ESCRIBIENDO PARA PUBLICACIÓN EN PERIÓDICOS: ¿QUÉ DEBES SABER?

It is a literature review, which had the purpose of summarizing the available evidences in researches on ‘theerrors and difficulties found in the process of scientific publication’ subject, as well as offering subsidies for theimplementation of changes that promote the quality and the publication of information produced by the fields of sciences,such as nursing. The bibliographic survey was gathered from the LILACS and BDENF databases in the health virtuallibrary website. The main errors and rejection factors of the submitted articles were: poor writing; out of date informationand/or data; methodology failures, mistakes on the literature review; misspelling; insufficient and inadequate information;statistics problems and use of incorrect statistics. As main suggestions for authors to make the process of publicationeasier: the review of literature must be up to date; the fully understanding of the chosen methodology; the data analysismust be concise.Se trata de una revisión de literatura con objetivos de sumariar las evidencias disponibles a través de lasinvestigaciones realizadas sobre los errores y dificultades encontrados en el proceso de publicación científica, ofrecersubsidios para la implementación de modificaciones que fomentan la calidad y la publicación de las informaciones producidaspor los campos de ciencia, entre ellos, la Enfermería. El levantamiento bibliográfico se realizó en las bases de datos de laLILACS y BDENF del sitio de la biblioteca virtual de salud. Han sido identificados como principales errores y factores derechazo de artículos sometidos a la publicación el hecho del artículo ser pobremente escrito, informaciones insuficientese inadecuadas; problemas estadísticos y uso de estadísticas incorrectas. Como sugerencias a los autores para facilitar lapublicación científica fueron resaltadas la actualización de la literatura; dominio de la metodología aplicada al estudio yanálisis conciso de datos.Trata-se de uma revisão de literatura com objetivos de sumarizar as evidências disponíveis, por meio daspesquisas realizadas, sobre os erros e dificuldades encontrados no processo de publicação científica, e oferecer subsídiospara a implementação de modificações que promovam a qualidade e a publicação das informações produzidas peloscampos da ciência, entre eles, a Enfermagem. O levantamento bibliográfico foi realizado nas bases de dados da LILACS eBDENF do sítio da Biblioteca Virtual de Saúde. Foram identificados como principais erros e fatores de rejeição de artigossubmetidos à publicação: o fato do artigo ser pobremente escrito; informações e/ou dados desatualizados; falha nametodologia; erros de revisão de literatura e de redação; informações insuficientes e inadequadas; problemas estatísticose uso de estatísticas incorretas. Como sugestões aos autores, para facilitar a publicação científica, foram elencadas: aatualidade da literatura; domínio da metodologia aplicada ao estudo e análise dos dados concisa

Watershed Level Sustainable Development Index in Rondônia, Western Amazon: Index Construction from Factor Analysis

Objective: to build a sustainable development index for the river basins of Rondônia, using factor analysis as an analytical model. Method: factor analysis was used as a tool for building environmental, economic, social and institutional performance indices. The adapted FECAM classification scale was adopted to express the results achieved by each river basin. Results: The set of current sustainable performance indices for the Mamoré River watersheds (0.444) was considered a low index, although the best compared to other basins; the Madeira River (0.419, low index); the Guaporé River (0.378, low index); the Machado River (0.289, low index); the Jamari River (0.307, low index) and the Roosevelt River (0.227, low index). There has been a really insignificant improvement in the rates from 10 years ago. Conclusions: the factor analysis showed efficiency as a multivariate statistical method in the construction of sustainable development indices for the river basins of Rondônia. The management of watersheds is still very ineffective, despite being regulated by state law. It is highly recommended to institutionalize regional public policies in the form of a Master Plan for the Rondônia Watershed

Cultural and tourist perception index (IPCT) of the folklore bois bumbás from Guajará-Mirim, Rondônia: a study based on the theory of endogenous development

The objective of this study was to analyze the cultural and tourist perception index (IPCT) of the boi “Flor do Campo” and boi “Malhadinho” associations, participants of the Folkloric Festival of Guajará-Mirim, on the border with Bolivia. As a basis for theoretical support, the theory of endogenous development was used. To determine the indicators, questionnaires were applied to the associations, which were submitted to the SPSS statistical tool (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences), version 17, as described in Cavalcante [4]; Santana [42] and [43]. The results showed that the trust and governance indices of the “boi Malhadinho” association were considered “bad” by the scale adopted in this work. In the boi Flor do Campo association, the perception index reached a result considered “good” by the scale adopted (0.645). The parameters of Trust and Governance presented results considered “regular” (0.473 and 0.560, respectively). By the average of the parameters, the IPCT – Flor do Campo was equal to 0.559 (regular) and IPCT – Malhadinho 0.406 (regular). Therefore, this result reinforces the view that the structuring problem of Guajará-Mirim is not economic but social. And according to this result, it is clear how coherent this work is with the research carried out on social capital in the region by Cavalcante [4] and Cavalcante and Alves [8]. And in this way, it meets North\u27s institutionalist theory that says that growth is not the cause of development but a consequence. In this sense, what points to the level of local development is the institutional arrangement itself, that is, society itself building a prosperous and healthy path

Socioeconomic (Endogenous) Development Index of Municipalities in Free Trade Areas (FTA) linked to SUFRAMA: A Multifactor Analysis

The objective was to analyze the regional development of the nine cities covered by the SUFRAMA policy in comparison with nine other Amazonian municipalities not covered by this policy, in order to identify the municipal performance achieved in the face of the Brazilian Amazonian reality. The theoretical foundation of this work is linked to the theory of endogenous development associated with the institutionalist theory of Douglass North and the poles of development in Schumpeter and Perroux. A multivariate factorial data model was used to extract the scores for the construction of indices, using the SPSS statistical tool, version 22, using the factor analysis technique developed similarly to the main components. It was possible to build socioeconomic development indexes and, with that, proceed with the due analysis intrinsic to the epistemological issue of this work. The data showed adequacy to factorial studies and allowed us to observe, in general, the low level of socioeconomic development of the surveyed municipalities, however, with a more favorable situation for the municipalities covered by the SUFRAMA policy

Knowledge and practice of nurses about care for patients with wounds

OBJETIVO: O estudo teve como objetivo identificar o conhecimento, prática e fontes de informações de enfermeiros, de um hospital universitário, sobre o cuidado com feridas. MÉTODOS: Estudo transversal, descritivo-exploratório, realizado em julho de 2010. Os dados foram coletados por meio de um questionário adaptado. Participaram deste estudo 35 enfermeiros distribuídos em diferentes setores de trabalho. Os dados sofreram tratamento estatístico descritivo e analítico. RESULTADOS: Considerando os resultados globais, os enfermeiros obtiveram, em média, 69,4% de acertos (dp=13,5%). Os enfermeiros que citaram utilizar às vezes algumas fontes de informações tiveram maior porcentagem de acertos. Conclui-se que os enfermeiros apresentaram conhecimento insuficiente em algumas áreas referentes ao tema. CONCLUSÃO: Destaca-se a necessidade da atualização dos profissionais quanto aos avanços das evidências atuais que embasam o cuidado de feridas, a fim de nortear, no contexto estudado, o planejamento de estratégias para implementação das melhores evidências disponíveis

Knowledge and practice of nurses about care for patients with wounds

OBJETIVO: O estudo teve como objetivo identificar o conhecimento, prática e fontes de informações de enfermeiros, de um hospital universitário, sobre o cuidado com feridas. MÉTODOS: Estudo transversal, descritivo-exploratório, realizado em julho de 2010. Os dados foram coletados por meio de um questionário adaptado. Participaram deste estudo 35 enfermeiros distribuídos em diferentes setores de trabalho. Os dados sofreram tratamento estatístico descritivo e analítico. RESULTADOS: Considerando os resultados globais, os enfermeiros obtiveram, em média, 69,4% de acertos (dp=13,5%). Os enfermeiros que citaram utilizar às vezes algumas fontes de informações tiveram maior porcentagem de acertos. Conclui-se que os enfermeiros apresentaram conhecimento insuficiente em algumas áreas referentes ao tema. CONCLUSÃO: Destaca-se a necessidade da atualização dos profissionais quanto aos avanços das evidências atuais que embasam o cuidado de feridas, a fim de nortear, no contexto estudado, o planejamento de estratégias para implementação das melhores evidências disponíveis

Rural credit and the livestock process in the microregion of Vilhena, Rondônia, Western Amazon

The study has as general objective to analyze the scenario of the municipalities in the microregion of Vilhena, State of Rondônia, based on the federal government\u27s rural credit policy, in order to identify the possible livestock processes that would be carried out in this microregion. It is an applied, descriptive, cross-sectional research with a quantitative approach, since the objectives generate knowledge for practical application, which includes the number of contracts and the volume of financial resources for agriculture and livestock in the municipalities of Chupinguaia, Parecis, Pimenta Bueno, Primavera de Rondônia, São Felipe D\u27Oeste and Vilhena of the micro-region of Vilhena, Rondônia, Brazilian Amazon, in the period corresponding to the years 2000 and 2010. Data collection was carried out through reports from the rural credit statistical yearbook of the Central Banco do Brasil for the years 2000 and 2010. Based on the results found by the research, it was evidenced that in the municipalities of the microregion of Vilhena there was a process of cattle ranching, through the incentive of the rural credit policy granted to family rural producers, where it was observed that among the six municipalities that comprise In the micro-region of Vilhena, all of them presented a strong stimulus to the livestock sector, demonstrating a reversal of agricultural activity for livestock in this micro-region

Middle Childhood Adverse Psychomotor Outcomes from Malaria in Pregnancy: A Study using the Denver Developmental Screening Test-II

Objective: to evaluate changes in the development of premature children aged 5 to 6 years, born to mothers with malaria during pregnancy and to compare them to a control group of premature children born to mothers who did not have malaria during pregnancy. Methods: cross-sectional and analytical study. The Denver test-II was applied to 20 children in the study group and 20 children in the control group. Results: in the group of premature children of mothers with malaria during pregnancy, the vast majority showed abnormal performance with more significant changes in the activities of the language sector "define seven words", "say two compound words", "understand four prepositions" and "account five blocks”, “knows three adjectives”. In the fine-adaptive motor sector, the activities "draw people with six parts", "copy disassembled square", "copy +" and in the gross motor sector "swing your foot for six seconds", "swing your foot for five seconds", "swing the foot for four seconds", "rocks the foot for three seconds", were the most important developmental changes. In the control group, the performance of suspected delay or possible abnormality was more concentrated in the gross motor sector. Conclusions: children from 5 to 6 years of age, born prematurely to mothers with malaria during pregnancy, 80% had suspected abnormal performance, a result much higher than the group of children born prematurely to mothers without malaria. These results strongly suggest that malaria disease during pregnancy alters fetal development, producing developmental sequelae that can be detected even at 5 to 6 years of age. In addition, the results support the use of the Denver test-II as a simple screening method for the assessment of delays in child development, covering broad motor coordination (coarse), fine motor coordination (adaptive), language and personal-social adaptation. This test has been used to identify children who are at risk of developing problems and to monitor the child longitudinally

COVID-19 symptoms at hospital admission vary with age and sex: results from the ISARIC prospective multinational observational study

Background: The ISARIC prospective multinational observational study is the largest cohort of hospitalized patients with COVID-19. We present relationships of age, sex, and nationality to presenting symptoms. Methods: International, prospective observational study of 60 109 hospitalized symptomatic patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 recruited from 43 countries between 30 January and 3 August 2020. Logistic regression was performed to evaluate relationships of age and sex to published COVID-19 case definitions and the most commonly reported symptoms. Results: ‘Typical’ symptoms of fever (69%), cough (68%) and shortness of breath (66%) were the most commonly reported. 92% of patients experienced at least one of these. Prevalence of typical symptoms was greatest in 30- to 60-year-olds (respectively 80, 79, 69%; at least one 95%). They were reported less frequently in children (≤ 18 years: 69, 48, 23; 85%), older adults (≥ 70 years: 61, 62, 65; 90%), and women (66, 66, 64; 90%; vs. men 71, 70, 67; 93%, each P < 0.001). The most common atypical presentations under 60 years of age were nausea and vomiting and abdominal pain, and over 60 years was confusion. Regression models showed significant differences in symptoms with sex, age and country. Interpretation: This international collaboration has allowed us to report reliable symptom data from the largest cohort of patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19. Adults over 60 and children admitted to hospital with COVID-19 are less likely to present with typical symptoms. Nausea and vomiting are common atypical presentations under 30 years. Confusion is a frequent atypical presentation of COVID-19 in adults over 60 years. Women are less likely to experience typical symptoms than men

Pressure Ulcers in Intensive Care Units and Conformity of Nursing Actions

As instituições de saúde buscam melhorar a qualidade assistencial e segurança do paciente reduzindo agravos como a ocorrência da Úlcera por Pressão (UPP) pela análise dos processos que interferem neste resultado, um indicador de qualidade da enfermagem e serviços de saúde. Estudo objetivou analisar a ocorrência de Úlcera por Pressão em Unidades de Terapia Intensiva e a conformidade do uso de medidas preventivas pelos enfermeiros. Utilizando desenho descritivo exploratório com análise quantitativa, foram analisados dados sociodemográficos e clínicos de pacientes internados em quatro UTIs, incidência e prevalência de UPP, ações para prevenção registradas em prontuário, concordância entre enfermeiros e pesquisadora quanto subescores e escore total da escala de Braden e classificação de risco para UPP. Foram avaliados 346 pacientes, sendo 68 na UTI 1, 84 na UTI 2, 97 na UTI 3 e 97 na UTI 4. Desses, 61,8% eram do sexo masculino, média de idade 56 anos, tempo médio de internação nas UTIs 8,51 dias. A maioria apresentou escores médios na escala entre 13 e 16 na avaliação inicial. Cinqüenta e quatro pacientes (15,6%) foram admitidos na UTI com UPP e 40 (13,69%) pacientes desenvolveram UPP enquanto internados na UTI. Os pacientes que tiveram maior freqüência de UPP eram de alto risco com escores de 10 a 12. Houve predomínio de UPP na região sacral e de estágio II. A maioria desenvolveu-se entre o 2º e o 7º dia de internação e a maior freqüência ocorreu nos pacientes com idade 60 anos. Em 100% dos prontuários não havia registro de enfermagem sobre o risco do paciente para UPP. Havia 39,7% registros corretos de pele íntegra e 85,5% registros corretos da presença de UPP. Quanto ao registro do estadiamento da UPP, a maioria não apresentava conformidade com as recomendações internacionais. Os pacientes admitidos com UPP tiveram maior número de registro de medidas preventivas (57%), com maior freqüência para a hidratação da pele (80,3%) e uso do colchão caixa de ovo (66,9%). Vinte e dois enfermeiros participaram da avaliação da concordância dos dados dos pacientes com a pesquisadora. Tinham tempo médio de profissão de 5 anos e tempo de atuação nas UTIs de 2 anos e oito meses. Houve concordância geral para os escores das subescalas Percepção Sensorial, Mobilidade, Fricção e Cisalhamento. A subescala Umidade, obteve pobre concordância nas UTIs 2 e 4, e não houve concordância na UTI 3. Nas UTIs 3 e 4 não houve concordância para a subescala Atividade e nas UTIs 2 e 4 para a subescala Nutrição. Quanto ao escore total da escala de Braden e classificação em níveis de risco, a concordância ocorreu apenas nas UTIs 1 e 2 (Kappa > 0,5). Os resultados obtidos demonstram a necessidade da avaliação do processo da assistência de enfermagem, de modo a identificar a conformidade das ações de enfermagem e os aspectos que exigem mudanças institucionais, já que podem interferir na ocorrência da UPP visando à melhoria da qualidade e maior segurança para os pacientes internados em Unidades de Terapia Intensiva.Health institutions seek to improve the quality of care and patient safety by reducing the occurrence of events such as pressure ulcers (PU) by the analysis of the processes that interfere with this result, an quality indicator of nursing and health services. Study aimed to analyze the occurrence of pressure ulcers in Intensive Care Units and the conformity with preventive measures used by nurses. Using an exploratory descriptive design with quantitative methods sociodemographic and clinical data of patients admitted to four ICUs were colected and analyzed, as well as incidence and prevalence of PU, actions for prevention recorded in patient records, agreement among the nurses and researcher related to Braden scale total score and subscores and classification of level of risk for PU development. There were evaluated 346 patients, 68 in ICU 1, 84 in ICU 2, 97 in ICU 3 and 97 in ICU 4. Of the total, 61.8% were male, mean age 56 years, mean lenght of ICU stay 8.51 days. Most ICUs had Braden mean scores in the range of 13 and 16 in the initial evaluation. Fifty-four patients (15,6%) were admitted to the ICU with UPP and 40 (13,69%) patients developed pressure ulcers while hospitalized in ICU. Patients who had higher frequency of UPP were in high risk with a score 10-12. PU were predominantly in the sacral region and stage II. Most ulcers developed between the 2nd and 7th day of hospitalization and occurred more frequently in patients aged 60 years. In 100% of the records nursing records about patient's risk for PU was not documented. There were 39.7% correct records about intact skin and 85.5% correct records about the presence of PU. As for the staging of the PU, the majority of nursing records were not in conformity with international recommendations. Patients admitted with PU had higher registration number of preventive actions (57%), more frequently related to hydration of the skin (80.3%) and use the eggcrate mattress (66.9%). Twenty-two 22 nurses participated in the appraisal of their agreement with the researcher about patient's collected data. Their average time of working in nursing was 5 years and time working in ICU was 2,8 years. There was general agreement for the scores of the subscales Sensory Perception, Mobility, Friction and Shear. Related to subscale humidity, poor agreement was obtained in ICUs 2 and 4, and no agreement was obtained in ICU 3. On ICU 3 and 4 there was no agreement for Activity subscale and in ICUs 2 and 4 for subscale Nutrition. Regarding the total score of the Braden scale and classification of risk levels, the correlation was observed only in ICU 1 and 2 (kappa > 0.5). The results demonstrate the need for evaluation of nursing care process in order to identify the compliance conformity of nursing actions and issues requiring institutional changes that may interfere with detection of the PU to increase quality of care and safety management of patients in intensive care units