OBJECTIVES: to measure the pain intensity, identify the disability and depression levels in people with chronic back pain and to correlate these variables. A cross-sectional, descriptive and exploratory study was undertaken at the Pain Treatment Clinic of the University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto Hospital das Clínicas, between February and June 2012, after receiving approval from the Ethics Committee at the University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing. METHOD: sixty subjects with chronic back pain participated. The instruments used were: the 11-point Numerical Category Scale, the Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire and the Beck Depression Inventory. To analyze the data, the arithmetic means, standard deviations and Spearman's correlation coefficient were calculated. RESULTS: the findings show that the participants presented high pain, disability and depression levels. The correlation between pain intensity and disability and between pain intensity and depression was positive and weak and, between disability and depression, positive and moderate. CONCLUSION: the study variables showed moderate and weak indices and the mutual correlations were positive.

The evaluation of quality of life (QOL) faced with chronic ischemic pain involves the clients in their subjectivity and multidimensionality. This descriptive study aimed to evaluate the quality of life of clients who presented chronic ischemic pain. A total of 100 clients of hospital institutes participated in the study. The instrument used to assess pain was an 11 point numerical scale, and to assess Evaluación de la calidad de vida en clientes con dolor crónico isquémicoLa evaluación de la calidad de vida (CV) frente al dolor crónico isquémico debe considerar la subjetividad del cliente y las múltiples dimensiones envueltas. Este estudio descriptivo tuvo como objetivo evaluar la calidad de vida de clientes que manifestaron dolor crónico isquémico. Participaron de la investigación 100 clientes de instituciones hospitalarias. El instrumento aplicado para evaluar el dolor fue la escala numérica de 11 puntos y para la calidad de vida, el cuestionario World Health Organization Quality of Life abreviado. El promedio aritmético para el dolor crónico fue de 5,59±3,16 puntos. Los promedios para la calidad de vida fueron: en el dominio físico, 44,75±16,98; en el global, 50,0±22,40; en el ambiental, 55,06±13,51; en el psicológico, 56,21±17,19 y en el social, 68,33±21,84.Así, el dominio físico fue, entre los dominios analizados, el que presentó un mayor impacto sobre la calidad de vida de los clientes con dolor crónico isquémico.

Percepción del Dolor en Adolescentes con Cáncer: Investigación Fenomenológica hiLze BeniGno de oLiveira Moura siqueira andressa Karina aMaraL PLá PeLeGrin rodriGo raMon FaLConi GoMez taLita de Cássia raMineLLi da siLva FátiMa aPareCida eMM FaLeiros sousa resumo: A adolescência é um período da vida desafiador, principalmente, quando se vivencia uma doença como o câncer. Este estudo exploratório descritivo desenvolvido no Hospital de uma cidade do interior de São Paulo teve o objetivo de compreender como os adolescentes com câncer percebiam a vivência de dor. Para isso, a pesquisa foi desenvolvida no período de janeiro a dezembro de 2010 por meio de entrevistas fenomenológicas com 19 pré-adolescentes e adolescentes de ambos os sexos, com idade entre 10 e 19 anos, submetidos a tratamento de câncer. Os resultados mostraram a percepção da dor associada à vivência de situações existenciais significativas, os quais podem ser descritos nos temas seguintes: (1) percebendo a dor em conexão com os fatores emocionais; (2) apegando-se à memória dolorosa de hospitalização; (3) coexistindo com a dor; (4) percebendo a dor negativamente. Os adolescentes com câncer compreenderam sua experiência de dor em múltiplas dimensões. Diante disso, sugere-se que psicólogos, enfermeiros e médicos atentem à história de vida, ao tempo de hospitalização e a expressão dolorosa nessa fase da vida, para que, a partir dos relatos, os profissionais de saúde possam pensar em tratamentos e manejos que possam aliviar suas dores.

This research tries to bring to health care an original method for measuring low back pain. It is noteworthy that in the future, more research is needed to apply this method in clinical and scientific fields.

Objective: to describe acute and chronic pain from the perspective of the life cycle. Methods: participants: 861 people in pain. The Multidimensional Pain Evaluation Scale (MPES) was used. Results: in the category estimation method the highest descriptors of chronic pain for children/ adolescents were "Annoying" and for adults "Uncomfortable". The highest descriptors of acute pain for children/adolescents was "Complicated"; and for adults was "Unbearable". In magnitude estimation method, the highest descriptors of chronic pain was "Desperate" and for descriptors of acute pain was "Terrible". Conclusions: the MPES is a reliable scale it can be applied during different stages of development.

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Objective: To reflect on the relationship and importance of the environmental theory regarding practices for promotion, prevention, and treatment of COVID-19. Methods: A theoretical-reflexive study about the COVID-19 pandemic in light of the environmental theory proposed by Florence Nightingale. Results: It is observed that the application of the theoretical foundations proposed by the environmental theory is related to the current practices used in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Final Considerations: It is believed that the theoretical basis is fundamental for the critical-reflexive training of the nursing professional, for the consolidation of Nursing as a science; therefore, it could provide a foundation in nowadays battle against the pandemic.

Objective: to characterize the understanding of leaders and members of the Catholic religion on pain of existing. Method: 80 Catholics participated in the study. Data collection was carried out using the Religious Content Assessment Tool. The content analysis was carried out and arithmetic mean and standard deviation were calculated. Results: the following categories emerged: length of affiliation, beginning of the religious practice and affiliation changes, responsibility for the actions and relationship with death, description of God, awareness of the existence of profound experiences, possibility of reward, increased faith in proximity to death, religion as an attempt to explain human limitations, relationship between religion and science and religion of the past and present in relation to science. On the instrument, the highest assigning items were: I believe that nature should be respected (9.96±0.19); I believe that all living beings deserve respect (9.70±0.67); make life worth living (9.70±0.78); my life is a transformation process (9.63±1.04) and I respect the diversity of people (9.56±0.91). Conclusion: it was observed associations between the participants' perceptions and religious constructs, highlighting the need to approach the religious phenomenon as part of the human being and potential resource for management and modulation of the pain of existing.