Background: The Trinity Amputation and Prosthesis Experience Scales—Revised assesses adjustment to amputation and to using a prosthesis and considers psychosocial adjustment, activity restriction, satisfaction with the prosthesis, and other aspects related to health and physical activities, including residual and phantom limb pain. Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the semantic equivalence of the Trinity Amputation and Prosthesis Experience Scales—Revised when translated into Brazilian Portuguese. Study design: Qualitative study. Methods: The process was conducted in five stages: translation of the questionnaire into Brazilian Portuguese; development of a first consensual version in Brazilian Portuguese; appraisal of the translation by an expert committee; back-translation; and semantics assessment of the instrument. For semantic evaluation, the translated and adapted Brazilian Portuguese versions were applied to a convenience sample of 10 individuals. Results: The translated instrument showed a high degree of comprehension within the target population, as it was observed all questions from Part I and II were score 4 or higher on an Ordinal Scale ranging from 0 to 5. Conclusion: The Brazilian version of Trinity Amputation and Prosthesis Experience Scales—Revised has a satisfactory verbal comprehension and is now ready for assessment of its psychometric properties. Clinical relevance The process of semantic evaluation of the Brazilian version of the Trinity Amputation and Prosthesis Experience Scales—Revised makes available to health professionals and researchers who work with people with amputations initial information on cross-cultural adaptation and degree of comprehension of this scale.
Background: Limb loss affects quality of life, well-being, and autonomy. The World Health Organization has launched a global action plan to reduce physical inactivity and presented recommendations of physical activity for people living with disability. Knowledge of the characteristics of people with lower limb amputation regarding physical activity is important. Thus, the aim of this study was to identify the quantity and type of physical activity done by people with lower limb amputation. Methods: The sample (N = 149) included adults aged 53.08 (17.24) years old with lower limb loss. Data collection was performed through the application of a sociodemographic, behavioral, and clinical data sheet and the Brazilian version of the Physical Activity Scale for Individuals with Physical Disabilities. Results: The total Physical Activity Scale for Individuals with Physical Disabilities score was between 0 and 65.79 metabolic equivalents of task per hour per day, which suggests low practice of physical activities. The most frequently practiced activities (79.9%) were those that involved stationary behavior. Women carried out more domestic activities, and subjects who used lower limb prosthesis and those with traumatic amputation reported higher practice of physical activity. Conclusions: People living with lower limb amputation, from different regions of Brazil, have low levels of physical activity and mainly carry out activities of stationary behavior.
Introdução: Professores da educação infantil são capazes de fornecer informações realistas acerca da funcionalidade e da qualidade de vida de crianças com deficiências incluídas nas classes regulares.Objetivo: Analisar a funcionalidade e a qualidade de vida de crianças com deficiência inseridas na educação infantil da rede pública de ensino de Capital do Sul do Brasil. Método: Foram selecionados professores de educação especial. professores de sala. professores de educação física. professores auxiliares de educação especial e auxiliares de sala de crianças com deficiência. entre dois e cinco anos de idade. que apresentam comprometimentos motores e estão inseridas na educação infantil da rede municipal de Florianópolis. Os instrumentos utilizados foram: Inventário de Avaliação Pediátrica de Incapacidade e o Questionário Pediátrico sobre Qualidade de Vida versão 4.0. além de uma ficha de identificação.Resultados: Houve semelhanças entre os relatos dos professores sobre funcionalidade e qualidade de vida das crianças. Conclusão: Há diferentes formações acadêmicas. categorias profissionais e carga horária de trabalho. porém os relatos destes professores apresentaram certa homogeneidade. indicando que estão tentos às tarefas educativas e de cuidados destas crianças. promovendo o processo de inclusão. o desenvolvimento infantil e o bem estar geral da criança.
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