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Scale of adverse events associated to nursing practices: a psychometric study in Portuguese hospital context

Objective to contribute to the validation study of the Scale of Adverse Events associated with Nursing Practices in the hospital context. Method cross-sectional study, in public hospital units, in the central and northern regions of Portugal. The exploratory factor analysis of the Scale of Adverse Eve...

Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of Pamela Reed's Self-Transcendence Scale for the Spanish context

ABSTRACT Objectives: the current study aimed to adapt the Self-Transcendence Scale (STS) to the Spanish context and analyse its psychometric properties. Method: the STS was administered to a general Spanish population of adults (i.e., older than 20 years; n = 116) through an online platform. The Psycho...

Domains of common mental disorders in women reporting intimate partner violence

Objective to verify associations between the types of intimate partner violence and the domains of common mental disorders in women. Method cross-sectional study with 369 women. The information was obtained through the instruments Self-Reporting Questionnaire and Conflict Tactic Scales. To analyze the...

Anxiety of mothers of newborns with congenital malformations in the pre- and postnatal periods

ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the anxiety level of the mothers of newborns with congenital malformations who were diagnosed in prenatal and postnatal care. Methods: a cross-sectional study with 115 mothers of 117 newborns with congenital malformation admitted to three neonatal units. A questionnaire c...

Effect of the practice environment of nurses on job outcomes and safety climate

ABSTRACT Objective: to propose and analyze a theoretical model to measure the effect of nurses' perceptions about the practice environment on safety climate, job satisfaction, intention to stay employed and in the profession, and burnout syndrome. Method: correlational study with probabilistic sample o...

Validation of instruments about family presence on invasive procedures and cardiopulmonary resuscitation in pediatrics

ABSTRACT Objective: to develop and validate instruments to identify health professionals' beliefs related to the presence of the child's family in invasive procedures and in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Method: study based on Psychometrics to conduct the theoretical, empirical and analytical stages, ...

Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and quality of life during the first year of treatment

ABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate the quality of life of adult patients with hematological cancer comparing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation modalities during the first year of treatment. Method: this is an observational and longitudinal research with 55 participants. Data collection was performed...

Construction and validation of competency frameworks for the training of nurses in emergencies

ABSTRACT Objective: to build and validate competency frameworks to be developed in the training of nurses for the care of adult patients in situations of emergency with a focus on airway, breathing and circulation approach. Method: this is a descriptive and methodological study that took place in three...

Adaptation and validation of the Instrumental Expressive Social Support Scale in Portuguese older individuals

Objective to adapt and validate the Instrumental Expressive Social Support Scale (IESS) in a sample of older people. Method methodological study. The sample of 964 community-dwelling older people was randomly divided into two groups. The first group was used as a calibration sample to study the number...

Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the Hypertension Knowledge-Level Scale for use in Brazil

ABSTRACT Objective: to make the translation, cross-cultural adaption and content and face validation of the Hypertension Knowledge-Level Scale for use in Brazil. Methods: methodological research carried out in six stages: translation, synthesis, back-translation, expert committee's assessment, pre-test...