Implementation of the Humanitude Care Methodology: contribution to the quality of health care
Liliana Vanessa Lúcio Henriques1, Marilia de Assunção Rodrigues Ferreira Dourado2, Rosa Cândida Carvalho Pereira de Melo3
1Santa Casa da Misericórdia, Coimbra, Portugal.
Objective:
to evaluate the contribution of the implementation of the Humanitude Care Methodology to the quality of health care in a Continuing Care Unit.
Method:
an action-research study with a non-probability convenience sampling, involving 34 health professionals from one unit in Portugal. Data was collected through a questionnaire and an observation worksheet for the Structured Sequence of Humanitude Care Procedures. We used data content analysis with the Statistical Package for Social Science, version 17.0.
Results:
health professionals demonstrated difficulties to provide care for people who are agitated, confused, disoriented, aggressive and who refuse care, and to communicate with patients who do not communicate verbally. The professionals valued the accomplishment of the stages of the observation worksheet. There were discrepancies between the perception of accomplishment and the actual practice. Throughout the implementation of the methodology, there was an increase in the practical application of the procedures, with positive repercussion for the patients and for the professionals.
Conclusion:
the results allowed to perceive the contribution of the process of implementation of the methodology, through the positive transformations in health care delivery.
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