Publications by authors named "Julia Franco"
Translation, Validity and Internal Consistency of the Quality of Dying and Death Questionnaire for Brazilian families of patients that died from cancer: a cross-sectional and methodological study.
Sao Paulo Med J
April 2023
Background: The Quality of Dying and Death Questionnaire (QoDD) may prove to be an important evaluation tool in the Brazilian context, and, therefore, can contribute to a more precise evaluation of the dying and death process, improving and guiding the end-of-life patient care.
Objective: To translate and cross-culturally adapt the QoDD into Brazilian Portuguese and measure its validity (convergent and known-groups) and internal consistency.
Design And Setting: A cross-sectional, methodological study was conducted at the Hospital de Câncer de Barretos, Brazil.
Pink pepper (Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi) has high potential for commercial use because of its biological activities (anti-inflammatory, antitumor, and antioxidant activities, among others). Herein, the antioxidant activity of a topical formulation containing pink pepper extract obtained by supercritical carbon dioxide extraction is reported. The effects of extraction pressure (100-300 bar) and temperature (40-60 °C) on its antioxidant activity were investigated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: We conducted this scoping review to map and summarize scientific evidence on the role of clinical pharmacists in the palliative care of adults and elderly patients with cancer.
Data Sources: A literature search was performed in MEDLINE, PubMed Central, Embase, Web of Science, Scopus, and BVS/BIREME for studies published until November 22nd, 2020. Studies that reported work experiences adopted by clinical pharmacists in the palliative care of adults and elderly patients with cancer were included.
Characteristics of Palliative Care Publications by South American Authors in the Last 20 Years: Systematic Literature Review With Bibliometric Analysis.
J Pain Symptom Manage
September 2021
Context: Research on palliative care (PC) can be used as a direct measure to assess the level of PC development in a country or region.
Objectives: To investigate the scientific production in the field of PC in South American countries over the last two decades.
Methods: The search was performed using the terms "palliative care," "hospice care," "hospices," and "terminal care" combined with the names of South American countries in several databases.
Objective: The objective of this study was to translate, culturally adapt and validate the Symptom Screening in Paediatrics Tool (SSPedi) into the Brazilian Portuguese language to be used by paediatric oncology patients in Brazil.
Design: A descriptive, cross-sectional study that follows an established methodology for translation and cultural adaptation, developed in two phases: phase I, linguistic translation and cultural adaptation of the SSPedi scale and phase II, psychometric properties evaluation.
Setting: Children's Hospital for Cancer Treatment in Latin America.
Background: Berries are known for their antioxidant activity due to the presence of flavonoids. Antioxidants' usage guarantees skin protection against free radicals and, flavonoids, especially, can act as sunscreen. The aim of this paper was to evaluate solar protection factor (SPF) and antioxidant activity in vitro of blackberry and raspberry extracts incorporated in topical formulation and study their stability.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: As breast cancer patients live longer with control of systemic disease, survival after the diagnosis of brain metastases (BM) also appears to be improving.
Methods: The authors conducted a retrospective review of 112 breast cancer patients diagnosed with BM from 1997 to 2007 and correlated clinical and pathologic characteristics including hormone receptor (HR) and Her2/neu status with outcomes.
Findings: Median time to BM diagnosis (TTBM) was 38 months (range, 0-204 months).