background and objectives: questionnaire-based survey is the most common way of assessing patient satisfaction. however, most relevant survey instruments have been developed in western countries, and valid and reliable context-specific survey tools in this area are lacking. to help filling this gap, in this study we have developed and validated the preliminary version of the novel brief inpatie...

The present study analyzes air quality for Carbon monoxide (CO), in Esfahan with the measurements taken in three different locations to prepare average data in the city. The average concentrations have been measured every 24 hours, every month and every season with the results showing that the highest concentration of CO occurs generally in the morning and at the beginning of night, while the l...

Many studies showed physical activity improves health, especially in seniors. So, the aim of this research was the validity and reliability of the Persian version of perceived Exercise Benefits/Barriers Scale (EBBS) among elderly in Iran. In this study, 388 elderly completed scales including the benefits/ barriers scale of physical activity, the Yale Physical Activity Survey and demographic cha...

PURPOSE To assess and validate the subscale structure of the 28-item Impact of Visual Impairment (IVI) Scale by using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and Rasch analysis for use as an outcome measure. METHODS Three hundred nineteen participants completed the IVI questionnaire, and the responses then were subjected to Rasch analysis by RUMM2020 software. With the person estimates for each it...

Present research study is an attempt to and find out impact of COVID 19 on social competence skills adolescents. Social Skills Scale (SSS) consists 3 subscales that measure cooperation (8 items), self-control assertion items) Scores for all SSS are derived from parents.

BACKGROUND The Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services, or PARIHS, framework is a theoretical framework widely promoted as a guide to implement evidence-based clinical practices. However, it has as yet no pool of validated measurement instruments that operationalize the constructs defined in the framework. The present article introduces an Organizational Readiness to Chan...

BACKGROUND Environmental characteristics may be associated with patterns of physical activity. However, the development of instruments to measure perceived characteristics of the local environment is still at a comparatively early stage, and published instruments are not necessarily suitable for application in all settings. We therefore developed and established the test-retest reliability of a...

The present study analyzes air quality for Carbon monoxide (CO), in Esfahan with the measurements taken in three different locations to prepare average data in the city. The average concentrations have been measured every 24 hours, every month and every season with the results showing that the highest concentration of CO occurs generally in the morning and at the beginning of night, while the l...

Existing measures of gender dysphoria or distress for research and clinical practice do not currently take into account non-binary identities, differentiate based on sexed aspects the body social gender. The existing also contain non-equivalent questions sex assigned at birth, include positive identity, which we conceptualized as differing from mere absence distress. For Trans Youth CAN! cohort...