test the psychometric properties of the persian version of the perception of psychiatry survey questionnaire, which is being used in a large multi-site international study, of which we were part. this instrument was designed to measure the attitudes of medical educators to psychiatry.we used world health organization guideline as the methodological model for persian translation. the persian ver...

background: infertility and its treatment can have a considerable effect on a person's quality of life (qol). the fertility quality of life (fertiqol) questionnaire is currently the most frequently used instrument to measure qol in people experiencing fertility problem. this study was conducted to examine the reliability and validity of the fertiqol in iranian infertile women. materials and met...

objective: the sheehan disability scale (sds) assesses disability in four domains of home management, work responsibilities, close relationships and social life. the main objective of this study was to develop the persian version of the sds. method: two steps of field work followed the persian translation and cultural adaptation of the tool: first, the internal consistency and convergent validi...

Introduction: Speech and language therapists (SLTs) require proper tools to detect dysphagia in the early stages. One of these screening tools is the Northwestern Dysphagia Patient Check Sheet (NDPCS). However, this tool needs to be adapted, validated, and shown to be reliable for the Persian culture. The aim of the present study was to report the validity and reliability of the Persian NDPCS (...

background: cervical spondylotic myelopathy (csm) is a common cause of significant clinical morbidity. the japanese orthopedic association cervical myelopathy evaluation questionnaire (joacmeq) is a measure of health-related quality of life in these patients. objectives: this study aimed to cross-culturally translate and validate the joacmeq in iran. patients and methods: this study was a prosp...