A fissura labiopalatina (FLP) é uma malformação que gera necessidade de assistência ao seu portador desde seu nascimento até o final da adolescência. Neste período, diversas situações estressantes relacionadas ao tratamento podem ocorrer. Este estudo analisou os principais estressores relacionados à FLP e seu tratamento e seu enfrentamento/coping. A amostra foi composta por 22 pré-adolescentes com idade de 9-11 anos, em tratamento desde o nascimento em um centro de assistência especializado. O Responses to Stress Questionnaire – Cleft Lip and Palate (RSQ-CLP) foi adaptado em termos linguísticos e aplicado individualmente. A estratégia de enfrentamento mais frequente foi a Aceitação. O tratamento crônico tende a estimular a vinculação dos pré-adolescentes a pessoas que oferecem suporte emocional e ajude na resolução de problemas associados ao tratamento. Os resultados indicam a importância da assistência multiprofissional e do suporte familiar.
Objective: To test the Brazilian Portuguese velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) Effects on Life Outcome (VELO) instrument for reliability and validity. Design: Cross-sectional methodological study. Setting: Tertiary craniofacial medical center. Participants: Participants with VPI (VPI group, n = 60), with cleft and without VPI (no VPI/cleft group, n = 60), and with no cleft nor VPI (no VPI/no cleft group, n = 60) and their parents (n = 180). Interventions: All patients with VPI 8+ years old and their parents completed the Brazilian–Portuguese VELO instrument and other questionnaires (Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory4.0, PedsQL4.0; Pediatric Voice-Related Quality of Life, PVRQOL; and Intelligibility in Context Scale, ICS) at baseline; patients with VPI and their parents completed the VELO instrument again 2 weeks later. Main Outcome Measures: The VELO instrument was tested for internal consistency, test–retest reliability, discriminant validity (participants with VPI against participants with no VPI), concurrent validity against other questionnaires, criterion validity against hypernasality severity, and construct validity against nasal air emission and overall velopharyngeal competence (speech construct) and velopharyngeal gap (anatomic construct). Results: The VELO had excellent internal consistency (Cronbach α 0.99 for parents and 0.98 for participants with VPI) and test–retest reliability (all intraclass correlation coefficient > 0.87). The VELO discriminated well between VPI group and unaffected groups (all P < .05). The VELO was significantly correlated with the PedsQL4.0, PVRQOL, and ICS (– r > 0.75; P < .001). The VELO met criterion validity, speech construct validity, and anatomic construct validity ( r > 0.7; P < .001). Conclusions: The Brazilian-Portuguese VELO instrument demonstrated reliability (internal consistency and test–retest) and validity (discriminant, concurrent, criterion, and construct).
Background: The purpose of this study was to conduct a linguistic validation of the velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) Effects on Life Outcome (VELO) instrument for use in Brazilian-Portuguese patients with VPI. Methods: The original English version of the VELO instrument was translated into Brazilian-Portuguese, back-translated, and adapted among the Brazilian patients (n = 21) with VPI and their parents, based on the standardized guidelines for the cross-culture adaption process. Discrepancies in the forward and backward translation steps were computed. Comprehension rates were captured for each debriefing interview. The content validity index (CVI) per item (I-CVI) and of the scale (S-CVI universal agreement [S-CVI/UA] and averaging [S-CVI/Ave]) were calculated. Results: Reconciliation of the 2 forward translations and the comparison between the back translation and the original VELO version resulted in some item wordings with discrepancies which were reviewed by the research team (translators, expert committee, and original developers of instrument). Three rounds of cognitive interviews also led to some revisions of wording. Comprehension rates of patients and their parents were 60% to 100%, 80% to 100%, and 100% in the first, second, and third rounds of cognitive interviews, respectively. The I-CVI, S-CVI/AU, and SCI/Ave for the Brazilian-Portuguese VELO version were 0.83 (or higher), 0.83 (or higher), and 0.97, respectively. Conclusions: The linguistic validation process of the VELO instrument created a cross-culturally equivalent Brazilian-Portuguese version for use in Brazilian-Portuguese speaking patients with VPI.
Este trabalho apresenta como tema o desenvolvimento de válvula aplicadora de fluídos e otimização do processo de produção. O objetivo deste estudo é desenvolver uma melhoria e otimizar um processo dentro de uma indústria multinacional, a partir de um problema identificado e reportado por um cliente através da plataforma de Satisfação do Cliente. Na fase do desenvolvimento do plano de ação foi utilizada a metodologia da pesquisa quantitativa, visto que foram recolhidos vários números e aplicadas técnicas de estatísticas, como indicadores de produção, qualidade, desempenho estratégico e competitividade. A metodologia qualitativa foi utilizada no benchmarking com os colaboradores da empresa e também no recebimento da reclamação do cliente. Conclui-se dentre as hipóteses levantadas por este trabalho que desenvolver a melhoria no aplicador de óleo diminuiu a contaminação do produto. Outras hipóteses validadas são de que desenvolver uma melhoria no aplicador de óleo reduziu o nível de gotejamento e implantar a nova válvula aplicadora evitou novas reclamações de clientes sobre o problema.
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