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BACKGROUND: Addressing informal caregivers' needs is essential for ensuring quality healthcare and promoting citizen-centred care. This systematic review assessed current knowledge about programmes aimed at meeting the needs of informal caregivers of adults who are dependent on others for daily life activities. METHODS: Following the PRISMA guidelines, the electronic databases EBSCOhost Research Platform, MEDLINE, CINAHL, Scopus, Web of Science and The Virtual Health Library were searched for randomized experimental studies published between 2012 and 2022 that implemented programmes addressing informal caregivers' needs to improve their experiences, health, and well-being. Quality was assessed using the standardized critical evaluation tools from the Joanna Briggs Institute. Two independent investigators performed the eligibility assessment and data extraction. Quantitative data on the effectiveness of interventions were collected, and the content of each intervention was synthesized and aggregated into categories, through narrative synthesis. RESULTS: The majority of the included studies (n = 16) were conducted in European countries and implemented a structured intervention programme compared to the provision of usual care. The studies were of fair to high methodological quality, with a higher risk of bias related to blinding. The results supported the achievement of favourable health outcomes among informal caregivers, namely improvements in mental health (n = 3) and quality of life (n = 3) and a decrease in psychological symptomatology (n = 5) and burden (n = 3). None of the interventions reported adverse outcomes; however, five studies did not describe significant differences in the outcomes assessed after the implementation of the programmes. Interventions focusing on training and educating caregivers (n = 14) and cognitive-behavioural strategies (n = 7) were the most common, while programmes focusing on emotional and psychological support as a resource to improve caregivers' psychological outcomes were scarce. CONCLUSIONS: This systematic review adds to the growing body of evidence and insight showing that programmes that address informal caregivers' needs seem to contribute to better physical and psychological health outcomes through the promotion of caregivers' educational support and the implementation of cognitive-behavioural strategies. Future research should implement methodologically robust cross-country programmes tailored to informal caregivers' physical, emotional, psychosocial, societal, and educational needs throughout the care trajectory.
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The dissemination and implementation of evidence in health contexts have been a concern of several international organizations responsible for recommending actions to health policymakers. World Health Organization has been advocating for an ecosystem of evidence to improve clinical practice and health professional education. Thus, in this article, we address the challenges to developing the evidence ecosystem from the point of view of health professional education, considering the contexts of practice and teaching, focused on knowledge translation. There are three pivotal challenges: producing qualified knowledge; adequate communication of the synthesized evidence; and institutional policy to sustain the implemented evidence in continuous and updated flow. The evidence ecosystem helps to understand these flows between the production and implementation of knowledge, based on the capacity and resources of different health systems. It needs to be developed in the field of health professional education, feedback in the contexts of practice and teaching, to contribute to third-generation knowledge being used by different users of health services.
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Resumo Enquadramento: Durante todo o curso, os estudantes de enfermagem estão expostos a fatores que podem contribuir para uma diminuição da sua qualidade de vida e do seu estado de saúde em geral, quando associados a sintomatologia musculoesquelética. Objetivo: Identificar os fatores psicossociais associados à presença de sintomatologia musculoesquelética no estudante do curso de licenciatura em enfermagem. Metodologia: Estudo transversal, com 253 estudantes de escolas superiores de enfermagem. A recolha de dados foi realizada em março e abril de 2018, através de um questionário autopreenchido incluindo variáveis sociodemográficas, bem como questionários Nórdico Músculo-esquelético (QNM), Questionário Estado de Saúde (SF-36) e a Escalas de Ansiedade Depressão e Stress (EADS-21). Resultados: A ansiedade, stress e depressão foram identificadas como variáveis associadas à presença de sintomatologia musculoesquelética, interferindo na saúde dos estudantes de enfermagem. Conclusão: Existem fatores psicossociais associados à sintomatologia musculosquelética nos estudantes de enfermagem. Conhecer estes fatores de risco irá permitir que se possam planear atempadamente estratégias de prevenção e, também, contribuir para a potenciação do processo de aprendizagem.
Abstract Background: Throughout their education, nursing students are exposed to factors that can decrease their quality of life and general health status when associated with musculoskeletal symptoms. Objective: To identify the psychosocial factors associated with the occurrence of musculoskeletal symptoms in undergraduate nursing students. Methodology: Cross-sectional study with 253 students from university-level nursing schools. Data were collected between March and April 2018 through a self-administered questionnaire including sociodemographic variables and the Portuguese versions of the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (NMQ), the 36-Item Short-Form Survey (SF-36), and the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (EADS-21). Results: Anxiety, stress, and depression were identified as variables associated with the occurrence of musculoskeletal symptoms affecting nursing students' health. Conclusion: There are psychosocial factors associated with musculoskeletal symptoms in nursing students. Understanding these risk factors will allow for the timely planning of prevention strategies and contribute to enhancing the learning process.
Resumen Marco contextual: Durante todo el curso, los estudiantes de enfermería están expuestos a factores que pueden contribuir a la disminución de su calidad de vida y de su estado de salud en general cuando se asocian con la sintomatología musculoesquelética. Objetivo: Identificar los factores psicosociales asociados con la presencia de sintomatología musculoesquelética en el estudiante de enfermería. Metodología: Estudio transversal, con 253 estudiantes de escuelas de enfermería. La recopilación de datos se llevó a cabo en marzo y abril de 2018 mediante un cuestionario autocompletado que incluía variables sociodemográficas, así como los cuestionarios Nórdico Músculo-esquelético (QNM), Cuestionario Estado de Salud (SF-36) y la Escalas de Ansiedad, Depresión y Estrés (EADS-21). Resultados: La ansiedad, el estrés y la depresión se identificaron como variables asociadas a la presencia de sintomatología musculoesquelética, que interfieren en la salud de los estudiantes de enfermería. Conclusión: Hay factores psicosociales asociados con la sintomatología musculoesquelética en los estudiantes de enfermería. Conocer estos factores de riesgo permitirá planificar oportunamente las estrategias de prevención y contribuirá también a mejorar el proceso de aprendizaje.
