Uddin, Mohammed Nazim Amirul Islam, Fakir M.
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BMC Psychology
BackgroundThis investigation aims to validate the psychometric properties of the modified 19-item Bengali version World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL) instrument in a typical healthy rural population in Bangladesh.MethodThe cross-sectional investigation collected 300 adults aged 18–85 years from Narail, a rural district of Bangladesh ...
Ribeiro Santiago, Pedro H. Nielsen, Tine Smithers, Lisa Gaye Roberts, Rachel Jamieson, Lisa
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Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
BackgroundIn Australia, the stress levels have increased over the years, impacting on the physical and mental health of the general population. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the validity and reliability of the PSS-14 in an Australian population.MethodsThe PSS-14 was applied to a large national sample comprising 3857 Australians in th...
Hancock, Nicola Scanlan, Justin N Kightley, Michelle Harris, Anthony
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Early intervention in psychiatry
The Recovery Assessment Scale-Domains and Stages (RAS-DS) is a self-rated measure of mental health recovery. While this instrument has demonstrated good measurement properties and acceptability to clinicians and consumers in adult mental health services, it has not been evaluated in the context of youth-focused mental health services. This study wa...
Akukwe, Thecla Iheoma Oluoko-Odingo, Alice Atieno Krhoda, George Okoye
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Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series
A comparative study of pre- and post-flood households’ food security statuses in South-Eastern Nigeria was performed to answer the question “Do floods affect food security?” Data were generated via a survey of 400 households in eight communities using stratified and random sampling methods. Households’ food security statuses were assessed using the...
Meng, Runtang Li, Jingjing Wang, Zhenkun Zhang, Di Liu, Bing Luo, Yi Hu, Ying Yu, Chuanhua
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Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
BackgroundA valid and efficient stress measure is important for clinical and community settings. The objectives of this study were to translate the English version of the Perceived Stress Questionnaire (PSQ) into Chinese and to assess the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the PSQ (C-PSQ). The C-PSQ evaluates subjective experiences o...
Pinyopornpanish, Kanokporn Pinyopornpanish, Manee Wongpakaran, Nahathai Wongpakaran, Tinakon Soontornpun, Atiwat Kuntawong, Pimolpun
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BMC Research Notes
ObjectiveThe Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI) has been widely used to assess caregiver burden. Few research papers have investigated the Thai version of the ZBI. The study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the Thai version of both the full length (ZBI-22) and short versions (ZBI-12) using Rasch analysis and confirmatory factor analysis am...
Uddin, Mohammed Nazim Islam, Fakir M Amirul
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BMJ Open
Objectives This investigation expected to validate the psychometric properties of the modified seven-item Kessler psychological distress scale (K7) for measuring psychological distress in healthy rural population of Bangladesh. Design Cross-sectional study. Setting Narail district, Bangladesh. Participants A random sample of 300 adults of age 18–90...
Ismail, Nahlah E. Jimam, Nanloh S. Dapar, Maxwell L. P. Ahmad, Sohail
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Frontiers in Pharmacology
Background: This study assessed the validity and reliability of healthcare workers’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices instrument for uncomplicated malaria (HKAPIUM) for evaluation of healthcare workers’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) on uncomplicated malaria management in primary healthcare (PHC) facilities in Plateau state, Nigeria. M...
Jervaeus, Anna Fritzell, Kaisa Hultcrantz, Rolf Wengström, Yvonne Kottorp, Anders
INTRODUCTION: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common cancer diagnoses among both sexes. Sweden has not yet implemented any CRC screening programme, but a study, Screening of Swedish Colons (SCREESCO), is ongoing. The movement within the health care sector towards a more participatory perspective has led to the increased importance of sha...
Sivardeen, Ahmed McAlinden, Colm Wolffsohn, James S
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Journal of optometry
To assess real-world adoption of presbyopic correction and its impact on quality of vision. The use of visual corrections by 529 sequential patients (aged 36 years to 85 years, 50.4% female) attending 4 optometric practices in diverse areas across London were surveyed by interview and completed the quality of vision (QoV) questionnaire to evaluate ...
