States of Grace: Utopia in Brazilian Culture by Patrícia I. Vieira

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Quality of life assessment among patients with brain tumors is important, given that new treatments have increased patient survival. The aim of this study was to translate the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Brain (FACT-Br) questionnaire (version 4) into Portuguese, carry out cross-cultural adaptation and assess its reproducibility. DESIGN AND SETTING: Cohort at the Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp). METHODS: Forty patients with a brain tumor seen at the neuro-oncology outpatient clinic participated in the study. The process of translation and back-translation was carried out, along with adaptation to the Portuguese language and Brazilian culture. The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was used to test the reproducibility of the FACT-Br (version 4). RESULTS: The reproducibility of the questionnaire was excellent (ICC = 0.95; 95% confidence interval, CI: 0.89-0.97). The ICC with a mean interval of 15 days between applications of the questionnaire was very good in all domains (ICC = 0.87 to 0.95). The mean time taken to answer the questionnaire was 6.27 ± 2.26 minutes, ranging from 3 to 11 minutes. CONCLUSION: The translated version of the FACT-Br questionnaire (version 4) adapted to the Portuguese language and Brazilian culture proved to be easily understood and achieved very good reproducibility among patients with diagnoses of brain tumors.

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Cross-cultural adaptation of the Brazilian version of the protocol Evaluation of the Ability to Sing Easily

CoDAS ◽

10.1590/2317-1782/20142014175 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 26 (6) ◽

pp. 535-539 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Bruna Rainho Rocha ◽

Felipe Moreti ◽

Elisabeth Amin ◽

Glaucya Madazio ◽

Mara Behlau

Keyword(s):

Cultural Adaptation ◽

Target Population ◽

Brazilian Portuguese ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Speech Language Pathologists ◽

Cross Cultural Adaptation ◽

Brazilian Version ◽

Back Translation ◽

Protocol Evaluation ◽

Brazilian Culture

PURPOSE: To present the cross-cultural equivalence of the Brazilian version of the Evaluation of the Ability to Sing Easily (EASE) protocol, through its cultural and linguistic adaptation. METHODS: After the EASE was translated to Brazilian Portuguese, the back-translation into English was done. The items of the translated version were compared with the original instrument and the discrepancies were modified by consensus of a committee composed of five speech language pathologists. The Evaluation of the Ability to Sing Easily for Brazil (EASE-BR) has 22 questions with four alternatives: "no," "mildly," "moderately," and "extremely." The score is obtained by the simple sum of all answers. The three positive items (6, 12, and 21) require reverse score. For cultural equivalence, the EASE-BR was applied with 41 Brazilian singers, with an extra item in the answer key - "not applicable." The aim of this extra key was to identify issues that might not have been understood or were not appropriate for the target population and the Brazilian culture. RESULTS: Of the 32 singers, 5 who were initially evaluated had difficulties to answer 3 of the 22 questions. Therefore, the adaptation of those sentences was necessary. Afterward, the modified EASE-BR was applied to nine singers, and no more cultural and/or conceptual barriers were found. CONCLUSION: Cultural equivalence was observed between EASE and its translated version to the Brazilian Portuguese, the EASE-BR. Validation of the EASE for Brazilian Portuguese is in progress.

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Afro-Brazilian Culture and Politics

Foreign Affairs ◽

10.2307/20049173 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 77 (6) ◽

pp. 159

Author(s):

Kenneth Maxwell ◽

Henrik Kraay ◽

B. J. Barickman ◽

Pierre Verger ◽

Kim D. Butler

Keyword(s):

Brazilian Culture ◽

Afro Brazilian

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Misplaced Ideas: Essays on Brazilian Culture

Bulletin of Latin American Research ◽

10.2307/3338736 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 343

Author(s):

Lisa Jesse ◽

Roberto Schwarz ◽

John Gledson

Keyword(s):

Brazilian Culture

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Verbal and visual intersemiosis in aesthetical experiments—the case of contemporary Brazilian culture

Semiotics around the World: Synthesis in Diversity ◽

10.1515/9783110820065-050 ◽

1996 ◽

pp. 295-298

Keyword(s):

Brazilian Culture

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Efficacy of a bystander intervention for preventing dating violence in Brazilian adolescents: short-term evaluation

Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica ◽

10.1186/s41155-019-0133-4 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 32 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Karine Brito dos Santos ◽

Sheila Giardini Murta ◽

Luis Gustavo do Amaral Vinha ◽

Juliana Silva de Deus

Keyword(s):

Romantic Relationships ◽

Dating Violence ◽

Control Group ◽

Short Term ◽

Brazilian Sample ◽

Post Test ◽

Short Term Evaluation ◽

Term Evaluation ◽

Brazilian Culture

Abstract Peers are the preferred source of help for Brazilian adolescents who experience dating violence. However, they are not always the best informants for effective responses for dealing with situations of violence in romantic relationships among peers. This experimental study aimed to evaluate the short-term efficacy of three aspects of a peer- and bystander approach-based intervention: the intent to offer help, empathy, and bystander attitudes in response to dating violence in a Brazilian sample of adolescents. The study’s participants were 33 adolescents randomized in two groups: experimental group (EG, n = 14) and control group (CG, n = 19). The EG underwent three weekly intervention sessions of 90 min each on the healthy versus violent romantic relationships, the quality of friendship in the peer network, and the role of the bystander, while the CG received no intervention. Evaluations were performed 1 week before and two and half months after the intervention. Statistically significant differences between EG and CG at post-test were not found in intention to help, empathy, and bystander attitudes. Future studies should include evaluations of larger samples and mid- and long-term follow-ups to identify patterns of change over the long term as well as examine barriers to utilization of bystander behaviors by adolescents in Brazilian culture.

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