- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Patient Dignity and Privacy
- Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Nursing care and research
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Ethics in medical practice
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Sexual function and dysfunction studies
- Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
- Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes
University of Almería
2016-2025
Middlesex University
2014-2023
Universidad Autónoma de Chile
2018-2021
Avila University
2020
United Nations Industrial Development Organization
2016
California State University, Sacramento
2015
Perinatal death (PD) is a painful experience, with physical, psychological and social consequences in families. Each year, there are 2.7 million perinatal deaths the world about 2000 Spain. The aim of this study was to explore, describe understand impact on parents' family life.A qualitative based Gadamer's hermeneutic phenomenology used. In-depth interviews were conducted 13 mothers eight fathers who had suffered death. Inductive analysis used find themes data.Seven sub-themes emerged, they...
Background: Nursing professionals are exposed to stressful situations arising from the work context that may affect health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The objective this study was analyse relationship between sociodemographic and work-related variables regarding HRQoL in nursing professionals. Methods: A multi-centre, cross-sectional descriptive design used. participants consisted 1521 nurses working healthcare centres, both primary care hospital care, eight provinces Andalusian Public...
Perinatal grief is a process that affects families in biological, psychological, social and spiritual terms. It estimated every year there are 2.7 million perinatal deaths worldwide 4.43 for 1000 births Spain. The aim of this study to describe understand the experiences perceptions parents who have suffered death.A qualitative based on Gadamer's hermeneutic phenomenology. was conducted two hospitals South Thirteen mothers eight fathers had death 5 years prior participated study. In-depth...
Background: Stillbirth and neonatal death are one of the most stressful life events, with negative outcomes for parents. Society does not recognize this type loss, parental grieving is particularly complicated intense. Purpose: The aim study was to describe understand experiences parents in relation professional social support following stillbirth death. Methods: This a qualitative based on Gadamer's hermeneutic phenomenology. Twenty-one semistructured interviews were carried out. Inductive...
In order to control the spread of COVID-19, people must adopt preventive behaviours that can affect their day-to-day life. People’s self-efficacy avoid COVID-19 contagion and should be studied. The aim this study was develop psychometrically test prevention, detection, home-management scale (COVID-19-SES). We conducted an observational cross-sectional study. Six-hundred seventy-eight participated in Data were collected between March May 2020. COVID-19-SES’ validity (content, criterion,...
Perceived health in caregivers is related to caregiver burden, psychological well-being and social support. Women perceive poorer are more likely than men experience overload. The objectives of this study were analyse perceived health, support overload family patients with Alzheimer's disease, as well the effect a mediating variable between was also analysed, taking into account caregivers' gender. A cross-sectional descriptive design used. sample consisted 255 individuals disease Almería...
Clinical simulation, the teaching methodology used in Nursing Degree, helps students to acquire certain skills. Home visiting is a complex scenario community care that requires critical skills order function successfully.The aim of this study was analyze improvement self-efficacy, empowerment, management emotions and perceived stress nursing through clinical simulation during home visits.A quasi-experimental carried out.A sample Students 2nd year Degree.A high-fidelity programme implemented...
Respecting dignity is having a profound effect on the clinical relationship and care framework for terminally ill patients in palliative units, hospices their own homes, with particular consequences emergency department. However, vague multifaceted concept that difficult to measure.The aim of this study define attributes end-of-life department, based opinions physicians nurses.A hermeneutic phenomenological approach utilising Gadamer's philosophical underpinnings guided study. Participants...
The aim of this study was to explore and understand the perceptions experiences women with fibromyalgia syndrome regarding their sexuality.Fibromyalgia is a chronic pathology, which compromises woman's physical, mental emotional health. Although concerns related sexuality are commonly reported, research has tended focus on physical symptoms.An interpretive qualitative methodology using Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics carried out.This explores syndrome. A group semi-structured interviews...
This study aims to describe and compare the effects of standardised patient simulation role-play in acquisition retention interprofessional communication elderly care competence amongst nursing students. In this controlled clustered randomised trial, 121 students attended a workshop on using or simulation. The was conducted between September 2017 February 2018. Participants' knowledge, self-efficacy skills were assessed simulated scenario at pre-test, post-test 6-week follow-up points....
The objective of this study was to describe and understand irregular migrants' (IMs') experiences health disparities while living in informal settlements (ISs) during the COVID-19 pandemic.Qualitative descriptive study.Thirty-four IMs originating from different African countries ISs took part study. Data were collected between January March 2022 through three focus groups 17 in-depth interviews. Thematic analysis used analyse qualitative data with ATLAS.ti computer software.Three main themes...
BACKGROUND: Quality of life is often considered when deciding and evaluating the treatment strategy for patients diagnosed with anal fistula. OBJECTIVE: The purpose this study was to develop psychometrically test Life in Patients Anal Fistula Questionnaire. DESIGN: This an observational cross-sectional development validation a psychometric tool. SETTINGS: conducted at general hospital southeast Spain. PATIENTS: A convenience sample included 54 MAIN OUTCOMES MEASURES: reliability tool...
Mothers' own milk (MOM) has more than nutritional benefits for extremely preterm infants (<28 weeks). However, mothers encounter barriers that make it difficult to provide their infants.The aim of this study was describe and understand the experiences regarding providing during infant hospital stay in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).This followed a qualitative, interpretative design using Gadamer's hermeneutic approach included 15 in-depth semistructured interviews. The data were...
To explore and understand the experiences of patients with advanced illness in relation to dignity during end-of-life care emergency departments.Qualitative study based on Gadamer's hermeneutics.Between September 2019 February 2020, 16 in-depth interviews were carried out who attended departments. The participants informed priorly signed consent. data analysed using an inductive strategy for finding emerging themes. Consolidated Criteria Reporting Qualitative Research was used writing...
Nurses are usually the first responders to an in-hospital cardiac arrest. As bystanders, nurses expected master some basic resuscitation skills. Self-efficacy levels a key component in acquisition of skills.To develop, test and validate self-efficacy scale that accurately measures nursing students' confidence their capabilities when responding arrest.This study enrolled conveniently recruited sample 768 students from two different universities Europe. The Basic Resuscitation Skills...
To identify the association between use of web simulation electrocardiography and learning approaches, strategies styles nursing degree students.A descriptive correlational design with a one-group pretest-posttest measurement was used. The study sample included 246 students in Basic Advanced Cardiac Life Support class degree.No significant differences genders were found any dimension approaches to learning. After introduction electrocardiography, some item scores styles: theorist (p <...
Caring for a person diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease has negative impact on family caregivers’ psychological health. This study examined the factors related to ‘perceived health’ and ‘presence of new-onset mental health problems’ in caregivers people mild moderate disease. A cross-sectional observational carried out Almeria’s Healthcare District (Spain). total 255 (42.4% cared 57.6% disease) participated from January December 2015. Mainly, were women (81.5% group 88.4% group), their...
The aim of this study is to describe and understand experiences related social support for women with fibromyalgia who suffer from sexual dysfunction. An interpretive qualitative research methodology based on Gadamer’s philosophical hermeneutics was used. Data collection included a focus group in-depth interviews 13 averaged 44.8 years age 14.3 since being diagnosed fibromyalgia. were analyzed using Fleming’s method two themes identified: “searching understanding in socio-family support”...
African irregular migrants risk their lives crossing the Mediterranean Sea in small boats hoping to reach Europe. Women (WIMs) are an especially vulnerable group that suffer from violence and sexual aggression, but little is known about actual experiences. The objective of our study describe understand against WIMs who arrive Spain boats. A qualitative based on Gadamer's phenomenology was used. data collection included twenty-six in-depth interviews with WIMs. Three main themes arose:...