Obtaining self-report of pain using the APPT may help clinicians to tailor pain management interventions. It may also be used in studies to provide a deeper understanding of the pain experience and to examine the effectiveness of pain management interventions. However, outcome measures and methods of scoring the different components of the APPT need to be clearly identified.

Resumenpp.99-105 Palavras-chave: avaliação da dor; criança; adolescente; cancro; enfermagem. Resumo Revista de Enfermagem Referência A R T I G O D E I N V E S T I G A Ç Ã O Validação cultural do Adolescent Pediatric Pain Tool (APPT) em crianças portuguesas com cancroMarco contextual: La evaluación del dolor en niños con enfermedades crónicas requiere la utilización de instrumentos multidimensionales, como el Adolescent Pediatric Pain Tool (APPT), que identifiquen la intensidad, la localización y las características del dolor. Objetivos: Validar la traducción y adaptación cultural del APPT para utilizarlo con niños y adolescentes portugueses con cáncer. Metodología: Para validar la traducción, un grupo de revisores realizó un proceso independiente de traducción y retroversión del instrumento y su análisis hasta obtener el consenso. Los descriptores de las características del dolor fueron sometidos a una validación semántica por niños con cáncer (de 8 a 17 años) a través del método Q-sort. Resultados: Obtuvimos una versión final con equivalencia conceptual, semántica, idiomática y experiencial en relación al instrumento original. Los niños mostraron capacidad discriminatoria en torno a los descriptores, diferenciando las palabras que utilizan para describir el dolor de las palabras que no utilizan. Conclusión: La versión portuguesa del APPT es un instrumento culturalmente adaptado para evaluar la localización, la intensidad y las características del dolor en niños portugueses con cáncer.Palabras clave: evaluación del dolor; niño; adolescente; cáncer; enfermería.Theoretical framework: Pain assessment in children with chronic conditions requires the use of multidimensional tools, such as the Adolescent Pediatric Pain Tool (APPT), which identify the intensity, location and quality of pain. Objectives: To validate the translation and cultural adaptation of the APPT for use in portuguese children and adolescents with cancer. Methodology: The translation was validated through an independent process of translation and back-translation of the tool and its analysis was performed by a panel of reviewers until consensus was reached. The semantic validation of the descriptors of pain quality was performed by children with cancer aged 8-17 years, using the Q-sort method.Results: A final version with conceptual, semantic, idiomatic and experiential equivalence to the original tool was obtained. Children revealed discriminative ability of the descriptors, being able to distinguish the words that they used to describe pain from those that they did not use. Conclusion:The Portuguese version of the APPT is a culturally adapted tool to assess the location, intensity and quality of pain in Portuguese children with cancer.

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IntroductionOne of the most common somatic responses of the human body to a mental health issue consists of alterations of the breathing rate. Typically, when an individual is under stress, tends to have a more rapid shallow breathing - instead of resorting to the diaphragm to help the air in and out the lungs, ends up conducting a thoracic breathing, leading to extended fatigue or dizziness.ObjectivesThe aim of this project is to assess the accuracy and efficacy of measuring the breathing rate through abdominal breathing movements, via the smartphone’s sensors, and applying it to personalize a digitized diaphragmatic breathing strategy. The main hypothesis under testing is that the digitization of this strategy with the personalization to the subject’s own response is efficient as a valuable tool for mental health coping.MethodsA tool was developed and integrated with a mobile app that aggregates mental health coping strategies, based on the digitalization of positive psychology techniques. The tool included the diaphragmatic breathing exercise and the personalization to the user through biofeedback. Such biofeedback was based on the user’s abdominal movements and directly impacted the course of the strategy. The tool is under testing, counting so far with 25 subjects resident in Portugal.ResultsThe usability and effectiveness metrics of the solution will be assessed on the first contact of the subject with the app, and segmented by different subject profiles. Mental health metrics will also be assessed, namely anxiety levels - using the smartphone sensors and standard psychiatric scales. The results will be compared with a control group, in which the subjects will only perform the self-assessment, without using the breathing exercise.Image:ConclusionsWe have yet to draw conclusions from the project; however, we aim to achieve the first results in due time.Disclosure of InterestNone Declared