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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2182-5173</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Portuguesa de Medicina Geral e Familiar]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Port Med Geral Fam]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2182-5173</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Associação Portuguesa de Medicina Geral e Familiar]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2182-51732022000200231</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.32385/rpmgf.v38i2.13112</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[Utilização de escalas de avaliação geriátrica no ACeS Oeste Norte: trabalho de melhoria contínua da qualidade]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[The use of geriatrics scales in ACeS Oeste Norte: continuous quality improvement project]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Martins]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Marina Oliveira]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rego]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ana Isabel Costa Medeiros Sá]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ferrão]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sofia da Silveira Luz Caiado]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Costa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ana Rita Fontes da]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,UCSP Pelicano Real  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Caldas da Rainha ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,USISM  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[São Miguel ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,USF Global  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Nazaré ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>30</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>30</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>38</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>231</fpage>
<lpage>238</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2182-51732022000200231&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2182-51732022000200231&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2182-51732022000200231&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[Resumo  Introdução: O crescimento da população idosa em Portugal é uma realidade importante. A avaliação do idoso engloba a utilização de escalas próprias validadas, sistematizando e facilitando o trabalho do profissional de saúde. Os autores têm a perceção de que existe pouca utilização de escalas geriátricas apropriadas na avaliação global do idoso. Os objetivos do estudo são: avaliar o conhecimento dos médicos do ACeS Oeste Norte relativamente a escalas de avaliação geriátrica; melhorar o conhecimento dos médicos do ACeS Oeste Norte relativamente a estas escalas; avaliar se se verificou melhoria no conhecimento dos médicos do ACeS Oeste Norte relativamente a estas escalas após a aplicação de estratégias de divulgação de informação.  Métodos: Estudo de melhoria contínua da qualidade pré-experimental, aplicado aos médicos internos de formação específica e especialistas de medicina geral e familiar do ACeS Oeste Norte, de tipo pré e pós-intervenção, integrando um ciclo de avaliação e melhoria, sem grupo de controlo.  Resultados: A maioria dos médicos raramente aplica escalas geriátricas na prática clínica. Após a intervenção verificou-se um aumento da frequência de aplicação das escalas. Registou-se uma melhoria estatisticamente significativa após a intervenção (p&lt;0,05) em sete das nove questões colocadas.  Conclusão: A aplicação de escalas de avaliação geriátrica é facilitadora do processo de decisão ao longo da avaliação dos utentes. Procurou-se colmatar erros que existam nesta área, promovendo uma contínua melhoria da qualidade dos serviços de saúde.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Introduction: The growth of the elderly population in Portugal is a very important reality. To properly evaluate this population some validated scales are used, which facilitates physicians&#8217; work. However, the authors have the perception that these scales are not often used. Through this analysis, the authors have as objectives those as follows: to evaluate the knowledge of ACeS Oeste Norte physicians&#8217; regarding geriatric scales; to improve the physicians&#8217; knowledge about them and, finally, evaluate if such knowledge actually improved after the application of information disclosure strategies.  Methods: Pre-experimental study of continuous quality improvement, applied to resident doctors and family doctors of the ACeS Oeste Norte. Pre and post-intervention type, integrating an evaluation and improvement cycle, without a control group.  Results: Most doctors rarely apply these scales in their clinical practice. After the intervention, we verified that they started to be used more frequently. There was a statistically significant improvement in seven of the nine questions that were placed for the doctors to answer (p&lt;0.05).  Conclusion: The application of geriatric evaluation scales facilitates decision-making when evaluating our patients. We tried to change some mistakes that might exist in this area of expertise by promoting a continuous quality improvement of our medical care services.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Avaliação geriátrica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Saúde de idosos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Melhoria da qualidade]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Geriatric assessment]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Elderly health]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Quality improvement]]></kwd>
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