OBJECTIVE To study the psychometric properties and preference for five different pain intensity scales (horizontal visual analog scale [VAS], vertical VAS, Box-11, Box-21, and verbal descriptor scale) across different age groups. DESIGN Chronic pain patients rated their present, average, weakest, and strongest pain on five different scales, and indicated scale preference. SETTING Outpatient...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa back ground: considering the high prevalence of congenital hypothyroidism (ch) in isfahan, the intelligence quotient (iq) of children with ch and the effect of diagnostic and treatment variables on it were investigated during the ch screening program. materials and methods: a total of 120 children in three studied groups were studied in this compara...

Voice recognition software (VRS) has increasingly been utilised to document clinical care, typically within an electronic health care record and often with the use of ‘templates’. This software has been purported to enhance doctor efficiency, reduce costs and improve patient care1. The aim of the current pilot was the mandatory adoption of VRS embedded into electronic clinical documentation wit...

PURPOSE This pilot study aimed at finding trend for further investigation of the optimal maintenance therapy with lansoprazole in patients with non-erosive reflux disease (NERD) suffering from mild symptoms. MATERIAL AND METHODS Sixty consecutive patients with diagnosed NERD reporting mild symptoms were included in the study. After successfully finishing a four-week treatment with lansoprazol...

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of virtual reality simulation (VRS) on learning outcomes and retention of disaster training. The study used a longitudinal experimental design using two groups and repeated measures. A convenience sample of associate degree nursing students enrolled in a disaster course was randomized into two groups; both groups completed web-based modules; ...

raven progressive matrices (rpms) and wechsler intelligence scale for children (wsic-r) are two common general intelligence measuring scales used in iranian high schools. in this paper the relationships between g factor scales and students’ reading comprehension, grammar, and vocabulary was examined by correlation and regression analysis. standard tests of grammar and vocabulary and cambridge k...

HE retirement is a concept of recent origin though it could be traced to Indian philosophy. The reasons related to voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) of Government of India and its response by public sector employees have been analyzed in this paper. There are number of reasons for opting to VRS like doing some business, job dissatisfaction, health and personal reasons. There exists variation in...

The aim of this paper is to test if conjunctive and disjunctive judgments are differently accounted for possibility and probability theories depending on whether (1) judgments are made on a verbal or a numerical scale, (2) the plausibility of elementary hypotheses is low or high. 72 subjects had to rate the extent to which they believe that two characters were individually, in conjunction or in...