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Reliability and Factor Structure of the 10-item Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10) among Portuguese adults

Abstract The 10-item Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10) has been presented as a valid measure to assess psychological distress levels in population surveys but its dimensional structure was not consensual. Our main objective was to provide a Portuguese version of the K10 exploring the reliability...

Fuzzy logic and hospital admission due to respiratory diseases using estimated values by mathematical model

Abstract Hospitalizations due to respiratory diseases generate financial costs for the Health System in addition to social costs. Objective of this study was to develop and validate a fuzzy linguistic model for prediction of hospitalization due to respiratory diseases. We constructed a fuzzy model for pr...

Safety of transcranial direct current stimulation in a patient with deep brain stimulation electrodes

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 77 (3), 2019
ABSTRACT Background: Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has been investigated in movement disorders, making it a therapeutic alternative in clinical settings. However, there is still no consensus on the most appropriate treatment protocols in most cases, and the presence of deep brain stimul...

Análisis del Índice Descriptivo del Trabajo (JDI) en trabajadores de instituciones de salud de Lima, Perú
Analysis of the job descriptive index in health care workers in Lima, Peru

Rev. méd. hered; 30 (1), 2019
Objetivos: Obtener indicadores de confiabilidad y de validez de constructo del Índice Descriptivo de Trabajo (JDI) mediante el método de análisis factorial. Material y métodos: Estudio de tipo psicométrico. El JDI está compuesto por 72 ítems agrupados en cinco dimensiones: Trabajo en general, Suel...

Concentrations of rifampicin in pre-dose samples in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis

Braz. j. infect. dis; 23 (2), 2019
ABSTRACT Rifampicin is used in both phases of treatment for tuberculosis. In chronic use, the short half-life and the self-induction of metabolism can decrease the levels of the drug below the minimal inhibitory concentration. The aim of the study was to investigate whether plasma concentrations of rifam...

Validade e confiabilidade da versão brasileira do World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule em pessoas com cegueira

RESUMO O World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS 2.0) é uma ferramenta desenvolvida pela Organização Mundial de Saúde (OMS) para medir deficiência e incapacidade, apoiando o modelo da Classificação Internacional de Saúde, Incapacidade e Funcionalidade. A versão brasileir...

Confiabilidade intra e interexaminador do questionário Perfil do Estilo de Vida Individual (PEVI) em indivíduos com dor musculoesquelética

RESUMO O objetivo do estudo foi testar todas as propriedades de confiabilidade do Perfil do Estilo de Vida Individual (PEVI) em pacientes com dor musculoesquelética. Participaram desse estudo 105 pacientes com dor musculoesquelética, recrutados de um serviço público de fisioterapia de nível secundá...

Dependency, mood instability, and inconsequence traits for discriminating borderline personality disorder

Abstract Introduction Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is one of the most widely studied personality disorders (PDs). It recurrently shows traits of emotional lability, anxiety, separation insecurity, depressiveness, impulsiveness, risk exposure, and hostility, mainly affecting the domains of negat...

Hierarquia das necessidades de Maslow: validação de um instrumento

Psicol. ciênc. prof; 39 (), 2019
Este estudo teve como objetivo adaptar ao contexto brasileiro o Inventário de Satisfação das Necessidades Básicas (ISNB), reunindo evidências de sua validade (fatorial e convergente) e consistência interna. Realizaram-se dois estudos [Estudo 1 (n = 200) e Estudo 2 (n = 199)], contando com a partici...

Effect of contact lenses on ocular biometric measurements based on swept-source optical coherence tomography

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 82 (2), 2019
ABSTRACT Purpose: To determine the reliability of swept- source optical coherence tomography in cases in which soft contact lenses cannot be removed when acquiring biometric measurements. Methods: Eight subjects were included and only one eye per participant was analyzed. Each eye was measured six time...