El autocuidado y apoyo social de mujeres de un proyecto de seguimiento mamográfico en Porto Alegre/Brasil

Objective: Identify preventive self-care practices and analyze the configurations of the network support for women with and without breast cancer registered in a mammography-monitoring project from Porto Alegre/Brazil.Method: a mixed sequential delimitation was performed, which expanded the results of the quantitative step (cross and correlation section) in a qualitative step (narrative interviews). 37 women diagnosed with breast cancer (group 1) and 72 without this diagnosis (group 2 – monitoring) participated. The following instruments were used: Assessment Questionnaire Self-care Ability (ASA-A) and Assessment Questionnaire Perceived Social Support and Community. There were performed descriptive analysis and comparison of means (t test and ANOVA) between the two groups. To deepen the understanding of the data, we selected four women with breast cancer with extreme levels on the scale of Social Support to participate in the biographical narrative interviews.Results: the analysis indicate that women who had breast cancer have better self-care practices than the women from the monitoring project (t = 1.791, P = 0.027). As for the analysis of social support, there were no statistically significant differences between the two groups. All participants have an average level of perceived social and community support. It was highlighted by the qualitative data that it was after the diagnosis of breast cancer that women lived self-care aspects they had not previously experienced.Conclusions: the self-care was significantly bigger in the group of women with breast cancer, where the cancer diagnosis was a trigger to increase self-care.</p

Concepções e práticas de autonomia em um Centro de Atenção Psicossocial (CAPS): desafios cotidianos

This article aims to analyze the conceptions of autonomy in the daily care of a Psychosocial Care Center (CAPS). This is a qualitative cross-sectional and exploratory study carried out at a CAPS in the south of Rio Grande do Sul/Brazil. The participants were six professionals, six users and three family members. Semi-structured interviews and field diary were conducted and analyzed through Thematic Analysis. Results show several conceptions about autonomy, referring to life management, independence and self-sufficiency, and as a process built from relationships. The importance of therapeutic workshops and outdoors activities is highlighted as such practices strengthen autonomy. It is necessary to perceive autonomy as something that can potentially expand and diversify relationships, understanding it as a transversal goal of all practices inside and outside the CAPS.Cet article vise à analyser les conceptions de l'autonomie dans la vie quotidienne d'un Centre de Soutien Psychosocial (CAPS). Il s'agit d'une étude qualitative transversale et exploratoire, réalisée dans un CAPS au sud de Rio Grande do Sul / Brésil. Les participants étaient six professionnels, six utilisateurs et trois membres d'une famille. Des entretiens semi-guidés et des journaux de terrain ont été réalisés, analysés moyennant une analyse thématique. Plusieurs conceptions de l'autonomie ont été trouvées, liées à la gestion de vie, à l'indépendance et à l'autosuffisance, construits à partir des relations établies pendant le processus. Il est fondamental de souligner l'importance des ateliers thérapeutiques et des activités hors-le-murs comme des pratiques qui renforcent l'autonomie. Il faut penser l'autonomie comme une puissance d'expansion des relations et la comprendre comme un objectif transversal de toutes les pratiques dedans et en dehors des CAPS.Este artigo objetiva analisar as concepções de autonomia no cotidiano de um Centro de Atenção Psicossocial (CAPS). Trata-se de um estudo qualitativo transversal e exploratório, realizado em um CAPS do sul do Rio Grande do Sul/Brasil. Os participantes foram seis profissionais, seis usuários e três familiares. Foram realizadas entrevistas semiestruturadas e diários de campo, analisados mediante Análise Temática. Foram encontradas diversas concepções sobre autonomia, referentes ao gerenciamento da vida, independência e autossuficiência, e enquanto processo construído a partir das relações. Destaca-se a importância das oficinas terapêuticas e atividades extramuros como práticas fortalecedoras de autonomia. É necessário pensar a autonomia enquanto potência para a expansão das relações, entendendo-a como um objetivo transversalizador de todas as práticas dos CAPS e fora dele.Este artículo objetiva analizar las concepciones de autonomía en el cotidiano de un Centro de Atención Psicosocial (CAPS). Se trata de un estudio cualitativo transversal y exploratorio, realizado en un CAPS del sur de Rio Grande do Sul / Brasil. Los participantes fueron seis profesionales, seis usuarios y tres familiares. Se realizaron entrevistas semiestructuradas y diarios de campo, analizados mediante Análisis Temático. Se encontraron diversas concepciones sobre autonomía, referentes al manejo de la vida, independencia y autosuficiencia, y en cuanto proceso construido a partir de las relaciones. Se destaca la importancia de los talleres terapéuticos y actividades extramuros como prácticas fortalecedoras de autonomía. Es necesario pensar la autonomía como potencia para la expansión de las relaciones, entendiéndola como un objetivo transversalizador de todas las prácticas de los CAPS y fuera de él

Latent structure and factor reliability of the National Health Service Community Mental Health Service User Questionnaire

Background: National Health Service use the Community Mental Health Service User Questionnaire (NHS-CMH) to assess care quality. However, its reliability and internal validity is uncertain. Aims: To test the NHS-CMH structure, reliability and item-level characteristics. Methods: We used data from 11,373 participants who answered the 2017 NHS-CMH survey. First, we estimated the NHS-CMH structure using Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) in half of the dataset. Second, we tested the best EFA-derived model with Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). We tested the internal validity, construct reliability (omega–ω), explained common variance of each factor (ECV), and item thresholds. Results: EFA suggested a 4-factor solution. The structure derived from the EFA was confirmed, demonstrating good reliability for the four correlated dimensions: “Relationship with Staff” (ω = 0.952, ECV = 40.1%), “Organizing Care” (ω = 0.855, ECV = 21.4%), “Medication and Treatments” (ω = 0.837, ECV = 13.3%), and “Support and Well-being” (ω = 0.928, ECV = 25.3%). A second-order model with a high-order domain of “Quality of Care” is also supported. Conclusions: The NHS-CMH can be used to reliably assess four user-informed dimensions of mental health care quality. This model offers an alternative for its current use (item-level and untested sum scores analysis)