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Ação inibitória de dentifrícios sobre Streptococcus mutans e Candida albicans: estudo in vitro

RFO UPF; 25 (2), 2020
Introdução: este estudo avaliou a ação antimicrobiana de sete dentifrícios nacionais com ação antiplaca ou antimicrobiana, conforme os fabricantes, sobre os patógenos orais Streptococcus mutans e Candida albicans. Métodos: a avaliação dos dentifrícios foi realizada pelo teste de difusão em ...

Cross-cultural adaptation, validity and reproducibility of the Back Beliefs Questionnaire among older Brazilians with acute low back pain. A cross-sectional study

Säo Paulo med. j; 138 (4), 2020
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Low back pain (LBP) has emerging as an epidemic, multifactorial and multidimensional condition in older age. Assessment of attitudes and beliefs of patients with back pain is necessary for understanding the impact of psychosocial factors on pain perception and management. OBJECTIV...

Fiabilidad y validación del instrumento de conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas en la enfermedad de Chagas
Reliability and validation of an instrument to measure knowledge, attitudes and practices in response to Chagas disease

Rev. cuba. med. trop; 72 (2), 2020
RESUMEN Introducción: La enfermedad de Chagas es de alta endemia en Colombia y es considerada un problema de salud pública por la morbilidad y mortalidad que ocasiona. Conocer la percepción de las comunidades frente a esta enfermedad es relevante en cuanto a las estrategias oportunas que se pueden e...

Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the universal Portuguese-version of the Pediatric Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy - Fatigue (pedsFACIT-F)

J. pediatr. (Rio J.); 96 (4), 2020
Abstract Objective: To cross-culturally adapt and validate the universal Portuguese version of the Pediatric Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy - Fatigue (pedsFACIT-F). Method: The universal Portuguese version of the pedsFACIT-F was cross-culturally adapted and validated in 323 children a...

Fatigue in Parkinsons disease: Brazilian validation of the modified fatigue impact scale

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 78 (8), 2020
ABSTRACT Background: The instruments that measure the impact of fatigue on physical, cognitive and psychosocial aspects has yet to be validated in Brazilian population with Parkinson's disease (PD). The aim of this study was to cross-culturally adapt and assess the psychometric properties of the Brazil...

Validation of the Portuguese version of the Community Assessment of Psychic Experiences and characterization of psychotic experiences in a Brazilian sample

Objective: We investigated: i) the reliability and validity of a Brazilian version of the Community Assessment of Psychic Experiences (CAPE), developed to detect and characterize psychotic experiences in the general population; and ii) the association between psychotic experiences, childhood adversity, a...

Reprodutibilidade do protocolo para usuários com hipertensão arterial assistidos na Atenção Básica à Saúde

Resumo Os protocolos têm sido adotados como estratégia para melhorar os índices de acompanhamento e controle da Hipertensão Arterial (HA). Objetivou-se verificar a reprodutibilidade de um protocolo para a consulta e o acompanhamento do usuário com HA atendido na Atenção Básica à Saúde (ABS). Tr...

Diagnostic accuracy of preoperative magnetic resonance imaging for detecting subscapularis tendon tears: a diagnostic test study

Säo Paulo med. j; 138 (4), 2020
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for making the diagnosis of subscapularis tears presents wide variation in the literature and there are few prospective studies. OBJECTIVE: To compare the findings from MRI and arthroscopy for diagnosing subscapularis tears. DESIG...

Conclusiones imprecisas respecto a la confiabilidad de la Florida Patient Acceptance Survey

Rev. colomb. cardiol; 27 (4), 2020
Señor Editor En un estudio reciente1 se obtienen evidencias psicométricas del Florida Patient Acceptance Survey, FPAS2, una medida útil para la investigación científica y la práctica clínica. No obstante, existen imprecisiones en sus conclusiones de la confiabilidad, que pueden conducir a un insos...

¿Qué tan válidas y confiables son las interpretaciones derivadas del Florida Patient Acceptance Survey en español?

Rev. colomb. cardiol; 27 (4), 2020
Sr. Editor: Cada vez es más frecuente realizar investigaciones que examinen las evidencias de validez y fiabilidad de instrumentos de medida, con el fin de garantizar su uso en ciencias de la salud. Un ejemplo de ello es el importante estudio de Castillo-Sierra, González-Consuegra y Olaya-Sánchez1, qu...