Browsing by Subject "Validity"

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    • The accuracy of the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS) to identify PTSD cases in victims of urban violence 

      Pupo, Mariana Cadrobbi [UNIFESP]; Jorge, Miguel Roberto; Schoedl, Aline Ferri; Bressan, Rodrigo Affonseca; Andreoli, Sergio Baxter; Mello, Marcelo Feijo; Mari, Jair de Jesus (Elsevier B.V., 2011-01-30)
      As a consequence of the increasing urban violence in Brazil, many cases of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are now seen in the community and clinical settings. the main aim of this article is to assess the psychometric ...

    • Adaptação e validação do Pediatric Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (PAQLQ-A) em crianças e adolescentes brasileiros com asma 

      La Scala, Cintia Sayuri Kurokawa [UNIFESP]; Naspitz, Charles Kirov [UNIFESP]; Solé, Dirceu [UNIFESP] (Sociedade Brasileira de Pediatria, 2005-02-01)
      OBJECTIVES: To translate the Pediatric Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (PAQLQ) into Portuguese and adapt it to the Brazilian context, for use in children and adolescents with asthma and to validate the adapted version ...

    • Adaptation and validation of the depression, anxiety and stress scale (DASS) to Brazilian Portuguese 

      Vignola, Rose Claudia Batistelli [UNIFESP]; Tucci, Adriana Marcassa [UNIFESP] (Elsevier B.V., 2014-02-01)
      Background: Depression and anxiety have been associated with a range of symptoms that often overlap. Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21) is a single instrument to assess symptoms of depression, anxiety and ...

    • Climacteric symptoms and quality of life: validity of women's health questionnaire 

      Silva Filho, Carlos Rodrigues da [UNIFESP]; Baracat, Edmund Chada [UNIFESP]; Conterno, Lucieni de Oliveira [UNIFESP]; Haidar, Mauro Abi [UNIFESP]; Ferraz, Marcos Bosi [UNIFESP] (Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo, 2005-06-01)
      OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the reliability and validity of the Portuguese version of the Women's Health Questionnaire. METHODS: In order to evaluate the Women's Health Questionnaire (WHQ), an analytical cross-sectional study ...

    • Delineamento e validação de matriz de exposição ocupacional à sílica 

      Ribeiro, Fátima Sueli Neto; Camargo, Esther Archer de [UNIFESP]; Wünsch Filho, Victor (Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo, 2005-01-01)
      OBJECTIVE: To develop a population-based matrix of job-exposure to crystalline silica in Brazil and to estimate its validity. METHODS: An epidemiologist and an industrial hygienist developed a matrix of job-exposure in ...

    • An empirical evaluation of the translation to brazilian por of the loss of control over eating scale (loces) 

      da Luz, Felipe Q.; Sainsbury, Amanda; Estella, Nara M. [UNIFESP]; Cogo, Hugo [UNIFESP]; Touyz, Stephen W. [UNIFESP]; Palavras, Marly A.; Latner, Janet D.; Claudino, Angelica [UNIFESP]; Hay, Phillipa (Univ sao paulo, inst psiquiatria, 2016)
      Background: Loss of control over eating is a key feature of the most prevalent eating disorders. The Loss of Control over Eating Scale (LOCES) enables a thorough assessment of loss of control over eating. Objective: This ...

    • Estrutura fatorial da escala de Síndromes Positiva e Negativa (PANSS) no Brasil: validação convergente da versão brasileira 

      Higuchi, Cinthia Hiroko [UNIFESP] (Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2015-03-25)
      A Escala das Síndromes Positiva e Negativa (PANSS) para esquizofrenia é uns dos instrumentos mais utilizados no Brasil. No entanto, não há estudo de validação. Objetivo: Analisar a estrutura fatorial da versão brasileira ...

    • Psychometric evaluation of the Disordered Eating Attitude Scale (DEAS). English version 

      Alvarenga, Marle Santos; Pereira, Raquel Franzini; Scagliusi, Fernanda Baeza [UNIFESP]; Philippi, Sonia Tucunduva; Prochnik Estima, Camilla Chermont; Croll, Jillian (Elsevier B.V., 2010-10-01)
      Eating attitudes are defined as beliefs, thoughts, feelings, behaviors and relationship with food They could influence people's food choices and their health status Objective This study aimed to adapt from Portuguese to ...

    • Reprodutibilidade e validade do questionário de freqüência de consumo de alimentos 

      Salvo, Vera Lúcia Morais Antonio de; Gimeno, Suely Godoy Agostinho [UNIFESP] (Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo, 2002-08-01)
      OBJECTIVE: Methods to evaluate food consumption still need improvement. A study was conducted to verify the reproducibility and validity of a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) among overweight adults. METHODS: The study ...

    • Swallowing in primary progressive aphasia 

      Marin, Sheilla de Medeiros Correia [UNIFESP]; Bertolucci, Paulo Henrique Ferreira [UNIFESP]; Marin, Luis Fabiano [UNIFESP]; Oliveira, Fabricio Ferreira de [UNIFESP]; Wajman, José Roberto [UNIFESP]; Bahia, Valeria Santoro [UNIFESP]; Mansur, Leticia Lessa [UNIFESP] (Ios press, 2016)
      BACKGROUND: Few studies have described characteristics of swallowing in primary progressive aphasia (PPA) and its variants. OBJECTIVE: To describe and characterize swallowing and eating behaviors of patients with PPA, as ...