ABSTRACT Objectives to assess health-related quality of life and resilience among hemodialyzed patients in the city of Porto, Portugal, before and after the Relaxation, Mental Images and Spirituality psychotherapeutic intervention, and identify factors interfering in these patients’ levels of resilience. Method a quasi-experimental study was conducted from November 2018 to April 2019 among 17 patients attending...
Resumo Objetivo Traduzir, adaptar e validar o Frail Non-Disabled Questionnaire (FiND) para o contexto brasileiro. Método Foram seguidas as etapas preconizadas para instrumentos da área da saúde: tradução inicial, síntese das traduções, retrotradução, revisão por um comitê de especialistas, pré-teste e avaliação das propriedades psicométricas da escala. Todos os preceitos éticos foram seguidos. Resultados A tra...
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The brief psychotherapeutic intervention “relaxation, mental images and spirituality” (relaxamento, imagens mentais e espiritualidade, RIME) is a form of complementary and alternative health-related therapy. It is a pioneer in the matter of relating the elements of spirituality to relaxation and to visualization of mental images. OBJECTIVE: To ascertain the history, use and benefits of RIME...