BACKGROUND Fabry-associated pain may be the first symptom of Fabry disease (FD) and presents with a unique phenotype including mostly acral burning triggerable pain attacks, evoked pain, pain crises, and permanent pain. We recently developed and validated the first Fabry Pain Questionnaire (FPQ) for adult patients. Here we report on the validation of the self-administered version of the FPQ tha...

BACKGROUND Brief depression screens have recently been developed, but their use in older or minority populations has not been studied. To date, optimal depression screens and optimal cutpoints have not been identified for middle-aged and older Hispanic primary care patients. METHODS This study compares multiple versions of four depression screening tools--Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depr...

OBJECTIVE Ideally, life course data are collected prospectively through an ongoing longitudinal study. We report adaptive multimethod fieldwork procedures that gathered life history data by mail survey and telephone interview, comparable with the face-to-face methods employed in the English Longitudinal Study on Ageing (ELSA). DESIGN The Australian Life Histories and Health (LHH) Survey was a...

Challenges in the accurate measurement of sexual behavior in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention research are well documented and have prompted discussion about whether valid assessments are possible. Audio computer-assisted self-interviewing (ACASI) may increase the validity of self-reported behavioral data. In 2006-2007, Zimbabwean women participated in a randomized, cross-sectional...

Crime statistics from the US Bureau of Justice and the FBI Uniform Crime Report show a gap between reported and unreported crime. For police to effectively prevent and solve crime, they require accurate and complete information about incidents. This article describes the evaluation of a crime reporting and interviewing system that witnesses can use to report crime incidents or suspicious activi...

BACKGROUND Visual impairment (VI) is associated with increased mortality and health factors such as depression and cardiovascular disease. Epidemiologic studies consistently show associations between sleep duration with adverse health outcomes, but these have not systematically considered the influence of VI. The aim of this study was to ascertain the independent association between VI and slee...

BACKGROUND Telephone survey (TS) has been a popular tool for conducting health surveys, particularly in developed countries. However, the feasibility, and reliability of TS are not adequately explored in Sri Lanka. The main aim of this study is to assess the effectiveness of telephone-based survey in estimating the prevalence of common non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Sri Lanka. METHODS We...

Purpose: The main propose of this study is determining appropriate knowledge acquisition techniques to extract tunnel expert’s knowledge. Design/methodology/approach: A porposive sampling method was used and data were collected via face-to-face interview based on a validated Knowledge Acquisition Questionnaire (KAQ). A total of 33 experts in tunnel industry who were presented by Iranian Tunnel ...

The assessment of relationship quality is a key construct in family research and relies on several indicators. As answer behavior for sensitive subjective questions can be biased by the interview situation, emerging switch from face-to-face mode to

The authors gratefully acknowledge the role of the project supervisors, Francis Ayuka (in Kisumu) and Arjmandbanu Khan (in Nairobi), as well as the 18 interviewers and three supervisors who carried out the field research in Kisumu. They also recognize the technical assistance provided by Stanley Mierzwa at the Population Council, New York, and Mike Shamku at the Population Council, Nairobi. Abs...