Background In several languages and settings, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) has demonstrated reliable and valid screening properties in psychiatry. Objective To develop a Nepali version of HADS with acceptable reliability and construct validity for use among hospital patients and in the general population. Method The original English version was translated into Nepali using a...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Assessment of respiration is important in medicine and physical therapy. As respiration is multifaceted, we need several specific examination methods. The purpose of this study was to develop a method for examination of visible respiratory movements, by extracting from two examinations the items with best ability to discriminate among healthy controls, patients with pain di...

UNLABELLED Respectfulness is one measurable and core element of healthcare responsiveness. The operational definition of respectfulness is "the extent to which health professionals and support staff meet users' expectations about interpersonal treatment, demonstrate respect for the dignity of patients and provide adequate privacy." OBJECTIVE To examine how well respectfulness is captured in v...

BACKGROUND The Sense of Competence Questionnaire (SCQ) was originally developed for informal caregivers of patients with diagnosed dementia. In order to study the validity and usefulness of the SCQ when applied to informal caregivers of older adults with dementia symptoms (i.e. cognitive impairment, pre-diagnostic dementia or dementia in its early stages), we investigated the construct validity...

background: we aimed to develop and validate the persian version of short form mcgill pain questionnaire-2 (sf-mpq-2) in patients with knee osteoarthritis. methods: translation and back translation was performed using beaton’s guideline. after a consensus has achieved on the persian version of sf-mpq-2, it was administered to 30 patients with knee osteoarthritis in a pilot study. then, we enrol...

INTRODUCTION There is little research identifying medical students' attitudes towards communication skills learning. This pilot study outlines the development of a new scale to measure attitudes towards communication skills learning. METHODS First- and second-year medical students (n = 490) completed the 26-item Communication Skills Attitude Scale (CSAS) and 39 students completed the CSAS on ...

PURPOSE This goal of this research was to develop and evaluate the psychometrics of a health-related quality of life scale developed to address issues related specifically to fecal incontinence, the Fecal Incontinence Quality of Life Scale. METHODS The Fecal Incontinence Quality of Life Scale is composed of a total of 29 items; these items form four scales: Lifestyle (10 items), Coping/Behavi...

The SF-36 is the most widely used generic instrument for measuring quality of life (QOL). The instrument is translated into numerous languages, and the validity of the 8 subscales is confirmed in general populations and in a wide variety of patient groups in more than 2000 articles. In an article published in this issue of Stroke, Hobart et al1 report the psychometric properties of the SF-36 in...

The SF-36 is the most widely used generic instrument for measuring quality of life (QOL). The instrument is translated into numerous languages, and the validity of the 8 subscales is confirmed in general populations and in a wide variety of patient groups in more than 2000 articles. In an article published in this issue of Stroke, Hobart et al1 report the psychometric properties of the SF-36 in...