OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to examine the relationships among maternal and infant characteristics, breastfeeding techniques, and exclusive breastfeeding initiation in different modes of birth using structural equation modeling approaches. METHODS We examined a hypothetical model based on integrating concepts of a breastfeeding decision-making model, a breastfeeding initiation model,...

Background: Raising breast cancer awareness is a well-established first line strategy to reduce breast cancer mortality. A properly validated instrument is needed to gain a better understanding of breast cancer awareness. Objective: The objective of this study was to develop and validate an instrument to assess breast cancer awareness in Thai women. Methods: In this study, we develop and evalua...

Objetivo: analizar la validez de estructura factorial para un cuestionario adaptado a partir del Preschooler Feeding Questionnaire (PFQ) con subescalas asociadas al control y presión parental comer. Metodología: se elaboró 11 reactivos expresados escalas tipo Likert agrupados en dos subescalas: Presión Maternal Comer Control Comer. Se evaluaron 50 madres posteriormente realizó análisis identifi...

Background: Medication adherence is a major challenge for patients with diabetes. Adherence rates are often low, and this can lead to poor glycaemic control increased risk of complications. There number tools available measure medication adherence, but few have been validated in Arabic-speaking populations. Aim: This study aimed validate the Arabic version General Scale type 2 diabetes Jordan. ...

Objective To translate the Perceived Stress Questionnaire (PSQ) into Chinese, validate its reliability and validity in nursing students and investigate the perceived stress level of nursing students. Method Forward- and back-translation combined with expert assessment and cross-cultural adaptations were used to construct the Chinese version of the PSQ (C-PSQ). This research adopted a stratifi...

This study tested the psychometric properties of a Chinese version of the level of expressed emotion scale in Hong Kong Chinese patients with severe mental illness and their family caregivers. First, the semantic equivalence with the original English version and test-retest reliability at 2-week interval of the Chinese version was examined. After that, the reproducibility, construct validity, a...

Background: Social capital is an important interpersonal organizational resource that may affect health behaviors and seems to be an important factor in chronic diseases. Considering the lack of evidence on this topic, in the present study, we aimed at investigating the association between components of social capital, socioeconomic condition, and controlling Type 2 diabetes mellitus in Iran. M...

BACKGROUND Although asymptomatic, melasma inflicts significant impact on quality of life. MELASQoL is the main instrument used to assess quality of life associated with melasma, it has been validated in several languages, but its latent dimensional structure and psychometric properties haven´t been fully explored. OBJECTIVES To evaluate psychometric characteristics, information and dimensiona...