Impostor phenomenon was first described by Clance and Imes in 1978 as the disbelief of own person’s capacities and skills in overachieving women. Since then, studies have focused on causes and characteristics of such self-perception. This negative thought impedes professionals to achieve full potential of their abilities, triggering a series of unpleasant reactions like anxiety or poor patient outcome. This concept analysis aims to provide better understanding of the impostor phenomenon and its impact on the nursing profession. Further it may raise awareness to help promote interventions oriented toward overcoming feelings of fraudulence that help in achieving the full potential of individuals’ skills.
Nowadays, the varicose ulcers (VUs) are one of the most worrying leg ulcers and are an important global health problem, with high costs related to the treatment and its complications. Moreover, the quality of life (QOL) of the patient could be affected by pain, sleep disorders, functional impairment, depression, and isolation. The VU patient care is complex, and it is necessary to know the aspects that contribute to the healing process for developing effective strategies. The members of the multidisciplinary health team should identify sociodemographic, clinical, and care aspects that interfere in tissue repair and therefore impacting the QOL. Self-efficacy, adherence to treatment, and self-esteem are other important aspects also related to healing and QOL, with implications for health care and the multidisciplinary team. To sum up, the use of multidisciplinary protocols allows the systematization of care for people with VUs in order to standardize therapeutic interventions with the aim to decrease the healing process time and, as a consequence, to improve the QOL.
Resumen El objetivo es identificar qué actividades o intervenciones ocasionan cambios en la calidad de vida de los ancianos. Revisión sistemática de la literatura en las bases de datos: Scopus, ISI Web of Science, Scielo, Lilacs, BDenf y PubMed. Cómo término principal Medical Subject Heading Terms (Mesh) se seleccionó “quality of life” en combianción con los términos de mayor interés:“elderly, motor activity, education“. Búsqueda realizada entre Julio y Agosto de 2015 en la cual se incluyen trabajos originales publicados entre 2010 y 2015 en ingles, portugués y español. Además se siguió la estragégia Cocharne para la elaboración de la revisión. Se estudiaron 27 artículos que comparaban la calidad de vida del anciano antes y después de realizar una intervención de tipo física, educativa o mixta. Cómo principal resultado se obtiene que la salud general, fución social, rol físico y satisfacción con la vida són los dominios más influenciados, así como las actividades físicas en grupo són las más realizadas. Se concluye que al realizar actividades de cualquier índole, preferiblemente adaptadas, se producen cambios de forma notable en la calidad de vida del anciano a nivel general, observándose especialmente una mejoría en aspectos funcionales, mentales y sociales.
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