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- A generalized resistance resource: faith. A nursing viewPublication . Encarnação, Paula; Oliveira, Clara C.; Martins, TeresaBased on Aaron Antonovsky's salutogenic model, the authors of this article aim to analyze the term Faith as a Generalized Resistance Resource (GRR) of people's health and to delve the relevance of this construct to clinical practice in Nursing. The authors consider that, in order for nurses to intervene in the promotion of faith so as to bring health benefits to people, a solid educational training in this subject area is required by nursing students.
- Psychometric properties of the suffering assessment questionnaire in adults with chronic diseases or life-threatening illnessPublication . Encarnação, Paula; Oliveira, Clara C.; Martins, TeresaSuffering has been considered by many authors to be a difficult concept to assess and measure, as it is subjective and unique. However, to guide the diagnosis and decision-making of healthcare professionals, it is important to develop an instrument that differentiates the different suffering dimensions, namely, intra- and interpersonal suffering, awareness of suffering and spiritual suffering.