Spanish validation of the short version of the racing and crowded thoughts questionnaire (RCTQ-13).

BACKGROUND: The Racing and Crowded Thoughts Questionnaire (RCTQ-13) is the most widely used specific scale for the measurement of racing thoughts, but there is currently no Spanish version that allow the evaluation in Spanish-speaking patients. The objective of this study is to translate, adapt, and validate the RCTQ-13 in a Colombian population with affective disorders. METHODS: The questionnaire was translated and back-translated, and corrections were implemented following a pilot test to improve comprehensibility. We included patients with Bipolar I Disorder and with Major depressive disorder seen in three centers in the city of Medellín, Colombia. We evaluate structural validity with confirmatory factor analysis, internal consistency, and test-retest reliability. Construct validity was also assessed with the comparison between euthymic, maniac, and depressive episodes and the correlation with worry, rumination, and mania scales. Responsiveness was measured 1 month after the first evaluation. Based on item response theory (IRT), we also estimated item difficulty, discrimination, and fit using a generalized partial credit model. RESULTS: Two hundred fifty subjects were included. Confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the three-factor structure of the scale was appropriate. Internal consistency was adequate for the entire scale (Cronbach's alpha = 0.95, 95% CI: 0.94-0.96) and for each factor. Test-retest reliability was good (intraclass correlation coefficient = 0.82, 95%IC: 0.70-0.88). For construct validity, we observed differences between patients with different types of affective episodes, a moderate positive correlation with the Penn State Worry Scale (r = 0.55) and the Ruminative Response Scale (r = 0.42), and a low negative correlation with the Young Mania Rating Scale (r = - 0.10). Responsiveness was proved to be adequate. Under IRT, the response thresholds for the response options are organized for all items. The infit was adequate for all items and the outfit was acceptable. CONCLUSIONS: The Spanish version of the RCTQ-13 is a reliable, valid, and responsive scale and can be used for the clinical assessment of the construct of racing and crowded thoughts in patients with the spectrum of affective disorders in whom this experience can be expressed with different nuances. Further research is needed to expand the relationship with rumination and worry.

Tratamento precoce de más-oclusões esqueléticas de Classe II - comparação de três aparelhos ortopédicos funcionais: Bionator, Klammt, SN1 / Early treatment of skeletal Class II malocclusions – comparison of three functional appliances: Bionator, Klammt, SN1

Objetivo: comparar no plano sagital os efeitos esqueléticos e dentoalveolares para a maxila e mandíbula, como consequência do uso dos aparelhos Bionator, Klammt e SN1 no tratamento de más-oclusões esqueléticas Classe II. Material e métodos: foi realizado um estudo prospectivo de 21 crianças com má-oclusão esquelética de Classe II, tratadas com Bionator, Klammt ou SN1. Compararam-se mudanças no componente maxilar, mandibular e dentoalveolar através de medições e ângulos cefalométricos no plano sagital. Contrastaram-se as médias de longitudes e ângulos entre T1 e T2 pelas análises t student e wilcononox. Mediante Anova, foi contrastada a porcentagem da mudança nas medidas de interesse para os três grupos. Resultados: foram avaliadas 42 radiografias cefalométricas laterais (21 iniciais T1, 21 finais T2). Entre os participantes, 62% eram meninos e 38% eram meninas. A média das idades para início do tratamento foi 9,5 ± 1,2 anos. O SN1 apresentou a maior média de mudança na longitude mandibular Co-Pg (6,69 ± 3,3) e Co-B (6,59 ± 1,42). Encontrou-se a maior média de mudança relativa na altura do ramo mandibular no Bionator (9,52 ± 7,21). As mudanças dentoalveolares foram clinicamente relevantes para os três aparelhos. Conclusão: os aparelhos ortopédicos maxilares estimulam o crescimento mandibular sagital e vertical, controlam a posição sagital da maxila e geram mudanças dentoalveolares favoráveis para a correção de más-oclusões de Classe II.

Objective: comparing in the sagittal plane the skeletal and dento alveolar effects for the maxilla and the mandible as a result of the use of Bionator, Klammt and SN1 as a treatment of malocclusions class II skeletal. Material and Methods: a prospective study was realized on 21 boys and girls with skeletal Class II malocclusion under treatment with Bionator, Klammt or SN1, in which compare the changes in the maxillary, mandibular and dento-alveolar component by means of measurements and cephalometric angles in the sagittal plane. The averages of lengths and angles between T1y T2 was compare by t-student and wilcoxon tests. By Anova tests, contrasted the percentage of change in the measures of importance for the three groups. Results: 42 lateral skull radiographs were evaluated (21 initial-T1, 21 final-T2). 62% of participants were male and 38% were women. The average age for onset of treatment was 9.5 ± 1.2. The SN1 presented the highest average percent of change of the Co-Pg mandibular length (6.69 ± 3.3), Co-B (6.59 ± 1.42). A higher average relative change in the height of the ramus was found in Bionator (9.52 ± 7.21). Dento alveolar changes were clinically relevant for all three devices. Conclusion: orthopedic appliances stimulate mandibular sagittal and vertical growth, control the sagittal position of the maxilla, and generate favorable dento alveolar changes to correct class II malocclusions.

Coordinacion de la enfermera con el resto del equipo de salud en la prestacion de servicios / Coordination of the nurse with other health team members in leading services

Este trabajo tuvo como objetivo principal, determinar la influencia de la coordinacion del profesional de enfermeria con el resto del equipo de salud, a fin de mejorar la atencion del paciente hospitalizado. Las razones que nos motivaron a la realizacion de este trabajo fueron las alteraciones vistas por nosotras dentro de los servicios con respecto a la oportuna atencion del paciente hospitalizado y la importancia que consideramos tiene la coordinacion para mejorar dicha atencion. Para la recoleccion de la informacion fue necesario obtener una muestra de tres grupos homogeneos pertenecientes al equipo de salud, siendo ellos medicos, enfermeras y auxiliares de enfermeria, a quienes se les aplico un instrumento que tuvo como base primordial la variable independiente -Coordinacion del profesional de enfermeria con el resto del equipo de salud- y la variable dependiente -Atencion brindada al paciente hospitalizado-. La hipotesis planteada al inicio del trabajo -La insuficiente coordinacion del equipo de salud- quedo comprobada parcialmente y concluimos que la coordinacion influye en gran parte sobre la atencion brindada al paciente mas no es esta la unica causa, ya que fueron encontradas durante el desarrollo del mismo gran numero de variables intervinientes que tambien juegan un papel importante en dicha atencion. Finalmente se plantearon algunas recomendaciones dentro de las cuales podemos citar: Brindar y mantener capacitacion y actualizacion a todo el personal de enfermeria. Realizar evaluacion conjunta periodica de la labor interdepartamental para lograr asi..