Tânia Sofia Pereira Correia

Prof. Dr. Tânia Sofia Pereira Correia

University of Porto
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10Years (2017-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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LPLara Guedes Pinho
Lara Guedes Pinho
MLManuel José Lopes
Manuel José Lopes
Tânia Sofia Pereira CorreiaTânia Sofia Pereira Correia
Tânia Sofia Pereira Correia
Francisco SampaioFrancisco Sampaio
Francisco Sampaio
HAHelena Arco
Helena Arco
CFCésar Fonseca
César Fonseca
People have specific and unique individual and contextual characteristics, so healthcare should increasingly opt for person-centered care models. Thus, this review aimed to identify and synthesize the indicators for the care process of the person with depression and/or anxiety disorders, based on patient-centered care, going through the stages of diagnostic assessment and care planning, including intervention. An integrative literature review with research in seven scientific databases and a narrative analysis were carried out. Twenty articles were included, with indicators for diagnostic evaluation and care/intervention planning being extracted. Care planning focused on people with depression and/or anxiety disorder must be individualized, dynamic, flexible, andparticipatory. It must respond to the specific needs of the person, contemplating the identification of problems, the establishment of individual objectives, shared decision making, information and education, systematic feedback, and case management, and it should meet the patient’s preferences and satisfaction with care and involve the family and therapeutic management in care. The existence of comorbidities reinforces the importance of flexible and individualized care planning in order to respond to the specific health conditions of each person.

Tânia Sofia Pereira CorreiaTânia Sofia Pereira Correia
Tânia Sofia Pereira Correia
MMMaria Manuela F. P. S. Martins
Maria Manuela F. P. S. Martins
FBFernando Fausto Barroso
Fernando Fausto Barroso
LPLara Guedes Pinho
Lara Guedes Pinho
CFCésar Fonseca
César Fonseca
MLManuel José Lopes
Manuel José Lopes
Background: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, several measures were taken to prevent the transmission of infection in the hospital environment, including the restriction of visits. Little is known about the consequences of these directives, but it is expected that they will have various implications. Thus, this study aimed to understand the consequences of measures to restrict visits to hospitalized individuals. Methods: A qualitative interpretive study was conducted through semistructured interviews with 10 nurses chosen by convenience. Content analysis was performed using Atlas.ti software, version 22 (Berlin, Germany). Results: Twenty-two categories and eight subcategories were identified and grouped according to their scope: implications for the patient, implications for the family, and implications for care practice. Conclusions: The identified categories of implications of restricting hospital visits (implications for patients, relatives, and care practices) are incomparably more negative than positive and have a strong potential to cause safety events in the short to long term, also jeopardizing the quality of care. There is the risk of stagnation and even setback due to this removal of families from the hospital environment, not only in terms of safety and quality of care but also with regard to person- and family-centered care.

7 April 2023 in Nursing Reports
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Tânia Sofia Pereira CorreiaTânia Sofia Pereira Correia
Tânia Sofia Pereira Correia
MMMaria Manuela Martins
Maria Manuela Martins
FBFernando Fausto Barroso
Fernando Fausto Barroso
LPLara Guedes Pinho
Lara Guedes Pinho
João José LongoJoão José Longo
João José Longo
Olga ValentimOlga Valentim
Olga Valentim
Background: Person- and family-centered care is one of the recommendations to achieve quality of care and patient safety. However, many health professionals associate the family with insecurity in care. Objective: To analyze, based on nurses’ statements, the advantages and disadvantages of the family’s presence in hospitals for the safety of hospitalized patients. Methods: This was a qualitative interpretative study based on James Reason’s risk model, conducted through semi-structured interviews with 10 nurses selected by convenience. A content analysis was performed using Bardin’s methodology and MAXQDA Plus 2022 software. Results: We identified 17 categories grouped according to the representation of the family in patient safety: The family as a Potentiator of Security Failures (7) and Family as a Safety Barrier (10). Conclusions: The higher number of categories identified under Family as a Safety Barrier shows that nurses see strong potential in the family’s involvement in patient safety. By identifying the need to intervene with and for families so that their involvement is safe, we observed an increase in the complexity of nursing care, which suggests the need to improve nursing ratios, according to the participants.

Olga ValentimOlga Valentim
Olga Valentim
LMLídia Moutinho
Lídia Moutinho
Carlos LaranjeiraCarlos Laranjeira
Carlos Laranjeira
Ana QueridoAna Querido
Ana Querido
Catarina Cardoso TomásCatarina Cardoso Tomás
Catarina Cardoso Tomás
Tânia Sofia Pereira CorreiaTânia Sofia Pereira Correia
Tânia Sofia Pereira Correia
Evidence highlights the need for professionals to be aware of their stigmatizing attitudes and discriminatory practices in order to minimize the negative impact on the people they take care of. However, nursing students’ perceptions of these issues have been poorly studied. This study explores the perspective of senior undergraduate nursing students on mental health and the stigma around it, by considering a simulated case vignette of a person with a mental health problem. A descriptive qualitative approach was chosen and involved three online focus group discussions. The findings show various manifestations of stigma, both at an individual and collective level, which indicates that it is an obstacle to the wellbeing of people with mental illness. Individual manifestations of stigma concern its effect on the person with mental illness, while at the collective level they concern the family or society in general. Stigma is a multifactorial, multidimensional, and complex concept, in terms of identifying and fighting it. Thus, the strategies identified involve multiple approaches at the individual level, aimed at the patient and family, namely through education/training, communication, and relationship strategies. At the collective level, to intervene with the general population and specific groups, such as groups of young people, strategies suggested include education/training, use of the media, and contact with people with mental disorders as ways to fight stigma.

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LPLara Guedes Pinho
Lara Guedes Pinho
Tânia Sofia Pereira CorreiaTânia Sofia Pereira Correia
Tânia Sofia Pereira Correia
MLManuel José Lopes
Manuel José Lopes
CFCésar Fonseca
César Fonseca
MMMaria do Céu Marques
Maria do Céu Marques
HAHelena Arco
Helena Arco
Introduction: Depression and anxiety are mental diseases found worldwide, with the tendency to worsen in the current pandemic period. These illnesses contribute the most to the world’s rate of years lived with disability. We aim to identify and synthesize indicators for the care process of the person with depression and/or anxiety disorders, based on patient-centered care, going through the stages of diagnostic assessment, care planning, and intervention. Methods and analysis: An integrative literature review will be conducted, and the research carried out on the following databases: MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Scopus, and Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection, CINAHL, Web of Science, TrialRegistry, and MedicLatina. The research strategy contains the following terms MesH or similar: “patient-centered care,” “depression,” and “anxiety.” Two independent revisers will perform the inclusion and exclusion criteria analysis, the quality analysis of the data, and its extraction for synthesis. Disagreements will be resolved by a third revisor. All studies related to diagnostic assessment, care planning, or intervention strategies will be included as long as they focus on care focused on people with depression and anxiety, regardless of the context. Given the plurality of the eligible studies, we used the narrative synthesis method for the analysis of the diagnostic assessment, the care and intervention planning, and the facilitators and barriers. PROSPERO registration number: CRD42021235405.

16 July 2025 in Nursing Reports
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Tânia Sofia Pereira CorreiaTânia Sofia Pereira Correia
Tânia Sofia Pereira Correia
MMMaria Manuela Martins
Maria Manuela Martins
FBFernando Barroso
Fernando Barroso
LPLara Guedes Pinho
Lara Guedes Pinho
João José LongoJoão José Longo
João José Longo
Olga ValentimOlga Valentim
Olga Valentim
Background: Family involvement in promoting patient safety is a strategy that is increasingly recognized. Nurses have a major role to play here. This study aims to know the family care process developed by nurses and explore the logistic process identified as support for the development of family care in ensuring patient safety in the hospital. Methods: An interpretative qualitative study was conducted through semi-structured interviews with 10 nurses selected by convenience. Content analysis was performed using Atlas.ti 9.1.7 software and Bardin’s methodology. Results: Two large families were identified according to the nature of the strategies mentioned by the participant/s: assistance process and logistic process, 5 categories and 23 subcategories. Care process categories: initial assessment, planning, and implementation. Categories of the logistic process: material and human resources and organization. Conclusions: To implement patient and family-centered care to ensure patient safety, it is necessary to adjust the care and logistic process. At the care level, the importance of the nursing process in the organization of care is evident. At the logistical level, organizational initiatives are needed to stimulate and support this philosophy of care and to intervene at the level of human and material resources.