569 Departamento de Medicina Preventiva da Faculdade de Medicina, Instituto do Coração do Hospital das Clínicas – FMUSP, SBC/FUNCOR and Departamento de Aterosclerose da SBC Mailing address: Ari Timerman – SBC/FUNCOR Rua Beira Rio 45 3 04548-050 São Paulo, SP, Brazil English version by Stela Maris C. e Gandour Objective To analyze the trends in risk of death due to cardiovascular diseases in the...

This paper examines evaluations of Asian accented English by American listeners. Despite widely circulating stereotypes about Asian accents, and the substantial body of work on attitudes toward different language varieties, relatively few studies have looked at American attitudes toward Asian accented English, and those that exist have produced rather ambiguous results. In an online survey, res...

OBJECTIVE The Chalder Fatigue Questionnaire (CFQ) is an instrument used to measure physical and mental fatigue. We translated and adapted the questionnaire and tested its reliability and validity in a Brazilian primary care setting. METHOD A pilot study with 204 consecutive primary care attenders in Sao Paulo, Brazil, verified the internal consistency and factor structure of the questionnaire...

OBJECTIVE To translate and adapt to Brazilian Portuguese the Revised Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET), in both paper-and-pencil and computerized versions. The RMET is a well-accepted instrument for assessment of Theory of Mind (ToM), an important component of social cognition. METHODS Following a guideline for translation of material for clinical populations, this study had three main...

The six-minute walk test (6MWT) has been broadly used in clinical settings. Several reference equations for prediction of the total distance walked during the test (6MWD) are available in literature. The present review aimed to critically discuss studies, published in Portuguese and English (LILACS, SCIELO, MEDLINE, PUBMED), which evaluated normal values and created reference equations for pred...

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In the last few years, bibliometric studies have proliferated, seeking to provide data on world research. This study analyzes the profile of the Brazilian scientific production in the A (H1N1) influenza field between 2009 and 2011. The research was conducted in MEDLINE, SciELO and LILACS databases, selecting papers in which the term "H1N1" and "Brazil" were defined as the main topics. The data ...

BACKGROUND Most of the available instruments aimed to assess risk exposure associated with work-related musculoskeletal disorders were originally developed in English, which makes their use difficult in countries such as Brazil. OBJECTIVE To test the clinimetric properties of the Quick Exposure Check (QEC) instrument previously adapted into Brazilian-Portuguese. METHOD The original version ...