Utilité de pictogrammes pour améliorer la santé bucco-dentaire et le comportement des enfants autistes

Introduction : Les soins dentaires des enfants autistes représentent un défi pour les parents et les dentistes. Des efforts doivent être faits afin d’améliorer les mesures préventives et l’éducation des parents. Recension des écrits : L’autisme se définit comme un désordre qualitatif de l’interaction sociale et de la communication, par des comportements ou activités répétitifs et stéréotypés et par de l’hypersensibilité aux stimuli corporels. Le manque de coopération pour le brossage des dents constitue un obstacle au maintien d’une bonne hygiène bucco-dentaire chez l’enfant autiste. Problématique : L’enfant autiste représente un défi pour le dentiste, mais aussi pour ses parents lors des mesures quotidiennes d’hygiène. Peu d’études cliniques se sont penchées sur l’utilité des pictogrammes dans la dispensation des soins dentaires quotidiens et professionnels de cette clientèle. Hypothèse de recherche : L’utilisation de pictogrammes améliore la coopération des enfants autistes pour les soins dentaires quotidiens et chez le dentiste, leur procurant une meilleure hygiène bucco-dentaire. Matériels et méthodes : Selon un devis d’étude expérimentale randomisée, 17 participants expérimentaux (avec pictogrammes) et 18 participants contrôles ont été recrutés au CHU Sainte-Justine, puis évalués à 6 reprises sur 12 mois. L’hygiène fut notée par l’indice de plaque et le comportement par l’échelle de Frankl. Résultats : Aucune différence significative n’a été notée entre le groupe expérimental et contrôle pour l’indice de plaque et l’échelle de Frankl. Globalement, une baisse de l’indice de plaque et une amélioration du comportement ont été notées pour les deux groupes et ce, pendant la période d’étude de 12 mois. Conclusion : Les résultats de la présente étude ne permettent pas d’affirmer que les pictogrammes contribuent à améliorer l’hygiène bucco-dentaire et le comportement des enfants autistes lors des soins dentaires quotidiens et professionnels.

Salivary alpha amylase and cortisol levels in children with global developmental delay and their relation with the expectation of dental care and behavior during the intervention

The purpose of this study was to analyze the alpha-amylase (sAA) and cortisol levels in children with Global developmental delay (GDD) before and after dental treatment and its association with the children's behavior during treatment. The morning salivary cortisol levels and activity of sAA of 33 children with GDD were evaluated before and after dental treatment and were compared to 19 healthy children. The behavior of children with GDD during dental care was assessed by the Frankl scale. Children with GDD showed lower levels of sAA activity than healthy children, but this result was not significant. The salivary cortisol levels were similar between GOD and healthy children. GDD children showed increased levels of sAA (but not cortisol) prior to the dental treatment as compared to the post-treatment phase. GOD children who showed less favorable behavior during dental care had higher levels of sAA and salivary cortisol than GOD children with more favorable behavior, but only the sAA results were significant. In conclusion, GOD children show hyperactivity of the SNS-axis in anticipation of dental treatment which indicates the need for strategies to reduce their anxiety levels before and during dental care. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Stato della salute orale in pazienti istituzionalizzati affetti da patologie neuropsichiatriche

Le patologie di pertinenza odontostomatologica in pazienti adulti istituzionalizzati affetti da disabilità neuropsichiatrica presentano un’alta prevalenza; scopo del presente lavoro è stato la valutazione della prevalenza di carie (DMFT, SIC) e lo stato di igiene orale (OHI-S) in un gruppo di 103 (72 maschi, 31 femmine, età media 51) pazienti degli Istituti del P.O. Corberi e della RSD Beato Papa Giovanni XIII di Limbiate (MB). E’ stato valutata la collaborazione alla visita con la scala di Frankl, si è definito lo stato funzionale del paziente, in base alla Classificazione Internazionale del Funzionamento, della Disabilità e della Salute (ICF) e si è valutata con un questionario la motivazione degli operatori sanitari a stili di salute orale. Lo studio ha evidenziato un DMFT medio pari a 16,14 e SIC pari a 23,8, valori non correlabili con l'età del soggetto. L’OHI-S medio è pari a 3,46, dato che si presenza correlato con il tempo intercorso dall’ultima visita odontoiatrica. Dal confronto con un gruppo di soggetti sani della stessa età risultano significativamente più elevati i valori della componente (M) e (F) del DMFT e di tutte le componenti dell’OHI-S. Il campione è stato diviso in due gruppi a seconda della loro pregressa collaborazione al trattamento odontoiatrico e sono stati confrontati i dati ricavati dalla checklist ICF. Il gruppo collaborante ha mostrato livelli di funzionalità superiori per quanto riguarda le capacità di osservare, parlare e l’assistenza personale. Dalle risposte del personale socio-sanitario ermerge scarsa informazione sulle tecniche di igiene orale domiciliare quotidiana del paziente assistito. I risultati di questo studio confermano l'alta prevalenza di carie e scarsa igiene orale in soggetti istituzionalizzati con disabilità neuropsichiatrica. L'ICF si è dimostrata una utile guida per la valutazione dell�approccio comportamentale più idoneo in fase di trattamento. Infine, si evidenzia l’importanza di una formazione continua degli operatori socio-sanitari.

Fatores determinantes do comportamento infantil na consulta de Medicina Dentária da Unidade de Saúde da Ilha Terceira

O medo e a ansiedade dentária são importantes fatores condicionantes do tratamento dentário. Ao interferirem na condição psicológica do paciente, condicionam o seu comportamento na consulta e a atitude que apresentam em relação aos cuidados de saúde oral. Os pacientes ansiosos, medrosos ou fóbicos adiam a consulta de medicina dentária, evitam os tratamentos e só recorrem ao médico dentista quando surgem os sintomas dolorosos. Este adiar dos procedimentos dentários resultará num agravamento dos problemas de saúde oral, e em maiores necessidades de tratamento, tratamento esse que será mais intensivo, mais invasivo e potencialmente mais traumático, levando a um reforço do medo e da ansiedade dentária já existente. As crianças, pela menor maturidade psico-emocional têm menor capacidade de lidar com as suas emoções perante diversos acontecimentos, nomeadamente, em contexto médico-dentário. Tornam-se assim mais suscetíveis ao desenvolvimento de medo e ansiedade dentária, e exibindo, com alguma frequência, comportamentos negativos na consulta, que dificultam a adequada prestação de cuidados de saúde oral. Existem ainda outros fatores etiológicos predisponentes e desencadeantes de ansiedade dentária na criança e que condicionam o seu comportamento na consulta (idade, género, faixa etária, número de consultas anteriores, entre outros). Objetivo: Neste trabalho pretendeu-se avaliar os fatores determinantes do comportamento infantil na consulta de medicina dentária da Unidade de Saúde da Ilha Terceira, em crianças com idades entre os 4 e os 16 anos. Métodos: Foi realizado um estudo descritivo observacional transversal onde se pretendeu avaliar a ansiedade dentária da criança antes da consulta dentária através da Facial Image Scale (FIS); avaliar a ansiedade dentária dos acompanhantes através da. Corah Dental Anxiety Scale, Revised (DAS-R). e o comportamento das crianças durante o tratamento dentário usando a Escala de Frankl. O estudo decorreu de 30 de Abril a 8 de Maio na Unidade de Saúde da Ilha Terceira, Região Autónoma dos Açores, tendo sido observadas 53 crianças de idades compreendidas entre os 4 e os 16 anos. Resultados: Numa amostra de 53 crianças, verificou-se que 11,3% das crianças apresentavam ansiedade dentária antes da consulta dentária, que os pais eram mais ansiosos que as crianças, 49,1% apresentavam ansiedade dentária e que a percentagem de crianças com um comportamento negativo durante a consulta médico-dentária foi muito baixa, correspondendo a 1,9%. Verificou-se que a ansiedade dentária parental não interfere com a ansiedade dentária da criança, quando comparadas, ao contrário do que alguns estudos sugerem. Não houve relação entre a ansiedade dentária da criança e o género, idade, número de vezes que veio ao médico dentista ou estatuto social. Conclusão: Neste estudo pôde-se concluir que as crianças que frequentaram a consulta de medicina dentária da Unidade de Saúde da Ilha Terceira entre 30 de Abril a 8 de Maio apresentaram baixa prevalência de ansiedade dentária e elevada prevalência de comportamento positivo na consulta. Já os seus pais ou acompanhantes apresentaram uma prevalência de ansiedade dentária parental elevada. Conhecer os fatores que condicionam o comportamento infantil na consulta dentária como a ansiedade dentária da criança e a ansiedade dentária parental e medi-los antes da consulta poderá ajudar a equipa dentária na abordagem comportamental da criança durante os tratamentos dentários. Envolver a comunidade escolar e a população infantil em ações de promoção da saúde oral, promovendo rastreios dos problemas orais nas escolas, e consultas dentárias de acompanhamento logo desde muito jovens, poderá ter um efeito benéfico na diminuição da ansiedade dentária nas crianças e no desenvolvimento de comportamentos positivos nas consultas.

Validação da Body Appreciation Scale (BAS), Life Satisfaction Index for the Third Age (LSITA) e do Aging Perception Questionnaire (APQ) para a língua portuguesa no Brasil : um estudo em idosos brasileiros

Universidade Estadual de Campinas . Faculdade de Educação Física

Tradução, adaptação cultural e estrutura fatorial do Body Shape Questionnaire, Body Esteem Scale e Body Appreciation Scale para mulheres brasileiras na meia-idade

Universidade Estadual de Campinas . Faculdade de Educação Física

Tradução, adaptação cultural e validação da escala Moorong Self-Efficacy Scale (MSES) para o português no Brasil = : Translation, cultural adaptation and validation of Moorong Self-Efficacy Scale (MSES) into Brazilian Portuguese

Universidade Estadual de Campinas . Faculdade de Educação Física

Adaptação e validação da escla ASKAS - Aging Sexual Knowledge and Attitudes Scale em idosos brasileiros

Universidade Estadual de Campinas . Faculdade de Educação Física

Cross-cultural adaptation, validation and reliability of the Body Area Scale for Brazilian adolescents

The aim of this study was to translate, validate and verify the reliability of the Body Area Scale (BAS). Participants were 386 teenagers, enrolled in a private school. Translation into Portuguese was conducted. The instrument was evaluated for internal consistency and construct validation analysis. Reproducibility was evaluated using the Wilcoxon test and the coefficient of interclass correlation. The BAS demonstrated good values for internal consistency (0.90 and 0.88) and was able to discriminate boys and girls according to nutritional state (p = 0.020 and p = 0.026, respectively). BAS scores correlated with adolescents' BMI (r = 0.14, p = 0.055; r = 0.23, p = 0.001) and WC (r =0.13, p = 0.083; r = 0.22, 0.002). Reliability was confirmed by the coefficient of inter-class correlation (0.35, p < 0.001; 0.60, p < 0.001) for boys and girls, respectively. The instrument performed well in terms of understanding and time of completion. BAS was successfully translated into Portuguese and presented good validity when applied to adolescents.

Psychometric evaluation of the Disordered Eating Attitude Scale (DEAS)

Eating attitudes are defined as beliefs, thoughts, feelings, behaviors and relationship with food. They could influence people’s food choices and their health status. Objective: This study aimed to adapt from Portuguese to English the Disordered Eating Attitude Scale (DEAS) and evaluate its validity and reliability. The original scale in Portuguese was translated and adapted into English and was applied to female university students of University of Minnesota—USA (n = 224). Internal consistency was determined (Cronbach’s Alpha). Convergent validity was assessed by correlations between Eating Attitude Test-26 (EAT-26) and Restrain Scale (RS). Reliability was evaluated applying twice the scale to a sub-sample (n = 30). The scale was back translated into Portuguese and compared with the original version and discrepancies were not found. The internal consistency was .76. The DEAS total score was significantly associated with EAT-26 (r = 0.65) and RS (r = 0.69) scores. The correlation between test–retest was r = 0.9. The English version of DEAS showed appropriate internal consistency, convergent validity and test–retest reliability and will be useful to assess eating attitudes in different population groups in English spoken countries

Direct measurement of intrinsic atomic scale magnetostriction

Using differential x-ray absorption spectroscopy (DiffXAS) we have measured and quantified the intrinsic, atomic-scale magnetostriction of Fe(81)Ga(19). By exploiting the chemical selectivity of DiffXAS, the Fe and Ga local environments have been assessed individually. The enhanced magnetostriction induced by the addition of Ga to Fe was found to originate from the Ga environment, where lambda(gamma,2)(approximate to (3/2)lambda(100)) is 390 +/- 40 ppm. In this environment, < 001 > Ga-Ga pair defects were found to exist, which mediate the magnetostriction by inducing large strains in the surrounding Ga-Fe bonds. For the first time, intrinsic, chemically selective magnetostrictive strain has been measured and quantified at the atomic level, allowing true comparison with theory.

EVALUATING VIBRATIONS ON A SMALL-SCALE MODEL OF A TIMBER FOOTBRIDGE

In Brazil, the study of pedestrian-induced vibration on footbridges has been undertaken since the early 1990s, for concrete and steel footbridges. However, there are no recorded studies of this kind for timber footbridges. Brazilian code ABNT NBR 7190 (1997) gives design requirements only for static loads in the case of timber footbridges, without considering the serviceability limit state from pedestrian-induced vibrations. The aim of this work is to perform a theoretical dynamic, numerical and experimental analysis on simply-supported timber footbridges, by using a small-scale model developed from a 24 m span and 2 m width timber footbridge, with two main timber beams. Span and width were scaled down (1:4) to 6 m e 0.5 in, respectively. Among the conclusions reached herein, it is emphasized that the Euler-Bernoulli beam theory is suitable for calculating the vertical and lateral first natural frequencies in simply-supported timber footbridges; however, special attention should be given to the evaluation of lateral bending stiffness, as it leads to conservative values.

Time-frequency and time-scale analysis of Barkhausen noise signals

Carrying out information about the microstructure and stress behaviour of ferromagnetic steels, magnetic Barkhausen noise (MBN) has been used as a basis for effective non-destructive testing methods, opening new areas in industrial applications. One of the factors that determines the quality and reliability of the MBN analysis is the way information is extracted from the signal. Commonly, simple scalar parameters are used to characterize the information content, such as amplitude maxima and signal root mean square. This paper presents a new approach based on the time-frequency analysis. The experimental test case relates the use of MBN signals to characterize hardness gradients in a AISI4140 steel. To that purpose different time-frequency (TFR) and time-scale (TSR) representations such as the spectrogram, the Wigner-Ville distribution, the Capongram, the ARgram obtained from an AutoRegressive model, the scalogram, and the Mellingram obtained from a Mellin transform are assessed. It is shown that, due to nonstationary characteristics of the MBN, TFRs can provide a rich and new panorama of these signals. Extraction techniques of some time-frequency parameters are used to allow a diagnostic process. Comparison with results obtained by the classical method highlights the improvement on the diagnosis provided by the method proposed.

The Effect of Spatial Scale on Predicting Time Series: A Study on Epidemiological System Identification

A susceptible-infective-recovered (SIR) epidemiological model based on probabilistic cellular automaton (PCA) is employed for simulating the temporal evolution of the registered cases of chickenpox in Arizona, USA, between 1994 and 2004. At each time step, every individual is in one of the states S, I, or R. The parameters of this model are the probabilities of each individual (each cell forming the PCA lattice ) passing from a state to another state. Here, the values of these probabilities are identified by using a genetic algorithm. If nonrealistic values are allowed to the parameters, the predictions present better agreement with the historical series than if they are forced to present realistic values. A discussion about how the size of the PCA lattice affects the quality of the model predictions is presented. Copyright (C) 2009 L. H. A. Monteiro et al.

Extraction and purification of total RNA from banana tissues (small scale)

Introduction. This protocol aims at preparing total RNA for gene expression analysis by Northern blots, RT-PCR and real-time quantitative PCR; cDNA isolation by RTPCR; and cDNA library construction. The principle, key advantages, starting plant material, time required for obtaining total RNA and expected results are presented. Materials and methods. This part describes the required materials and the 27 steps necessary for preparing RNA from peel and pulp fruit tissue: preparation of plant tissue powder, preparation of the complete RNA extraction buffer and isolation of RNA from ground banana fruit tissue. Results. Extraction of total RNA by the method described makes it possible to achieve electrophoresis under denatured conditions and in vitro reverse transcription. An example for Northern blot analysis is illustrated.