Unidad de Investigación en cuidados y servicios de salud (Investén-isciii)

Evolution of functional and mental status and quality of life in people aged 75 years and over after the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain: a prospective cohort study

The COVID-19 pandemic has had significant health and psychosocial consequences in the older adults. However, there is little community-based evidence that clearly distinguishes the effect attributable to SARS-CoV-2 infection to be differentiated from the contextual impact of the...

Exploring Nursing Team Perceptions of Sleep in Critically Ill Pediatric Patients: A Mixed-Methods Study

Objective: To explore nursing team perceptions of sleep and sleep-disrupting factors in critically ill pediatric patients. Methodology: Convergent mixed-methods study comprising an exploratory qualitative and descriptive cross-sectional quantitative. For the qualitative component...

Barriers and facilitators to advance care planning implementation: a qualitative interprofessional study in the Spanish public health and social care system

Advance Care Planning (ACP) is essential for improving the quality of end-of-life care. Despite having a well-established legal framework, the implementation of ACP in Spain is limited and largely bureaucratic. The existing literature has primarily focused on knowledge deficits a...