abstract background: various factors threaten the health and recovery of hospitalized elderly, including stressors in medical service centers. therefore, the aim of the present study was to develop and preliminary validate a measurement tool to assess hospitalization-related stressors (hrs) among the elderly. materials and methods: this methodological research was conducted in 2015. the study w...

background: the jefferson scale of attitude toward physician-nurse collaboration (jsapnc) has been used to measure the attitude regarding collaboration between nurses and physicians. the aim of this preliminary study was to test the reliability and validity of an arabic version of the questionnaire and adapt it for use in palestine. methods: forward-backward translation of guidelines provided i...

Translation, cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the DYMUS questionnaire for the assessment of dysphagia in multiple sclerosis. The original English version of the DYMUS was translated using the forward-backward technique, cross-culturally adaptated, pilot-tested in 40 patients, and then applied to 100 multiple sclerosis patients to assess the reliability and construct validity. Constru...

BACKGROUND Although cervical cancer is ​​the second most common tumor among Brazilian women, studies that evaluate the quality of life of these women are still scarce. This situation is explained by the lack of specific and validated tools for this purpose in Portuguese (Brazil). The aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the FACT-CX (Function...

background: alcohol use disorders (auds) has been recently prioritized as a health problem in iran. the alcohol use disorders identification test (audit) is an easy-to-use diagnostic tool for excessive drinking. this study was designed to assess the validity and reliability of the persian version of audit questionnaire. methods: participants were 70 individuals with aud (study group) and 70 non...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of the present study was to produce an Italian version of the Revised Leeds Disability Questionnaire (LDQ) in a group of patients with ankylosing spondylitis, and to examine the psychometric properties of this version, evaluating its internal consistency, external validity and reliability. METHODS The LDQ was administered to 60 Caucasian patients affected by ankylosing s...

The study examined the quality and utility of online administration of the SelfDirected Search (SDS) to high school students in a career exploration workshop. An Internet-based SDS version was designed; it included automatic scoring and immediate feedback to test takers, providing a three-letter occupational code along with verbal explanation of the results. SDS was taken by participants in the...

BACKGROUND Obesity has become a major worldwide public health issue. There is a need for tools to measure patient-reported outcomes. The Moorehead-Ardelt Quality of Life Questionnaire II (MA II) contains six items. The objective of this study was to translate the MA II into Chinese and validate it in patients with morbid obesity. METHODS The MA II was translated into Chinese and back-translat...