Gravity of clinical illnesses resultant of surgeries: magnitude estimation and categories estimation

Authors

  • Fátima Aparecida Emm Faleiros Sousa Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto; Departamento de Enfermagem Geral e Especializada
  • Patrícia Bodnar Giuntini Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692001000100014

Keywords:

gravity, psychophysics

Abstract

The gravity of clinical illnesses resultant of surgeries was scaled by the psychophysics methods of magnitude and categories estimations by 20 physicians and 20 nurses. Results showed: 1- the continuum of gravity of clinical illnesses resultant of surgeries has quantitative or prosthetic characteristics and non-qualitative or metathetic characteristics. 2- the variability of the estimations of magnitudes is a linear function of the magnitude of the estimations according to Ekman's law.

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Published

2001-01-01

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 1 (2001)

Section

Original Articles

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How to Cite

Gravity of clinical illnesses resultant of surgeries: magnitude estimation and categories estimation. (2001). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 9(1), 96-101. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692001000100014