Tracing gender variation in traditional knowledge: participatory tools to promote conservation in a Quilombola community in Brazil.

Background: Based on participatory research tools and analysis with a gender focus, we aim to identify the knowledge associated with native plants of the Atlantic Forest in one Quilombola community whose territory is juxtaposed with a protected area, in South Brazil.

Methods: Through the perception of the residents of the Quilombola community of São Roque, we classified the availability, harvesting intensity, abundance, and importance of fourteen plants native to the Atlantic Forest found in their territory. These fourteen plants were selected after initial interviews with a free listing of plants done with all adults (44 people), followed by plant collection and identification.

Bullying among nursing professionals in Brazil: validity and reliability of the Negative Acts Questionnaire-Revised.

Introduction: Bullying in the nursing work environment has negative consequences for both professionals and institutions. The early identification of this behavior can contribute to a positive organizational climate and better quality of life.

Objectives: This study analyzed the validity and reliability of the Negative Acts Questionnaire-Revised with nursing professionals.

Construction and validation of an instrument for evaluating Lean Healthcare in healthcare institutions.

Objective: To build and validate an instrument to evaluate Lean Healthcare in healthcare institutions.

Method: Methodological study conducted in three stages: 1) Instrument construction; 2) Content validity using the Delphi technique with 14 experts; and 3) Construct validation using Structural Equation Modeling with sample consisted of 113 professionals with experience in Lean Healthcare. Data collection carried out from October/2020 to January/2021 using a digital form.

Moderating effect of OHS actions based on WHO recommendations to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 in multinational companies.

The objective of this study was to evaluate the moderating effect of Occupational Health and Safety actions based on the World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations to mitigate the negative effect of COVID-19 on the operational, logistical, marketing (OLMP), and health and safety performance (OHSP) of workers in multinational industries. The development of surveys in companies was the method adopted, which had confirmatory evaluations through Structural Equations Modelling (SEM). As a result, it was confirmed that this is one of the few scientific studies that expectedly validates that the COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted operational, logistical, market, and Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) performance.

Lean Healthcare in the institutional, professional, and patient perspective: an integrative review.

Objective: To analyze the scientific evidences in the literature about the evaluation of Lean Healthcare after its implementation.

Method: An integrative review conducted in the CINAHL, Scopus, WOS, and Embase databases, and in the PubMed portal, resulting in 18 articles published in English, Spanish and Portuguese, from 2008 to 2019.

Results: The findings were categorized into results for the institution, professional, and patient.

Validation of the Brazilian Version of the Patient Activation Measure 13.

Background And Purpose: To assess the psychometric properties of the PAM13 Brazilian-Portuguese (PAM13-B) among outpatients with chronic diseases.

Methods: 513 adults participated, diagnosed with a chronic disease for more than 6 months, under outpatient monitoring. Reliability was tested using internal consistency and test-retest reliability.

Cultural adaptation and validation of the Brazilian Version of the Patient Activation Measure-22 items.

Objective: To adapt and validate the Patient Activation Measure (PAM22) in a sample of Brazilians with chronic diseases under outpatient monitoring.

Method: Adaptation process comprises translation, back translation, analysis by a committee of judges, semantic analysis, and pre-test. Psychometric validation was performed with 513 individuals.

Nursing practice environment, job outcomes and safety climate: a structural equation modelling analysis.

Aim: To assess correlations between the characteristics of the nursing practice environment, job outcomes and safety climate.

Background: The nursing practice environment is critical to the well-being of professionals and to patient safety, as highlighted by national and international studies; however, there is a lack of evidence regarding this theme in paediatric units.

Methods: A cross-sectional study, in two paediatric hospitals in Brazil, was conducted from December 2013 to February 2014.

Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the teamwork climate scale.

Objective: To adapt and validate the Team Climate Inventory scale, of teamwork climate measurement, for the Portuguese language, in the context of primary health care in Brazil.

Methods: Methodological study with quantitative approach of cross-cultural adaptation (translation, back-translation, synthesis, expert committee, and pretest) and validation with 497 employees from 72 teams of the Family Health Strategy in the city of Campinas, SP, Southeastern Brazil. We verified reliability by the Cronbach's alpha, construct validity by the confirmatory factor analysis with SmartPLS software, and correlation by the job satisfaction scale.

Icodextrin reduces insulin resistance in non-diabetic patients undergoing automated peritoneal dialysis: results of a randomized controlled trial (STARCH).

Background: Insulin resistance is a common risk factor in chronic kidney disease patients contributing to the high cardiovascular burden, even in the absence of diabetes. Glucose-based peritoneal dialysis (PD) solutions are thought to intensify insulin resistance due to the continuous glucose absorption from the peritoneal cavity. The aim of our study was to analyse the effect of the substitution of glucose for icodextrin on insulin resistance in non-diabetic PD patients in a multicentric randomized clinical trial.

Validation of the Brazilian version of the Newcastle Satisfaction with Nursing Scales: a partial least squares path modeling approach.

Background And Purpose: Assessing patient satisfaction requires reliable and valid instruments. This study evaluated the reliability and validity of the Brazilian version of the Newcastle Satisfaction with Nursing Scales (B-NSNS).

Methods: This cross-sectional study enrolled 351 adult inpatients.

Validation of the Brazilian Version of the Newcastle Satisfaction With Nursing Scales: A Partial Least Squares Path Modeling Approach.

Background And Purpose: Assessing patient satisfaction requires reliable and valid instruments. This study evaluated the reliability and validity of the Brazilian version of the Newcastle Satisfaction with Nursing Scales (B-NSNS).

Methods: This cross-sectional study enrolled 351 adult inpatients.

An initial psychometric evaluation and exploratory cross-sectional study of the body checking questionnaire among Brazilian women.

Body checking is considered an expression of an excessive preoccupation with appearance. The first aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of a Brazilian Portuguese version of the Body Checking Questionnaire (BCQ). Additionally, we wanted to examine the questionnaire's associations with body avoidance behaviour, body mass index, dietary habits, and the intensity, frequency, and length of physical exercise.

Translation and validation of the Body Image Avoidance Questionnaire (BIAQ) for the Portuguese language in Brazil.

Brazilian researchers have not been provided with instruments with which to investigate body image avoidance behaviors. The aim of this study was to translate and validate the Body Image Avoidance Questionnaire (BIAQ) for Brazil. The translation, synthesis, back-translation, Brazilian questionnaire formulation, and pretest were carried out in the first phase of the study.

Solutes transport characteristics in peritoneal dialysis: variations in glucose and insulin serum levels.

Background: Differences in small solutes transport rate (SSTR) during peritoneal dialysis (PD) may affect water and solutes removal. Patients with high SSTR must rely on shorter dwell times and increased dialysate glucose concentrations to keep fluid balance. Glucose absorption during peritoneal dialysis (PD), besides affecting glucose and insulin metabolism, may induce weight gain.