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The main purpose of the present study is to assess a hospital's Performance assessment with regard to EFQM model and then determining the relationship between nine criteria and Organizational model of excellence with hospital's Performance. The research method was Survey –Correlation and the selected sample included all managers and 203 employees were selected. To collect data a standard questi...

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OBJECTIVES To evaluate levels of anti-carbamylated protein (anti-CarP) antibodies in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients and to determine their association with serological parameters and disease activity. Methods: A cross-sectional study involving 105 multiethnic RA patients (48 rheumatoid factor [RF]-positive and 57 RF-negative patients) was conducted at Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kel...

A questionnaire instrument for obtaining quantitative behavioral evaluations of pet cats from cat owners was developed and validated. Exploratory Factor Analysis of 2608 questionnaire responses to 149 behavioral questions/items extracted a total of 23 distinct factors that measured most of the more common dimensions of cat behavior. Seventeen of the 23 factors demonstrated adequate-high interna...

this study aimed at exploring the main sources of acute stress in wrestlersregarding the structure and the assessment of reliability and validity of the sourcesof acute stress in wrestlers questionnaire (saswq). for this purpose, thisquestionnaire was distributed among a sample of 330 wrestlers (mean age21.56+5.3) in tehran who were selected by multistage random sampling method.analysis of data...

objective: the purpose of this study is to provide evidence of validity of the relational and overt aggression questionnaire (roaq) among iranian elementary students. methods: three hundred and forty nine 4th and 5th grade students (ages 9 and 10) participated in this study. participants completed the roaq. the scale consisted of 33 items designed to measure self-report aggressive behaviors for...

The present study attempted to identify critical symptom domains of individuals with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). Using patient and control samples collected in the United States, Great Britain, and Norway, exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was used to establish the underlying factor structure of ME and CFS symptoms. The EFA suggested a four-factor solution...

Worry is often assessed with the 16-item Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ; Meyer, Miller, Metzger, & Borkovec, 1990. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 28, 487-495), but the factor structure of the PSWQ is not well articulated. Three factor analyses of the PSWQ have been conducted, with two (Brown, Antony, & Barlow, 1992. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 30, 33-37; van Rijsoort, Emmelkamp, & Ve...