Development of the Brazilian version of the Software "GAIN Assessment Building System" and validation of the instruments "Global Appraisal of Individual Needs" for use in Brazil

• Grant number: 12/23873-7
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: March 01, 2013
• End date: February 28, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Nursing - Psychiatric Nursing
• Principal Investigator: Márcia Aparecida Ferreira de Oliveira
• Grantee: Márcia Aparecida Ferreira de Oliveira
• Host Institution: Escola de Enfermagem (EE). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• City of the host institution: São Paulo

Abstract

Abstract: The use of alcohol results in the death of 2.5 million people per year. SpeculativeData estimate that Brazil spends annually 7.3% of Gross Domestic Product with theconsequences of alcohol-related problems. About one in five people who use illegal drugsmeets criteria for dependence. Over 10% of lost years of healthy life and more than 30% of allyears lived with disability are attributed to mental disorders. Despite the knowledge that theuse of alcohol and other drugs is caused and reinforced by the mental state, psychological, andsocial justice issues in the lives of individuals, we have at present few strategies with suchcoverage for evidence-based care and planning care. We do not have assessments that areable to raise the problems of individuals in all these areas of interest, and tend to conductvarious specific assessments. This process takes time, money and other public and privateresources, and may turn the collection of information about the needs of the individual in aunsystematic and not efficient process. The Global Appraisal of Individual Needs, or, inPortuguese Avaliação Global das Necessidades Individuais, is a family of evaluations based onevidence. The instruments range from a screening instrument that takes 5-10 minutes to acomplete biopsychosocial assessment that takes 90-120 minutes to administer. Anotherfeature of this family of instruments is the GAIN Assessment Building System, an onlineapplication that can be used to insert data from the individual during administration of theinstrument, as subsequently issuing reports and clinical diagnoses of the patient after theentry of information, and also adding this information into a database allowing further studiesand comparison. Whereas the information collected with the patient are of utmost importancefor problem detection, prevention, allocation of the individual and treatment planning, it isintended in this study to measure the psychometric properties of the instruments of the familyAGNI, and translate the application for online assessments for use in Brazil. (AU)

Scientific publications

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CLARO, HELOISA GARCIA; FERREIRA DE OLIVEIRA, MARCIA APARECIDA; DE ALMEIDA LOPES FERNANDES, IVAN FILIPE; TITUS, JANET C.; TARIFA, ROSANA RIBEIRO; ROJAS, THAIS FERNANDES; PINHO, PAULA HAYASI. Internal Consistency and Convergent Validity of the Portuguese Versions of the Global Appraisal of Individual Needs-Initial and Short Screener. JOURNAL OF ADDICTIONS NURSING, v. 27, n. 4, p. 241-246, OCT-DEC 2016. (11/00226-3, 10/20741-7, 12/23873-7)