23 research outputs found
Effects of a brief mindfulness-based intervention on emotional regulation and levels of mindfulness in senior students
Mindfulness-based interventions have been applied in diverse populations and achieved mental health benefits. This study examined the effects of a brief mindfulness program for emotional regulation and levels of mindfulness on senior students in Brazil. The intervention consisted of six weekly meetings attended by 30 participants. It is a pre-experimental research, with pre- and post-test comparative and correlation measurements. The preliminary results, which relied on parametrical and non-parametrical tests, revealed a reduction in total emotional regulation difficulties (p = 0.0001; r = − 0.55). Also, there was an increase in the levels of mindfulness in the subtests for both dimensions under evaluation: “Awareness” (p = 0.0001; d = 0.77) and “Acceptance” (p = 0.048; d = 0.37). By associating the amount of meditative practices performed by students with the variables, a significant positive correlation was found with the mindfulness dimension “Awareness” (rP = 0.422; p = 0.020), and there was a significant negative correlation with Difficulties in emotion regulation (rS = − 0.478; p = 0.008) and with its respective subscales “Non-acceptance” (rS = − 0.654; p = 0.0001) and “Clarity” (rS = − 0.463; p = 0.010). In conclusion, the application of a brief mindfulness-based intervention is promising in Brazilian university contexts; moreover, it can bring benefits to students, e.g., an increase in emotion regulation as well as in levels of mindfulness. We suggest that further research should use an experimental design and follow-up.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
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Evolução na utilização e nos gastos de uma operadora de saúde
Brazil’s aging population and the rising number of people reliant upon the country’s supplementary healthcare system have elicited the concern of public and private managers regarding the increase in healthcare costs. In this paper, the costs per gender, per type of medical expenses and per age group of a major Brazilian self-managed healthcare provider between 2007 and 2013 were analyzed. This healthcare provider is of interest because, besides portraying a single condition of revenue growth restricted to the existing contributors, it also replicates the demographic profile expected for Brazil in 2050, when approximately one-third of its population will be over 60 years of age. The analyses confirm the current literature as they show an increase in healthcare plan usage by the elderly and the difference between admission rates by gender. They also reveal an increase in average length of stay in hospital and the increase in medical costs far above inflation, especially for materials and medicines. It is hoped that this study will help scholars and others interested in comparisons of medical expense trends, especially by age and sex, and that it encourages further collaboration on the sustainability of health insurance providers in Brazil
Translation, adaptation, and preliminary validation of the Brazilian version of the Behavior Problems Inventory (BPI-01)
Assessing the vulnerability of women to sexually transmitted diseases STDS/ HIV: construction and validation of markers
Percepção da doença: uma avaliação a ser realizada pelos enfermeiros
Percepção da doença é a maneira como os indivíduos entendem e lidam com sua patologia. O objetivo deste estudo foi identificar, na literatura, artigos desenvolvidos por enfermeiros a respeito da percepção da doença e os instrumentos disponíveis para a avaliação da mesma. Foi realizada uma revisão integrativa da literatura, que possibilitou a identificação de nove artigos que relacionavam a percepção da doença à Educação em saúde, Enfrentamento, Adesão ao tratamento e Qualidade de vida. Também foram identificadas formas de avaliação deste fenômeno. Concluiu-se que os enfermeiros devem avaliar periodicamente a percepção da doença por meio de instrumentos validados e, preferencialmente, em conjunto com o uso dos diagnósticos de enfermagem descritos pela NANDA Internacional (NANDA-I)