INTRODUCTION Physiotherapy is an important part of rehabilitation following arthroplasty, but the impact of preoperative physiotherapy on functional outcomes is still being studied. This randomised controlled trial evaluated the effect of preoperative physiotherapy on the short-term functional outcomes of primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA). METHODS 50 patients with primary knee osteoarthri...

OBJECTIVE To test the hypotheses that 1) there is no difference between orthodontic patients' and their parents' reports of patients' oral health-related quality of life, and 2) there are no gender differences. MATERIALS AND METHODS The sample consisted of 182 orthodontic patients (age range, 8-15) and their parents. Respondents were required to complete the Child Oral Health Impact Profile (...

OBJECTIVE There is a debate regarding the use of disease-specific versus generic instruments for health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measures. We tested the psychometric properties of HRQOL measures using the Diabetes-39 (D-39) and the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36). METHODS This was a cross-sectional study collecting data from 280 patients in Taiwan. Explo...

Existing self-report questionnaires for the assessment of emotional eating do not differentiate between specific types of emotions and between increased or decreased food intake in response to these emotions. Therefore, we developed a new measure of emotional eating-the Salzburg Emotional Eating Scale (SEES)-for which higher scores indicate eating more than usual in response to emotions and low...

BACKGROUND Patients with Tourette syndrome (TS) are at risk of an array of behavioral and emotional problems, resulting in social, academic and vocational function impairments. This study intended to examine the nature and severity of behavioral and emotional problems in Taiwanese TS adolescents. METHODS Forty TS adolescents with normal IQ and thirty age- and gender-matched normal controls we...

BACKGROUND The Foot and Ankle Outcome Score (FAOS) is a patient-reported questionnaire measuring symptoms and functional limitations of the foot and ankle. Aim is to translate and culturally adapt the Dutch version of the FAOS and to investigate internal consistency, validity, repeatability and responsiveness. METHODS According to the Cross Cultural Adaptation of Self-Report Measures guidelin...

Objectives To examine the perception of educational environment among clinical year students in Thailand using Dundee ready education environment measure (DREEM) and identify factors associated with the DREEM scores. Methods A total of 2,467 fourth- to sixth-year students from 34 teaching hospitals nationwide responded to a Thai version of DREEM questionnaire. Data on each student's sex, year...

BACKGROUND Workplace safety culture is a crucial ingredient in patients' outcomes and is increasingly being explored as a guide for quality improvement efforts. OBJECTIVES To establish a baseline understanding of the safety culture in Australian intensive care units. METHODS In a nationwide study of physicians and nurses in 10 Australian intensive care units, the Safety Attitudes Questionna...

0022-0965/$ see front matter 2011 Elsevier In doi:10.1016/j.jecp.2011.03.002 ⇑ Corresponding author. Fax: +1 804 828 2237. E-mail address: [email protected] (S.E. Ho The ability to regulate one’s emotions effectively has been linked with many aspects of well-being. The current study examined discrepancies between mothers’ and children’s reports of child emotion regulation. This investigation...