Peixoto, Evandro Morais Zanini, Daniela Sacramento de Andrade, Josemberg Moura
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Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica
AbstractBackgroundThe Kessler Distress Scale (K10) is a self-report scale for the assessment of non-specific psychological distress in the general and clinical population. Because of its ease of application and good psychometric properties, the K10 has been adapted to several cultures. The present study seeks to adapt the K10 to Brazilian Portugues...
Parsaeian, Mahboubeh Mahdavi, Mahdi Saadati, Mojdeh Mehdipour, Parinaz Sheidaei, Ali Khatibzadeh, Shahab Farzadfar, Farshad Shahraz, Saeid
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BMC Public Health
BackgroundSampling a small number of participants from an entire country is not straightforward. In this case, researchers reluctantly sample from a single setting or few settings, which limits the generalizability of findings. Therefore, there is a need to design efficient sampling method for small sample size surveys that can produce generalizabl...
Zhang, Chengjiao Liu, Xitong Hu, Tianran Zhang, Fei Pan, Lingyi Luo, Yan Wang, Zhen
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BMC Psychiatry
BackgroundPreoperative anxiety is a common psychological reaction in perioperative patients. The absence of a valid measurement tool hinders the evaluation of interventions to treat preoperative anxiety in China. This study aims to develop the Perioperative Anxiety Scale-7 (PAS-7) and test its reliability, validity, and cut-off value.MethodsA total...
Khodi, Ali Alavi, Sayyed Mohammad Karami, Hossein
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Language Testing in Asia
The present paper appraises a standardized test, the entrance exam of Iranian universities, known as “Konkur” that is administered annually as a means of gaining admission to higher education in Iran. This norm-referenced test is administered for students majoring in mathematics, experimental sciences, and humanities whose scores along their weight...
Srisuk, Nittaya Wichit, Nutchanath Thompson, David R. Ski, Chantal F.
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Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
BackgroundCaregivers are major contributor to the self-care of patients with heart failure. The Caregiver Contribution to Self-Care of Heart Failure Index (CC-SCHFI) measures these contributions across three scales: self-care maintenance (symptom monitoring and treatment adherence); self-care management (dealing with symptoms); and confidence in co...
Kamya, Lynne Hansson, Emma Weick, Linn Hansson, Emma
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Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
BackgroundThe main aim of post-mastectomy breast reconstruction is to improve the patient’s quality of life, which makes high-quality and validated patient-reported outcome measurements essential. None of the established instruments include evaluation of donor-site morbidity, such as impact on upper extremity and back function, when a latissimus do...
Bakhshandeh Bavarsad, Maryam Foroughan, Mahshid Zanjari, Nasibeh Jorjoran Shushtari, Zahra Ghaedamini Harouni, Gholamreza
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BMC Geriatrics
BackgroundSocial support is a key factor in public health. Since the precise evaluation of it is critical, the current study has been developed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the MOS-SSS questionnaire’s abbreviated form (MSSS-5-item) among the Iranian older adults.MethodsThis cross-sectional and methodological study was conducted on 420...
Noda, Shota Matsumoto, Satomi Kawasaki, Naoko Masaki, Mina Fukui, Itaru Kaiya, Hisanobu
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BioPsychoSocial Medicine
BackgroundAnxious-depressive attack (ADA) is a symptom complex that comprises sudden intense feelings of anxiety or depression, intrusive rumination of regretful memories or future worries, emotional distress due to painful thoughts, and coping behaviors to manage emotional distress. ADA has been observed trans-diagnostically across various psychia...
Xu, Chen Yu, Xiaoyue Tsamlag, Lhakpa Zhang, Shuxian Chang, Ruijie Wang, Huwen Liu, Shangbin Wang, Ying Cai, Yong
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BMC Psychiatry
BackgroundPerception of entrapment can emerge when someone feels trapped in an aversive situation and incapable of escape. Depression is closely related to the construct of entrapment. In China, men who have sex with men (MSM) have a high prevalence of depression; therefore, a tool to evaluate entrapment in this population is needed. We evaluated t...
Nakip, Gülbala Gürşen, Ceren Baran, Emine Üzelpasaci, Esra Çinar, Gamze Nalan Özgül, Serap Beksaç, Mehmet Sinan Akbayrak, Türkan
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Archives of gynecology and obstetrics
The purpose of this study was to adapt the Pregnancy Sexual Response Inventory (PSRI) into Turkish and to determine the psychometric properties for pregnant women. A total of 139 pregnant women were included in the study. The psychometric features of the questionnaire were analyzed in terms of internal consistency, test-retest reliability, content ...
