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RESUMOEste estudo desenvolve e valida duas escalas de medida da percepção da qualidade do ambiente hospitalar: físico e sócio-funcional. Participaram 122 utilizadores de Unidades de Dor Portuguesas. Os resultados de Análises Fatoriais Confirmatórias atestam a validade fatorial da escala de percepção de qualidade do ambiente físico composta por cinco fatores: Conforto físico-espacial, Orientação, Tranquilidade, Vista e iluminação e Temperatura e qualidade do ar; e da escala de percepção de qualidade do ambiente sócio-funcional composta por dois fatores: Relações sociais e organizacionais e Privacidade. Sendo a qualidade do ambiente hospitalar um importante fator para o bem-estar, a demonstração da validade fatorial dessas escalas é útil para o estudo e promoção da qualidade de ambientes hospitalares saudáveis.

RESUMO:O presente estudo visa validar para português uma versão do Brief Resilient Coping Scale, a Escala Breve de Coping Resiliente. Esta é uma escala de resiliência avaliada como coping. Participaram 501 jovens, de idades compreendidas entre os 15 e os 25 anos (268 do sexo feminino e 233 do sexo masculino). A variável resiliência foi avaliada com os quatro itens da escala breve referida acima. Os dados psicométricos mostram valores de consistência interna baixa (0,53) enquanto a versão original mostrava um valor mais elevado embora ainda baixo (0,68). Discute-se este resultado assumindo que as escalas de coping não deviam valorizar estes valores psicométricos clássicos, por duas razões principais: porque o coping é uma variável dependente do momento e da situação, e; porque a escala inclui somente quatro itens. Palavras-chave: Coping, Resiliência, Validação. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PORTUGUESE ADAPTATION OF THE BRIEF RESILIENT COPING SCALEABSTRACT: The present study intents to validate the Portuguese version of the Brief Resilient Coping Scale, named in Portuguese Escala Breve de Coping Resilient. It is a four item measure designed to evaluate an individual's tendency to cope in an adaptive way, Participants are 501 young's, aged between 15 and 25 years (268 females and 233 males). Psychometric data exhibits low internal consistency (0.53) in comparison with the original version that exhibits higher but low values (0.68). We discuss the results of our study assuming that coping scales usually do not value classic psychometric indices for two main reasons: because coping is a variable that depends on the moment and the situation, and; because the scale includes only four items.

Health inequalities are very well documented in epidemiological research: rich people live longer and have fewer diseases than poor people. Recently, a growing amount of evidence from environmental sciences confirms that poor people are also more exposed to pollution and other environmental threats. However, research in the social sciences has shown a broad lack of awareness about health inequalities. In this paper, based on data collected in Portugal, we will analyze the consciousness of both health and environmental injustices and test one hypothesis for this social blindness. The results show, even more clearly than before, that public opinion tends to see rich and poor people as being equally susceptible to health and environmental events. Furthermore, those who have this equal view of the world present lower levels of depression and anxiety. Following cognitive adaptation theory, this “belief in an equal world” can be interpreted as a protective positive illusion about social justice, particularly relevant in one of the most unequal countries in Europe.

This work consists in an evaluation of the occurrence of nickel contact dermatitis, its distribution between sexes and in which parts of the body the dermatitis usually occurs. It was accomplished a two year (1994-1995) retrospective study of 404 patch-tested patients which had previous clinical diagnosis of contact dermatitis. The occurrence of nickel sensitization was 19.8%, 88.8% of these 19.8% were women and the rest, 11.2%, were men. The lesions were present predominantly on hands, forearms, earlobes and feet. The authors comment about possible variations of occurrence of nickel contact dermatitis in rural areas and/or tropical countries.

This study describes care for the person and the informal caregiver with pressure ulcers. The qualitative methodological approach was used, and case study research and the data collection techniques used were the semi-structured interview and the questionnaire. The following scales were applied to the patient: Braden Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment, Resvesch 2.0, Malnutrition Universal Screening Nutritional Assessment. Modified Barthel and direct observation of wounds, use of the acronym Tissues, Inflammation/infection, Moisture, Edges/Epithelium. The nursing intervention at the patient's home was positive in the evolution of the pressure ulcer healing and in the management of the caregiver's emotions. Providing nursing home care to the injured person is a balm for patients and caregivers. It is an excellent response to aging and consequent complications, for example, wounds. They promote gains in health and in the management of human and economic resources.