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| Carlos ZubaranSummaryCountry: Brazil Publications
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The correlation between breastfeeding and maternal quality of life in southern BrazilCarlos Zubaran
Blacktown Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Breastfeed Med 6:25-30. 2011..To the authors' knowledge, this is the first study to explore correlations between maternal QoL and breastfeeding efficacy in Brazil...
The correlation between postpartum depression and health statusCarlos Zubaran
School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Matern Child Health J 14:751-7. 2010..The association between self-rated health measures and postpartum depression may be even more significant in the context of socioeconomic deprivation...
Validation of the English version of the Health-Related Quality of Life for Drug Abusers (HRQoLDA) testCarlos Zubaran
School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, N S W, Australia
Eur Addict Res 18:220-7. 2012..In this study, the validity and reliability of the English version of the HRQoLDA test are reported for the first time...
Validation of a screening instrument for postpartum depression in Southern BrazilCarlos Zubaran
Department of Psychiatry, Blacktown Hospital, West Sydney Area Health Service, School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney, Australia
J Psychosom Obstet Gynaecol 30:244-54. 2009..The objectives of this investigation was to assess the prevalence of postpartum depression in a sample of 101 women and to validate a Portuguese version of the Postpartum Depression Screening Scale (PDSS) in Southern Brazil...
Depressive symptoms in crack and inhalant users in Southern BrazilCarlos Zubaran
University of Western Sydney and Sydney West Area Health Service, Department of Psychiatry, New South Wales, Australia
J Ethn Subst Abuse 9:221-36. 2010..These findings underscore the need for more rigorous and extensive screening efforts to detect and treat depressive symptoms in crack and inhalent users...
The Portuguese version of the Postpartum Depression Screening Scale-Short FormCarlos Zubaran
School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
J Obstet Gynaecol Res 36:950-7. 2010..The aim of this study was to demonstrate the validity and reliability of the short form of the Postpartum Depression Screening Scale in Southern Brazil...
The application of the Drug User Quality of Life Scale (DUQOL) in AustraliaCarlos Zubaran
School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney, Department of Psychiatry, Western Sydney Local Health District, Blacktown Hospital, PO Box 6010, Blacktown, NSW 2148, Australia
Health Qual Life Outcomes 10:31. 2012..In this study, the authors report the results of a validation study in which the DUQOL was used for the first time in Australia...
An assessment of maternal quality of life in the postpartum period in southern Brazil: a comparison of two questionnairesCarlos Zubaran
Western Sydney Area Health Service, Department of Psychiatry, Blacktown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Clinics (Sao Paulo) 64:751-6. 2009..To our knowledge, this is the first study that measures maternal quality of life during the postpartum period in Brazil...
Quality of life and substance use: concepts and recent tendenciesCarlos Zubaran
School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Curr Opin Psychiatry 22:281-6. 2009..This article reviews the conceptual definitions of QoL as a researchable construct. It also presents the most commonly used questionnaires to evaluate QoL in the context of substance use...
The use of the computerized version of quality of life and health status questionnaires in a community sample in southern BrazilCarlos Zubaran
Department of Psychiatry, Blacktown Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney, Australia
Sao Paulo Med J 129:36-40. 2011....
