Telemonitoring and caregivers' health literacy: protocol development and analysis of outcomes for cranial neurological surgery patients

• Grant number: 22/10764-7
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: March 01, 2023
• End date: May 31, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Nursing - Medical-Surgical Nursing
• Principal Investigator: Marla Andréia Garcia de Avila
• Grantee: Marla Andréia Garcia de Avila
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Medicina (FMB). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Botucatu. Botucatu , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Aglecia Moda Vitoriano Budri ; Caroline Iaiz Rodrigues ; Graziela Maria Ferraz de Almeida ; Pedro Tadao Hamamoto Filho ; Viviane Cristina de Albuquerque Gimenez
• Associated scholarship(s): 23/12859-8 - Telemonitoring and health literacy of child caregivers: analysis of outcomes patients undergoing neurosurgery, BP.TT

Abstract

Health literacy (HL) is defined as individuals' knowledge, motivations, and skills to access, understand, evaluate, and apply health information to make decisions that will help them navigate through health systems, as well as promote, prevent, and care for their health. Aim: This study aims to analyze the effect of telemonitoring on informal caregivers' HL using the HLS-EU-Q6. Furthermore, it aims to examine the postoperative outcomes of cranial neurological surgery patients and developing and implementing a protocol for telemonitoring patients in the postoperative period of neurosurgery. Method: A prospective cohort study will be conducted using quantitative approach, with a one-year follow-up to verify the effect of telemonitoring on HL and the factors associated with postoperative outcomes. Simultaneously, the qualitative approach will seek to understand the experience of caregivers regarding surgery, postoperative care, and telemonitoring to elucidate the different facets of the phenomenon. Furthermore, we will propose a study on developing and implementing a protocol for telemonitoring patients in the postoperative period of neurosurgery. Expect Results: Telemonitoring conducted by the surgical team is expected to improve the health literacy of caregivers and, consequently, the outcomes of patients undergoing neurosurgery. This study can contribute to the health of adults, the elderly, children, and the family of patients when considering the dimensional aspects of health literacy, which integrates indispensable postoperative attributes, such as skills, understanding, information, and communication. Additionally, it will present a telemonitoring protocol as a strategy to improve health literacy and outcomes of cranial neurological surgery patients. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

GIMENEZ, VIVIANE CRISTINA DE ALBUQUERQUE; DE ALMEIDA, GRAZIELA MARIA FERRAZ; CYRINO, CLAUDIA MARIA SILVA; LEMOS, CASSIANE DE SANTANA; FAVORETTO, CAROLINA; DE AVILA, MARLA ANDREIA GARCIA. Telenursing in the postoperative period: a scoping review. Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, v. 77, n. 3, p. 11-pg., 2024-01-01. (22/11344-1, 22/10764-7)