Propriedades psicométricas da escala de solidão da UCLA: revisão integrativa

[Validity and reproducibility of Escala de Evaluación da Insatisfación Corporal para Adolescentes].

OBJECTIVE To validate a body dissatisfaction scale for adolescents. METHODS The study included 386 female and male adolescents aged 10 to 17 years enrolled in a private elementary and middle school in the city of São Bernardo do Campo, southeastern Brazil, in 2006. 'Escala de Evaluación da Insatisfación Corporal para Adolescentes' (body dissatisfaction scale for adolescents) was translated an...

Aumentando a base de conhecimento da epidemiologia da alergia ocular

In this issue of the Jornal de Pediatria, Geraldini et al. attempt to add another piece to the puzzle in order to provide additional insight into ocular symptoms associated with allergies. They used a validated instrument that focuses on the adolescent population in school with more than three episodes of ocular itching, who are more likely to have allergic rather than infectious etiologies, al...

Psychometric properties of the Exercise Benefits/Barriers Scale in Mexican elderly women

Objective: analyze and assess the psychometric properties of the subscales in the Spanish version of the Exercise Benefits/Barriers Scale in an elderly population in the Northeast of Mexico. Method: methodological study. The sample consisted of 329 elderly associated with one of the five public centers for senior citizens in the metropolitan area of Northeast Mexico. The psychometric properti...

Tratamento Da Doença De Alzheimer

The present recommendations and suggestions on “Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease” were elaborated by a work group constituted by participants of the IV Meeting of Researchers on Alzheimer’s D isease and Related Disorders, sponsored by the Scientific Department of Cognitive Neurology and Aging of the Brazilian Academy of Neuro l o g y. They comprise topics on pharmacological and non-pharm a c o ...

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