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Purpose: This study aimed to establish the content validity of the proposed nursing diagnosis (ND) "Adult Disuse Syndrome" and all its components., Method: This is an exploratory descriptive study of diagnostic content validation under Fehring's proposal. Forty three expert nurses with clinical, teaching, and research experience analyzed the components of the diagnosis. The representativeness and relevance of the components of the diagnosis under study were evaluated through a Likert-type questionnaire. Data distribution analysis was carried out, and the components were validated if their content validity index (CVI) was over 0.80. The overall CVI was obtained for the clinical indicators., Findings: A total of 12 defining characteristics (DCs) were validated, 3 etiological factors were highly related, 6 risk populations were confirmed, and 11 conditions were considered associated. Most validated DCs refer to the physical dimension, but those focusing on the psychological and social dimensions were also validated. The etiological factors were related to the effects of immobility. The risk populations were validated in different contexts or situations, and associated conditions were mainly oriented toward chronic conditions., Conclusions: This study validated the content of the elements of the proposed ND "Adult Disuse Syndrome." These were considered relevant and appropriate by both academic and clinical experts., Implications for Nursing Practice: The content validation by experts of the components of the ND "Adult Disuse Syndrome" provides nurses with a tool for the identification of the phenomenon that exceeds the risk and occurs frequently in patients exposed to the effects of immobility. At the same time, it will guide the results pursued in the care plan and the application of the respective nursing and interdisciplinary interventions that favor the reduction of the complications derived from disuse., (© 2025 The Author(s). International Journal of Nursing Knowledge published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of NANDA International.)

Purpose: To develop a nursing diagnosis proposal derived from the concept of "disuse syndrome" based on an integrative review., Methods: The conceptual derivation technique, proposed by Walker and Avant, was used in the following phases: an integrative review of the literature was carried out, applying the parameters of Whitermore and Knalf, where 43 articles were selected that covered the existence of the concept in the nursing discipline and other health sciences, the concepts were subsequently analyzed, and the new concept was redefined following the middle-range theory of causality and validation of nursing diagnoses proposed by Oliveira-Lopes et al., Findings: The proposal of the new nursing diagnosis was developed, including the following elements: diagnostic label adult disuse syndrome, the corresponding definition, 25 defining characteristics, eight related factors, eight risk populations, and 14 associated problems., Conclusions: The concept of the proposed new diagnosis describes adult disuse syndrome as a phenomenon that transcends the physiological component and should be viewed from a multidimensional view, expressing a clinical judgment related to a series of nursing diagnoses that appear together., Implications for Nursing Practice: The results of this study will help nursing professionals to identify the phenomenon of adult disuse syndrome in any setting and in turn guide optimal care interventions that decrease the consequences of adult disuse syndrome., (© 2023 NANDA International, Inc.)

Objective: To determine the factors associated with the risk of negligence in child care during the first year of rearing in adolescent and adult mothers., Method: This was cross-sectional correlation study with a non-probabilistic sample composed of 250 mothers during their first year of child rearing. The information was collected through the Parenting Inventory for Teenagers and Adults., Results: 88 teenager mothers and 162 adult mothers participated in this study. In general low scores were found in all dimensions in both adolescent mothers group and adult mother group, which indicate the existence of deficiencies in the adequate maternal behavior and risk of negligent care to their children. In the group of teenage mothers there was an evident and significant correlation between the factors: maternal age and occupation dimension belief in punishment and occupation with inappropriate expectations dimension. The group of adult mothers showed significant correlation between: educational level with the dimensions of role reversal, belief in punishment and lack of empathy; socioeconomic dimension with the belief in punishment and age of the child with the lack of empathy dimension., Conclusions: Child rearing expectations of mothers show a high risk of negligence in child care. Therefore, nurses should promote the strengthening of the maternal role., (Copyright © 2016. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U.)