Valmi D Sousa

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Affiliation: North Carolina A and T State University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi How to determine whether a convenience sample represents the population
    Valmi D Sousa
    North Carolina Agricultural and Technical University, Greensboro, 27411, USA
    Appl Nurs Res 17:130-3. 2004
  2. ncbi Testing a conceptual framework for diabetes self-care management
    Valmi D Sousa
    North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, NC 27411, USA
    Res Theory Nurs Pract 18:293-316. 2004
  3. ncbi Relationships among self-care agency, self-efficacy, self-care, and glycemic control
    Valmi D Sousa
    North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, NC, USA
    Res Theory Nurs Pract 19:217-30. 2005
  4. ncbi Stressors, depressive symptoms, and learned resourcefulness among Taiwanese adults with diabetes mellitus
    Chiung yu Huang
    I Shou University
    Res Theory Nurs Pract 21:83-97. 2007
  5. ncbi Social support and adaptation of Taiwanese adults with mental illness
    Chiung yu Huang
    I Shou University, Ta Hsu Hsiang, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan
    J Clin Nurs 17:1795-802. 2008
  6. ncbi Depressive symptoms and learned resourcefulness among Taiwanese female adolescents
    Chiung-Yu Huang
    Meiho Institute of Technology, Pintung, Taiwan
    Arch Psychiatr Nurs 19:133-40. 2005
  7. ncbi Cross-cultural equivalence and psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the Depressive Cognition Scale
    Valmi D Sousa
    University of Iowa, College of Nursing, Iowa City 52242 1112, USA
    J Nurs Meas 13:87-99. 2005
  8. ncbi An Overview of Research Designs Relevant to Nursing: part 2: qualitative research designs
    Martha Driessnack
    College of Nursing, The University of Iowa, United States of America
    Rev Lat Am Enfermagem 15:684-8. 2007
  9. ncbi Factor analysis of the Appraisal of Self-care Agency Scale in American adults with diabetes mellitus
    Valmi D Sousa
    University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
    Diabetes Educ 34:98-108. 2008

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Publications9

  1. ncbi How to determine whether a convenience sample represents the population
    Valmi D Sousa
    North Carolina Agricultural and Technical University, Greensboro, 27411, USA
    Appl Nurs Res 17:130-3. 2004
    ..More reports are needed to strengthen the findings of studies that have used convenience samples...
  2. ncbi Testing a conceptual framework for diabetes self-care management
    Valmi D Sousa
    North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, NC 27411, USA
    Res Theory Nurs Pract 18:293-316. 2004
    ..Enhancing an individual's diabetes knowledge, social support, self-care agency, and self-efficacy may be a strategy which can promote better engagement in diabetes self-care...
  3. ncbi Relationships among self-care agency, self-efficacy, self-care, and glycemic control
    Valmi D Sousa
    North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, NC, USA
    Res Theory Nurs Pract 19:217-30. 2005
    ..Self-care management did not mediate between self-efficacy or self-care agency and glycemic control. Thus, beliefs or capabilities for self-care are insufficient to improve glycemic control; doing so requires self-care management...
  4. ncbi Stressors, depressive symptoms, and learned resourcefulness among Taiwanese adults with diabetes mellitus
    Chiung yu Huang
    I Shou University
    Res Theory Nurs Pract 21:83-97. 2007
    ..In addition, learned resourcefulness partially mediated the relationship between glycemic control and depressive symptoms...
  5. ncbi Social support and adaptation of Taiwanese adults with mental illness
    Chiung yu Huang
    I Shou University, Ta Hsu Hsiang, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan
    J Clin Nurs 17:1795-802. 2008
    ..In addition, this study tested the effect of the dimensions of social support on adaptation as well as whether social support moderated the relationship between psychiatric symptoms and adaptation...
  6. ncbi Depressive symptoms and learned resourcefulness among Taiwanese female adolescents
    Chiung-Yu Huang
    Meiho Institute of Technology, Pintung, Taiwan
    Arch Psychiatr Nurs 19:133-40. 2005
    ..Health-care providers can use this knowledge to teach adolescents coping strategies such as use of learned resourcefulness to prevent depression and its negative consequences...
  7. ncbi Cross-cultural equivalence and psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the Depressive Cognition Scale
    Valmi D Sousa
    University of Iowa, College of Nursing, Iowa City 52242 1112, USA
    J Nurs Meas 13:87-99. 2005
    ..Further psychometric testing of the Portuguese version of the DCS in a larger Portuguese-speaking sample with diabetes is recommended...
  8. ncbi An Overview of Research Designs Relevant to Nursing: part 2: qualitative research designs
    Martha Driessnack
    College of Nursing, The University of Iowa, United States of America
    Rev Lat Am Enfermagem 15:684-8. 2007
    ..In addition, the importance of qualitative research as groundwork for quantitative studies is discussed. This link between qualitative and quantitative research is fundamental to promote evidence-based nursing practice...
  9. ncbi Factor analysis of the Appraisal of Self-care Agency Scale in American adults with diabetes mellitus
    Valmi D Sousa
    University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
    Diabetes Educ 34:98-108. 2008
    ..The purpose of this methodological secondary data analysis study is to examine the reliability, construct validity, and dimensionality of the Appraisal of Self-care Agency Scale (ASAS) in an American sample of adults with diabetes mellitus...