INTRODUCTION Delirium is a clinical syndrome that negatively affects the outcomes of the intensive care units patients if undetected early and treated well. However, this condition remains under recognized and poorly managed by health care providers including nurses. The objective of this study was to check nurses' knowledge level about delirium recognition. MATERIALS & METHODS This was a cro...

Background: Globally, the culture of health care has been changing.The health professionals must have the best available education and training to improve the health outcomes. Good education is a backbone for an effective physiotherapy intervention and good patient care. Physiotherapy education has evolved widely in developed countries whereas in Nepal, the education has started very recently a...

This bibliometric analysis focuses on publications related to the Likert scale using VOSViewer based Google Scholar data. study was conducted determine number of international trend research development a in time interval between years 0-0. The data search carried out PoP (Publish or Perish) software with keywords Scale Mathematics. is form journals sample 1000 journals. Then were analyzed and ...

This study examines the level of acceptance of a robot within the elderly. ’Does more knowledge of a robot lead to a higher level of acceptance?’ Scenarios based on assistive technologies have been developed for this study. These scenarios provided knowledge to the two groups which were defined as Group A and Group B. The difference between the groups was the order in which the experiment was c...

The current study aimed at exploring the knowledge and beliefs of men aged forty years and over towards prostate cancer screening and early detection in three Arab countries. The field work was conducted in three countries; Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan, during the period February through December 2011. Our target population were men aged 40 years and over. It was a population-based cross sect...

BACKGROUND In the year 2014, Android smartphones accounted for one-third of mobile connections globally but are predicted to increase to two-thirds by 2020. In developing countries, where teleconsultations can benefit health-care providers most, the ratio is even higher. This study compared the use of two Android phones, an 8 megapixel (MP) and a 16 MP phone, for capturing microscopic images. ...

For evaluating monitoring and parent-adolescent communication, a set of scales addressing parental knowledge, control and solicitation, and adolescent disclosure was proposed by Kerr and Stattin (2000). Although these scales have been widely disseminated, their psychometric proprieties have often been found to be unsatisfactory, raising questions about their validity. The current study examines...

OBJECTIVES To investigate (1) the diagnostic value of the Signs of Depression Scale (SODS) in a Likert scale format and (2) whether the Likert scale improves the diagnostic value compared with the original dichotomous scale. DESIGN Cross-sectional multicentre study. SETTING One general and one university hospital in the Netherlands. SUBJECTS A total of 116 consecutive hospitalized stroke ...