OBJECTIVES Our study discusses health related quality of life (HRQOL) as measured by 36-item Short Form (SF-36) for rural-to-urban migrants in China, and assesses the validity and reliability of the SF-36 for this group. METHODS In 2012,765 rural-to-urban migrant respondents chosen by probability and the non-probability sampling methods have completed the survey in Wuhan, Mid-China. The relia...

BACKGROUND The functional independence measure (FIM) is one of the most important assessment instruments for motor and cognitive dependence in rehabilitation medicine; however, there is little data about its confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and ceiling/floor effects from other countries and also in Iranian patients. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate a two-factor model (motor ...

This study aims to test the translated Hausa version of the stroke impact scale SIS (3.0) and further evaluate its psychometric properties. The SIS 3.0 was translated from English into Hausa and was tested for its reliability and validity on a stratified random sample adult stroke survivors attending rehabilitation services at stroke referral hospitals in Kano, Nigeria. Psychometric analysis of...

Results of recent analyses of the Chapman Psychosis Proneness Scales (CPPS) have been inconsistent with regard to their factor structure. This inconsistency has involved whether the Revised Social Anhedonia Scale (SocAnh) reflects only the negative or both the negative and positive dimensions of schizotypy, along with the degree of correlation between these two dimensions. In the present study,...

BACKGROUND The transtheoretical model (TTM) is a common framework for studies of smoking cessation. Using the TTM, several instruments were developed to measure to what extent interventions could make changes in people's behavior. The current study aimed to test the validity and reliability of the Persian version of a TTM based questionnaire for smoking cessation in Iran. METHODS This was a c...

This study aimed to conduct a psychometric evaluation of the Indonesian version Communities Advancing Resilience Toolkit Assessment Survey (CART-AS) instrument with validity and reliability testing. A cross-sectional was conducted among 280 respondents. The translation done using Beaton method. test process by testing construct reliability. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) values indicated th...

21st century education is now facing many challenges. Among the challenges of are to provide learning that focuses on thinking skills at a high level, and labour after finishing school. Therefore, this study was carried out develop framework modern in technical vocational system Malaysia. Respondents comprised 367 students institutions Random sampling easy use. Questionnaire instruments using L...