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ABSTRACT Objective: To translate, perform a cross-cultural adaptation and reliability analysis of the Survey of Anxiety and Information for Dentists (SAID) for use with Brazilian adolescents. Material and Methods: The SAID was translated into Brazilian Portuguese and back-translated to English. An expert committee compared both versions and examined their equivalence. Then, a face validation was performed with 10 adolescents. The SAID was applied in printed format with 25 questions. Participants answered and commented on the questions with a researcher to confirm the understanding and provide suggestions. The suggestions were implemented, and the expert committee approved the final version of the SAID in Brazilian Portuguese. The psychometric properties were tested with 60 adolescents aged 10 to 19 years. Participants answered the Brazilian version of the SAID before their first dental appointment and two weeks later to determine test-retest reliability. Reliability was analyzed by internal consistency analysis (Cronbach's alpha) and test-retest (ICC). Results: The instrument presented excellent reliability according to internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.77) and test-retest coefficients (ICC = 0.88; 95% CI: 0.81-0.93). The Kappa coefficients and the degree of agreement of the dichotomous questions indicated good reproducibility of the new version. Conclusion: The SAID translation, cross-cultural adaptation and reliability analysis were completed successfully. Thus, the Brazilian version of the SAID can be a useful survey tool for dental care of adolescent patients.
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Humans , Male , Female , Adolescent , Brazil/epidemiology , Cross-Cultural Comparison , Dental Care , Dental Anxiety , Dentist-Patient Relations/ethics , Health Communication , Psychometrics/methods , Surveys and Questionnaires , Reproducibility of Results , Data Interpretation, StatisticalABSTRACT
This study evaluates how emergency department (ED) and medical intensive care unit (MICU) providers interact in the setting of a quality improvement project designed to enhance transport/care for patients from the ED to the MICU. Focus groups were conducted with nurses, residents, physician assistants, and physicians from the ED and MICU at baseline and 6 months regarding their thoughts on and perspectives of the intervention and working with colleagues from another department. Data were then analyzed utilizing a multistep coding scheme that identified key barriers to and facilitators of the interprofessional-interdepartmental intervention. Analysis also showed, however, that variances in departmental culture play a significant role in the willingness and ability of providers to practice interdepartmental team-based care. It is argued that anticipating and acknowledging these differences and designing systems to address them prior to launch will be essential to the development and implementation of effective interdepartmental quality improvement interventions.
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Cooperative Behavior , Emergency Service, Hospital , Intensive Care Units , Interdisciplinary Communication , Organizational Culture , Female , Focus Groups , Humans , Male , Patient Care TeamABSTRACT
La insulino resistencia e hiperinsulinemia pueden inducir una sobreproducción hepática de VLDL ricas en triglicéridos (TG), por aumento de la disponibilidad de ácidos grasos libres (AGL). Por otra parte, la apolipoproteína C-III (apo C-III) es un inhibidor del catabolismo de las lipoproteínas ricas en TG. a fin de explorar la relación existente entre los niveles séricos de TG, AGL y apo C-III en sujetos hiperinsulinémicos con diferentes estados de tolerancia a la glucosa, se estudiaron 103 individuos (63 mujeres y 40 hombres) con un índice de masa corporal ó IMC mayor e igual 25 Kg/m²: 44 con diabetes tipo 2 de reciente diagnóstico y 59 normoglicémicos (controles). se observó que los niveles de AGL en ayunas fueron significativamente mayores en las mujeres que en los hombres, y en los sujetos con diabetes que en los controles, incluso después de ajustar estadísticamente para las diferencias en edad, IMC, insulina y TG. Los pacientes con diabetes tenían mayores niveles de apo C-III en comparación con los controles, después de ajustar estadísticamente para edad, sexo e IMC; sin embargo, estas diferencias fueron en parte atribuibles a las diferencias en los niveles de TG e insulina