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Efficacy and safety of paliperidone palmitate 3-month formulation in Latin American patients with schizophrenia: A subgroup analysis of data from two large phase 3 randomized, double-blind studies

Objective: To analyze the efficacy and safety of paliperidone palmitate 3-monthly (PP3M) in Latin American patients with schizophrenia vs. rest-of-world (ROW). Methods: We analyzed data from two multinational, double-blind (DB), randomized, controlled phase 3 studies including patients with schizophreni...

Machine-learning approaches in psychotherapy: a promising tool for advancing the understanding of the psychotherapeutic process

Remembering a name: Neuropsychological validity studies and a computer proposal for detection of anomia

Dement. neuropsychol; 13 (4), 2019
ABSTRACT There are contradictory results or lack of validity studies concerning the naming function and brain laterality. Although anomia is a frequent symptom of memory impairment, and the most relevant symptom of aphasia, few studies have been conducted to evaluate its validity for detecting patients ...

Proposal and test-retest reliability of a scale for cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine pain in brazilian young people

ABSTRACT Objective: To propose and analyze the test-retest reliability of an instrument to verify the presence and intensity of pain in the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine in Brazilian young people. Methods: This reliability study enrolled a sample of 458 participants (13 to 20 years). Two groups...

Knowledge of the care of wounded patients: evidence of validity of an instrument

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (6), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: to present evidence of validity of an instrument aimed at evaluating the knowledge of nursing students about the care of the wounded patient, according to the difficulty and discrimination indexes of the items. Method: methodological study conducted in a nursing higher education ins...

Parent SNAP-IV rating of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: accuracy in a clinical sample of ADHD, validity, and reliability in a Brazilian sample,

J. pediatr. (Rio J.); 95 (6), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate the psychometric properties of the short or multimodal treatment study version of the Swanson, Nolan, and Pelham, Version IV (SNAP-IV) scale, which measures attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and oppositional defiant disorder symptoms. Methods: Participants were...

A verdade está lá fora: Adaptação e avaliação das propriedades psicométricas da Escala Genérica de Crenças Conspiratórias (EGCC-Br)

Psicol. rev; 28 (2), 2019
Teorias conspiratórias geralmente apresentam perguntas irrespondíveis e são, em última instância, irrefutáveis. Tais crenças possuem implicações em diversos contextos em que são necessárias tomadas de decisões. Para tanto, torna-se necessário desenvolver ou adaptar medidas que auxiliem a ide...

Face validity of the general development assessment test (EVADE) in children and adolescents aged 6-14 years

Abstract Background: The general development assessment test (EVADE) for children and adolescents aged 6-14 years is the only national screening tool for development assessment of school-age children and adolescents. This article presents the results obtained after applying the face validity process to...

Complementariedade do escore NUTRIC modificado com ou sem proteína C-reativa e avaliação subjetiva global na predição de mortalidade em pacientes críticos

RESUMO Objetivo: Avaliar a concordância entre o escore NUTRIC modificado e o escore NUTRIC com proteína C-reativa na identificação de pacientes em risco nutricional e na predição da mortalidade entre pacientes críticos. Avaliou-se também o risco de óbito com agrupamento dos pacientes segundo o ...