PURPOSE To understand how urologists acquire resection skills we analyzed factors correlating with favorable resection metrics in groups defined as experts, residents and novices. We then evaluated discriminate validity by determining factors correlating with proficiency among individuals in the expert, resident and novice groups. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 136 subjects completed the pr...

background: with regard to large number of mobile users especially among college students in iran, addiction to mobile phone is attracting increasing concern. there is an urgent need for reliable and valid instrument to measure this phenomenon. this study examines validity and reliability of the persian version of mobile phone addiction scale (mpais) in college students. materials and methods: ...

conclusions the analysis of the reliability and validity of the persian version of the hse questionnaire showed that it is a useful and reliable measure to analyze work-related stress. background job stress has recently been regarded as a risk factor for some diseases. objectives in this study, we standardized the persian version of the hse management standards indicator tool and studied the ps...

expense and have acceptably low revenue implications. Disturbances of cardiac rhythm are common in general practice,68 and Shaper was able to show electrocardiographic evidence of ischaemic heart disease in 15% of a large sample of men aged 40-59.9 Perhaps most tellingly, home care of patients with acute myocardial infarction cannot be contemplated without establishing the diagnosis. More recen...

objectives: one of the problems in the process of assessment and evaluation, especially of clinical training in rehabilitation disciplines, is the lack of an instrument with objective criteria for evaluation. considering the effects of appropriate evaluation on quality assurance of clinical training, the aim of the present study was to design a valid and reliable tool for general evaluation of ...

conclusions the 11 item hausa-mspss index is valid for the assessment of perceived social support among stroke survivors in nigeria. results based on expert panel, clinicians’ review and patients’ feedback, the 12 item hausa-mspss had sufficient face, content and criterion validity. in reliability analysis, the cronbach’s alpha was 0.781. in test-retest reliability analysis, the minimum kappa v...

The goal of the present study was to test the validity of a Serbian version of the Perceived Stress Scale. The PSS was administered to 157 psychiatric outpatients, 165 adults from the non-clinical population, and 283 university students. The results of the confirmatory factor analysis supported a bifactor model of the PSS with one general factor and two specific factors reflecting perceived dis...

The Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire-44 (OBQ-44), a self-report measure, was developed by the Obsessive Compulsive Cognitions Working Group (OCCWG) to assess beliefs considered relevant in the etiology and maintenance of obsessions and compulsions. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Persian language version of the Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire (POBQ-44...

This study examined the convergent construct validity of a new performance-based assessment instrument called the Comprehensive High-Level Activity Mobility Predictor (CHAMP) as a measure of high-level mobility in servicemembers (SMs) with traumatic lower-limb loss (LLL). The study was completed by 118 SMs. Convergent construct validity of the CHAMP was established using the 6-minute walk test ...