la autoeficacia y el Rendimiento Funcional. (AU)

Introduction: Prostate cancer is more prevalent in men. The disease and treatment generate urinary, intestinal, sexual, hormonal and emotional symptoms that impact the functional performance of men who suffer from them. Self-management of symptoms has been considered since the World Health Organization (WHO) as a strategy to allow men to better understand their disease and generate skills to manage it from a home environment. Objective: Determine the effectiveness of the Prostactive Intervention for the selfmanagement of symptoms and its impact on functional performance, in people with prostate cancer undergoing treatment who attend the Oncology Unit of the Nogales Clinic between 2022 and 2023. Materials and methods: It is a parallel experimental design determined by the random formation of two groups with a sample size of 100 participants, 50 for the control (CG) who will receive the usual care and 50 for the experimental (GI) to which the Prostactive intervention was implemented, which It consists of 4 face-to-face sessions in which you will be explained how to manage the symptoms you present due to prostate cancer and the treatment. Subsequently, telephone follow-up was carried out to determine the health status at week 8 after the face-to-face sessions. Results: the Prostactive Intervention improved the levels of self-efficacy in the IG participants, functional performance (0.0001) in addition to the self-management of urinary symptoms with statistically significant differences compared to the CG. No changes were identified in obstructive symptoms (P value= 0.6), sexual symptoms, and hormonal symptoms. Conclusion: The Prostactive Intervention improves symptom self-management in men with CP undergoing treatment, in addition to self-efficacy and Functional Performance. (AU)

Evaluation methods of clinical efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine / 中国中药杂志

Clinical efficacy is the basis for the development of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM), and the evaluation of clinical efficacy of TCM has always been the focus of attention. The technical and methodological difficulties in the evaluation process often restrict the generation of high-level evidence. Therefore, methodological research should be deepened and innovative practice should be carried out to study the application of scientific research methods in the evaluation of the advantages of TCM. After more than ten years of development, the clinical efficacy evaluation of TCM, on the basis of the initially classic placebo randomized controlled trials, has successively carried out a series of meaningful attempts and explorations in N-of-1 trials, cohort studies, case-control studies, cross-sectional studies, real world studies, narrative medicine studies, systematic evaluation, and other aspects, laying the foundation for the transformation of TCM from "experience" to "evidence". This paper focused on the clinical efficacy evaluation of TCM, summarized the main connotation and development status of efficacy evaluation indicators, standards, and methods, and put forward corresponding countermeasures and suggestions for the problems of indicator selection, standard formulation, and methodology optimization in the research process. It is clear that scientific and objective evaluation of the efficacy of TCM is an urgent problem to be solved at present.

Efectividad de la intervención de Enfermería sobre promoción de salud en brigadistas sanitarias / Effectiveness of the Nursing Intervention in Health Promotion among Health Brigade Members

Introducción: En un estudio exploratorio previo se constataron insuficientes conocimientos sobre promoción de salud en brigadistas sanitarias de la Federación de Mujeres Cubanas y se detectaron regularidades en la preparación de técnicas participativas. Objetivo: Evaluar la efectividad de la intervención de Enfermería sobre promoción de salud en brigadistas sanitarias. Métodos: Investigación cuantitativa cuasi-experimental sin grupo control en brigadistas sanitarias del municipio San José de las Lajas, provincia Mayabeque, Cuba, en el período septiembre-diciembre de 2021. En un universo de 469 participantes, se aplicó una encuesta descriptiva y se calculó el coeficiente Alfa de Cronbach para medir su confiabilidad. Se utilizaron distribuciones de frecuencias absolutas y porcentajes y la asociación entre variables se obtuvo con la prueba no paramétrica de rangos con signo de Wilcoxon. Resultados: Según el modelo de Nola J. Pender, después de la intervención, se elevaron los beneficios percibidos de la acción (85,71 por ciento), las barreras percibidas a la acción (87,84 por ciento), la autoeficacia percibida (95,94 por ciento), el afecto relacionado con la actividad (90,40 por ciento) y las influencias interpersonales y situacionales (98,93 por ciento) en las brigadistas sanitarias. Conclusiones: La intervención de Enfermería sobre promoción de salud en brigadistas sanitarias fue efectiva, con significación estadística en los aspectos evaluados(AU)

Introduction: A previous exploratory study found insufficient knowledge on health promotion among health brigade members from the Cuban Women Federation and permitted to identify regularities in the preparation of participatory techniques. Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of nursing intervention on health promotion among health brigade members. Methods: A quantitative quasiexperimental research without a control group was carried out with health brigade members from San José de las Lajas Municipality, Mayabeque Province, Cuba, in the period September-December 2021. A study universe of 469 was applied a descriptive survey and Cronbach's alpha coefficient was calculated to measure its reliability. Absolute frequency distributions and percentages were used, and the association between variables was obtained with the nonparametric Wilcoxon signed-rank test. Results: According to Nola J. Pender's model, the intervention permitted to evaluate the perceived benefits of action (85.71 percent), the perceived barriers to action (87.84 percent), the perceived self-efficacy (95.94 percent), the activity-related affect (90.40 percent), as well as the interpersonal and situational influences (98.93 percent), among the health brigade members. Conclusions: The nursing intervention on health promotion among health brigade members was effective, with statistical significance in the evaluated aspects(AU)

Application of modified Bardach two-flaps palatoplasty combined modified Furlow double-opposing Z-plasty in wide palatal cleft repair / 中华医学美学美容杂志

Objective To explore the effectiveness of modified Bardach two-flap palatoplasty combined modified Furlow double-opposing Z-plasty in wide palatal cleft repair.Methods 80 patients aged 2-18 years old with Ⅲ cleft palate from our department were divided into two groups,the experimental group (n=40) was repaired with modified Bardach two-flaps palatoplasty combined modified Furlow double-opposing Z-plasty (modified B+F technique).The control group (n =40) was repaired with Sommerlad levator muscle of palatine velum reconstruction (S technique).Results The healing of incisions was better in the experimental group than the control group.The fistula rate in the experimental group was 2.5％,which seemed to be remarkable lower than that of the control group (7.5％) post operation one month.Conclusions Application modified Bardach two-flaps palatoplasty combined modified Furlow double-opposing Z-plasty in wide palatal cleft will promote healing of incisions,reduce the occurrence rate of cleft palate fistuia,inhibit the scar contracture of soft palate,maintain the length of soft palate,augment movement of soft palate,and improve the speech quality of patients.