Telemonitoring of Brazilian Nursing homes before Coronavirus and COVID-19 Infections.
Rev Bras Enferm
; 73(suppl 2): e20200350, 2020.
Article
in English, Portuguese
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-788931
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
to report the experience of telemonitoring Brazilian nursing homes before coronavirus and COVID-19 infections.METHODS:
a descriptive experience report that occurred between March 18 and April 25, 2020 through telemonitoring nursing homes in Salvador, Bahia, following a script previously prepared for first contact and follow-up. The telemonitoring was carried out by professors from the School of Nursing of Universidade Federal da Bahia and Graduate Program students for four weeks.RESULTS:
thirty-two institutions were followed for four weeks. Some facilities and difficulties appeared during the monitoring. FINAL CONSIDERATIOS as nursing homes are collective households, their residents are vulnerable to transmission of infections. In addition, the diversity of structures and economic, social and human resources needs of these locations reveal their fragility and urgency of public policies that address such diversities.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Telephone
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Coronavirus Infections
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Betacoronavirus
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Homes for the Aged
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Nursing Homes
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Occupational Diseases
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
English
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Portuguese
Journal:
Rev Bras Enferm
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
0034-7167-2020-0350
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