5 documents found, page 1 of 1
Cultural adaptation and validation of the Brazilian Version of the Patient Acti...
Cunha,Cristiane Martins; Nepomuceno,Eliane; Manzato,Rafaela de Oliveira; Cunha,Débora Cristine Prévide Teixeira da; Silva,Dirceu daABSTRACT 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. Psychometric validation was performed with 513 individuals. Construct validity was analyzed through Pearson's correlatio...
Comparison of tools for assessing fatigue in patients with heart failure
Nepomuceno,Eliane; Silva,Luma Nascimento; Cunha,Débora Cristine Prévide da; Furuya,Rejane Kiomi; Simões,Marcus Vinicius; Dantas,Rosana Aparecida SpadotiABSTRACT 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: Methodological, cross-sectional study with 118 patients with heart failure. Variance analysis, Pearson's correlation...
HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE AND EXPECTATIONS OF SPINAL STENOSIS PATIENTS TOW...
Nepomuceno,Eliane; Pacola,Lilian Maria; Dessotte,Carina Aparecida Marosti; Furuya,Rejane Kiyomi; Defino,Helton Luiz AparecidoABSTRACT 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. Thirty-two patients with lumbar stenosis and 22 with cervical stenosis participated in the study. Comparison of ...
Instruments used in the assessment of expectation toward a spine surgery: an in...
Nepomuceno,Eliane; Silveira,Renata Cristina de Campos Pereira; Dessotte,Carina Aparecida Marosti; Furuya,Rejane Kiyomi; Arantes,Eliana De CássiaAbstract 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 selection criteria. Of the studies selected, only three used tools that had confirmed validity and reliability to be app...
Health-related quality of life and expectations of patients before surgical tre...
Pacola,Lílian Maria; Nepomuceno,Eliane; Dantas,Rosana Aparecida Spadoti; Costa,Herton Rodrigo Tavares; Cunha,Débora Cristine Previdé Teixeira daOBJECTIVE: To evaluate the expectations of patients awaiting surgical treatment of lumbar canal stenosis and the association of Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) with symptoms of anxiety and depression. METHODS: The sample included 49 patients from a university hospital. HRQoL was assessed by the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) and 36-item Medical Outcomes Survey Short Form (SF-36) and symptoms of anxiety ...