OBJECTIVE To pilot test a tool to screen for adverse childhood experiences (ACE), and to explore the ability of this tool to distinguish early child outcomes among lower- and higher-risk children. METHODS This cross-sectional study used data collected of 102 children between the ages of 4 and 5 years presenting for well-child visits at an urban federally qualified health center. Logistic regr...

The Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced (COPE) inventory investigates the different ways in which people respond to stressful situations. Knowledge is lacking regarding the coping strategies and styles of people in developing countries, including Brazil. This study aimed to adapt and validate the Brief COPE to Brazilian Portuguese (named COPE Breve) by focusing on dispositional cop...

BACKGROUND To construct a short prostate cancer radiation late toxicity (PCRT) questionnaire with health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) domains. METHODS The PCRT was developed by item generation, questionnaire construction (n = 7 experts, n = 8 focus group patients), pilot testing (n = 37), item reduction (n = 100), reliability testing (n = 237), and validity testing (n = 274). RESULTS Rel...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Auditory functional limitations experienced by patients after stroke of the central auditory pathways remain underinvestigated. Purpose- To measure patient-reported hearing difficulties in everyday life in nonaphasic patients with stroke of the auditory brain versus normal control subjects. To examine how hearing difficulties correlate with auditory tests and site of lesi...

Objective. This study was conducted for development and validation of the Sasang Digestive Function Inventory (SDFI) with type-specific digestive function-related symptoms for identification of Sasang type and pathological pattern. Methods and Materials. We selected questionnaire items for pathophysiological symptoms using internal consistency analysis and examined construct validity using 193 ...

Constrained multi-item inventory system with variable demands are considered. The demand rates of five selected - Cowbell, Milo, SMA, Cerelac and Golden Morn were modeled as Weibull, Normal Lognormal probability distributions respectively the aid chi-squared multinomial goodness-of-fit test. respective estimated location parameters: 491.55, 536.92, 10.5, 2.1926 5.3103 used basis probabilistic m...

The State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI; Spielberger, 1988) involves an integration of two previously developed inventories, the State-Trait Anger scale and the Anger Expression (AX) Scale. Five independent subscales comprise the STAXI, including State Anger, Trait Anger, Anger-in, Anger-out, and Anger Control. A sixth scale involves an arithmetic combination of the Anger-in, Anger-ou...

Introduction Breast cancer has been the most common cancer type that affects women worldwide and subsequent treatment is often associated with considerable psychological and quality of life (QoL). Aim This study aimed to assess psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) general QoL questionnaire (QLQ-C30) for breast ...

The goal of the current study was to refine and validate a revision Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ), with retaining its useful features mitigating those that have been identified be problematic. A 30-item pilot version Balanced Inventory Mindfulness-related Skills (BIMS) developed by implementing structured alternative item format (presenting both positive negative aspects each item...