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Enquadramento: A avaliação do empowerment poderá ser um indicador determinante para a obtenção de ganhos em saúde. Objetivos: Construir e validar uma escala de empowerment individual no contexto da pessoa com doença crónica. Metodologia: O instrumento foi construído e aplicado a uma amostra de conveniência de 271 pessoas com doença crónica, com idades compreendidas entre os 18 e os 65 anos residentes em Lisboa. Para avaliar as propriedades métricas da escala recorreu-se à validação da fiabilidade do instrumento. Resultados: Obteve-se uma escala de 25 itens com 7 dimensões: Autoperceção; Participação nas decisões em saúde; Mestria; Determinação; Identidade; Autonomia e poder; Relação com os profissionais de saúde. A análise fatorial (componentes principais-Varimax) revelou que os que os 25 itens se organizaram em 7 fatores com uma variância explicada total de 65,28% e alfa de Cronbach total de 0,803. Conclusão: A criação de uma medida válida e fiável de empowerment no contexto da doença crónica poderá ajudará os profissionais de saúde a explorar o impacto deste resultado na autogestão dos regimes terapêuticos.

RESUMO Objetivo Analisar as propriedades psicométricas do instrumento Quality of Care Scale, aplicado a usuários da Rede de Cuidados à Pessoa com Deficiência. Métodos Trata-se de estudo observacional, analítico e transversal. Entrevistas com 869 usuários do componente especializado da Rede de Cuidados à Pessoa com Deficiência foram realizadas por meio de instrumentos de caracterização sociodemográfica, classificação socioeconômica e Qualidade do Cuidado autorreferida. O instrumento para investigação da Qualidade do Cuidado, Quality of Care Scale, contém 19 perguntas distribuídas entre os seguintes eixos: profissionais e atendimento, acesso, necessidades sociais e informações recebidas. Foi validado no Brasil em 2014, com amostra composta por pessoas com deficiência intelectual e física. Neste estudo, as perguntas foram conduzidas pelos pesquisadores a pessoas com deficiência intelectual, física, auditiva, visual ou múltipla. Para a análise psicométrica, foram utilizadas a Teoria de Resposta ao Item e a análise fatorial, além das medidas de validade convergente e confiabilidade. Resultados Todos os itens foram relevantes e com discriminação aceitável para formação dos constructos de primeira ordem (eixos da Qualidade do Cuidado) e segunda ordem (indicador Qualidade do Cuidado), exceto um item de informações recebidas, que foi retirado do modelo final, por ter apresentado carga fatorial baixa. Os constructos apresentaram níveis exigidos de confiabilidade, validação convergente e ajuste adequados. Conclusão A análise psicométrica do instrumento Quality of Care Scale revelou que o modelo final apresentado neste trabalho pode ser ampliado para medir a Qualidade do Cuidado ofertada a pessoas com deficiência intelectual, auditiva, física, visual ou múltipla, usuários da Rede de Cuidados à Pessoa com Deficiência.

Crisis, valor y esperanza son tres conceptos cuya intersección y mutua constitución permiten repensar la naturaleza de la vida económica, tomando distancia de los modelos abstractos alejados de las realidades cotidianas de las personas comunes –modelos cuyas deficiencias quedaron dramáticamente expuestas con la actual crisis económica mundial–. Esta propuesta busca poner de relieve los complejos modos en que las personas intentan construir "vidas que merecen ser vividas", tanto para sí mismas como para las generaciones futuras. Esto supone no solo el trabajo asalariado, sino también estructuras de aprovisionamiento, relaciones sociales, relaciones de confianza y cuidado, así como una multiplicidad de formas de acción social que los modelos económicos dominantes consideran triviales, marginales o incluso contraproducentes. Una comprensión holística de los modos en que las personas organizan sus vidas económicas implica considerar al mismo tiempo la temporalidad del valor y la relación entre sus diferentes escalas. Supone, además, atender a la configuración espacial de la vida económica de muchas sociedades, en las que el futuro se ha convertido en sinónimo de movilidad geográfica. Así como al hecho de que “ganarse la vida” supone producir personas en sus dimensiones físicas, sociales, espirituales, afectivas e intelectuales.

En el siguiente texto hemos articulado diversos momentos de conversación, enraizados en la experiencia personal y de investigación de campo de Tom Perreault en nuestro continente, ensamblándolos a las accidentadas dinámicas de la coyuntura en la historia reciente. En este sentido, examinamos cuestiones como el carácter problemático y contradictorio en torno a diversas nociones de justicia en el marco de la historia reciente de Bolivia y Ecuador desde una mirada de justicia ambiental. Conversamos en torno al rol nodal del agua en tramas de justicia ambiental, y la (geo)política del conocimiento en el contexto de la coyuntura contemporánea en América Latina.

As dermatoses podem ter um significativo impacto na vida social, familiar e profissional dos pacientes. Além da avaliação objetiva dos resultados das intervenções terapêuticas, a medida da influência das doenças na qualidade de vida é considerada com relevância similar, sendo medida por questionários validados para tal. Este estudo revisa e descreve as escalas utilizadas na dermatologia. Unitermos: Qualidade de vida, escalas, dermatologia.

Objetive. To compare the psychometric characteristics of the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) and the grade of similitude or difference among Colombia, Guatemala, and Mexico during three years. Materials and methods. Psychometric comparison using the Rasch model to calculate the relative severity of each item in FIES, INFIT and contrast in the Differential Functioning of Items (c-DIF). Results. The majority of items showed a relative severity corresponding to the theoretical construct and acceptably fit the model (INFIT=0.7-1.3). No c-DIF above 1.0 logit was observed in the comparison men vs women. In the comparison among countries by year 87% of the items showed c-DIF below 0.5 logit. Conclusion. The FIES presents psychometric characteristics corresponding to the theoretical construct of the tool. Future studies with the inclusion of more countries and more time points are essential to evaluate the relative severity, behavior and distribution of items.

En el artículo se revisan las contribuciones más relevantes sobre el constructo de sexis-mo. En particular, se analizan las teorías de Masculinidad y Feminidad y los diferentes modelos contemporáneos que han recibido mayor atención en la literatura psicológica española. Además, se discuten los instrumentos generados a raíz de sus correspondientes teorías y se realiza un análisis crítico de los más utilizados. Finalmente se hace una refle-xión sobre los rumbos actuales del constructo de sexismo.

Este trabajo de investigación tiene por objetivo realizar un análisis y crítica de las principales corrientes teóricas enmarcadas en el enfoque del desarrollo endógeno. A partir de ello, elaborar lineamientos metodológicos para el abordaje de las dinámicas territoriales del capitalismo en estructuras económicas periféricas y dependientes. Se concluye sobre la necesidad de identificar los impactos de las distintas escalas en las trayectorias productivas territoriales. Del mismo modo, se privilegia un análisis de los actores territoriales, sus recursos diferenciales de poder y los conflictos emergentes en los procesos de construcción de perfiles socio-productivos locales. Fecha de recepción: 11 de Mayo de 2019 Fecha de aceptación: 24 de Octubre de 2019

Abstract Objective To evaluate the satisfaction of family caregivers with a mental health inpatient service in Brazil. Methods This was a cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach. A sample of 80 caretaking family members answered the abbreviated version of the Brazilian Mental Health Services’ Family Satisfaction scale (SATIS-BR) and a sociodemographic questionnaire. Categorical variables were expressed as frequencies and percentages and quantitative variables as means and standard deviations. Interactions among variables and indexes of the scale were analyzed using the Student’s t test, Pearson correlation coefficient and analysis of variance. Results The results showed a high mean overall satisfaction score when considering the categorization of the items of the scale, with higher satisfaction indexes in the ‘Treatment results’ subscale and lower ones in the ‘Reception and competence of staff’ and ‘Privacy and confidentiality’ subscales. In the comparison of the samples studied, greater scores were observed in general satisfaction and in factors in the medical residency care model than in the attending psychiatrist model. There were no significant differences in terms of family member satisfaction in relation to sociodemographic variables. Conclusion Family member satisfaction was high. The need for improvement in aspects related to the infrastructure of services was evident. This paper underlines the importance of continuous and regular evaluations of the services provided, focusing on the satisfaction of users and family members in order to better understand the factors that contribute towards the quality of care provided.

En este artículo analizamos algunos fenómenos en torno a la movilidad y la no movilidad en las migraciones Sur-Sur, a partir de la experiencia de un segmento de jóvenes latinoamericanos en Buenos Aires. La investigación incorpora la perspectiva de las movilidades y una metodología etnográfica para comprender las experiencias de transnacionalismo político en la región, con foco en las juventudes migrantes. De este modo, primero resumimos un perfil socio-demográfico de las/os jóvenes para comprender quiénes conforman estas juventudes migrantes en la ciudad. Luego, revisamos los factores que influyeron en la migración de estas/os jóvenes y en sus procesos de organización política. En tercer lugar, articulamos una perspectiva transnacional de las migraciones analizando la experiencia de las/os jóvenes en el espacio de la “localidad” atravesada por múltiples escalas. Por último, reflexionamos sobre las nuevas formas de ciudadanía que estas juventudes latinoamericanas construyen en las luchas migrantes de Argentina.

O termo "depressão" pode ser utilizado para se referir a uma gama bastante abrangente de diagnósticos e expressões de sintomas, de maneira que duas pessoas podem apresentar sintomas completamente diferentes uma da outra e, mesmo assim, ambas terem diagnóstico semelhante. Nesse sentido, as escalas podem ser fundamentais no processo de rastreio, auxílio no diagnóstico e intervenção de pacientes com sintomatologia clinicamente significativa de depressão. Este artigo tem como objetivo discutir duas temáticas atuais que envolvem a avaliação psicológica. A primeira se refere a diferentes apontamentos (descrição, importância, críticas) sobre os critérios dos manuais psiquiátricos referentes aos transtornos depressivos. Na segunda temática, são discutidas características das escalas que avaliam sintomatologia depressiva e suas especificidades, já que elas podem ser distintas entre si, em vários aspectos, como teorias de base, dimensionalidade, número de itens, tipo de resposta, especificidades do ciclo de vida, formas de aplicação, dentre outros.

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Based on the author's experience with the Pentecostal movement in Ghana, the commentary dialogues with Carly Machado's article "Making politics in other Congresses". It highlights the expansive and ethically contingent properties of the Pentecostal notion of glory, considered as a theopolitical force and as a source of moral instability in the lives of men and women of God. It articulates the Pentecostal case with the genealogy of glory offered by Agamben and highlights three contributions of Machado's article for an immanent study of Pentecostal politics: the concept of scales, its non-reductionist approach to religious mediatization, and the project of an anthropology of the Pentecostal torment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: The use of parental stress assessment instruments in the Neonatology Unit, allows nurses to know the stress-promoting sources that influence the parents' responses and to implement consistent, adequate, and family-centered care practices. Objective: the objective of this scoping review is to identify and map in the scientific literature the instruments for assessing parental stress in the Neonatology Unit and the sources that promote stress there. Method: the scoping review protocol followed the JBI model and the research was carried out using 11 databases. Primary and secondary studies and gray literature were considered. After a full analysis of the text of the articles, 39 remained and were included in the review. Results: there are two instruments for assessing parental stress, developed specifically for use in the Neonatology Unit: Parental Stressor Scale: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit - PSS: NICU and Neonatal Unit Parental Stress-NUPS. The sources of stress in the Neonatology Unit that contribute most to parental stress are the relationship of the parents with the newborn and the change in the parental role. Conclusion: this review indicated the state of scientific evidence on the instruments for assessing parental stress in the Neonatology Unit and the main sources of stress. The use of parental stress assessment instruments allows the identification of stressors that influence parents' responses while caring for the newborn in the Neonatology Unit. The results that emerge from the application of these instruments facilitate the knowledge of parental needs and, consequently, the development of interventions that promote parental role and parenting. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Ones dependency is influenced by intrinsic and extrinsic factors, being hip surgery an example, presenting an impact in autonomy and engagement on activities of daily living. Aim: To describe the relation between the level of dependence with the motive/type of surgery with sociodemographic and health related variables and with the risk of development of pressure ulcer (PU) and nutritional risk in patients who underwent to hip surgery (traumatology or elective surgery). Methodologies: Cross-sectional study was performed on a convenience sample of 98 patients (71.1±10.6 years old and 53.1% women), who underwent to hip surgery in a public hospital from Lisboa and Vale do Tejo region. Data collection was completed through a questionnaire composed by sociodemographic, health and surgery related variables. Pearson and Point-Bisserial Correlations were computed to assess relations between these variables. To evaluate dependence predictors, hierarchical multiple regression models were performed. Results: The level of dependence is positive associated with PU risk development (r= 0,786) and nutritional risk (r=0,584). Additionally, age (β= -0,248; t=-3,940; p<0,001) and PU risk development (β= 0,593; t=7,937; p<0,001) and predictors for one's level of dependence. Conclusion: The results shown that UP risk development and aging are predictors of dependence levels. However, the association between the surgery motive (traumatology, elective) with dependence level, UP risk development and nutritional risk should not be disregarded. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: The assessment of empowerment can contribute to obtaining gains in health. Objectives: To develop and validate a scale for assessing the individual empowerment of chronically ill people. Methodology: The instrument was developed and applied to a convenience sample of 271 chronically ill people, between 18 and 65 years old, residing in Lisbon. The validation of the reliability of the instrument was carried out to assess the metric properties of the scale. Results: A 25-item scale was developed with 7 dimensions: Self-perception, Participation in health-related decisions, Mastery, Determination, Identity, Autonomy and power, and Relationship with health professionals. The factor analysis (principal components analysis with Varimax rotation) revealed that the 25 items were organized into seven factors with a total variance explained of 65.28% and a total Cronbach's alpha of 0.803. Conclusion: The creation of a valid and reliable measure of the empowerment of chronically ill people may assist health professionals in exploring the impact of this outcome on treatment regimen self-management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article analyzes the distribution of the copulas ser and estar in Spanish, based on a scalar theoretical framework. The main proposal is that their distribution can be captured in terms of the scalar structure of the predicates involved and the presence of cognitive salient points on those scales. The proposed framework centers around ser predicates involving a single degree on the scale, while those with estar involve an interval, which additionally must involve an onset, or salient point. This analysis has two advantages. First, it accounts for subjects and closed-scale adjective pairs not being able to alternate between ser or estar. The endpoints present on closed-scales act as strong salient points that, based on the Principle of Interpretive Economy, require that the copula estar is used if it can. Second, this analysis also accounts for the distribution of estar with open-scale predicates and explains why adjectives like famoso 'famous' or rico 'rich' are virtually absent from estar predications, despite having the same temporal and aspectual reading. Cognitive salient points are also responsible for generating the appropriate scalar interval required for estar predications, although their being weaker than endpoints on closed-scales does not require estar be the only copula available. The article also accounts for the nature of these onsets on open-scale adjectives and provides a diagnostic tool to determine which adjectives have them, and consequently can appear in estar predications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The aim the current research was to investigate the evidence of validity based on relationship with other variables - concurrent criterion validity of the Scale to Identify Giftedness Characteristics (SIGC). The sample was composed by two groups. 405 students from a city of São Paulo State composed the control group and 80 children from Santa Catarina and Distrito Federal States, which attended the NAAH/S and a resource classroom to gifted children constituted the criterion group. The participants answered the SIGC and the results indicated higher averages obtained by the criterion group. The results showed that the scale discriminates the groups with or without giftedness indicators. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Background: Lymphedema is a chronic, progressive and debilitating disease with a significant impact on patients' quality life. Multiple instruments and questionnaires have been carried out focused in results of the surgical treatment of lymphedema and their impact in quality of life, from the perspective of patients. One recently published, "Lymphedema Quality of Life Score (LeQOLiS), is a simple method to use in clinical practice, with an excellent physiopathological correlation of the disease. Aim: Linguistic validation and transcultural adaptation of Lymphedema Quality of Life Score, published in English originally. Materials and Method: The linguistic validation guidelines of the MAPI/TRUST Research institute were used and the survey was applied to six patients. Descriptive and analytical statistics were used. Results: Six female patients surveyed, mean age 49 ± 17 years and the mean body mass index was 27 ± 5 kg/m2. All the patients had a decrease in the total score in the postoperative period. Conclusions: The Lymphedema Quality of Life Score is a valid, reliable and reproducible instrument to objectively assess the impact of the surgical treatment of lymphedema in the quality of life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

From reflection on the uses of observation scales in the Historiography, as of those proposed by Microhistory to the approaches of Global History, the text questions the ways in which historiographical narration has reconstructed different social processes --for instancethe development of the modern State, the rural exodus, industrialization and urbanization-- recovering thearguments that questions their necessary and universal character. This analytical exercise allows pointing out how the rescue of the discontinuities and mismatches between the different levels of historical matter constitutes a critical instrument against the simplifying evidence of the reality of the historical world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Crisis, value, and hope are three concepts whose intersection and mutual constitution open the door for a rethinking of the nature of economic life away from abstract models divorced from the everyday realities of ordinary people, the inadequacies of which the current world economic crisis has exposed in particularly dramatic fashion. This rethinking seeks to bring to center stage the complex ways in which people attempt to make life worth living for themselves and for future generations, involving not only waged labor but also structures of provisioning, investments in social relations, relations of trust and care, and a multitude of other forms of social action that mainstream economic models generally consider trivial, marginal, and often counterproductive. A holistic understanding of how people organize their economic lives is attentive to both the temporality of value and the relationship between different scales of value. It is attentive to the spatial configuration of economic life in many societies in which the future has become synonymous with geographical mobility. Also to the fact that making a living is about making people in their physical, social, spiritual, affective, and intellectual dimensions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The conceptual problem upon the unity of religiosity and spirituality led to a systematic inconsistency within psychometric research. With this article it is intended to ascertain a metrical severance between the constructs as also to understand them as research objects in psychology. A sample composed by 279 participants with ages between 17 and 69 filled a questionnaire with two developed scales as also with the Portuguese version of the Spiritual Well-being Questionnaire. Both religiousness and spirituality can be operationalized independently in two distinct scales. The two measures hold more statistical significance in assessing their own constructs than the criterion measure. There is no convergence between each construct since due the weak correlation values. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This work was organized in two studies and aimed at adapting and validating the Partner Phubbing Scale for the Brazilian reality. Study 1 had the participation of 233 people in a romantic relationship, 52,4% were female, with an average age of 30,9 years (min. 18, max. 62 and SD = 9.23) while Study 2 had 217 people also in a romantic relationship, 62,2% were female, with an average age of 25 years (min. 18, max. 53 and SD = 5,98). In both studies, respondents answered the Partner Phubbing Scale and sociodemographic questions. The results of Study 1 were at the exploratory level evidencing the unidimensionality of the instrument with an internal consistency of 0,90. In Study 2, the confirmatory factor analysis evidenced a good fit of the one-dimensional model (CFI = 0,99; TLI = 0,99; e RMSEA (IC 90%) = 0,033) with reliability of 0,88. The data suggests that the Partner Phubbing Scale is suitable for future research on the phubbing partner, given its adequacy to the psychometric parameters investigated at two different times. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The promotion of health literacy and the development of strategies that facilitate informed choices are currently integrating a fundamental paradigm in the training processes of young people. Such premises are the framework of this article, aiming to share the operationalization, monitoring and dissemination of the "Your PEL" project. The methodology highlights the construction of the Your PEL scale, as an instrument for assessing the impact of health education programs, and a responsive website integrating several functionalities. The results in health, resulting from a program using a web platform and the possibility of assessing the needs and impact of the intervention program, were set in an example of good practices in empowering young people. The project contributed to scientific and technological knowledge, through the regional and national valorization, in a logic of knowledge translation, with the purpose of helping this generation to reach the fullness of their health potential. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Os cuidadores informais podem vivenciar sobrecarga devido às atividades que desempenham. A presente revisão integrativa da literatura analisou artigos publicados entre janeiro de 2002 e dezembro de 2016visando investigar os instrumentos utilizados para avaliação da sobrecarga dos cuidadores informais de pessoas com patologias crônicas em contexto brasileiro. Pesquisou-se as bases de dados SciELO, PubMed, LILACS e Portal de Periódicos da Capes, permanecendo no escopo final 136 artigos. Os resultados mostraram 16 instrumentos/técnicas de avaliação da sobrecarga e aumento das pesquisas ao longo dos anos, com média de 9,71 artigos por ano e maior produção sobre o tema em 2012.

Obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) has a direct influence on the quality of life of people who suffer from it. Objectively measuring this impact at diagnosis and during treatment is important to improve the subsequent adherence to treatment. Based on different studies, general and specific disease scales for OSAHS have been created, which allow to evaluate different dimensions such as daytime symptoms, nocturnal symptoms, daytime sleepiness, emotions, the repercussion of the disease on the social interactions of people, as well as the patient’s perception of the treatment indicated.

El presente artículo de reflexión desarrolla, con una mirada pautada fuertemente por la vivencia directa del espacio y la intención de generar un discurso textual y visual equilibrado, una profundización en las lógicas proyectuales imbricadas en una obra singular: el Museo de Arte de Teshima. Se trata de una obra iniciática, sin referenicas previas, que encuentra su identidad en el balance entre arquitectura y arte y entre arte y naturaleza, y se despliega en un espacio conceptual en el cual las repuestas formales, expresivas, funcionales y técnicas se entrelazan e imbrican hasta fundirse. La reflexión se desarrolla a partir de dos variables principales: la experiencia peceptiva y la manipulación de la escala, y plantea una criba de atributos de proyecto que incluye entre otros: objetualidad, pregnancia, abstracción, figuración y analogía, experiencia perceptiva y háptica, movimiento en el espacio, escala de observación, y dimensión temporal. El trabajo surge como una revisión, complemento y ulterior desarrollo de una investigación previa centrada en el estudio del rol un atributo fundamental del proceso de proyecto como la escala.

Introdução: A terapia por ondas acústicas estimula os processos de regeneração e recuperação dos tecidos. Nesse sentido, espera-se que esse equipamento possa atuar em cicatrizes. Objetivo: Avaliar a eficácia e segurança da terapia por ondas acústicas na melhora de queloides. Métodos: Estudo aberto, prospectivo, unicêntrico que incluiu 20 participantes com diagnóstico clínico de queloide. Foram realizadas oito sessões de terapia por ondas acústicas, uma por semana, durante oito semanas. Os participantes foram avaliados no momento basal e uma e 12 semanas após o término do tratamento. Medidas de elasticidade e avaliação clínica pela Escala de Cicatrizes de Vancouver foram realizadas. Ao final do tratamento foi observada a satisfação dos participantes com o tratamento. Resultados: Após o tratamento, a percentagem de participantes com espessura do queloide entre dois e 5mm caiu de 71% para 47%, aumentando a percentagem de participantes com espessura menor do queloide na amostra total (

RESUMO Traduziu-se e adaptou-se para o português do Brasil o teste Segmental Assessment of Trunk Control (SATCo). Dois profissionais proficientes na língua inglesa traduziram, independentemente, a escala original para o português do Brasil (T1 e T2). Em seguida, gerou-se a versão traduzida de consenso (TU). Dois tradutores realizaram duas versões em inglês (RT1 e RT2) da versão TU. Um novo processo de consenso entre tradutores e pesquisadores resultou em uma versão em inglês (RTfinal), que foi comparada com a versão original, com vistas a possíveis diferenças semânticas. A versão do instrumento em português do Brasil (TU), denominada “Avaliação Segmentar do Controle de Tronco”, foi revisada pela comissão de especialistas, composta por três fisioterapeutas, para verificação do conteúdo e gerou a segunda versão de concordância (Tfinal). Tfinal foi encaminhada a uma das autoras da escala original para verificar o entendimento da versão em português do Brasil. Após essa etapa, 20 fisioterapeutas aplicaram a escala em crianças com paralisia cerebral. Parte dos fisioterapeutas indica a necessidade de complementação de informação na descrição das instruções e na descrição da pontuação.

Este estudo analisou a estrutura da Escala de Ageismo no Contexto Organizacional (EACO). Participaram 383 trabalhadores do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, de 18 a 75 anos (M=40; DP=12,79), de ambos os sexos e diferentes níveis de escolaridade, sendo utilizada a análise fatorial confirmatória (AFC). Os resultados das AFCs foram satisfatórios e o modelo de dois fatores independentes apresentou indicadores de ajuste aceitáveis (χ²=208,08; Tucker-Lewis Index - TLI=0,93; Comparative Fit Index - CFI=0,94; Root-Mean-Square Error of Approximation - RMSEA=0,06), sustentando quase totalmente a estrutura da análise exploratória da escala original, sendo retirado apenas um item. Assim, a EACO constou de 13 itens, subdivididos em: Dimensão 1 - atitudes positivas; e Dimensão 2 - atitudes negativas, na qual os trabalhadores jovens apresentaram atitudes mais negativas quanto ao envelhecimento nas organizações, confirmando estudo prévio. Recomenda-se a reaplicação dessa escala em outros contextos para investigar causas e consequências do ageismo organizacional.

RESUMO Objetivo Verificar a percepção de usuários da Rede de Cuidados à Pessoa com Deficiência de Minas Gerais quanto à qualidade do cuidado. Método Trata-se de um estudo observacional, descritivo e transversal, realizado com 871 informantes, usuários e acompanhantes da Rede de Cuidados à Pessoa com Deficiência de Minas Gerais. Foram realizadas entrevistas com base em três instrumentos: Roteiro de Entrevistas com Usuários e Critério de Classificação Econômica Brasil para caracterização sociodemográfica, clínica e assistencial, além do Quality of Care Scale para avaliação da qualidade do cuidado. Resultados A maioria dos usuários participantes é do sexo masculino, solteiro, não trabalha e possui renda de um salário mínimo. A maior proporção tem ensino fundamental incompleto, é de cor branca, com renda domiciliar maior que um e até dois salários mínimos. A idade média dos usuários foi de 28,6 anos, dos quais 50,0% tinham até 14 anos. A maioria declarou possuir um tipo de deficiência sem comorbidade associada. Quanto à qualidade do cuidado referida, pelo menos um quarto dos entrevistados avaliou negativamente os eixos Acesso, Necessidades Sociais e Informações Recebidas. Conclusão É necessário melhorar o tempo de espera para receber atendimento e a oferta de serviços no local onde o usuário reside, facilitar o acesso às consultas, contribuir de forma intersetorial em atividades de lazer e sociais e melhorar a comunicação com os usuários para aumentar a qualidade do cuidado.

RESUMO: Este trabalho teve por objetivo construir e validar um indicador de educação financeira, assunto relevante que está entre os temas sugeridos para compor a Base Nacional Comum Curricular e necessita de avanços. Para tal, desenvolveu-se um instrumento com 13 itens, os quais foram analisados a partir da Teoria da Resposta ao Item. Foram aplicados 1.576 instrumentos em todas as sete mesorregiões do Rio Grande do Sul, estimando-se as curvas características dos itens e as proficiências dos indivíduos. Os resultados indicaram a adequação do indicador proposto e permitiram a construção dos níveis de proficiência em educação financeira.

Abstract Passion is an important element among the psychological processes involved in the performance of any activity, including sports practice. Given the scarcity of nationally valid and reliable instruments, this study has the purpose of presenting the adaptation processes of the Passion Scale to the Brazilian context. A total of 789 Brazilian athletes (age:16.62±3.20; 58.4% men) participated in the study. To evaluate their psychometric properties, the scale dimensionality was estimated through the Hull method and Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling, and the accuracy by composite reliability. The factorial invariance model was estimated between men and women, and between participants of different competitive levels. Results showed the two-factor structure of the scale, according to the theoretical hypothesis, with desirable accuracy indicators. Equivalence of the measurement model was demonstrated when evaluating participants of different sexes and different competitive levels. Results suggest adequacy of the Brazilian version for the evaluation of this construct.

Abstract Flow in work is constituted by the positive experiences and mental state experienced during the day-to-day occupational activities. This study aims to adapt and assess the psychometric properties of the Brazilian Version of the Work Related Flow Inventory (WOLF). Participants were a nationwide sample of 640 professional (74% women), aged 19 to 73 years (M = 35.9, SD = 10.5). Confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) supported the oblique three-factor structure (absorption, work enjoyment and intrinsic work motivation) as being the most reliable to the data. Multigroup CFA achieved full measurement invariance for the gender and employment status (autonomous and non-autonomous). Flow dimensions were positively related to occupational self-efficacy and job satisfaction. WOLF presented adequate psychometric properties, suggesting its usefulness in evaluating flow at work in the Brazilian context.

El transcurrir de la vida de los edificios y el fenómeno de obsolescencia son procesos claramente apreciables en el caso de Valparaíso. Dadas las características morfológicas y los modos de vida asociados, se presume que cualquier actuación de rehabilitación ha de asumir un enfoque integral abarcando las dimensiones material, funcional, social y ambiental. Para el presente trabajo el cómo mejorar ese deterioro es materia de investigación exploratoria, con el objetivo de desarrollar una herramienta multiescala para identificar los focos de problemas y oportunidades para la rehabilitación arquitectónica sostenible. Se introducen tres potenciales de actuación, en este contexto, manifiestos en la ‘dimensión intermedia’, que permiten planificar una intervención: el potencial de confort, la capacidad de autoregeneración socio-espacial y la oportunidad de revitalización; detectados mediante una metodología cualitativa de análisis arquitectónico. Con diferentes instrumentos de reconstitución socio-espacial y apoyo teórico, se elaboran diagnósticos de obsolescencia en las preexistencias que conducen a la formulación de nuevas actuaciones.

O presente artigo dialoga com diversos autores na problematização da definição do Espaço e a forma de apreendermos sua dinâmica e características físicas. Discute as formas de percepção das relações inter escalares, seu significado e as contribuições que esta reflexão é capaz de trazer para o campo da Arquitetura e do Urbanismo. Buscam-se as “chaves de conexão” da interferência antrópica como ação geomorfológica, da leitura do fragmento a inferir o espaço total. Não se aceitaria a normativa de insulamento de fragmentos ou recortes extraídos de certas estruturas maiores, nem se concentra nas decisões temáticas em confinamento (coerências monotemáticas), mas no cruzamento das temáticas do espaço definidas pelas coerências articuladas em sistemas de troca vitais (coerências pluritemáticas).