07/Oct/2024
Knowledge related to breast cancer screening programs by physicians in Brazil
DOI: 10.31744/einstein_journal/2024AO0760
Highlights Variability in screening protocols: only 42.8% of gynecologists and obstetricians follow the 40-74 years protocol, while 76.6% of family physicians follow the 50-69 years protocol. High rate of incorrect BIRADS™ interpretation: there were 46.3% incorrect responses among gynecologists and obstetricians and 77.9% among family physicians, highlighting significant knowledge gaps. Misconception about breast ultrasound: 39.1% of gynecologists and obstetricians and 20.3% of family physicians incorrectly consider ultrasound as a screening method. Impact of inadequate training: inadequate training leads to improper […]
Keywords: attitudes; Brazil; Breast neoplasms; Family; Gynecologists; Health knowledge; Mammography; Mass screening; Obstetricians; Physicians; practice; Preventive medicine; Surveys and questionnaires
04/Oct/2019
Variables that influence the medical decision regarding Advance Directives and their impact on end-of-life care
einstein (São Paulo). 04/Oct/2019;18:eRW4852.
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Variables that influence the medical decision regarding Advance Directives and their impact on end-of-life care
DOI: 10.31744/einstein_journal/2020RW4852
ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to identify the variables that influence physicians to implement Advance Directives and assess their impact on end-of-life care. It is a narrative literature review of 25 articles published between 1997 and 2018, in the following databases: CAPES, EBSCOhost, BDTD, VHL, Google Scholar, MEDLINE®/PubMed. The keywords utilized were: “advance directives”, “living wills”, “physicians”, “attitude”, “decision making”, “advance care planning”. The main factors that influenced physicians to implemente the directives were patients prognosis, medical paternalism, […]
Keywords: Advance care planning; Advance directives; Attitude; Decision Making; Living wills; Physicians
02/May/2019
Attitudes Toward Lesbians and Gay Men Scale: validation in Brazilian physicians
einstein (São Paulo). 02/May/2019;17(2):eAO4527.
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Attitudes Toward Lesbians and Gay Men Scale: validation in Brazilian physicians
DOI: 10.31744/einstein_journal/2019AO4527
ABSTRACT Objective: To perform the cross-cultural adaptation of the original North American version of the Attitudes Toward Lesbians and Gay Men Scale (ATLG) for use in Brazil, and to evaluate the psychometric properties of the adapted instrument in a sample of Brazilian heterosexual physicians. Methods: Stages of cross-cultural adaptation were as follows: translation by two independent evaluators, translation synthesis, evaluation by the target population for semantic equivalence, pilot study with 42 physicians, and final instrument preparation involving 224 heterosexual physicians […]
Keywords: Brazil; Factor analysis, statistical; Homosexuality; Physicians; Prejudice; Psychometrics; Translating
17/Jan/2019
Leadership potential of physicians in a public teaching hospital in the city of São Paulo
DOI: 10.31744/einstein_journal/2019GS4191
ABSTRACT Objective To analyze the leadership potential of physicians in a public hospital in the city of São Paulo. Methods A descriptive pilot study, in which 40 assistant physicians and medical residents were randomly selected to receive an electronic invitation of the company Caliper Estratégias Humanas do Brasil . To those who accepted it, a link was sent to fill out a personality evaluation focused on the work, comprising 112 alternatives related to 21 domains of 4 performance areas. According […]
Keywords: Hospital, teaching; Hospitals, voluntary; Leadership; Physicians; Work performance
11/Sep/2018
What do physicians know about homosexuality? Translation and adaptation of Knowledge about Homosexuality Questionnaire
einstein (São Paulo). 11/Sep/2018;16(3):eAO4252.
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What do physicians know about homosexuality? Translation and adaptation of Knowledge about Homosexuality Questionnaire
DOI: 10.1590/S1679-45082018AO4252
ABSTRACT Objective: To adapt the Knowledge about Homosexuality Questionnaire to Brazilian Portuguese, and to assess knowledge of heterosexual physicians on homosexuality. Methods: The following steps for cultural adaptation were made: translation by two independent evaluators, translation synthesis, and evaluation of semantic properties by the target population, followed by the development of a pilot study and administration of the instrument to 224 heterosexual physicians working in the Brazilian Federal District. Results: The mean number of correct answers in the questionnaire was […]
Keywords: Health knowledge, attitudes; Homosexuality; Physicians; Surveys and questionnaires
01/Apr/2017
Work addiction and quality of life: a study with physicians
DOI: 10.1590/S1679-45082017AO3960
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the quality of life of physicians and investigate to what extent it is affected by work addiction. Methods This is an exploratory, descriptive and cross-sectional study, conducted with 1,110 physicians. For data collection, we used a questionnaire with sociodemographic information, the World Health Organization Quality of Life BREF, and the Work Addiction Scale. Results Most physicians presented high quality of life. Female participants presented lower quality of life in the domains psychologic, environment and general (p
Keywords: Physicians; Quality of life; Risk Factors; Work