United to help teachers. Intervention to promote mental health literacy in secondary school tea-c... more United to help teachers. Intervention to promote mental health literacy in secondary school tea-chers: preliminary results Profesores unidos para ayudar. Intervención para promover la literacía de la salud mental en profesores de educación secundaria: resultados y preliminares
Numa amostra de 44 doentes com diagnostico de esquizofrenia, residentes no Centro Hospitalar Cond... more Numa amostra de 44 doentes com diagnostico de esquizofrenia, residentes no Centro Hospitalar Conde Ferreira em regime de internamento de evolucao prolongada, foi aplicado o MMSE-T (Folstein, Folstein & McHugh, 1975) para rastreio dos defices cognitivos nesta populacao e para posterior estudo da eficacia deste instrumento como teste rapido de despiste do defice cognitivo ligeiro em doentes com esquizofrenia. Tendo em conta os valores de corte para a populacao Portuguesa, so 36,3 % (n = 16) dos resultados obtidos nesta amostra correspondem a presenca de defices cognitivos. De referir que as idades de 11 destes 16 sujeitos (68,75%), variava entre os 55 e 77 anos, sendo a media de 63,18 anos. Os resultados do MMSE-T de 11 doentes escolhidos de forma aleatoria foram posteriormente comparados com uma avaliacao compreensiva do funcionamento cognitivo efectuada atraves da bateria de Avaliacao Cognitiva Estandardizada Conde de Ferreira (ACECF) (Marques-Teixeira, 2005). Da analise estatistica...
RESUMO: O estigma nas doenças é reconhecido desde sempre. Com o envelhecimento da população e a e... more RESUMO: O estigma nas doenças é reconhecido desde sempre. Com o envelhecimento da população e a evolução da investigação em fisiologia e medicina, tal como das condições de vida da população, aumentaram a expetativa de vida e reduziram a mortalidade por doenças agudas, o que teve como efeito o aumento do numero de pessoas com doenças crónicas, e o aumento do estigma que lhe está associado. O objetivo do presente estudo é construir uma escala de avaliação do estigma em situação de doença ou equivalente, que seja genérica e breve para ser útil no sistema de saúde em geral. A escala foi desenvolvida a partir dos itens de escalas existentes em diversos idiomas, usadas com doenças específicas ou em condições específicas. Participaram no estudo 259 indivíduos, 30,1% do sexo masculino, com idade média de 49,49, anos com diferentes doenças ou condições a seguir tratamento e/ou vigilância continuada. A versão final da escala, após análises com rede nomológica, inclui cinco itens. A exploração das propriedades psicométricas, nomeadamente, consistência interna (α=0,82), estrutura fatorial (unidimensional), convergência e divergência, sensibilidade, mostra uma escala unidimensional e com propriedades métricas adequadas.
United to help teachers. Intervention to promote mental health literacy in secondary school teach... more United to help teachers. Intervention to promote mental health literacy in secondary school teachers: preliminary results Profesores unidos para ayudar. Intervención para promover la literacía de la salud mental en profesores de educación secundaria: resultados y preliminares
Revista Brasileira De Crescimento E Desenvolvimento Humano, 2012
The lack of information and stigma associated with mental disorders are major obstacles to the pr... more The lack of information and stigma associated with mental disorders are major obstacles to the promotion of mental health. The "UPA Makes the Difference: Mental health awareness intervention in schools" project aims to contribute to increase young people knowledge regarding mental health issues. This project is part of the "United to Help Movement", focusing on the combat of mental illness stigma and discrimination. Objectives: to describe the psychometric characteristics of the questionnaire UH (United to Help) and to verify the adequacy of action to promote mental health. Methods: this study was conducted with 26 students (15-17 year-olds). The mental health intervention is composed by 2 sessions. The questionnaire was administered at the beginning of the 1st session and in the end of the 2nd session. Results: cronbach's alpha regarding 2 sections of the "Questionnaire UPA" stated poor and acceptable levels of internal consistency (stigmatizing perceptions and perceptions of knowledge, respectively). The post intervention assessment showed a significant increase in the total score of the perceptions of knowledge; no significant differences in stigmatizing perceptions; and a significant decrease in help-seeking intentions when facing a mental health problem, although most participants have come to consider different types of help. Conclusion: the results suggest the need to review the structure of the "stigmatizing perceptions" section of the questionnaire, as well as to conduct new analyses with a larger sample. Furthermore, results show the adequacy of the methodology used in the intervention, particularly in the capacity showed to promote the increase of knowledge regarding mental health issues.
Revista Brasileira De Crescimento E Desenvolvimento Humano, 2012
The lack of information and stigma associated with mental disorders are major obstacles to the pr... more The lack of information and stigma associated with mental disorders are major obstacles to the promotion of mental health. The "UPA Makes the Difference: Mental health awareness intervention in schools" project aims to contribute to increase young people knowledge regarding mental health issues. This project is part of the "United to Help Movement", focusing on the combat of mental illness stigma and discrimination. Objectives: to describe the psychometric characteristics of the questionnaire UH (United to Help) and to verify the adequacy of action to promote mental health. Methods: this study was conducted with 26 students (15-17 year-olds). The mental health intervention is composed by 2 sessions. The questionnaire was administered at the beginning of the 1st session and in the end of the 2nd session. Results: cronbach'salpha regarding 2 sections of the "Questionnaire UPA" stated poor and acceptable levels of internal consistency (stigmatizing perceptions and perceptions of knowledge, respectively). The post intervention assessment showed a significant increase in the total score of the perceptions of knowledge; no significant differences in stigmatizing perceptions; and a significant decrease in help-seeking intentions when facing a mental health problem, although most participants have come to consider different types of help. Conclusion: the results suggest the need to review the structure of the "stigmatizing perceptions" section of the questionnaire, as well as to conduct new analyses with a larger sample. Furthermore, results show the adequacy of the methodology used in the intervention, particularly in the capacity showed to promote the increase of knowledge regarding mental health issues.
United to help teachers. Intervention to promote mental health literacy in secondary school tea-c... more United to help teachers. Intervention to promote mental health literacy in secondary school tea-chers: preliminary results Profesores unidos para ayudar. Intervención para promover la literacía de la salud mental en profesores de educación secundaria: resultados y preliminares
Numa amostra de 44 doentes com diagnostico de esquizofrenia, residentes no Centro Hospitalar Cond... more Numa amostra de 44 doentes com diagnostico de esquizofrenia, residentes no Centro Hospitalar Conde Ferreira em regime de internamento de evolucao prolongada, foi aplicado o MMSE-T (Folstein, Folstein & McHugh, 1975) para rastreio dos defices cognitivos nesta populacao e para posterior estudo da eficacia deste instrumento como teste rapido de despiste do defice cognitivo ligeiro em doentes com esquizofrenia. Tendo em conta os valores de corte para a populacao Portuguesa, so 36,3 % (n = 16) dos resultados obtidos nesta amostra correspondem a presenca de defices cognitivos. De referir que as idades de 11 destes 16 sujeitos (68,75%), variava entre os 55 e 77 anos, sendo a media de 63,18 anos. Os resultados do MMSE-T de 11 doentes escolhidos de forma aleatoria foram posteriormente comparados com uma avaliacao compreensiva do funcionamento cognitivo efectuada atraves da bateria de Avaliacao Cognitiva Estandardizada Conde de Ferreira (ACECF) (Marques-Teixeira, 2005). Da analise estatistica...
RESUMO: O estigma nas doenças é reconhecido desde sempre. Com o envelhecimento da população e a e... more RESUMO: O estigma nas doenças é reconhecido desde sempre. Com o envelhecimento da população e a evolução da investigação em fisiologia e medicina, tal como das condições de vida da população, aumentaram a expetativa de vida e reduziram a mortalidade por doenças agudas, o que teve como efeito o aumento do numero de pessoas com doenças crónicas, e o aumento do estigma que lhe está associado. O objetivo do presente estudo é construir uma escala de avaliação do estigma em situação de doença ou equivalente, que seja genérica e breve para ser útil no sistema de saúde em geral. A escala foi desenvolvida a partir dos itens de escalas existentes em diversos idiomas, usadas com doenças específicas ou em condições específicas. Participaram no estudo 259 indivíduos, 30,1% do sexo masculino, com idade média de 49,49, anos com diferentes doenças ou condições a seguir tratamento e/ou vigilância continuada. A versão final da escala, após análises com rede nomológica, inclui cinco itens. A exploração das propriedades psicométricas, nomeadamente, consistência interna (α=0,82), estrutura fatorial (unidimensional), convergência e divergência, sensibilidade, mostra uma escala unidimensional e com propriedades métricas adequadas.
United to help teachers. Intervention to promote mental health literacy in secondary school teach... more United to help teachers. Intervention to promote mental health literacy in secondary school teachers: preliminary results Profesores unidos para ayudar. Intervención para promover la literacía de la salud mental en profesores de educación secundaria: resultados y preliminares
Revista Brasileira De Crescimento E Desenvolvimento Humano, 2012
The lack of information and stigma associated with mental disorders are major obstacles to the pr... more The lack of information and stigma associated with mental disorders are major obstacles to the promotion of mental health. The "UPA Makes the Difference: Mental health awareness intervention in schools" project aims to contribute to increase young people knowledge regarding mental health issues. This project is part of the "United to Help Movement", focusing on the combat of mental illness stigma and discrimination. Objectives: to describe the psychometric characteristics of the questionnaire UH (United to Help) and to verify the adequacy of action to promote mental health. Methods: this study was conducted with 26 students (15-17 year-olds). The mental health intervention is composed by 2 sessions. The questionnaire was administered at the beginning of the 1st session and in the end of the 2nd session. Results: cronbach's alpha regarding 2 sections of the "Questionnaire UPA" stated poor and acceptable levels of internal consistency (stigmatizing perceptions and perceptions of knowledge, respectively). The post intervention assessment showed a significant increase in the total score of the perceptions of knowledge; no significant differences in stigmatizing perceptions; and a significant decrease in help-seeking intentions when facing a mental health problem, although most participants have come to consider different types of help. Conclusion: the results suggest the need to review the structure of the "stigmatizing perceptions" section of the questionnaire, as well as to conduct new analyses with a larger sample. Furthermore, results show the adequacy of the methodology used in the intervention, particularly in the capacity showed to promote the increase of knowledge regarding mental health issues.
Revista Brasileira De Crescimento E Desenvolvimento Humano, 2012
The lack of information and stigma associated with mental disorders are major obstacles to the pr... more The lack of information and stigma associated with mental disorders are major obstacles to the promotion of mental health. The "UPA Makes the Difference: Mental health awareness intervention in schools" project aims to contribute to increase young people knowledge regarding mental health issues. This project is part of the "United to Help Movement", focusing on the combat of mental illness stigma and discrimination. Objectives: to describe the psychometric characteristics of the questionnaire UH (United to Help) and to verify the adequacy of action to promote mental health. Methods: this study was conducted with 26 students (15-17 year-olds). The mental health intervention is composed by 2 sessions. The questionnaire was administered at the beginning of the 1st session and in the end of the 2nd session. Results: cronbach'salpha regarding 2 sections of the "Questionnaire UPA" stated poor and acceptable levels of internal consistency (stigmatizing perceptions and perceptions of knowledge, respectively). The post intervention assessment showed a significant increase in the total score of the perceptions of knowledge; no significant differences in stigmatizing perceptions; and a significant decrease in help-seeking intentions when facing a mental health problem, although most participants have come to consider different types of help. Conclusion: the results suggest the need to review the structure of the "stigmatizing perceptions" section of the questionnaire, as well as to conduct new analyses with a larger sample. Furthermore, results show the adequacy of the methodology used in the intervention, particularly in the capacity showed to promote the increase of knowledge regarding mental health issues.
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