Escala de Esperança de Herth: instrumento adaptado e validado para a língua portuguesa

Abstract

RESUMENEn este estudio se tuvo como objetivo poner a disposición la Escala de Esperanza de Herth adaptada y validada para el idioma portugués en un estudio realizado en pacientes con enfermedad crónica. La escala se originó del instrumento americano Herth Hope Index y posibilitó la existencia de un instrumento específico para la mensuración de la esperanza, antes inexistente en el Brasil. Para la adaptación cultural y validación fueron seguidos los métodos preconizados por la literatura. La muestra estuvo compuesta por 131 individuos divididos en tres grupos, siendo 47 pacientes oncológicos, 40 pacientes diabéticos del tipo 2 y 44 acompañantes de estos pacientes. El instrumento está constituido de 12 afirmaciones con respuestas en escala del tipo Likert con escores de 1 a 4 para cada una de ellas, y cuanto mayor el escore, mayor la esperanza. La Escala de Esperanza de Herth demostró tener propiedades psicométricas adecuadas y por eso está disponible para ser utilizado.

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“…The HHI was the chosen instrument, among other international hope measurers, since it is a self-report scale, of easy and fast application, multidimensional, which clearly reflects the dimension of hope in clinical populations, with few items and reduced complexity, being a tool more clinically helpful (9) . With suitable validity and reliability, it assists researchers in the assessment of states of hope among patients and the effectiveness of strategies to increase hope.…”

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“…(14) • Herth Hope Scale/HHS: A scale that can be easily and rapidly applied, validated to be used in Brazil. (15) HHS was employed to facilitate the assessment of hope over a period of time intervals, where variations in levels of hope may be identified. It comprises 12 statements that must be answered with a Likert scale scoring between 1 and 4.…”

“…Total score ranges from 12 to 48, in which the higher the score, the greater the level of hope. (15) Except for the Questionnaire on Socio-demographic and Clinical Characteristics, used at T0 for sample characterization, all instruments were applied in all 4 time points. Instrument data have been considered incomplete due to lack of information on hormone receptors (estrogen receptor and progesterone receptor), a clinical data set that was not analyzed.…”

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“…Indeed, the maintenance of hope in individuals who live with this type of injury allows them to live more intensely, regardless of the imposed adversities (19) .…”

“…Since these patients are admitted into hospitals quite often, the nurses may excel at the role of encouraging feelings of hope and the will to live, as they are constantly in contact with the patient, having the opportunity of providing emotional support and information about the condition and the treatment (19) .…”