title: [Measurement of the severity of clinical conditions resulting from surgical procedures: magnitude estimate versus category estimate].
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.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem Geral e Especializada da Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Bandeirantes, 3900-Monte Alegre-14040-902-Ribeirão Preto-São Paulo-Brasil.
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Sousa
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Giuntini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index