Publications by authors named "Miriane Garuzi"
Objective: to create a scale for assessing the adherence of healthcare providers to good practices for COVID-19 in the hospital setting and determine its content and face validity.
Methods: A methodological study was developed in three sequential phases: creation of items and domains based on a literature review and administration of the questionnaire to 16 nursing professionals; assessment of content and face validity by experts; and semantic analysis.
Results: The 51-item scale was submitted to the evaluation of seven experts.
Objective: To compare the psychometric performance of a generic and specific instruments in assessing melasma-related quality of life.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 150 patients with melasma attending an outpatient dermatology clinic of a public hospital in São Paulo state, Brazil. Data were collected using a questionnaire containing sociodemographic and clinical data as well as the generic WHOQOL-BREF, and the dermatological-specific Skindex-16 and HRQ-Melasma.
Objective: To compare the psychometric performance of the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI-BRA) and Skindex-16 to assess quality of life (QoL) in Brazilian patients with dermatological diseases.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional study carried out in a dermatology outpatient clinic of the São Paulo State University, with 188 patients with dermatological diseases. QoL was evaluated using the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI-BRA) and Skindex-16.
Objectives: to assess the reliability and validity of the 46 items version of the comfort scale for family members of people in critical condition.
Methods: a methodological study, carried out with 278 family members of critically ill patients, admitted to adult and pediatric intensive care units, in a city in the interior of the state of São Paulo, in Brazil. The analyzes were based on the Classical Test Theory and Item Response Theory.
Objectives: The Dementia Knowledge Assessment Tool Version Two (DKAT2) was developed to measure caregivers' knowledge about the trajectory of dementia and assess changes in the knowledge before and after educational programs. The DKAT2 is a 21-item tool with questions about several aspects of dementia. The possible answers for each question are "yes", "no" or "don't know".
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To review the literature regarding the application of the notion of user embracement and to identify the contributions of this concept for primary health care practices in Brazil.
Method: We carried out an integrative review of the literature regarding primary health care. The following databases were searched: LILACS, SciELO, and MEDLINE, covering the period from 2006 to 2010.