construction of knowledge, attitude and practice questionnaire for assessing plagiarism

Construction of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Questionnaire for Assessing Plagiarism

BACKGROUND This study was conducted to develop a questionnaire in order to evaluate knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of the faculty members and students toward plagiarism. METHODS A KAP study was conducted from June to October 2011 enrolling 390 volunteers anonymously (response rate 96%). The questionnaire included the following four parts: (a) general characteristics like gender, acade...

construction and validation of translation metacognitive strategy questionnaire and its application to translation quality

like any other learning activity, translation is a problem solving activity which involves executing parallel cognitive processes. the ability to think about these higher processes, plan, organize, monitor and evaluate the most influential executive cognitive processes is what flavell (1975) called “metacognition” which encompasses raising awareness of mental processes as well as using effectiv...

developing a validated and reliable questionnaire for evaluating knowledge, attitude and practice of physicians in pharmacoeconomics

Designing the questionnaire to evaluate mother’s knowledge, attitude, and practice about oral health

Background: Parental knowledge about oral health is the first step in oral health education interventions. It is necessary to have a standard questionnaire. The purpose of this study was to design a standard questionnaire to evaluate parents' knowledge, attitude and practice.   Materials and methods: In this study, the expected areas were identified by pediatric dental and oral health professi...

Development and Psychometric of a Questionnaire about Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Nurses towards Neck Pain Prevention

Introduction: Since nurses' wrong positions during work are directly related to pain in different areas such as neck, therefore, the necessity of designing a questionnaire with acceptable validity and reliability was felt. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to design and validate a questionnaire of knowledge, attitude and practice of nurses regarding neck pain prevention. Methods: The pre...

Developing and psychometric testing of a questionnaire to assess the knowledge, attitude and Practice of paramedical staffs about nosocomial infections

Introduction: Nosocomial infections increase costs, prolong recovery, cause disability, and death of patients. Adequate knowledge, attitude, and practice of staff play an important role in controlling nosocomial infections. The aim of this study was to design and test psychometer a questionnaire to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of paramedical staff about nosocomial infection...