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In Portugal, cardiovascular diseases stand out among the main causes of morbidity, disability, and mortality, with an expectation of growth up to the year 2025. A descriptive, exploratory study was carried out with patients in a cardiac rehabilitation program from an institution in the northern region of Portugal; 103 participants were randomly selected for the study. The data collection took place from February to April 2017. The majority of respondents presented a low level of literacy (inadequate and problematic). The profiles of the participants were characterized by the predominance of married males, with a mean age of 69 years. The participants considered doctors and nurses as the professionals who contribute the most to the increase of their health literacy. These health professionals have the opportunity and the responsibility to increase the health literacy levels of patients. It is known that low levels of health literacy are a problem throughout the European Union. Portugal's general population reflects this reality, and this study contributed to the conclusion that cardiac rehabilitation patients also present worrying levels of health literacy.

Background: Health Literacy (HL) is a concept that can be analyzed in 3 domains: health promotion, disease prevention and health care. Objective: Describe HL level of a group of patients with hypertension and diabetes in a northern region of Portugal. Methodology: Cross-sectional descriptive-exploratory study. Sample of convenience, with 401 users of a cluster of health centers in the northern region of Portugal. Data were collected after informed consent of the users, through a survey with the LS assessment scale European Health Literacy Survey (HLS-EU-PT), translated and validated into Portuguese. Descriptive and inferential statistics techniques were used, using SPSS, version 24. Results: Users presented an inadequate or problematic level of HL. These considered the doctor and the nurse as the professionals who can improve their HL level. Conclusion: Low HL level is a problem for health management, it is important to focus on a strategy to increase HL in chronic disease patients.

Resumo Enquadramento: O prognóstico da pessoa em situação crítica na sala de emergência depende da eficácia da atuação da equipa que a assiste. Objetivos: Perceber e justificar a necessidade de alocar um enfermeiro que tenha como função a abordagem em exclusivo a clientes da sala de emergência num hospital da região de Lisboa e Vale do Tejo com um serviço de urgência polivalente. Metodologia: Estudo retrospetivo, descritivo, exploratório, quantitativo. 3185 clientes críticos, recolha de informação por grelha de observação. Análise estatística foi realizada com o software IBM SPSS Statistics, versão 25.0. Recorreu-se ao teste de Kruskal-Wallis e Qui-quadrado. Resultados: No ano de 2017, na sala de emergência admitiram-se em média 9 clientes por dia, os cuidados diretos prestados exigiram em média 45,4 minutos, 65% foram admitidos na unidade de internamento médico-cirúrgico do serviço de urgência ou na área de observação clínica do mesmo serviço. Conclusão: Emerge a necessidade de garantir dotação adequada aquando da prestação de cuidados à pessoa em situação crítica, sendo necessário um enfermeiro para funções exclusivas à sala de emergência.

Learning styles appear to explain something that is obvious: people learn in different ways. In this chapter, the emphasis is on the different sensory modalities by which students prefer to perceive stimuli from the outside. Professors can use several didactic materials to deliver instruction to their students (particularly in e-learning). One of these is screencasts, which are digital recordings of computer screen output, including audio voiceover. If well-planned and recorded, screencasts can include text, images, diagrams, audio, video, and simulations, thus aiming to reach several learning modalities. This chapter explores the relation between screencasts and sensory preferences (measured by the VARK questionnaire) in a sample of nursing students. The data was analyzed with descriptive and inferential statistics methods. The majority of these students were multimodal (61.4%), as opposed to unimodal (38.6%), and screencasts were found to be more appealing to the former, and face-to-face classes were more appealing to the latter.