Rev Esc Enferm Usp
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This study validated the Survey of Pain Attitudes--brief version (SOPA) for the Portuguese language. Sixty-nine Brazilian patients were evaluated. Patients were female (71%), the mean age was 50.8 years (+/-15.4), the mean schooling was 7.4 years (+/-4.8), and the most frequent pain etiologies were: musculoskeletal (39.1%), cancer-related (34.8%), and neuropathic (20.3%). ⋯ Indices of reliability tests (mu Chronbach) ranged from .55 to .89, values that are accepted as moderate and good. The Portuguese language version showed conceptual equivalence to the English language version. The availability of SOPA-brief version in Portuguese may contribute for the improvement of research and clinical practices on chronic pain.
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is considered the most important cause of disability among young people and the most common neurological cause of morbidity. Consequently, there is increasing interest in scales to monitor recovery in TBI. ⋯ Sixty-three closed-head injury victims, aged between 12 and 65, on an outpatient follow-up program at a trauma center in the city of São Paulo, with 6 months to 3 years post-TBI, had their characteristics and outcomes assessed. When comparing the results obtained by the scales, it was concluded that although the three of them were strongly correlated, extended GOS showed to be more sensitive in detecting changes in victims with better post-traumatic conditions.
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This study identified the nursing diagnoses of patients in the perioperative period of cardiac surgeries and verified the existence or not of agreement between the first author and other nurses in the identification of these diagnoses. Seventeen patients admitted for cardiac surgery were submitted to evaluation using instruments for the perioperative period. ⋯ In the trans-operative, seven categories showed agreement among the nurses and the first author (example: Risk for infection). In the post-operative, 11 categories showed agreement among the nurses and the first author (example: Risk for peripheral neurovascular dysfunction).
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This study aims to identify the use of the instrumental and/or emotional touch and its characteristics by nursing professionals in the nonverbal communication with the ICU and Semi Intensive Surgical Unit patients of a school hospital--University of São Paulo; and to identify the professionals and patients feelings and perceptions in relation to the touches experienced. The study was developed with 19 nursing professionals and 19 patients, from October to November 2000, through direct observation of the interaction and individual interview. The feelings and perceptions reported were classified and we noticed that most of the touches were instrumental-emotional.
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This study aimed at understanding the reasons leading certain people to choose burning as a form of self-destruction. It was based on the accounts of two patients who, in spite of presenting distinct characteristics, portrayed common points in their life histories which may have influenced their decision. The identification of mental or psychic disorders in these patients shows the importance of the presence of a specialized professional in Mental Health in the Burns Unit, since he can provide support to the multiprofessional team and will enable the provision of more adequate care and the necessary support to the burned patient aiming at his physical and mental recovery.