conclusions this study has provided some preliminary evidence of the reliability and validity of the persian version of rcas when used with family caregivers of older adults with dementia. background caregivers’ self-assessments of the care they provide are the main vehicles that help explore their experiences and are thought to have a major role in care outcomes. the rising number of people wi...

conclusions the results illustrate that the iranian version of the aep (ir-aep) could be a reliable and valid instrument for assessing the level of inappropriate acute hospital admissions and days of care in the iranian context. results inter-rater and intra-rater reliability testing revealed an excellent level of consensus between the two nurses employing the aep in all the studied departments...

This study aimed at developing and validating a new model and instrument to explore attitudes of Iranian EFL learners towards English as an International Language (EIL). In so doing, the researchers followed several rigorous steps including extensive literature review, content selection, item generation, designing the rating scales and personal information part, Delphi technique, item revision,...

Most of the validation studies conducted across varying test application contexts are usually framed within the traditional conceptualization of validity and therefore lack a comprehensive framework to focus on test score interpretations and test score use. This study aimed at developing and validating a collocational behavior test (CBT), drawing on Kane's argument-based approach to validity. F...

Abstract To validate the predictive capability of ERA Acute, a study was carried out using data from two well-studied historic oil spills, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (EVOS) and Deepwater Horizon (DHOS) incidents. Results case studies with Acute were compared to impact estimates recovery observations that have been reported in extensive research following Resource relevant for each incidents reconst...

background the purpose of implementing a system such as clinical governance (cg) is to integrate, establish and globalize distinct policies in order to improve quality through increasing professional knowledge and the accountability of healthcare professional toward providing clinical excellence. since cg is related to change, and change requires money and time, cg implementation has to be focu...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES This study aimed at validating a scale to quantify the intensity of paravertebral muscle contraction during lumbar punctures, to be used in further studies on the effects of local anesthetic infiltration. METHODS This study involved 31 physicians, from two different Anesthesiology training centers located in two Brazilian cities, 12 of which were from institution 1 a...

introduction: evaluation of nurse-patient communication skills have been strongly emphasized in order to ensure the possibility of effective communication as well as assessment of the effect of communication skills training programs. reaching this goal requires the use of standard instruments which is based on the native culture of the target group. due to the absence of native instruments in t...