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    Clinical and radiographic study of orofacial alterations in patients with systemic sclerosis
    (Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica - SBPqO, 2009-03-01) Marcucci, Marcelo; Abdala, Nitamar [UNIFESP]; Heliópolis Hospital Department of Stomatology and Oral & Maxillo Facial Surgery; Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
    Systemic sclerosis (SS) is an autoimmune disease with great repercussions on the hard and soft tissues of the orofacial region. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between mandibular osteolysis and mouth opening measurements, duration of disease and presence/absence of teeth. Twenty-five subjects were selected: 15 diagnosed with systemic sclerosis and 10 healthy controls. The SS patients were grouped according to the presence (group I) or absence (group II) of mandibular osteolysis. The healthy subjects served as the control group (III). All of them underwent panoramic radiography on Ortophos® equipment (Siemens) and were clinically examined, with mouth opening measurement. We observed that group I had a longer duration of the disease than group II (p = 0.003). Groups I and II presented the same mean mouth opening. There was an increasing correlation between mouth opening and duration of the disease in group I (p = 0.095), but this was not observed in group II (p = 0.596). There was no correlation between presence/absence of teeth and osteolysis (p > 0.999), or between presence/absence of teeth and side of osteolysis (p = 0.143). We could conclude that osteolysis seemed to develop in patients with a longer duration of the disease, but did not modify the degree of mouth opening in relation to patients without osteolysis, and the presence/absence of teeth was not significant. On the other hand, in the osteolysis cases, the longer the duration of the disease, the greater the opening of the mouth.
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    Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the Scleroderma Health Assessment Questionnaire to Brazilian Portuguese
    (Associação Paulista de Medicina - APM, 2014-04-28) Orlandi, Aline Cristina [UNIFESP]; Cardoso, Fernanda Pontes [UNIFESP]; Santos, Lucas Macedo [UNIFESP]; Cruz, Vaneska da Graça [UNIFESP]; Jones, Anamaria [UNIFESP]; Kyser, Cristiane [UNIFESP]; Natour, Jamil [UNIFESP]; Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
    CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Systemic sclerosis is an autoimmune disease characterized by abnormalities of vascularization that may cause fibrosis of the skin and other organs and lead to dysfunction. It is therefore essential to have tools capable of evaluating function in individuals with this condition. The aim of this study was to translate the Scleroderma Health Assessment Questionnaire (SHAQ) into Portuguese, adapt it to Brazilian culture and test its validity and reliability. DESIGN AND SETTING: The validation of SHAQ followed internationally accepted methodology, and was performed in university outpatient clinics. METHODS: SHAQ was translated into Portuguese and back-translated. In the cultural adaptation phase, it was applied to 20 outpatients. Items not understood by 20% of the patients were modified and applied to another 20 outpatients. Twenty patients were interviewed on two different occasions to determine the validity and reliability of the questionnaire: two interviewers on the first occasion and one interviewer 14 days later. To determine the external validity, comparisons were made with Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ), Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) and short form-36 (SF-36). RESULTS: In the interobserver evaluation, Pearson's correlation coefficient and the intraclass correlation coefficient were both 0.967. In the intraobserver evaluation, Pearson's correlation coefficient was 0.735 and the intraclass correlation coefficient was 0.687. Regarding external validity, SHAQ scores were statistically correlated with all measurements, except the general health domain of SF-36 and the work-related score (Q2) of DASH. CONCLUSION: The Brazilian version of SHAQ proved to be valid and reliable for assessing function in patients with diffuse systemic sclerosis.