Department of Wellness and Health

Research output

Research output per year 2012 2022 2024 2025

• 58 Article
• 3 Book
• 2 Review article
• 2 Other contribution
• 3 More
  • 1 Chapter
  • 1 Letter
  • 1 Working paper

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2025

  End-of-life Palliative Care: Lived Experiences and Beliefs of Healthcare Professionals with a Focused Ethnography Approach

  Figueredo Borda, N. J., 1 Jan 2025, In: Salud, Ciencia y Tecnologia. 5, 1192.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Personal Experience 100%
  • Symptomatic Treatment 100%
  • Healthcare Professional 100%
  • Patient Care 11%
  • Emotional Stress 11%

• Lived experience of patients who are victims of motorcycle traffic accidents treated in hospitals in Managua, Nicaragua

  Figueredo Borda, N. J., Chamorro Segovia, E. A. D. J. (Editor), Herrera Castro, K. V. & Ramírez Pereira, M., 1 Jan 2025, In: Salud, Ciencia y Tecnologia. 5, 1, p. 1047 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2024

  Adherence to the Mediterranean diet and risk of stroke in a Chilean population: a case-control study

  Hoffmeister, L., Caro, P. & Lavados, P., 1 Nov 2024, In: Nutricion Hospitalaria. 41, 6, p. 1258-1264 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet 100%
  • Descriptive Analysis 100%
  • Mediterranean Diet Adherence 100%
  • Mediterranean Diet 100%
  • Food Frequency Questionnaire 100%

• Basic psychological needs and GRIT in Peruvian university students

  Marcelo-Torres, N., Manyari-Masias, M. P., Calderón-Sánchez, R., Tutte, V., Brandão, R., Caycho-Rodríguez, T. & Reyes-Bossio, M., 2024, In: Frontiers in Education. 9, 1282448.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Quantitative Study 100%
  • Need Satisfaction 75%
  • Frustration 50%
  • Consistency 25%
  • First Generation 25%
  2 Scopus citations

• Bioecology and sport: linking theory and practice

  Brandão, R., Angelo, D. L., Mastrocola, A. P., Manzini, M. F. P., Hupfer, B., Junior, M. V. B., Reyes-Bossio, M. & Vallarino, V. T., 9 Sep 2024, In: Cogent Social Sciences. 10, 1

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Can psychosocial risk factors mediate the association between precarious employment and mental health problems in Sweden? Results from a register-based study

  Méndez-Rivero, F., Matilla-Santander, N., Gunn, V., Wegman, D. H., Hernando-Rodriguez, J. C., Kvart, S., Julià, M., Kreshpaj, B., Bodin, T., Hem-Mingsson, T., Muntaner, C., Padrosa, E. & Almroth, M., 2024, In: Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health. 50, 4, p. 268–278

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Cuidados de la vejez y oferta laboral femenina en América Latina

  Mirza, E. F., Junio, N. K., Rivero, F. M., Borges, C. P. L. & Rabosto, M. Q., 29 Feb 2024, In: Revista Desarrollo y Sociedad.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Declaración de alergenos en el etiquetado de alimentos: panorama latinoamericano

  Translated title of the contribution: Declaration of allergens on food labels: overview of Latin AmericaCaro, P. & Elvers, C., 2024, In: Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health. 48, e58.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Genetically Modified Food 100%
  • Food Irradiation 100%
  • Packaged Foods 50%
  • Codex Alimentarius 50%
  • Food Safety Measures 50%

• El estudio de caso: contribución a las investigaciones en cultura física y deporte

  Canizares-Hernandez, M., Fleitas, M. I., Brandao, R. & Tutte Vallarino, V. A., Mar 2024, In: Podium. Revista de Ciencia y Tecnología en la Cultura Física. 19, 2

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Experience as a physician attending to traffic accident victims in hospitals in Managua, Nicaragua

  Chamorro, E., Karen Vanessa Herrera Castro MD. MPH, P., Ramos, I., Borda, N. F. & Ramirez-Pereira, M., 22 Aug 2024, In: Salud, Ciencia y Tecnologia.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Factores de riesgo de ataque cerebrovascular isquémico en pacientes mayores de 45 años hospitalizados en el Hospital Herminda Martín de Chillán: Estudio de caso-control

  Translated title of the contribution: Risk factors for ischemic stroke in patients over 45 years hospitalized at Herminda Martín Hospital in Chillán: A case-control studyCaro, P., Hoffmeister, L. & Lavados, P., Feb 2024, In: Revista Medica de Chile. 152, 2, p. 170-177 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Brain Ischemia 100%
  • Case-Control Study 100%
  • Systolic Blood Pressure 100%
  • Platelet-Activating Factor 100%
  • Alcohol Consumption 100%

• Nurses’ perceptions of leadership in Brazilian hospitals during COVID-19 through Kotter’s conception

  Varanda, P. A. G., da Silva, G. T. R., Amestoy, S. C., Backes, V. M. S., Lanzoni, G. M. D. M., Umpiérrez, A. F. & da Silva, N. S. B., 2024, In: Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem. 32, e4281.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Content Analysis 100%
  • Nursing Leadership 100%
  • University Hospital 100%
  • Semistructured Interview 100%
  • Qualitative Research 100%

• Nursing leadership strategies in addressing COVID-19 in light of John Kotter’s framework

  Ferreira, A., 2024, In: Revista brasileira de enfermagem. 77, e20230289.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Nursing Leadership 100%
  • University Hospital 66%
  • Pandemic 33%
  • Analytic Method 33%
  • Hospital Setting 33%

• Optimism and resilience: the Golden Path to sportive performance?

  Malán-Ernst, E., de Álvaro, J. I., Brandão, R., Reyes-Bossio, M. A., Pereira, H., Delgado-Campusano, M., Ortín-Montero, F., García-Mas, A. & Tutte-Vallarino, V., 23 Dec 2024, In: Retos.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Percepcion del estado de salud bucal y su relación con consumo de agua, bebidas gaseosas y jugos azucarados en adultos chilenos

  Flores, R., Caro Moya, P. A. & Moya, P., Dec 2024, In: Journal of health and medical sciences. 10, 4, p. 43 49 p., 10.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2023

  Dual Career: Student-Athlete or Student-Athlete?

  Reyes-Bossio, M., Garcia-Mas, A., Regina-Brandao, Canizares-Hernandez, M. & Tutte-Vallarino, V., 2023, In: Apuntes Universitarios.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• El diálogo político sanitario para el fortalecimiento de enfermería en Uruguay

  Ferreira, A., Pérez, M., Valli, C., Gómez Garbero, L., Olivera, C., Moreno Dias, B. & De Bortoli Cassiani, S. H., 2023, In: Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health. 47

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Investigación aplicada en Psicología del Deporte Relación entre la ansiedad competitiva y resiliencia en practicantes de deportes acuáticos de alto rendimiento durante la COVID-19

  Translated title of the contribution: Relationship between competitive anxiety and resilience in high-performance water sports practitioners during COVID-19Córdova-Castillo, R., Brandão, R., Tutte-Vallarino, V. & Reyes-Bossio, M., Dec 2023, In: Revista de Psicologia Aplicada al Deporte y al Ejercicio Fisico. 8, 2, e10.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Main Result 100%
  3 Scopus citations

• Psychometric Properties of the Coach-Created Empowering and Disempowering Motivational Climate Questionnaire (EDMCQ-C) in a Brazilian Sample of Athletes: An ESEM Approach

  Angelo, D. L., Duda, J. L., Balaguer, I., Rosado, A., Corrêa, M., Anunciação, L., Tutte, V., Júnior, M. V. B., Bossio, M. R. & Brandão, R., Mar 2023, In: Sustainability (Switzerland). 15, 6, 4709.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling 100%
  • Motivational Climate 100%
  • Discriminant Validity 25%
  • Factor Analysis 25%
  • Predictive Validity 25%
  1 Scopus citations

• Ultra-processed food consumption and nutritional status in Uruguayan and Brazilian children between three to five years

  Pereyra-González, I., Buffarini, R., Gomez, A., Farías-Antúnez, S., Fletcher, A. M., Garbero, L. G., Domingues, M. R., da Silveira, M. F. & Ferreira, A., Jul 2023, In: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion. 73

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Nutrition Policy 100%
  2 Scopus citations

• Ultra-processed food consumption and the incidence of obesity in two cohorts of Latin-American young children: A longitudinal study

  Pereyra González, I., Farías-Antúnez, S., Buffarini, R., Gómez Ayora, A., Fletcher, A. M., Rodrigues Domingues, M., Freitas da Silveira, M. & Ferreira Umpiérrez, A. H., 1 Mar 2023, In: Journal of Pediatric Nursing. 69, p. e120-e126

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Toddlers 100%
  • Food Intake 100%
  • Confidence Interval 100%
  • Processed Food 100%
  • Childbirth 66%
  11 Scopus citations
• 2022

  ¿Como viven su enfermedad las personas en diálisis? una mirada cualitativa a la experiencia del paciente

  Translated title of the contribution: How do patients on dialysis experience their disease? A qualitative approachRamírez-Pereira, M., Figueredo-Borda, N., Zapata-Sepúlveda, P., Ferrada-Muñoz, M. & González, L. A. M., Mar 2022, In: Revista Medica de Chile. 150, 3, p. 289-294 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Diseases 100%
  • Dialysis 100%
  • Experience 100%
  • Kidney Disease 50%
  • Nephropathy 50%
  1 Scopus citations

• Association between Precarious Employment and Chronic Stress: Effect of Gender, Stress Measurement and Precariousness Dimensions—A Cross-Sectional Study

  Julià, M., Méndez-Rivero, F., Gómez-Gómez, Á., Pozo, Ó. J. & Bolíbar, M., 2022, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  22 Scopus citations

• Concordancia entre la autopercepción de la imagen corporal y el estado nutricional en la población chilena

  Translated title of the contribution: Agreement between self-perception of body image and nutritional status in a Chilean populationVidal, C., Jara, C. C., Olivares-Keller, D. & Caro, P., 1 Nov 2022, In: Nutricion Hospitalaria. 39, 6, p. 1298-1305 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Nutritional Status 100%
  • Obesity 80%
  • Body Weight 60%
  • Woman 40%
  • Body Mass 20%
  4 Scopus citations

• Experiences of miscarriage: the voice of parents and health professionals

  Figueredo-Borda, N., Ramírez-Pereira, M., Gaudiano, P., Cracco, C. & Ramos, B., 2022, In: Omega (United States). 89, 2, p. 777-794 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Woman 100%
  • Health Practitioner 100%
  • Parent 100%
  • Child 100%
  • Health Service 25%
  3 Scopus citations

• Gender Differences in the Indirect Effect of Psychosocial Work Environment in the Association of Precarious Employment and Chronic Stress: A Cross-Sectional Mediation Analysis

  Méndez-Rivero, F., Pozo, Ó. J. & Julià, M., 2022, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  4 Scopus citations

• Psychological skills for mental toughness in handball players

  Lacarcel Garcia, A. I., Vallarino, V. T. & Garcia, C. R., 2022, In: E-Balonmano.com: Revista de Ciencias del Deporte.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Relationship between resilience, optimism, and burnout in Pan-American athletes

  Tutte-Vallarino, V., Malán-Ernst, E., Reyes-Bossio, M., Peinado-Portero, A., de Álvaro, J. I., Ortín Montero, F. J. & Garcés de Los Fayos Ruiz, E. J., 14 Nov 2022, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 13, 1048033.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Burnout 100%
  8 Scopus citations
• 2021

  BIRTH WEIGHT, WEIGHT GAIN, AND OBESITY AMONG CHILDREN IN URUGUAY: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY SINCE BIRTH

  Pereyra, I., Gómez, A., Jaramillo, K. & Ferreira, A., 2021, In: Revista Paulista de Pediatria. 39, p. e2019088

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Childbirth 100%
  • Prospective Study 100%
  • Birth Weight 100%
  • Weight Gain 100%
  • Obesity 100%
  2 Scopus citations

• Medidas implementadas en Chile para garantizar el acceso a los alimentos durante pandemia COVID-19

  Translated title of the contribution: Measures implemented in Chile to guarantee access of food during the COVID-19 pandemicCaro, P. & Huerta, C. T., Dec 2021, In: Revista Chilena de Nutricion. 48, 6, p. 917-923 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Narrative 100%
  • Food Availability 100%
  • Social Evolution 100%
  • Hygiene 100%
  8 Scopus citations

• Perceptions of successful aging from the experience of the elderly living in community.

  Techera, M. P., Muñoz, L. A. & Ferreira, A., 2021, In: Gerokomos.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Precarious employment, psychosocial risk factors and poor mental health: A cross-sectional mediation analysis

  Méndez Rivero, F., Nov 2021, In: Safety Science.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Precarious Employment and Stress: The Biomedical Embodiment of Social Factors. PRESSED Project Study Protocol

  Bolibar, M., Belvis, F. X., Jódar, P., Vives, A., Méndez, F., Bartoll-Roca, X., Pozo, O. J., Gomez-Gomez, A., Padrosa, E., Benach, J. & Julià, M., 30 Mar 2021, In: Frontiers in Public Health.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2020

  Evaluación e intervención psicológica en jugadoras de hockey sobre hierba femenino

  Translated title of the contribution: Evaluation and psychological intervention in female grass hockey playersTutte, V., Reche, C. & Álvarez, V., 2020, In: Cuadernos de Psicologia del Deporte. 20, 1, p. 62-74 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Psychological Intervention 100%
  • Self-Knowledge 50%
  • Cognitive Restructuring 50%
  • Self-Confidence 50%
  • Psychologist 50%
  12 Scopus citations

• La situación de la enfermería en el mundo y la Región de las Américas en tiempos de la pandemia de COVID-19

  Translated title of the contribution: The state of nursing in the world and the Region of the Americas at the time of the COVID-19 pandemicde Bortoli Cassiani, S. H., Munar Jimenez, E. F., Ferreira, A. U., Peduzzi, M. & Hernández, C. L., 2020, In: Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health. 44, e64.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  50 Scopus citations

• Peso ao nascer, ganho ponderal e obesidade em crianÇas no Uruguai: Estudo prospectivo desde o nascimento

  Translated title of the contribution: Birth weight, weight gain, and obesity among children in Uruguay: A prospective study since birthPereyra, I., Gómez, A., Jaramillo, K. & Ferreira, A., 2020, In: Revista Paulista de Pediatria. 39, e2019088.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Prospective Study 100%
  • Birth Weight 100%
  • Weight Gain 100%
  • Obesity 100%
  • Household Income 100%
  4 Scopus citations
• 2019

  Assessment of health workers´ engagement in Uruguay using the Utrecht work engagement scale (UWES)

  Garbero, L. G., Labarthe, J., Ferreira-Umpiérrez, A. & Chiminelli-Tomás, V., Jul 2019, In: Ciencias Psicologicas. 13, 2, p. 305-316 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Psychometrics 100%
  • Factor Analysis 100%
  • Confirmatory Factor Analysis 33%
  4 Scopus citations

• Calidad de los cuidados del drenaje de tórax y habilidades autopercibidas en la atención de enfermería

  Translated title of the contribution: Quality of thoracic drain care and self-special skills in nursing careFerreira-Umpiérrez, A., Ibarra Esteban, S., Melo Falco, V. & Méndez Suárez, S., 1 Jan 2019, In: Index de Enfermeria. 28, 1-2, p. 8-12 5 p., e11983.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Thorax Drainage 100%
  1 Scopus citations
• 2018

  El Optimismo como contribucion a la resiliencia deportiva

  Translated title of the contribution: Optimism as contribution to sports resilienceGarcía, C. R., Gómez-Díaz, M., Martínez-Rodríguez, A. & Tutte, V., 2018, In: Revista Iberoamericana de Psicologia del Ejercicio y el Deporte. 13, 1, p. 131-136 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Resilience 100%
  • Groups 28%
  • Attitudes 14%
  • Decision Making 14%
  16 Scopus citations
• 2017

  Impact on area-level physical activity following the implementation of a fitness zone in Montevideo, Uruguay

  Del Campo Vega, C., Tutte, V., Bermudez, G. & Parra, D. C., Nov 2017, In: Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 14, 11, p. 883-887 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Physical Activity Level 100%
  • Fitness 100%
  • Physical Activity 83%
  • Recreation 16%
  • Man 16%
  10 Scopus citations

• Marcación abdominal del estoma en pacientes oncológicos por enfermera estomoterapeuta

  Silva, J. D. C., Borsatto, A. Z., Teixeira, E. R. & Umpiérrez, A. F., 2017, In: Enfermería: Cuidados Humanizados. 6, 1, p. 12-18

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Meanings attributed to active and healthy aging to a group of elderly people living in community

  Techera, M. P., Ferreira, A. H., Sosa, C. L., de Marco, N. V. & Muñoz, L. A., 2017, In: Texto e Contexto Enfermagem. 26, 3, e1750016.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Healthy Aging 100%
  • Healthy Ageing 100%
  • Social Role Change 50%
  • Personal Development 50%
  • Functional Status 50%
  5 Scopus citations

• Quality of blood pressure measurement in community health centres

  Sandoya-Olivera, E., Ferreira-Umpiérrez, A. & Machado-González, F., Sep 2017, In: Enfermeria Clinica. 27, 5, p. 294-302 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Blood Pressure Measurement 100%
  • Health Center 100%
  • Hypertension 50%
  • Aneroid Sphygmomanometer 50%
  • Blood Pressure 50%
  4 Scopus citations
• 2016

  COMUNICACIÓN Y DIVULGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA: Algunos aportes para la presentación de informes de investigación

  Ferreira, A., 2016, In: Enfermería: Cuidados Humanizados. 5, 1

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Redes internacionales de enfermería de las Américas: Reporte 2015

  Translated title of the contribution: International networks nursing in the Americas: Report 2015De Bortoli Cassiani, S. H., Ferreira, A., Vialart Vidal, N. & Ramírez Chávez, M. A., 2016, In: Revista Cubana de Enfermeria. 32, 1, p. 126-137 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Independent Practice Association 100%
  • International Nursing 100%
  • Social Network 100%
  • World Health Organization 100%
  • Weakness 100%
  3 Scopus citations

• Soccer players awarded one or more red cards exhibit lower 2D:4D ratios

  Mailhos, A., Buunk, A. P., Del Arca, D. & Tutte, V., 1 Sep 2016, In: Aggressive behavior. 42, 5, p. 417-426 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Sex Differences 100%
  • Aggression 100%
  • Humans 100%
  15 Scopus citations
• 2015

  Long-Term Care of the Elderly in Uruguay

  Figueredo-Borda, N. & Zabalegui-Yárnoz, A., Mar 2015, In: Journal of Transcultural Nursing. 26, 2, p. 178-184 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Long Term Care 100%
  4 Scopus citations

• Perceptions of Abuse in Nursing Home Care Relationships in Uruguay

  Figueredo Borda, N. & Yarnoz, A. Z., Mar 2015, In: Journal of Transcultural Nursing. 26, 2, p. 164-170 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Nursing Home 100%
  • Nursing Home Care 100%
  • Caregiver 75%
  • Elderly (Age Groups) 50%
  • Death 25%
  7 Scopus citations
• 2014

  Aspectos significativos surgidos de la experiencia de haber sido responsable de un evento adverso en salud

  Translated title of the contribution: Significant aspects arising from the experience of having been responsible for an adverse health eventFerreira-Umpiérrez, A. H. & Chiminelli-Tomás, V., 2014, In: Aquichan. 14, 3, p. 294-302 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Adverse Event 100%
  • Health Care Organization 50%
  • Nursing Practice 50%
  • Safety in Healthcare 50%
  3 Scopus citations

• Compañero de vida: Enfermedad crónica un estudio de caso

  Translated title of the contribution: Life partner: Chronic illness. A case studyFigueredo Borda, N., 2014, In: Index de Enfermeria. 23, 1-2, p. 46-50 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Chronic Disease 100%
  • Diagnosis 25%
  • Base 25%
  4 Scopus citations