Isabel Amelia Costa Mendes

Dr. Isabel Amelia Costa Mendes

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Academic Career Length

51Years (1976-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 June 2007 in Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
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VSValmi D. Sousa
Valmi D. Sousa
MDMartha Driessnack
Martha Driessnack
IMIsabel Amelia Costa Mendes
Isabel Amelia Costa Mendes
This three part series of articles provides a brief overview of relevant research designs in nursing. The first article in the series presents the most frequently used quantitative research designs. Strategies for non-experimental and experimental research designs used to generate and refine nursing knowledge are described. In addition, the importance of quantitative designs and the role they play in developing evidence-based practice are discussed. Nursing care needs to be determined by the results of sound research rather than by clinical preferences or tradition.

1 December 2015 in Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
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RARodrigo Guimarães dos Santos Almeida
Rodrigo Guimarães dos Santos Almeida
AMAlessandra Mazzo
Alessandra Mazzo
JMJosé Carlos Amado Martins
José Carlos Amado Martins
RBRui Carlos Negrão Baptista
Rui Carlos Negrão Baptista
FGFernanda Berchelli Girão
Fernanda Berchelli Girão
IMIsabel Amelia Costa Mendes
Isabel Amelia Costa Mendes
Objective: translate and validate to Portuguese the Scale of Student Satisfaction and Self-Confidence in Learning. Material and Methods: methodological translation and validation study of a research tool. After following all steps of the translation process, for the validation process, the event III Workshop Brazil - Portugal: Care Delivery to Critical Patients was created, promoted by one Brazilian and another Portuguese teaching institution. Results: 103 nurses participated. As to the validity and reliability of the scale, the correlation pattern between the variables, the sampling adequacy test (Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin) and the sphericity test (Bartlett) showed good results. In the exploratory factorial analysis (Varimax), item 9 behaved better in factor 1 (Satisfaction) than in factor 2 (Self-confidence in learning). The internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha) showed coefficients of 0.86 in factor 1 with six items and 0.77 for factor 2 with 07 items. Conclusion: in Portuguese this tool was called: Escala de Satisfação de Estudantes e Autoconfiança na Aprendizagem. The results found good psychometric properties and a good potential use. The sampling size and specificity are limitations of this study, but future studies will contribute to consolidate the validity of the scale and strengthen its potential use.

8 April 2016 in Journal of Advanced Nursing
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LWLynda Wilson
Lynda Wilson
IMIsabel Amelia Costa Mendes
Isabel Amelia Costa Mendes
HKHester Klopper
Hester Klopper
CCCathy Catrambone
Cathy Catrambone
RARowaida Al‐Maaitah
Rowaida Al‐Maaitah
MHMartha Hill
Martha Hill

1 July 2012 in Journal of Professional Nursing
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LWLynda Wilson
Lynda Wilson
DHDoreen C. Harper
Doreen C. Harper
ITIrene Tami-Maury
Irene Tami-Maury
RZRosa Zarate
Rosa Zarate
SSSusana Salas
Susana Salas
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1 February 2016 in Applied Nursing Research
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VSValtuir Duarte Souza-Junior
Valtuir Duarte Souza-Junior
IMIsabel Amelia Costa Mendes
Isabel Amelia Costa Mendes
AMAlessandra Mazzo
Alessandra Mazzo
SGSimone de Godoy
Simone de Godoy

1 October 2010 in Ciencia & Saude Coletiva
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DMDeborah Malta
Deborah Malta
LSLuciana Monteiro Vasconcelos Sardinha
Luciana Monteiro Vasconcelos Sardinha
IMIsabel Amelia Costa Mendes
Isabel Amelia Costa Mendes
SBSandhi Maria Barreto
Sandhi Maria Barreto
LGLuana Giatti
Luana Giatti
CCClaudio Crespo
Claudio Crespo
A adolescência é marcada por transformações e exposição a diversas situações e riscos para a saúde. O estudo atual estima a prevalência dos principais fatores de risco e proteção à saúde dos adolescentes entrevistados em 2009 na Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde do Escolar (PeNSE). A PeNSE, parceria do Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) com o Ministério da Saúde, usou questionário autoaplicável em palmtop coletando informação de 60.973 estudantes em 1.453 escolas públicas privadas nas 27 capitais. RESULTADOS: consumo de alimentos em cinco dias ou mais na semana: 62,6% comem feijão, apenas 31,5% consomem frutas, 58,3% comem guloseimas e 37% tomam refrigerantes; 43,1% dos alunos são suficientemente ativos fisicamente e 79,5% gastam mais de duas horas diárias em frente à TV. Em relação a tabaco e drogas: 6,3% são fumantes atuais, 71,4% dos alunos disseram já ter experimentado alguma bebida alcoólica. O consumo atual de bebida alcoólica foi de 27% e as drogas ilícitas foram usadas alguma vez na vida em 8,7%. Esses dados geram evidências para orientar a implementação de políticas públicas e realizar ações para minimizar a exposição de fatores de risco dos adolescentes brasileiros.