Reyes, María Margarita;
de Lima, Liliana;
Taboada, Paulina;
Villarroel, Luis;
Vial, Juan de Dios;
Blanco, Oscar;
González, Rina;
Parra, Irene;
Toledo, Gemita;
Bonati, Pilar;
Nervi, Flavio.
Background: Spiritual issues are an important dimension of health care, but seldom addressed by professionals. Thus, a scale that assesses the presence and intensity of seven spiritual symptoms was developed. Aim: To validate the instrument in palliative care settings. Material and Methods: The spiritu...
Abstract The aim of the study was to evaluate the reproducibility and concurrent validity of the Physical Activity Questionnaire for Adolescents (QAFA). The reproducibility study (repeated evaluations with two-day interval between them) included 171 adolescents (average age 12.3 years, SD = 1.1), and the...
Abstract The main aim of the study was to validate the Portuguese version of the Subjective Vitality Scale - SVS for the Portuguese elderly population through of confirmatory factorial analysis. The existence of differences in the perception of subjective vitality among sufficiently active and insufficie...
Esta pesquisa iniciou a construção do Inventário de Classificação Ocupacional (ICO) para avaliação de ambientes de trabalho segundo o modelo de J. Holland. Observa-se a escassez de medidas com este objetivo, necessárias em pesquisas sobre congruência pessoa-ambiente. Uma amostra de 842 trabalhad...
Abstract The objective of this study is to investigate the evidence of construct validity of a phonological awareness instrument. Exploratory factor analysis was carried out on data collected from 510 elementary and middle school students in 2nd and 6th grades attending two different public schools in th...
Resumen El desarrollo de la psicometría y la normalización de la práctica profesional de la Psicología delimitan un espacio marcado por la importancia atribuida al uso correcto de los tests. En entornos sociales y científicos caracterizados por actitudes positivas hacia el uso de tests, disponibilid...
Resumo O objetivo do presente estudo foi validar a Impact of Event Scale-Revised em uma amostra de adolescentes portugueses. Esta foi constituída por 383 adolescentes com idades compreendidas entre os 12 e os 18 anos. Foram usados outros questionários, que avaliavam a centralidade da memória de vergon...
ABSTRACT Objective To assess the test-retest reliability of the Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale translated and culturally adapted into Brazilian Portuguese. Methods The scale was applied in an interview format for 190 patients with various cancers type hospitalized in clinical and surgical sectors ...
ABSTRACT The effectiveness of prevention bundles on the occurrence and mortality of ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) was evaluated in many studies. However, the effectiveness of endotracheal tube with subglottic secretion drainage (ETT-SD) and cuff pressure monitorization in VAP bundles have not bee...
ABSTRACT The constant use of chemical insecticides for Aedes aegypti control has caused resistance in the mosquito populations. Thus, the objective of this study was to analyze the larvicidal potential of extracts and fractions of plants on A. aegypti larvae. The analysis included sixty one extracts and ...
Aedes,
Bioensayo,
Agentes de Control Biológico,
Brasil,
Etanol/química,
Insecticidas,
Larva,
Extractos Vegetales,
Hojas de la Planta/química,
Valores de Referencia,
Reproducibilidad de los Resultados,
Pruebas de Toxicidad
