Brazilian Adults' Hope and Spirituality in Preoperative Heart Surgery: A Cross-Sectional Study.

INTRODUCTION: Given the incipience of domestic studies on hope and spirituality in cardiology, this study evaluated adult cardiac patients' hope in the preoperative period of cardiac surgery and its potential association with spirituality. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study carried out at a university hospital in the State of São Paulo (Brazil). A total of 70 patients answered the Herth Hope Scale and a sociodemographic questionnaire before undergoing surgical procedure between January and October 2018. Descriptive and inferential analyses were performed using the Spearman's rank correlation coefficient and the Mann-Whitney U test. The R-3.4.1 software and SAS System for Windows 9.2 were also used. P-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS: Patients had a high prevalence of modifiable risk factors. Having a religion (37.53±4.57) and practicing it (38.79±4.25), regardless of its denomination and time dedicated to that religion, was associated with hope (P<0.01) in the immediate preoperative period of cardiac surgery. However, hope did not exhibit a significant correlation with factors such as age (P=0.09) and time dedicated to religious practice (P=0.07). CONCLUSION: Regardless of the religious strand and time dedicated to religious practices as an expression of spirituality, hope was associated with the participants' religion and religiosity. Considering the importance of this construct on the processes of health and disease, the whole health team should consider in their praxis a setting of conditions to make the patient's spirituality process feasible during hospitalization.

Construção e Evidências Psicométricas da Escala de Gratidão / Construction and Psychometric Evidence of the Gratitude Scale

Objetivamos construir e analisar as propriedades psicométricas de um instrumento para avaliar a gratidão em formato de julgamento situacional. Após a análise de juízes e estudo piloto, houve a exclusão de 6 itens dos 15 elaborados inicialmente. No estudo de busca de evidência de validade por meio da estrutura interna participaram 514 pessoas, sendo 56% do sexo femini-no, com idades entre 14 e 72 anos, que responderam à Escala de Gratidão, Escala de Afetos, Escala de Vitalidade e a Escala de Satisfação com a Vida. A análise fatorial exploratória indicou uma estrutura unidimensional composta por 9 itens. As mulheres apresentaram as maiores mé-dias quando comparadas aos homens, tanto no julgamento como na autoavaliação da gratidão. A gratidão apresentou correlação, em sentido positivo com magnitude fraca, apenas com a vi-talidade. Os dados indicaram evidências de validade com base no conteúdo do teste, consistên-cia interna e na relação com variáveis externas para a Escala de Gratidão. (AU)

We aimed to build and analyze the psychometric properties of an instrument to assess grati-tude in situational judgment format. After the analysis of judges’ and pilot study, 6 items out of the 15 elaborated were excluded. In the internal structure study 514 people participated, being 56% female, aged between 14 and 72 years old, who answered the Gratitude Scale, Af-fections Scale, Vitality Scale and Life Satisfaction Scale. The exploratory factor analysis indi-cated a one-dimensional structure composed of 9 items. Women had the highest averages when compared to men, both in judgment and in the self-assessment of gratitude. The grati-tude presented positively correlation with weak magnitude only with vitality, being positively explained by the gratitude. The data indicated evidence of validity based on the test content, on its internal consistency and in the relationship to external variables for the Gratitude Scale. (AU)

Brazilian Adults' Hope and Spirituality in Preoperative Heart Surgery: A Cross-Sectional Study

ABSTRACT Introduction: Given the incipience of domestic studies on hope and spirituality in cardiology, this study evaluated adult cardiac patients' hope in the preoperative period of cardiac surgery and its potential association with spirituality. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study carried out at a university hospital in the State of São Paulo (Brazil). A total of 70 patients answered the Herth Hope Scale and a sociodemographic questionnaire before undergoing surgical procedure between January and October 2018. Descriptive and inferential analyses were performed using the Spearman's rank correlation coefficient and the Mann-Whitney U test. The R-3.4.1 software and SAS System for Windows 9.2 were also used. P-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: Patients had a high prevalence of modifiable risk factors. Having a religion (37.53±4.57) and practicing it (38.79±4.25), regardless of its denomination and time dedicated to that religion, was associated with hope (P<0.01) in the immediate preoperative period of cardiac surgery. However, hope did not exhibit a significant correlation with factors such as age (P=0.09) and time dedicated to religious practice (P=0.07). Conclusion: Regardless of the religious strand and time dedicated to religious practices as an expression of spirituality, hope was associated with the participants' religion and religiosity. Considering the importance of this construct on the processes of health and disease, the whole health team should consider in their praxis a setting of conditions to make the patient's spirituality process feasible during hospitalization.

Uma nova possibilidade de construção do conhecimento em psicologia / A new possibility of construction of knowledge in psychology / Una nueva posibilidad de construcción del conocimiento en psicología

O número de ligas acadêmicas, definidas como organizações estudantis sem fins lucrativos, vêm crescendo no Brasil. No entanto, têm operado muitas vezes de modo incoerente com os objetivos preconizados pelo tripé universitário: ensino, pesquisa e extensão, sendo motivo de críticas constantes quando implementadas sem um processo crítico-reflexivo. O presente relato visa apresentar a experiência da Liga Acadêmica de Psicologia da Saúde (LAPS) em uma universidade no interior do Estado de São Paulo, destacando as práticas realizadas, os desafios e relevância deste novo recurso na formação do futuro psicólogo. Foi possível identificar que a LAPS contribuiu para a população local por meio da educação em saúde e que seus os desafios estão especialmente voltados à pesquisa. Nesse sentido, são necessários investimentos em produção científica e nos órgãos de representatividade das ligas universitárias, uma vez que as mesmas estão se apresentando como importantes ferramentas para a qualificação do futuro profissional.

The number of academic leagues, defined as nonprofit student organizations, has been growing in Brazil. Nevertheless, sometimes they have worked in an incompatible way with the objectives advocated by university tripod: teaching, research and extension, being reason for critics when implemented without the critical-reflexive process. This report aims to present the experience of the Academic League of Health Psychology (ALHP) in a university of the interior of the state of São Paulo, emphasizing the practices, the challenges and relevance of this resource in the formation of the future psychologist. It was identified that the ALHP contributed to the local population through health education and that its challenges are especially tied to research. Therefore, it is necessary to invest in scientific production and in representatives' organs of university leagues, since they are presenting themselves as important tools for the qualification of the future professional.

El número de ligas académicas, definidas como organizaciones estudiantiles sin fines de lucro, vienen creciendo en Brasil. Sin embargo, han operado muchas veces de modo incoherente con los objetivos preconizados por el trípode universitario: enseñanza, investigación y extensión, de modo a recibir críticas constantes cuando implementadas sin un proceso crítico-reflexivo. El presente relato presenta la experiencia de la Liga Académica de Psicología de la Salud (LAPS) en una universidad al interior del Estado de São Paulo, destacando las prácticas realizadas, los desafíos y relevancia de este nuevo recurso en la formación de un psicólogo. Fue posible identificar que LAPS contribuyó para la población local por medio de la educación en salud y que sus desafíos están especialmente inclinados a la investigación. En este sentido, son necesarios investimentos en producción científica y en los órganos de representatividad de las ligas universitarias, una vez que las mismas están presentes como importantes herramientas para la calificación del futuro profesional

A commented list of Scaphopoda (Mollusca) found along the Brazilian coast, with two new synonymies in the genus Gadila Gray, 1847

This review aims to present an updated checklist of scaphopods, based mainly on literature database. There is a total of 40 species (six families) for Brazil, including information about the distribution and bathymetric range of each taxon. We propose two synonyms with the aid of morphometry of the shell, for the genus Gadila: G. longa as junior synonym of G. elongata and G. robusta as junior synonym of G. pandionis.

Uma lista atualizada dos escafópodes da costa brasileira pertencentes a seis famílias é apresentada baseada principalmente em dados da literatura. Há um total de 40 espécies para o Brasil, incluindo informações sobre a distribuição e a faixa batimétrica de cada táxon. Nós propomos dois sinônimos com o auxílio da morfometria da concha, para o gênero Gadila: G. longa como sinônimo júnior de G. elongata e G. robusta como sinônimo júnior de G. pandionis.