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PURPOSE: The management of diabetes comprises diet, pharmacological therapy, lifestyle counseling, patient education, and physical exercising, to achieve change in health behavior and control of the disease. However, a large proportion of diabetes patients does not adhere to treatment recommendations, mainly in the lifestyle aspect, which remains sedentary. Considering that self-efficacy is an essential determinant of health behaviors such as exercise practicing, the objective of the study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the Brazilian Portuguese version of Bandura's Exercise Self-Efficacy Scale (BESES) to be used in diabetes patients. METHODS: The BESES was initially completed by thirty diabetes patients to confirm the feasibility of the answers be provided by themselves. The psychometric properties (i.e., internal consistency, test-retest reproducibility, convergent validity, and ceiling and floor effects) were tested in other two-hundred diabetes patients (≥18 years old). RESULTS: The BESES achieved significant internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha coefficient = 0.92), substantial test-retest reproducibility (intraclass correlation coefficient = 0.83). The convergent validity was confirmed by negative correlations between BESES total scores and barriers to exercise total scores (ρ = -0.333; P = 0.018) and rate of perception exercise corrected by distance covered in the incremental shuttle walking test (ρ = -0.426; P = 0.002). Ceiling and floor effects were not found. In addition, physically active patients had BESES total scores higher compared to sedentary (56.8 ± 21.4 vs. 47.9 ± 20.0; P = 0.003). CONCLUSION: The Brazilian Portuguese version of the BESES showed adequate psychometric properties and proved to be valid for assessing the exercise self-efficacy in diabetes patients in Brazil.
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O presente estudo apresenta uma revisão integrativa sobre a Síndrome de Tourette (ST) que é pouco conhecida por muitos profissionais da saúde. Foi realizada uma revisão integrativa acerca das evidências clínicas e científicas sobre a ST, a fim de esclarecer e nortear a prática clínica direcionada aos portadores dessa doença em diferentes áreas da Saúde. Foi realizada uma busca de artigos científicos em cinco bases de dados nas línguas portuguesa, inglesa e espanhola, seguindo uma análise criteriosa dos artigos selecionados. Todos os artigos selecionados foram publicados na língua inglesa evidenciando o reduzido número de trabalhos sobre a relação ST e intervenção terapêutica nas demais línguas. Os mesmos artigos englobam os aspectos mais atuais da ST, abordando desde a neurofisiologia da síndrome até intervenções como a terapia comportamental e a estimulação cerebral. Foi possível concluir que a ciência caminha cada vez mais em direção a um conhecimento aprofundado sobre a ST, principalmente no que se refere às novas formas de intervenção
This study presents an integrative review of Tourette Syndrome (TS) which little is known by many health professionals. An integrative review of the clinical and scientific evidences about the TS was performed in order to clarify and guide clinical practice directed to patients with this disease in different health areas. A search ofscientific articles was conducted in five databases in Portuguese, English andSpanish languages, following a careful analysis of the selected articles. All articles were published in English showing the small number of studies on the TS and therapeutic intervention ratio in other languages. The same items include the most current aspects of TS, addressing from the neurophysiology of the syndrome tointerventions such as behavioral therapy and brain stimulation. It was possible to conclude that science moves increasingly toward a thorough knowledge of the TS especially with regard to new forms of intervention