Resultados: 5

Comparison of tools for assessing fatigue in patients with heart failure

Rev. bras. enferm; 71 (5), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: To compare the distributions of measurements of the Dutch Fatigue Scale (DUFS), Dutch Exertion Fatigue Scale (DEFS), and Fatigue Pictogram tools, according to the New York Heart Association (NYHA) Functional Classification and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). Method: Metho...

Cultural adaptation and validation of the Brazilian Version of the Patient Activation Measure-22 items

Rev. bras. enferm; 71 (4), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: To adapt and validate the Patient Activation Measure (PAM22) in a sample of Brazilians with chronic diseases under outpatient monitoring. Method: Adaptation process comprises translation, back translation, analysis by a committee of judges, semantic analysis, and pre-test. Psychomet...

Alterações relacionadas aos aspectos da sexualidade no lesado medular: revisão integrativa

Objetivo: analisar estudos relativos às alterações relacionadas aos aspectos da sexualidade no lesadomedular. Método: revisão integrativa, de artigos em inglês, português e espanhol, publicados entrejaneiro/2002 e janeiro/2013, nas bases de dados LILACS, Web of Science, PUbMed e EMBASE, com osdesc...

Health-related quality of life and expectations of spinal stenosis patients towards the surgical treatment

Texto & contexto enferm; 25 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT The objective of this cross-sectional analytical study was to compare health-related quality of life, presence of anxiety and depression symptoms, and functional limitation according to the location of the spinal stenosis; and to describe patients' expectations toward the surgical treatment. Thi...

Instruments used in the assessment of expectation toward a spine surgery: an integrative review

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 50 (4), 2016
Abstract OBJECTIVE To identify and describe the instruments used to assess patients' expectations toward spine surgery. METHOD An integrative review was carried out in the databases PubMed, CINAHL, LILACS and PsycINFO. RESULTS A total of 4,402 publications were identified, of which 25 met the selecti...