scholarly journals Construction and validation of an instrument for assessing the functionality of individuals with schistosomiasis

2022 ◽  
Vol 75 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andréa Costa de Oliveira ◽  
Shirley Verônica Melo Almeida Lima ◽  
Álvaro Francisco Lopes-Sousa ◽  
Jader Pereira de Farias Neto ◽  
Karina Conceição Gomes Machado de Araújo

ABSTRACT Objectives: to construct and validate an instrument for assessing the functionality of individuals with schistosomiasis. Methods: methodological study, developed in three stages: 1) construction of the instrument and its association with categories of the International Classification of Functionality, which the study used to elaborate the questions; 2) validation of content, performed by judges experts in the subject; 3) application of the instrument by the test-retest technique in the population with schistosomiasis in 14 days. The study used the correlation coefficient kappa to calculate the degree of agreement between the judges kappa. Results: in its final version, the instrument consists of 27 items, 9 of which are from the Body functions component, 6 from Body structures, 4 from Activity and participation, and 8 from Environmental factors. Conclusions: the constructed instrument has a biopsychosocial approach, considering four components of the ICF, besides presenting good validity and interobserver reliability.

1975 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 183-221
Author(s):  
Dieter B. Kapp

AbstractThe present article is concerned with “the chapter of the description of the [four] categories of women”, the strībhedavarana-khaa, which comprises the stanzas 463–467 of the great romantic poem Padumāvatī. It was composed ca. 1540 A.D. by the Muslim poet Malik Muammad Jāyasī, the most significant representative of the ūfī poets of Oudh, in Old Avadhi, the language of his native country.This study opens with a general introduction about the author and his chef-d'œuvre, which also gives the contents of the epic. The subject dealt with here is introduced by a short synopsis on the tradition of the description of the four categories of women, i.e. padminī, citriī, śakhinī, and hastinī, in Sanskrit erotic literature. Text and translation of the strībhedavarana-khaa, together with exhaustive notes, form the greater part of this article. The notes which appear after the translation of each verse, aim mainly at comparing Jāyasī's conception of the four categories of women with those held by authors of Sanskrit texts on this subject. For purpose of comparison, more than ten Sanskrit texts, beginning with Kokkoka's Ratirahasya, which was composed before 1200 A.D., have been cited. Besides, various quotations both from Sanskrit literature and from Arabic narrative literature have been given as illustrative examples, particularly in those cases, where no parallels for specific details in Jāyasī's description could be found in the Sanskrit texts referred to.The comparison of Jāyasī's conception of the four categories of women with those held by Kokkoka and his epigones, points to the conclusion that probably Jāyasī has not used any definite literary source for writing this particular chapter, but rather has relied upon possibly wide-spread popular traditions of this system of classification of women.Two conspicuous peculiarities in Jāyasī's very detailed description which are worthy of special note, have been discussed at the conclusion of the introductory remarks. The first is the “confusion” of the termini sakhinī and sighinī, that has been imputed to the poet by several editors of his œuvre; from my point of view, however, this “confusion” was fully intended by the author. The second peculiarity is Jāyasī's apparently individual interpretation of the so-called “sixteen śgāras”, i.e. “methods of decoration of the body”, which combined with the “twelve ābharaas”, i.e. “ornaments”, are generally known as the complete ornamentation of woman. According to Jāyasī, the “sixteen śgāras” are the “sixteen physical refinements”, divided into four groups: (1) four parts of the body (in the widest sense of the word) having “longness”, i.e. hair, fingers, eyes, neck, (2) four having “shortness”, i.e. teeth, breasts, forehead, navel, (3) four having “broadness”, i.e. cheeks, buttocks, arms, calves, and (4) four having “slenderness”, i.e. nose, waist, belly, lips.


2018 ◽  
Vol 97 (2) ◽  
pp. 124-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. M. Prusakov ◽  
Aleksandra V. Prusakova

There were studied: The role of the disease dynamics at the background area in the formation of the risk for childhood morbidity in the study area; the value of indices of the long-term wavelike risk dynamics and the corresponding adaptation process for the identification and classification of mass non-infectious diseases. The waviness dynamics of the children morbidity risk is caused by the wave-like nature of the disease dynamics in the study and background areas. The disease risk level is formed not only by differences in the incidence rates of the background and study areas but also from differences in phases of high and low non-specific resistance of children contingent in these territories. The different character of the dynamics of the risk for the disease and related waviness of the adaptation process among children reflects the existence of differences in exposure to characteristics of local environmental factors in each territory. The average risk of disease, around which there are carried out annual fluctuations risks and phase states of the adaptation process, and the corresponding levels of reactivity and resistance of the body are the result of the absolute magnitude of the impact of local factors on the study area. The average relative risk of the morbidity, around which there are carried out annual fluctuations risks and phase states of the adaptation process is an integral index of the level of mass non-infectious diseases and the degree of severity of the medical and environmental situation, the level of reactivity and work mismatch of the body subsystems of children and the degree of their intensity. This is the measure of the absolute magnitude of the impact of local factors. The waviness to the development of states of high and low resistance is both always an index of antistress activation responses (or non-specifically high resistance state) and relative to the average force of impact factors (for the observed reactivity level). On the basis of the accounting for the level of the risk, there is suggested the classification of infectious diseases, including 1) the background or relatively satisfactory morbidity, 2) mass morbidity with the increased risk, 3) mass incidence of the high-risk, and 4) a mass incidence of the very high risk.


2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 9-27
Author(s):  
Alexander M. Pivovarov

The author poses the problem of the status of sociology of the body as an independent sub-discipline, putting forward the hypothesis that today this moniker only unites the spectrum of those sociological directions that are engaged in the study of separate theoretical and applied issues related to corporeality. This review allows for securing the trend towards fragmenting sociology of the body as a field of study and strengthening its status as a rubric for research, rather than a full-fledged area of sociology. In order to clarify the subject of sociology of the body and its correlation with other disciplines which study embodiment, three classifications of theories used in body studies are analyzed — philosophical, anthropological and sociological. Unlike other researchers, the author of this article considers the opposition of structuralism and interpretativism to be the most appropriate for designating opposing research programs in the sociological classification of body theories.


INFORMASI ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-124
Author(s):  
M. Rodinal Khair Khasri

This article presents the results of the observations about digital literacy that were studied philosophically through Gadamer's hermeneutic approach. The reason for using this approach is to achieve an understanding of how the subject and its history play a role in the digital literacy process, where ontologically, the content of information has been visualized into the digital world so that a philosophical understanding is needed in understanding the virtual reality. This research is included in the classification of qualitative research with an analysis with three stages, namely reducing data that is very general and broad in a more specific form, and relevant to digital literacy and hermeneutics; then classifies the dimensions of digital literacy so that it is easy to determine the dimensions of the hermeneutics; interpret digital literacy to clarify the dimensions of hermeneutics in it, and concludes and draws relevance to efforts to overcome hoaxes. The results obtained from this study are on a hermeneutical analysis of the process of digital literacy as a catalyst for peace, that equalizing the elimination of discrimination at the historical-ego level can be achieved through the application of hermeneutical digital literacy that is by promoting dialectical historical understanding, where contemporary history dialecticism with the history of the past which is often claimed by certain groups as the heyday and the fruit of their work.Artikel ini mempresentasikan tentang hasil observasi peneliti tentang literasi digital yang dikaji secara filosofis melalui pendekatan hermeneutika Gadamer. Adapun alasan penggunaan pendekatan tersebut yakni untuk mencapai sebuah pemahaman tentang bagaimana subjek dan kesejarahannya berperan di dalam proses literasi digital, di mana secara ontologis, konten informasi telah divisualisasikan ke dalam dunia digital sehingga dibutuhkan pemahaman yang filosofis di dalam memahami realitas virtual tersebut. Penelitian ini masuk ke dalam klasifikasi penelitian kualitatif dengan analisis dengan tiga tahap yaitu mereduksi data yang bersifat sangat umum dan luas ke dalam bentuk yang lebih spesifik, dan relevan dengan literasi digital dan hermeneutika; selanjutnya mengklasifikasikan dimensi literasi digital sehingga mudah untuk ditentukan dimensi hermeneutikanya; menginterpretasikan literasi digital dalam rangka memperjelas dimensi hermeneutika di dalamnya; serta menyimpulkan dan menarik relevansinya dengan upaya menanggulangi hoax. Hasil yang didapatkan dari penelitian ini adalah pada sebuah analisis hermeneutis tentang proses literasi digital sebagai katalis perdamaian, bahwa penyetaraan penghapusan diskriminasi pada tataran ego-historis dapat dicapai melalui penerapan literasi digital yang bersifat hermeneutis yakni dengan mengedepankan pemahaman kesejarahan yang dialektis, di mana sejarah masa kini didialektikakan dengan sejarah masa lampau yang seringkali diklaim oleh kelompok-kelompok tertentu sebagai masa kejayaan dan buah kerja mereka. 


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (58) ◽  

In this article, the reflections of the problem "homelessness" in the field of art will be examined through three different art works created by Andres Serrano within the framework of the subject. The artist focuses on the problem of homelessness in the state of New York, United States, in his art series titled "Nomads” (1990), "Sign of the Times (2013) and “Residents of New York” (2014). Human body is the smallest unit that forms the social structure. It’s effects of its situation between the dilemma of existence and absence in social and psychological areas, will be covered through the dialogues held with the participants that took place in the artist's project. The coding and positioning of the body within the framework of the definition and classification of homeless / homelessness will be mentioned. Besides, the process of transforming the problem into an art work in a creative way will be evaluated. Keywords: Andres Serrano, homeless, homelesness, body, “Nomads”, “Sign of the Times”, “Residents of New York”


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amparito Del Rocío Vintimilla Castro ◽  
Ana Paula Almeida

Objetivo: Validar um conteúdo reestruturado de instrumento de classificação de pacientes internados pediátricos para classificá-los segundo a complexidade. Métodos: Estudo metodológico, convergente assistencial, realizado em um hospital escola. Foram utilizadas a técnica Delphi e a escala Likert, e o consenso foi ≥0,70. Dez juízes analisaram 15 indicadores de cuidado. Dois juízes avaliaram a confiabilidade em cem pacientes. Resultados: No terceiro ciclo Delphi, dez juízes validaram o conteúdo do instrumento reestruturado com 16 indicadores, com consenso geral de 95,8%. A confiabilidade de dois juízes apresentou intervalo de confiança geral de 0,96, Kappa de Cohen geral de 0,88 e Gwet’s agreement coefficient 1 equivalente a 0,96. A classificação como alta dependência se deu em 39,5%, semi-intensivo em 29,9%, intensivo em 16%, intermediário em 14,4% e cuidado mínimo em 0,2%. Conclusão: O instrumento reestruturado para classificar pacientes pediátricos internados de alta complexidade foi validado após a terceira fase Delphi.Descritores: Classificação; Estudo de Validação; Enfermagem Pediátrica Classification of pediatric patients for nursing care: restructured instrument validationObjective: To validate the restructured content of a hospitalized pediatric patient classification instrument to classify them according to their complexity. Methods: Methodological study, convergent care in a teaching hospital. Delphi technique was used, as well as a Likert scale, with consensus of ≥0.70. Ten judges analyzed 15 indicators of care. Two judges evaluated reliability in on hundred patients. Results: In the third Delphi cycle, ten judges validated the content of the restructured instrument with 16 indicators, with overall consensus of 95.8%. The interobserver reliability of two judges showed a general confidence interval of 0.96, general Cohen Kappa of 0.88 and Gwet’s agreement coefficient 1 equivalent to 0.96. Classification as highly dependent occurred in 39.5%, as semi-intensive in 29.9%, intensive in 16%, intermediate in 14.4% and minimum care in 0.2%. Conclusion: The restructured instrument to classify hospitalized pediatrics patients of high complexity was validated after the third Delphi phase.Keywords: Classification; Validation Study; Pediatric Nursing Clasificación de pacientes pediátricos para el cuidado de enfermería: validación de instrumento reestructuradoObjetivo: Validar el contenido reestructurado de instrumento de classificación de pacientes pediátricos hospitalizados para clasificarlos según la complejidad. Métodos: Estudio metodológico, convergente asistencial en hospital escuela. Fueron utilizadas la técnica Delphi y la escala de Likert y el consenso fue ≥0,70. Diez juezes analisaron 15 indicadores de cuidado, dois evaluaron la confiabilidad en cien pacientes. Resultados: Dez juezes validaron el contenido del instrumento con 16 indicadores, con un consenso general del 95,8%. La confiabilidad interobservadores de dos juezes presentó intervalo de confiança general de 0,96; Kappa del Cohen general de 0,88 y Gwet’s agreement coefficient 1 equivalente a 0,96. La clasificación como alta dependencia fue 39,5%, como semi-intensivo en 29,9%, intensivo en 16%, intermediario en 14,4% y cuidado mínimo en 0,2%. Conclusión: El instrumento reestructurado para clasificar pacientes pediátricos hospitalizados de alta complejidad fue validado después de la tercera fase Delphi.Descriptores: Clasificación; Estudio de Validación; Enfermería Pediátrica


2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (12_suppl4) ◽  
pp. 2325967114S0023
Author(s):  
Mariano J. Fresneda ◽  
Juan J. Dere ◽  
Carlos H. Yacuzzi ◽  
Matías Costa Paz

Objectives: To analyze the intra and interobserverreliability of the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS) classification of meniscal tears. Methods: Thearthroscopic classification of meniscal lesions created by the ISAKOS was used. Thirty one arthroscopic videos, made between June and December 2013,with different meniscal tear characteristics were analyzedby three orthopedic surgeons (two specialists in knee surgery and a fellowship), twice at an interval of 30 days. The Kappa Coefficients (k) was used to assess the intraobserver reliability and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) for interobserverreliability. Results: The averageintraobserver reliability was for the first observer 51%, the second 65% and the third 58%, reaching moderate agreement according to the Kappa coefficient used by Landis and Koch. Regarding interobserver reliability, good agreement (ICC = 0.71) was obtained as the intraclass correlation coefficient. The whole results were significantlystatical (p <0.05). Conclusion: While this classification provides a detailed description of meniscal lesions, the intraobserver reliability did not reach the optimum values obtained despite having on average a moderate agreement. However interobserver reliability results showed on average 70% of agreement (good agreement), which can affirm that the agreement and interobserver reliability is acceptable.


2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Tahmoush ◽  
Jerry Silvious

We use polarimetric micro-Doppler for the detection of arm motion, especially for the classification of whether someone has their arms swinging and is thus unloaded. The arm is often bent at the elbow, providing a surface somewhat similar to a dihedral. This is distinct from the more planar surfaces of the body which allows us to isolate the signals of the arm (and knee). The dihedral produces a double bounce that can be seen in polarimetric radar data by measuring the phase difference between HH and VV. This measurement can then be used to determine whether the subject is unloaded.


2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S279-S279
Author(s):  
G. Rupchev ◽  
A. Alekseev ◽  
A. Tkhostov ◽  
A. Spivakovskaya ◽  
V. Guldan

IntroductionBy the present, the study of corporeality as a psychological phenomenon in schizophrenia has had a lack of attention. At the focus of works, there have been mainly psychopathological phenomena: cenestopathies, visceral hallucinations and body scheme disturbances. There is an evidence of the necessity for psychological investigations: the execution of radical changes in appearance, a frequent turning to plastic surgery, dysfunctional wearing and transsexuality.ObjectivesThe experimental group consisted of 23 patients in schizophrenia of paranoid type (F 20.00). The control group consisted of 27 healthy subjects.AimIt is to study the peculiarity of experiencing their own body by patients in schizophrenia.MethodsThere are projective techniques, such as: “A Picture of Me”, “Verbal Self-Portrait”, ‘A Picture of Inner Body” and the psychosemantic test “Classification of Sensations”.ResultsThere are statistically significant differences (P < 0.005) found between the groups:– patients with schizophrenia are characterized for their deficit of experiencing their body. It does not refer to “Myself” and is deinvidualized. The body does not serve as a physical presentation of the subject in a social world;– a wary attitude is observed in relation to body displays in the form of inner body sensations with a minor (than in norm) awareness relatively to the inner arrangement of their own body. This causes the increase of the quantity of intraceptive sensations categorized by patients in schizophrenia as unhealthy or a threat.ConclusionThe above-mentioned peculiar features of corporeality in schizophrenia make it a source of negative experiences.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.


Movoznavstvo ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 318 (3) ◽  
pp. 43-51
Author(s):  
V. M. Britsуn ◽  
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L. V. Anishchenko ◽  

The article examines the place of Charles Ballyʼs paper «Syntaxe de la modalité explicite» in the body of work of the prominent Swiss linguist on the category of modality and identifies the role of his ideas in modern description of syntax. In Charles Ballyʼs linguistic heritage the concept of modality plays an exceptionally important role. His views o n the modal organization of the sentence are based on the theoretical perspective to describing the phenomenon of language proposed by his teacher Ferdinand de Saussure. Charles Ballyʼs theory of modality is an integral part of his general theory of enunciation. Identification of the two components in the semantic structure of the sentence, namely the modus and the dictum, becomes some kind of a bridge between Saussureʼs intellectualized grammar of language and the grammar of speech, which specifically entails the study of emotional and affective factors, and also stylistic aspects of human language. According to Charles Bally, the modus is a combination of a modal verb, which may contain a variety of shades of opinion, feeling or will, and a modal subject, which can represent a speaking subject and also other subjects. Charles Ballyʼs studies significantly influenced the interpretation of the category of modality in modern linguistics. However, not every theory based on the idea of identifying the modus and the dictum in the sentence can be theoretically convincing. Identifying the dictum with the representation of the objective, and the modus with the subjective led to unsubstantiated theoretical opposition of objective and subjective modality. Only misunderstanding of Charles Ballyʼs ideas might explain the attempts to attribute the ability to express the category of evaluation and emotionality to the modus. Charles Ballyʼs original theoretical views proved to be productive in the development of the cognitive theory of modality, which in its turn is based on other theoretical views on the phenomenon of language. Within this theory, modality is defined as a category that describes the mental-sensory differentiation of the speakerʼs thoughts in the process of sentence formation. According to the active approach to sentence interpretation, the subject of the modus in cognitive modality theory is only the speaker. The paper «Syntaxe de la modalité explicite», which Charles Bally described as a program of studies, has not lost its relevance. The task of describing the semantic shades of modality, as well as various forms of its expression, the principles of classification of modal verbs outlined in the paper as the goal of linguistics, remains largely unresolved today.


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