947 resultados para Camberwell Assessment of Need
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RESUMO - A avaliação de necessidades de cuidados é crucial no planeamento, monitorização e avaliação de serviços de psiquiatria e saúde mental, bem como na investigação e na clínica. Este princípio é obviamente aplicável aos serviços responsáveis por populações de pessoas mais velhas. O instrumento CANE — Camberwell Assessment of Need for the Elderly possibilita uma avaliação consistente das necessidades de utentes idosos, nomeadamente em situações de patologia neuropsiquiátrica. Procede-se a uma avaliação cruzada, entrevistando a pessoa em questão, o seu cuidador informal e o técnico responsável. Esta avaliação multidimensional abrange domínios da esfera biológica, psicológica e social, sendo aplicável na comunidade ou em internamento (regime parcial ou completo). A utilidade do CANE tem sido evidenciada em contextos clínicos, de investigação e de avaliação de serviços. Existem múltiplas traduções a nível internacional, a maioria das quais validada. Na área da epidemiologia psiquiátrica nem sempre estão disponíveis os dados relativos à qualidade das adaptações de instrumentos, pelo que se apresenta o processo de desenvolvimento da versão portuguesa (de acordo com as regras para validação transcultural, no processo de tradução-retroversão). A aplicabilidade da versão portuguesa foi satisfatória neste estudo-piloto, representando a primeira fase de um trabalho multicêntrico nacional. Nesta fase inicial, foram considerados casos de idosos com patologia neuropsiquiátrica (maioritariamente demência — 71,4%), em dois centros (Lisboa e Porto) (n = 21). A média de idades foi 73,9 (± 6,3) anos, sendo 76,2% do sexo feminino. A maioria vivia em casa, apresentava co-morbilidade somática e estava em contacto com um cuidador informal (em geral, familiares do sexo feminino). Os avaliadores identificaram necessidades, nem sempre cobertas, nas seguintes dimensões: cuidados com a casa, alimentação, actividades diárias, memória, saúde física, sofrimento psicológico, companhia e dinheiro/economias. Nem sempre a perspectiva de doentes, cuidadores, técnicos e avaliadores foi inteiramente coincidente. Estes resultados preliminares da aplicação da versão portuguesa do CANE são consistentes quanto à sua validade ecológica, facial e de conteúdo, estando em curso contributos adicionais para a validação efectiva numa amostra de maior dimensão.
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RESUMO: Os indivíduos com doença mental grave, assim como os seus familiares, podem ser caracterizados como uma população em que ocorre uma combinação complexa de necessidades médicas e psicossociais, nomeadamente a nível do diagnóstico e do acesso aos serviços de saúde mental. A avaliação de necessidades pode fornecer informações importantes para o desenvolvimento de intervenções eficazes, tanto a nível da população como a nível individual. Este estudo teve como objetivo determinar as diferentes necessidades reportadas pelos pacientes com doença mental grave e seus familiares , assim como investigar as possíveis relações entre o estado de necessidades e as variáveis sócio-demográficas e clínicas. Simultaneamente, o estudo teve como objetivo avaliar a sobrecarga familiar e a satisfação dos utentes com os serviços de saúde mental. Foi elaborado um estudo transversal, realizado numa amostra de conveniência de cinquenta díades de paciente/membro da família, seguidos em regime de ambulatório no Centro Nacional de Saúde Mental. Foram utilizados como instrumentos de avaliação um questionário sociodemográfico, a Escala Breve de Avaliação Psiquiátrica (BPRS), o questionário de Avaliação de Necessidades de Camberwell (CAN), o Questionário de Avaliação do Envolvimento (IEQ) e a Escala de Verona de Satisfação com os Serviços (VSSS). As mais frequentes necessidades não-satisfeitas foram o ‘sofrimento psicológico’, as ‘atividades sociais’ e os ‘benefícios sociais’. O estudo mostrou uma sobrecarga significativa nas famílias que cuidam de pessoas com doença mental grave, que se correlacionou com as suas opiniões sobre as necessidades dos pacientes e teve um impacto negativo sobre o bem-estar psicológico. Os três mais importantes predictores de sofrimento psíquico em familiares foram o sexo, a situação laboral e a relação com o paciente. A avaliação da satisfação com os serviços revelou a existência de um hiato significativo entre os serviços prestados e os serviços desejados, reportados pelos pacientes e seus familiares. A maioria dos participantes do estudo desejavam ter um trabalho protegido, ou receber ajuda para encontrar emprego. Os resultados deste estudo poderão ser usados para fins de planeamento desenvolvimento e avaliação de serviços de saúde mental no Azerbeijão. Algumas recomendações sobre a melhoria dos serviços de saúde mental para pacientes com doença mental grave e suas famílias são feitas na secção final do trabalho.----------ABSTRACT: Patients suffering from severe mental illness, in addition to their family members, may be characterized as a population with a complex combination of medical and psychosocial needs, which are under-recognized and under-addressed by mental health services. At the same time, needs assessment provides important information necessary for developing effective interventions at both population and individual level. The study was aimed to determine various needs perceived by patients with SMI and their family members, as well as to find out possible relations between the needs and socio-demographic and clinical variables. Similarly the study was intended to evaluate family burden and users’ satisfaction with services. This was a cross-sectional study conducted on a convenience sample. Fifty dyads of a patient and family member applying for out-patient services to the National Mental Health Centre participated in the study. Sociodemographic questionnaire, Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale, Camberwell Assessment of Need, Involvement Evaluation Questionnaire, and Verona Service Satisfaction Scale were used as assessment tools. The most prominent unmet needs reported by people with SMI and their relatives were psychological distress, social activities and welfare benefits. The study showed significant burden in families caring for people with SMI, which correlated with their views about patients’ needs and had a negative impact on the psychological well-being. The three most important predictors of psychological distress in family members were gender, employment status and relationship to patient. Evaluation of satisfaction with services pointed out the gap between provided and desired services reported by patients and their relatives. Most of study participants wished to have sheltered work, or receive help in finding employment. The results of this study may be used for the purposes of mental health service planning, development and evaluation in our country. Some recommendations on improvement of mental health services for patients with SMI and their families have been made in the conclusion.
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Setting: Psychological stress is increasingly recognised within emergency medicine, given the environmental and clinical stressors associated with the specialism. The current study assessed whether psychological distress is experienced by emergency medical staff and if so, what is the expressed need within this population? Participants: Participants included ambulance personnel, nursing staff, doctors and ancillary support staff within two Accident and Emergency (A&E) departments and twelve ambulance bases within one Trust locality in NI (N = 107). Primary and secondary outcome measures: The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12, Goldberg, 1972, 1978), Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale (STSS, Bride, 2004) and an assessment of need questionnaire were completed and explored using mixed method analysis. Results: Results showed elevated levels of psychological distress within each profession except ambulance service clinical support officers (CSOs). Elevated levels of secondary trauma symptomatology were also found; the highest were within some nursing grades and junior doctors. Decreased enjoyment in job over time was significantly associated with higher scores. Analysis of qualitative data identified sources of stress to include low morale. A total of 65% of participants thought that work related stressors had negatively affected their mental health. Participants explored what they felt could decrease psychological distress including improved resources and psychoeducation. Conclusion: There were elevated levels of distress and secondary traumatic stress within this population as well as an expressed level of need, on both systemic and support levels.
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A survey was completed by 122 case managers describing the types of homework assignments commonly used with individuals diagnosed with severe mental illness (SMI). Homework types were categorized using a 12-item homework description taxonomy and in relation to the 22 domains of the Camberwell Assessment of Need (CAN). Case managers predominately reported using behaviourally based homework tasks such as scheduling activities and the development of personal hygiene skills. Homework focused on CAN areas of need in relation to Company, Psychological Distress, Psychotic Symptoms and Daytime Activities. The applications of the taxonomy for both researchers and case managers are discussed.
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RESUMO: Promover a qualidade de vida no envelhecimento implica responder às necessidades de cuidados dos mais velhos. Actualmente, muitos idosos permanecem no seu domicílio, o que exige a prestação adequada de cuidados informais e/ou formais nesse contexto. O presente estudo teve como objectivo identificar e comparar as necessidades de cuidados de utentes de um centro de dia e de um serviço de apoio domiciliário numa Instituição Particular de Solidariedade Social. A amostra foi constituída por 54 utentes idosos e pelos seus cuidadores informais. Os utentes foram avaliados com recurso a: Camberwell Assessment of Need for the Elderly, Geriatric Depression Scale, Mini Mental State Examination, Índice de Barthel e Escala de Lawton e Brody para as actividades de vida diária. Os respectivos cuidadores informais foram avaliados quanto a necessidades de cuidados e a sobrecarga familiar. As necessidades de cuidados mais frequentes na amostra estavam relacionadas com alimentação, companhia, saúde física e actividades diárias. Parte das necessidades estavam cobertas. Porém, muitas necessidades psicológicas e sociais, nomeadamente actividades diárias, companhia e memória, não estavam cobertas, em particular nos utentes de apoio domiciliário. Tal como esperado, foi encontrado um maior número de necessidades de cuidados em situações de dependência e de doenças neuropsiquiátricas. Comparativamente com os utentes de centro de dia, os utentes de apoio domiciliário apresentaram números superiores de necessidades de cuidados, necessidades não cobertas. Uma melhor identificação das necessidades de cuidados e dos factores associados a estas poderá ajudar a delinear intervenções adequadas em centros de dia e em serviços de apoio domiciliário.------------ABSTRACT: To promote quality of life in aging means responding to the health and social needs of older people. Today, elderly people tend to stay at home until later stages of disease, which requires the provision of adequate informal care, formal care or both. This study aimed to identify and compare the needs for care of users of a day centre and a domiciliary care service, in a nonprofit organization in Portugal. The sample consisted of 54 elderly users and of their informal caregivers. The users were assessed using the Camberwell Assessment of Need for the Elderly (CANE), the Geriatric Depression Scale, the Mini Mental State Examination, the Barthel Index and the Lawton and Brody Scale for activities of daily living. Informal caregivers were assessed using the CANE and the Zarit Burden Interview. The more frequent care needs were related to food, company, physical health and daytime activities. A proportion of needs were met. However, many psychological and social needs were unmet, namely daytime activities, company and memory, and this was so in particular concerning domiciliary care users.As expected, a higher number of needs was related to dependency and the presence of neuropsychiatric conditions. The domiciliary care users had more total needs and more unmet needs when compared with day centre users. The identification of needs for care and their associated factors can help in the planning of appropriate interventions in day centres and domiciliary care services.
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RESUMO: Os médicos de família devem participar na detecção precoce dos factores de risco que favorecem o declínio funcional nas pessoas idosas. A avaliação estruturada das suas necessidades poderá contribuir para identificar os problemas de saúde que traduzam deterioração funcional. O objectivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a exequibilidade da implementação de um processo de avaliação de necessidades de cuidados em saúde das pessoas idosas na consulta de MGF.Seleccionou-se uma amostra não aleatória de pacientes com 65 ou mais anos de idade, na consulta médica de uma Unidade de Saúde Familiar da região de Lisboa. A avaliação de necessidades foi realizada, pelos médicos, com cinco itens da entrevista Camberwell Assessment of Need for the Elderly (CANE-5). Avaliou-se a percepção dos médicos e dos pacientes sobre este processo de avaliação de necessidades mediante um questionário escrito e entrevistas individuais, respectivamente. Identificaram-se necessidades em 38 (75%) dos 51 pacientes avaliados. Do total das 83 necessidades identificadas, 17 não estavam cobertas. O sofrimento psicológico foi a necessidade não coberta mais frequente. A comparação das avaliações do médico com as do paciente mostrou concordância razoável ou boa nas cinco áreas avaliadas. Esta avaliação foi bem aceite e considerada útil na perspectiva dos médicos e dos pacientes. A principal dificuldade identificada pelos médicos foi o tempo despendido na avaliação face à duração da consulta. Este estudo aponta para a exequibilidade da utilização da entrevista CANE-5 na prática clínica de MGF. No entanto, será importante alargar este estudo a amostras de maior dimensão e avaliar a utilidade da entrevista em intervenções sobre a funcionalidade dos pacientes idosos.----------ABSTRACT: General practitioners (GP) should participate in the early detection of risk factors for fuctional disability in elderly people. Structured needs assessments may contribute to a better identification of health problems that are linked to functional decline. The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of a structured assessment of needs in the elderly, in the context of opportunistic screening in primary care. A convenience sample was selected of patients aged 65 years and over with scheduled appointments in one general practice in the Lisbon region. The assessment of needs was done by their GPs, using five items of the Camberwell Assessment of Need for the Elderly (CANE-5). Perceptions of GPs and patients about this process of needs assessment were ev+aluated by means of a written questionnaire and individual interviews, respectively. Needs were identified in 38 (75%) of 51 patients. Seventeen unmet needs were identified, out of a total number of 83 needs. Psychological distress was the most frequent unmet need. GP’s and patients’ assessments showed moderate or good agreement in all five areas. This needs’ assessment process was well accepted and considered useful by both GPs and patients. The main difficulty, according to the views of GPs, was the time consumed in this process, given the length of consultation. This study suggests the feasibility of using the CANE-5 interview in clinical practice in primary care settings. However it is important to replicate this study in larger samples and to evaluate the usefulness of the interview regarding interventions related to functionality in elderly patients.
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This paper synthesises the existing literature on the contemporary conception of ‘real world’ and compares it with similar notions such as ‘authentic’ and ‘work integrated learning’. While the term ‘real world’ may be partly dependent on the discipline, it does not necessarily follow that the criterion-referenced assessment of ‘real world’ assessment must involve criteria and performance descriptors that are discipline specific. Two examples of summative assessment (court report and trial process exercise) from a final year core subject at the Queensland University of Technology, LWB432 Evidence, emphasise real world learning, are authentic, innovative and better prepare students for the transition into the workplace than more generic forms of assessment such as tutorial participation or oral presentations. The court report requires students to attend a criminal trial in a Queensland Court and complete a two page report on what they saw in practice compared with what they learned in the classroom. The trial process exercise is a 50 minute written closed book activity conducted in tutorials, where students plan questions that they would ask their witness in examination-in-chief, plan questions that they would ask their opponent’s witness in cross-examination, plan questions that they would ask in reexamination given what their opponent asked in cross-examination, and prepare written objections to their opponent’s questions. The trial process exercise simulates the real world, whereas the court report involves observing the real world, and both assessment items are important to the role of counsel. The design of the criterion-referenced assessment rubrics for the court report and trial process exercise is justified by the literature. Notably, the criteria and performance descriptors are not necessarily law specific and this paper highlights the parts that may be easily transferred to other disciplines.
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(beginning of rainbow smelt executive summary) Evidence indicates that anadromous rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) populations in Connecticut and elsewhere in the northeast United States have severely declined. Several sampling programs have documented declines in Connecticut’s smelt populations over the last three decades (Marcy 1976a, Marcy 1976b, Millstone Environmental Laboratory 2005). Similar declines have also been documented in the Hudson River (ASA Analysis & Communication 2005) and in Massachusetts (personal communication, Brad Chase, MA Division of Marine Fisheries 2004). Recreational and commercial fisheries in the region for this species have virtually ceased (Blake and Smith 1984). The Connecticut Fish Advisory Committee of the Endangered Species Program has recommended that rainbow smelt be listed as threatened in Connecticut, and the National Marine Fisheries Service (2004) has recently listed rainbow smelt as a Federal Species of Concern. The purpose of this project is to develop an environmental history of rainbow smelt in Connecticut and surrounding regions, and document the current status of populations in Connecticut waters. An environmental history that assesses trends in abundance, environmental threats and historical efforts to ameliorate the threats will contribute to regional efforts to conserve these fish. Comprehensive review of the regional literature and trends associated with rainbow smelt has not been undertaken since Kendall (1926). Assessment of current abundance, distribution, areas of critical habitat, and whether the species is presently reproducing in state waters is critical for clarifying conservation status, designing a monitoring program and developing a recovery or enhancement plan, if this appears to be necessary. (beginning of tomcod executive summary) Atlantic tomcod (Microgadus tomcod) are believed to have declined significantly in Connecticut and other estuaries of the Northeast and Middle Atlantic states. Several monitoring programs indicate that the species is scarce and/or declining in the region’s estuaries (Gottschall and Pacileo 2004, Molnar 2004, Millstone Environmental Laboratory 2005, ASA Analysis and Communication 2005). Once-active recreational (NMFS MRFSS 2005, http://www.st.nmfs.gov) and commercial fisheries for this species in Connecticut are now dormant. For the past 10 years, the Connecticut Fish Advisory Committee of the Endangered Species Program has recommended that studies be undertaken to quantify the status of tomcod populations and to determine if conservation actions should be initiated. The purpose of this project is to develop an environmental history of Atlantic tomcod in Connecticut and surrounding regions, and document the current status of populations in Connecticut waters. An environmental history that assesses trends in abundance, environmental threats and historical efforts to ameliorate the threats will contribute to regional efforts to conserve these fish. Assessment of current abundance, distribution, areas of critical habitat, and whether the species is presently reproducing in state waters is critical for determining conservation status, designing a monitoring program and developing a recovery or enhancement plan, if this appears to be necessary.
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In the midst of health care reform, and as health care organizations reorganize to provide more cost-effective healthcare, the population is being shifted into new healthcare delivery systems such as health insurance purchasing alliances, and health maintenance organizations. These new models of delivery are usually organized within resource restricted and data limited environments. Health care planners are faced with the challenge of identifying priorities for preventive and primary care services within these newly organized populations (Medicare HMO, Medicaid HMO, etc.). The author proposes a technique usually employed in epidemiology--attributable risk estimation--as a planning methodology to establish preventive health priorities within newly organized populations. Illustrations of the methodology are provided utilizing the Texas 1992 population. ^
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Objective: To compare the level of provision of carotid endarterectomy (an intervention of proved efficacy for prevention of stroke in patients with symptomatic high grade carotid artery stenosis) with estimates of need.
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Introduction: There is currently a need for research into indicators that could be used by non-clinical professionals working with young people, to inform the need for referral for further clinical assessment of those at risk of suicide. Method: Participants of this repeated measures longitudinal study, were 2603, 2485, and 2246 school students aged 13, 14, and 15, respectively, from 27 South Australian Schools. Results: Perceived academic performance, self-esteem and locus of control are significantly associated with suicidality. Further, logistic regression of longitudinal results suggests that perceived academic performance, over and above self-esteem and locus of control, in some instances, is a good long-term predictor of suicidality. (C) 2004 Published by Elsevier Ltd. on behalf of The Association for Professionals in Services for Adolescents.