Resultados: 7

Association between living arrangement and quality of life for older adults in the community

Objective: to compare the sociodemographic and economic characteristics of the older adults in the community according to the living arrangement and to verify the association between the type of living arrangement and the quality of life scores. Method: a cross-sectional epidemiological study conducted ...

Frailty syndrome among elderly and associated factors: comparison of two cities

Objective to compare the frailty syndrome among elderly people living at home in two Brazilian cities and to identify factors related to sociodemographic and health-related variables. Method population-based cross-sectional study with 480 elderly individuals from the cities of Ribeirão Preto/SP and J...

Validation of the MISSCARE-BRASIL survey - A tool to assess missed nursing care

ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the metric validity and reliability properties of the MISSCARE-BRASIL survey. Method: methodological research conducted by assessing construct validity and reliability via confirmatory factor analysis, known-groups validation, convergent construct validation, analysis of ...

Cultural adaptation and validation of an instrument on barriers for the use of research results

ABSTRACT Objective: to culturally adapt The Barriers to Research Utilization Scale and to analyze the metric validity and reliability properties of its Brazilian Portuguese version. Method: methodological research conducted by means of the cultural adaptation process (translation and back-translation...

Health-related quality of life as a predictor of mortality in patients on peritoneal dialysis

Objective: to characterize deaths that occurred, and the association between socio-demographic, clinical, laboratory variables and health-related quality of life and the outcome of death in patients on peritoneal dialysis, over a two year period after an initial assessment. Method: observational, prospe...

Assessment scale of risk for surgical positioning injuries

ABSTRACT Objective: to build and validate a scale to assess the risk of surgical positioning injuries in adult patients. Method: methodological research, conducted in two phases: construction and face and content validation of the scale and field research, involving 115 patients. Results: the Risk ...

Intimate partner violence and anxiety disorders in pregnancy: the importance of vocational training of the nursing staff in facing them

Objective: to identify the relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder, trait and state anxiety, and intimate partner violence during pregnancy.Method: observational, cross-sectional study developed with 358 pregnant women. The Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist - Civilian Version was used, a...