This article analyzed the impacts of COVID-19 and social isolation on the mental health of higher education students in Ceará, Brazil. The sample consisted of 3691 higher education students who, online from June to September 2020, answered two instruments: questionnaire of the socio-demographic and situational profile in relation to the pandemic and social isolation and the Mental Health Inventory. The results ...
Este artigo teve como objetivo avaliar as repercussões da Covid-19 e do isolamento social na saúde mental de estudantes do ensino superior no Ceará, Brasil. A amostra foi composta por 3.691 alunos do ensino superior participando de aulas on-line no período de junho a setembro de 2020, que responderam a dois instrumentos: um questionário sociodemográfico e situacional referente à pandemia/isolamento social e o I...
We aimed at evaluating the life quality of students of a public university in Ceará state. A transversal study with a quantitative approach developed during the first semester of 2019 with 880 students enrolled in the nineteen graduation courses of a public university of Ceará state countryside. The instrument used was the WHOQOL – bref. The majority, 58,2%, was women, and 85,8% were between 18 and 25 years old...
Objetivo: traduzir e adaptar a Condom Self-Efficacy Scale para língua portuguesa no contexto brasileiro, originada nos Estados Unidos para mensurar a autoeficácia no uso do preservativo. Método: estudo metodológico, que compreendeu duas etapas: tradução, adaptação transcultural e verificação das propriedades psicométricas. O processo de tradução e adaptação foi composto por quatro tradutores, um mediador da sín...
Objective: To analyze the inter-observer reliability of the second edition of the Care protocols with risk classification in pediatrics, in the clinical practice of urgent/emergency care. Method: Methodological study, developed through assessment of the inter-observer reliability of two Trained Inter-observers Triage Nurses (TITN) and two Untrained ITNs (UITN) with the researcher, with a total of 400 classifica...
Background: This study aimed to identify the conditioning factors that influence the self-care practice of heart transplant patient after discharge and relate the conditioning factors to the Engagement Profile of Self Care. Methods: Cross-sectional study, undertaken at a transplantation unit of one public hospital, in Fortaleza-Ceará. There was the participation of 63 heart transplant patients. Results: The maj...
Objectives to analyze the institutional violence against women in the parturition process in maternity hospitals linked to Stork Network of Fortaleza/Cascavel. Material and Methods This is a descriptive study with a quantitative approach, performed in eleven maternities, medium and high complexity of the network of health care of women in the state of Ceará, composed of 11 maternity hospitals, participated in t...
Objective: To validate the educational board game “Drugs: playing fair” for visually impaired people in Brazil and Portugal. Methods: Study of apparent validation carried out in two associations for visually impaired people in Fortaleza, Brazil, and in Porto, Portugal. Thirty-six visually impaired people, 18 from each country, participated in the study. An evaluation tool with 23 items on specifications, conten...
Introduction: The postpartum period can have a significant physical, emotional, and social impact on the quality of a woman’s life. Most postpartum research has focused on physical complications and only a few studies have specifically investigated quality of life. The purpose of this study was to explore predictors affecting the quality of life of postpartum Brazilian mothers. Study Design and Methods: A cross...
Objective: The study aimed to compare the information on psychoactive substances for visually impaired people in Brazil and Portugal. Method: Study with a quantitative approach, before-and-after type, held in institutions that provide care to people with visual impairment in Brazilian cities and in Porto, Portugal. Data were collected through information tests and analyzed by using the statistical software SPSS...