Neusa Sica Da Rocha
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3883772 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Neusa Sica Da Rocha |
| NOMBRES | Neusa Sica |
| APELLIDO | Da Rocha |
| FIRMA | DA ROCHA N S |
| AFILIACIONES | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7260-3033 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 18 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 14 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 18 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2003 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Longitudinal Investigation of Psychotherapy Outcomes (Lipo)
OBJECTIVE: We aim to verify clinical (depressive symptoms, rates of psychiatric admissions, and suicide attempts) and neurobiological (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor - BDNF) changes in outpatients with depression undergoing evidence-based psychotherapies (EBP) over a 6-month follow-up. METHOD: Longitudinal, naturalistic, prospective study, with 47 outpatients undergoing EBP, and 48 healthy controls (HC) for the BDNF levels comparisons. Data we…
How to write and publish a scientific article? Strategies to facilitate your creative process
Writing and publishing a scientific article is an important distinguishing factor for both academic and professional résumés; however, accomplishing it is a challenge. This article is a narrative literature review that seeks to identify the essential elements for writing and publishing a scientific article. The first step is to select a topic that is both interesting and relevant to the academic community. Next, writing should begin by logically …
Como escrever e publicar um artigo científico? Estratégias para facilitar seu processo criativo
Writing and publishing a scientific article is an important distinguishing factor for both academic and professional résumés; however, accomplishing it is a challenge. This article is a narrative literature review that seeks to identify the essential elements for writing and publishing a scientific article. The first step is to select a topic that is both interesting and relevant to the academic community. Next, writing should begin by logically …
Some Factors Associated with Happiness in Healthy Brazilian Children and Adolescents
Personality dimensions, resilience, and depression during Covid-19 pandemic
BACKGROUND: The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has brought to light a significant surge in depression across diverse populations. While a considerable body of research has linked this upswing to lockdowns and restrictive measures, it is crucial to recognize that lockdowns alone cannot fully elucidate the observed increase in mental health disorders, given the vast array of individual psychological responses. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to test e w…
Psychometric properties of an online psychotherapy advantages and disadvantages instrument
We verified the need for instruments that could assess the perceptions of patients, therapists, and psychotherapy supervisors about online Psychotherapy. Objectives: to Build a scale of advantages and disadvantages of online psychotherapy. Method: A pilot cross-sectional multicenter sample collected from 2020 to 2021 of 129 patients, 20 therapists, and 35 supervisors. We used several analyses. The final scale contained 22 items divided into two d…
Positive Association Between Therapeutic Alliance and Quality of Life in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, and Interpersonal Therapy
These findings suggest that the TA seems to be more strongly related to better QoL in PP
Mindfulness Training Improves Quality of Life and Reduces Depression and Anxiety Symptoms Among Police Officers
Background: Police officers' high-stress levels and its deleterious consequences are raising awareness to an epidemic of mental health problems and quality of life (QoL) impairment. There is a growing evidence that mindfulness-based interventions are efficacious to promote mental health and well-being among high-stress occupations. Methods: The POLICE study is a multicenter randomized controlled trial (RCT) with three assessment points (baseline,…
Mindfulness Training for Primary Care for Portuguese-Speaking Immigrants
Background: Portuguese-speaking immigrants are a growing underserved population in the Unites States who experience high levels of psychological distress and increased vulnerability to mental health disorders such as depression and anxiety. Current evidence shows that mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) are effective to promote physical and mental health among educated English speakers; nonetheless, the lack of diversity in the mindfulness lit…
Resilience in severe mental disorders
Spiritual Health and Life-Orientation Measure
This study aimed to translate into Brazilian Portuguese and evaluate the main psychometric properties from Spiritual Health and Life-Orientation Measure in a sample of 487 students aged 9-15 years in Southern Brazil. Spiritual Health and Life-Orientation Measure is divided into Ideals and Lived Experience sections and showed high internal consistency reliability (Cronbach's α = 0.94). Comparison of mean values between age showed a tendency to dec…
Longitudinal Investigation of Psychotherapy Outcomes (Lipo)
Background: Despite extensive research in the field of psychotherapies, few studies have compared the primary psychotherapies of naturalistic design, which represents real-life situations. Objective: The objectives of this study were to evaluate three modalities of evidence-based psychotherapy for clinical, psychosocial, and biological outcomes and to identify the mediators and confounders of this process. Our primary hypothesis is that all psych…
Increased Levels of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Are Associated With High Intrinsic Religiosity Among Depressed Inpatients
Recognition of the importance of religion and spirituality in psychiatry is increasing, and several studies have shown a predominantly inverse relationship between religiosity and depression. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a widely studied brain neurotrophin responsible for synaptic plasticity, dendritic and neuronal fiber growth, and neuronal survival. The objective of the present study was to evaluate BDNF levels across high and lo…
Gender differences in perception of quality of life in adults with and without chronic health conditions
Previous studies have shown that chronic conditions have a negative impact on quality of life. Furthermore, this impact appears to be different in males and females, but it is not yet clear what factors may mediate this relationship. Females with chronic health conditions had poorer quality of life in the physical and psychological domains as compared to males with chronic health conditions. The difference between male and female patients in the …
Dependence module of the Mini plus adapted for sugar dependence
This study aimed to analyze the factorial structure and the scale of measurement of the items for dependence of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) adapted for sugar consumption in order to verify if the structural characteristics can be applied to sugar dependence. The questionnaire was applied to a sample of 500 subjects in Brazil (67% female; mean age: 38 y.o.; 43% from weight control clinics; 63% with normal BMI…
Validação brasileira do Instrumento de Qualidade de Vida/espiritualidade, religião e crenças pessoais
OBJETIVO: Analisar propriedades psicométricas do Instrumento de Qualidade de Vida da Organização Mundial da Saúde - Módulo Espiritualidade, Religiosidade e Crenças Pessoais (WHOQOL-SRPB). MÉTODOS: O WHOQOL-SRPB, a Escala de Coping Religioso/Espiritual Abreviada (CRE-Breve), o WHOQOL-Breve e o BDI foram consecutivamente aplicados em amostra de conveniência de 404 pacientes e funcionários de hospital universitário e funcionários de universidade, em…
Validity of the Brazilian version of WHOQOL-BREF in depressed patients using Rasch modelling
OBJECTIVE: To assess the validity of the Brazilian version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life Instrument - Abbreviated version (WHOQOL-BREF) in adults with major depression, using Rasch modelling. METHODS: Study analyzing data from the baseline sample of the Longitudinal Investigation of Depression Outcomes in Brazil, including a total of 208 patients with major depression recruited in a primary care service in Porto Alegre (Souther…
Desenvolvimento do WHOQOL, módulo espiritualidade, religiosidade e crenças pessoais
OBJETIVO: Descrever o desenvolvimento do módulo "espiritualidade, religiosidade e crenças pessoais" pelo instrumento WHOQOL-SRPB e relatar os principais achados da pesquisa realizada com grupos focais constituídos por pessoas representativas das práticas religiosas mais freqüentes, pacientes e profissionais da saúde. MÉTODOS: São descritas as várias etapas de desenvolvimento do instrumento WHOQOL-SRPB: revisão da literatura, grupos focais, geraçã…
Validação brasileira do Instrumento de Qualidade de Vida/espiritualidade, religião e crenças pessoais
OBJETIVO: Analisar propriedades psicométricas do Instrumento de Qualidade de Vida da Organização Mundial da Saúde - Módulo Espiritualidade, Religiosidade e Crenças Pessoais (WHOQOL-SRPB). MÉTODOS: O WHOQOL-SRPB, a Escala de Coping Religioso/Espiritual Abreviada (CRE-Breve), o WHOQOL-Breve e o BDI foram consecutivamente aplicados em amostra de conveniência de 404 pacientes e funcionários de hospital universitário e funcionários de universidade, em…
Desenvolvimento do WHOQOL, módulo espiritualidade, religiosidade e crenças pessoais
OBJETIVO: Descrever o desenvolvimento do módulo "espiritualidade, religiosidade e crenças pessoais" pelo instrumento WHOQOL-SRPB e relatar os principais achados da pesquisa realizada com grupos focais constituídos por pessoas representativas das práticas religiosas mais freqüentes, pacientes e profissionais da saúde. MÉTODOS: São descritas as várias etapas de desenvolvimento do instrumento WHOQOL-SRPB: revisão da literatura, grupos focais, geraçã…
Spiritual Health and Life-Orientation Measure
This study aimed to translate into Brazilian Portuguese and evaluate the main psychometric properties from Spiritual Health and Life-Orientation Measure in a sample of 487 students aged 9-15 years in Southern Brazil. Spiritual Health and Life-Orientation Measure is divided into Ideals and Lived Experience sections and showed high internal consistency reliability (Cronbach's α = 0.94). Comparison of mean values between age showed a tendency to dec…
Gender differences in perception of quality of life in adults with and without chronic health conditions
Previous studies have shown that chronic conditions have a negative impact on quality of life. Furthermore, this impact appears to be different in males and females, but it is not yet clear what factors may mediate this relationship. Females with chronic health conditions had poorer quality of life in the physical and psychological domains as compared to males with chronic health conditions. The difference between male and female patients in the …
Validity of the Brazilian version of WHOQOL-BREF in depressed patients using Rasch modelling
OBJECTIVE: To assess the validity of the Brazilian version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life Instrument - Abbreviated version (WHOQOL-BREF) in adults with major depression, using Rasch modelling. METHODS: Study analyzing data from the baseline sample of the Longitudinal Investigation of Depression Outcomes in Brazil, including a total of 208 patients with major depression recruited in a primary care service in Porto Alegre (Souther…
Desenvolvimento do WHOQOL, módulo espiritualidade, religiosidade e crenças pessoais
OBJETIVO: Descrever o desenvolvimento do módulo "espiritualidade, religiosidade e crenças pessoais" pelo instrumento WHOQOL-SRPB e relatar os principais achados da pesquisa realizada com grupos focais constituídos por pessoas representativas das práticas religiosas mais freqüentes, pacientes e profissionais da saúde. MÉTODOS: São descritas as várias etapas de desenvolvimento do instrumento WHOQOL-SRPB: revisão da literatura, grupos focais, geraçã…
Validity of the Brazilian version of WHOQOL-BREF in depressed patients using Rasch modelling
OBJECTIVE: To assess the validity of the Brazilian version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life Instrument - Abbreviated version (WHOQOL-BREF) in adults with major depression, using Rasch modelling. METHODS: Study analyzing data from the baseline sample of the Longitudinal Investigation of Depression Outcomes in Brazil, including a total of 208 patients with major depression recruited in a primary care service in Porto Alegre (Souther…
Validação brasileira do Instrumento de Qualidade de Vida/espiritualidade, religião e crenças pessoais
OBJETIVO: Analisar propriedades psicométricas do Instrumento de Qualidade de Vida da Organização Mundial da Saúde - Módulo Espiritualidade, Religiosidade e Crenças Pessoais (WHOQOL-SRPB). MÉTODOS: O WHOQOL-SRPB, a Escala de Coping Religioso/Espiritual Abreviada (CRE-Breve), o WHOQOL-Breve e o BDI foram consecutivamente aplicados em amostra de conveniência de 404 pacientes e funcionários de hospital universitário e funcionários de universidade, em…
Dependence module of the Mini plus adapted for sugar dependence
This study aimed to analyze the factorial structure and the scale of measurement of the items for dependence of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) adapted for sugar consumption in order to verify if the structural characteristics can be applied to sugar dependence. The questionnaire was applied to a sample of 500 subjects in Brazil (67% female; mean age: 38 y.o.; 43% from weight control clinics; 63% with normal BMI…
Gender differences in perception of quality of life in adults with and without chronic health conditions
Previous studies have shown that chronic conditions have a negative impact on quality of life. Furthermore, this impact appears to be different in males and females, but it is not yet clear what factors may mediate this relationship. Females with chronic health conditions had poorer quality of life in the physical and psychological domains as compared to males with chronic health conditions. The difference between male and female patients in the …
Longitudinal Investigation of Psychotherapy Outcomes (Lipo)
Background: Despite extensive research in the field of psychotherapies, few studies have compared the primary psychotherapies of naturalistic design, which represents real-life situations. Objective: The objectives of this study were to evaluate three modalities of evidence-based psychotherapy for clinical, psychosocial, and biological outcomes and to identify the mediators and confounders of this process. Our primary hypothesis is that all psych…
Increased Levels of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Are Associated With High Intrinsic Religiosity Among Depressed Inpatients
Recognition of the importance of religion and spirituality in psychiatry is increasing, and several studies have shown a predominantly inverse relationship between religiosity and depression. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a widely studied brain neurotrophin responsible for synaptic plasticity, dendritic and neuronal fiber growth, and neuronal survival. The objective of the present study was to evaluate BDNF levels across high and lo…
Spiritual Health and Life-Orientation Measure
This study aimed to translate into Brazilian Portuguese and evaluate the main psychometric properties from Spiritual Health and Life-Orientation Measure in a sample of 487 students aged 9-15 years in Southern Brazil. Spiritual Health and Life-Orientation Measure is divided into Ideals and Lived Experience sections and showed high internal consistency reliability (Cronbach's α = 0.94). Comparison of mean values between age showed a tendency to dec…
Mindfulness Training Improves Quality of Life and Reduces Depression and Anxiety Symptoms Among Police Officers
Background: Police officers' high-stress levels and its deleterious consequences are raising awareness to an epidemic of mental health problems and quality of life (QoL) impairment. There is a growing evidence that mindfulness-based interventions are efficacious to promote mental health and well-being among high-stress occupations. Methods: The POLICE study is a multicenter randomized controlled trial (RCT) with three assessment points (baseline,…
Mindfulness Training for Primary Care for Portuguese-Speaking Immigrants
Background: Portuguese-speaking immigrants are a growing underserved population in the Unites States who experience high levels of psychological distress and increased vulnerability to mental health disorders such as depression and anxiety. Current evidence shows that mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) are effective to promote physical and mental health among educated English speakers; nonetheless, the lack of diversity in the mindfulness lit…
Resilience in severe mental disorders
Positive Association Between Therapeutic Alliance and Quality of Life in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, and Interpersonal Therapy
These findings suggest that the TA seems to be more strongly related to better QoL in PP
Personality dimensions, resilience, and depression during Covid-19 pandemic
BACKGROUND: The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has brought to light a significant surge in depression across diverse populations. While a considerable body of research has linked this upswing to lockdowns and restrictive measures, it is crucial to recognize that lockdowns alone cannot fully elucidate the observed increase in mental health disorders, given the vast array of individual psychological responses. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to test e w…
Psychometric properties of an online psychotherapy advantages and disadvantages instrument
We verified the need for instruments that could assess the perceptions of patients, therapists, and psychotherapy supervisors about online Psychotherapy. Objectives: to Build a scale of advantages and disadvantages of online psychotherapy. Method: A pilot cross-sectional multicenter sample collected from 2020 to 2021 of 129 patients, 20 therapists, and 35 supervisors. We used several analyses. The final scale contained 22 items divided into two d…
How to write and publish a scientific article? Strategies to facilitate your creative process
Writing and publishing a scientific article is an important distinguishing factor for both academic and professional résumés; however, accomplishing it is a challenge. This article is a narrative literature review that seeks to identify the essential elements for writing and publishing a scientific article. The first step is to select a topic that is both interesting and relevant to the academic community. Next, writing should begin by logically …
Como escrever e publicar um artigo científico? Estratégias para facilitar seu processo criativo
Writing and publishing a scientific article is an important distinguishing factor for both academic and professional résumés; however, accomplishing it is a challenge. This article is a narrative literature review that seeks to identify the essential elements for writing and publishing a scientific article. The first step is to select a topic that is both interesting and relevant to the academic community. Next, writing should begin by logically …
Some Factors Associated with Happiness in Healthy Brazilian Children and Adolescents
Longitudinal Investigation of Psychotherapy Outcomes (Lipo)
OBJECTIVE: We aim to verify clinical (depressive symptoms, rates of psychiatric admissions, and suicide attempts) and neurobiological (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor - BDNF) changes in outpatients with depression undergoing evidence-based psychotherapies (EBP) over a 6-month follow-up. METHOD: Longitudinal, naturalistic, prospective study, with 47 outpatients undergoing EBP, and 48 healthy controls (HC) for the BDNF levels comparisons. Data we…
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