Evidence of validity of the Brazilian version of the Cancer Behavior Inventory - Brief Version.

Objective: To analyze the validity evidence of the Brazilian version of the Cancer Behavior Inventory - Brief Version.

Method: Methodological study, conducted between November and December 2021, with 140 patients undergoing hospital cancer treatment in João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil. Psychometric analyses were performed in the adapted version, using exploratory factor analysis and correlation with correlated constructs.

Specific health-related quality of life in Cerebrovascular accident survivors: associated factors.

Objectives: to identify factors associated with specific health-related quality of life in cerebrovascular accident, or stroke, survivors.

Methods: cross-sectional study, carried out with 160 cerebrovascular accident survivors. Data were collected using the Barthel Index, Cerebrovascular Accident Specific Quality of Life Scale, and semi-structured instruments for sociodemographic and clinical data, analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics.

The impact of work on the health of nursing professionals.

Objective: To evaluate the impact of work on nursing professionals' health.

Method: This is a cross-sectional and quantitative study conducted with nurses from a university hospital in João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil. Data were collected through interviews using an instrument to obtain sociodemographic data and health conditions and the Pleasure and Suffering Indicators at Work Scale (PSIWS).

Pleasure and suffering among hospital nurses.

Objectives: to associate pleasure and suffering indicators with aspects related to nursing work in hospitals.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional quantitative study conducted with 152 nurses from a university hospital in the city of João Pessoa, Paraíba State, Brazil. Data were collected through interviews, using a tool to obtain sociodemographic data, work characteristics and the Pleasure and Suffering Indicators at Work Scale.

[Food (in)security of families living in a city of Paraíba, Brazil].

Objective: To determine the prevalence of food insecurity among families living in the municipality of Queimadas and its association with socioeconomic and demographic characteristics.

Methods: Cross-sectional study involving 204 families living in the municipality of Queimadas, state of Paraíba, Brazil, attended at public primary health care services and with small children in the family core. Food security was assessed by the Brazilian Scale of Food Insecurity.