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Helga Martins

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ID3892014
NAMEHelga Martins
GIVEN NAMESHelga
FAMILY NAMEMartins
SIGNATUREMARTINS H
AFFILIATIONSUniversidade Católica Portuguesa
ORCID0000-0001-5804-7934
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS6
AUTHOR COUNT7
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2
  • A Journey Across Transcultural Care and Time: A Letter to the Editor on “Thirty-Five Years of Knowledge in Transcultural Nursing: A Bibliometric Analysis of Journal of Transcultural Nursing” (Yalcinka…

    Open Access•Helga Martins•ARTICLE•Journal of Transcultural Nursing•2025•References: 9

  • A Commentary on Narayan and Mallinson’s (2022) “Transcultural Nurse Views on Culture-Sensitive/Patient-Centered Assessment and Care Planning: A Descriptive Study”

    Open Access•Helga Martins, Revital Shapira et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Transcultural Nursing•2022

  • Validation of the Brief RCOPE in Portuguese Family Caregivers of Adults with Health Conditions

    Open Access•Tiago Casaleiro, Helga Martins et al.•ARTICLE•Religions•2022•References: 19

    Background: Coping is a multifactorial and individual process related to responding to stressful situations, such as being a caregiver of a relative with health conditions. Spiritual/religious coping is an important internal resource used by individuals enduring stressful situations. The 14-item Brief RCOPE is a widely used instrument but not available in European Portuguese. Objective: To translate, adapt and validate the 14-item Brief RCOPE in …

  • Validation of the Duke University Religion Index (Durel) in Portuguese Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy

    Open Access•Helga Martins, Sílvia Caldeira et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Religion and Health•2021

  • Validation of the Spiritual Distress Scale in Portuguese Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy: A Methodological Study

    Open Access•Helga Martins, Sílvia Caldeira et al.•ARTICLE•Religions•2019•References: 22

    Spiritual distress may ascend from unmet spiritual needs. The use of instruments to measure spiritual distress seems to facilitate the approach to spirituality, such as the Spiritual Distress Scale (SDS) that has been used worldwide. No instrument to assess spiritual distress in cancer patients is currently available in Portugal. This study aims to conduct the translation, adaptation and validation of the SDS in Portuguese cancer patients undergo…

  • Spiritual Distress in Cancer Patients: A Synthesis of Qualitative Studies

    Open Access•Helga Martins, Sílvia Caldeira•ARTICLE•Religions•2018•Cited by: 3•References: 61

    Cancer affects individuals in all human dimensions. Cancer patients are more susceptible to spiritual distress. Several studies have addressed spiritual distress using quantitative designs; however, a qualitative approach to the experience of spiritual distress could provide a deeper understanding of the phenomenon. This study aims to synthesis the experience of spiritual distress as lived by cancer patients in qualitative primary studies. This i…

  • Spirituality in Nursing: An Overview of Research Methods

    Open Access•Helga Martins, Joana Romeiro et al.•ARTICLE•Religions•2017•Cited by: 3•References: 41

    Spirituality has been widely considered important for patients' health and for healthcare practice and is related to connectedness, meaning in life, and transcendence. Research concerning spirituality is growing rapidly, and the implementation of spiritual care should be based on evidence. This literature review aims to describe the methods that have been used in nursing research focusing on spirituality. The electronic search on databases throug…

  • Spiritual Distress in Cancer Patients: A Synthesis of Qualitative Studies

    Open Access•Helga Martins, Sílvia Caldeira•ARTICLE•Religions•2018•Cited by: 3•References: 61

    Cancer affects individuals in all human dimensions. Cancer patients are more susceptible to spiritual distress. Several studies have addressed spiritual distress using quantitative designs; however, a qualitative approach to the experience of spiritual distress could provide a deeper understanding of the phenomenon. This study aims to synthesis the experience of spiritual distress as lived by cancer patients in qualitative primary studies. This i…

  • Spirituality in Nursing: An Overview of Research Methods

    Open Access•Helga Martins, Joana Romeiro et al.•ARTICLE•Religions•2017•Cited by: 3•References: 41

    Spirituality has been widely considered important for patients' health and for healthcare practice and is related to connectedness, meaning in life, and transcendence. Research concerning spirituality is growing rapidly, and the implementation of spiritual care should be based on evidence. This literature review aims to describe the methods that have been used in nursing research focusing on spirituality. The electronic search on databases throug…

  • Spirituality in Nursing: An Overview of Research Methods

    Open Access•Helga Martins, Joana Romeiro et al.•ARTICLE•Religions•2017•Cited by: 3•References: 41

    Spirituality has been widely considered important for patients' health and for healthcare practice and is related to connectedness, meaning in life, and transcendence. Research concerning spirituality is growing rapidly, and the implementation of spiritual care should be based on evidence. This literature review aims to describe the methods that have been used in nursing research focusing on spirituality. The electronic search on databases throug…

  • Spiritual Distress in Cancer Patients: A Synthesis of Qualitative Studies

    Open Access•Helga Martins, Sílvia Caldeira•ARTICLE•Religions•2018•Cited by: 3•References: 61

    Cancer affects individuals in all human dimensions. Cancer patients are more susceptible to spiritual distress. Several studies have addressed spiritual distress using quantitative designs; however, a qualitative approach to the experience of spiritual distress could provide a deeper understanding of the phenomenon. This study aims to synthesis the experience of spiritual distress as lived by cancer patients in qualitative primary studies. This i…

  • Validation of the Spiritual Distress Scale in Portuguese Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy: A Methodological Study

    Open Access•Helga Martins, Sílvia Caldeira et al.•ARTICLE•Religions•2019•References: 22

    Spiritual distress may ascend from unmet spiritual needs. The use of instruments to measure spiritual distress seems to facilitate the approach to spirituality, such as the Spiritual Distress Scale (SDS) that has been used worldwide. No instrument to assess spiritual distress in cancer patients is currently available in Portugal. This study aims to conduct the translation, adaptation and validation of the SDS in Portuguese cancer patients undergo…

  • Validation of the Duke University Religion Index (Durel) in Portuguese Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy

    Open Access•Helga Martins, Sílvia Caldeira et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Religion and Health•2021

  • A Commentary on Narayan and Mallinson’s (2022) “Transcultural Nurse Views on Culture-Sensitive/Patient-Centered Assessment and Care Planning: A Descriptive Study”

    Open Access•Helga Martins, Revital Shapira et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Transcultural Nursing•2022

  • Validation of the Brief RCOPE in Portuguese Family Caregivers of Adults with Health Conditions

    Open Access•Tiago Casaleiro, Helga Martins et al.•ARTICLE•Religions•2022•References: 19

    Background: Coping is a multifactorial and individual process related to responding to stressful situations, such as being a caregiver of a relative with health conditions. Spiritual/religious coping is an important internal resource used by individuals enduring stressful situations. The 14-item Brief RCOPE is a widely used instrument but not available in European Portuguese. Objective: To translate, adapt and validate the 14-item Brief RCOPE in …

  • A Journey Across Transcultural Care and Time: A Letter to the Editor on “Thirty-Five Years of Knowledge in Transcultural Nursing: A Bibliometric Analysis of Journal of Transcultural Nursing” (Yalcinka…

    Open Access•Helga Martins•ARTICLE•Journal of Transcultural Nursing•2025•References: 9

Medicine (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (5 works) · Nursing (4 works) · Alternative medicine (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Portuguese (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Spirituality (3 works) · Cronbach's alpha (2 works)

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