... the mean age of patients was 48.8 years and the
average duration of FM was 9 years. In study 1077, the
mean age of patients was 50.1 years and the average dura-
Table 1: Baseline patient characteristics ... [12,13]. Treatment effects were based
on analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) models of end -of-
treatment Sleep Quality scores with treatment and center
as factors and corresp...
... functional capacity and independence
in ADL and has already been applied to patients with
other disabling conditions. It was translated, culturally
adapted and validated for the Portuguese language to ... questionnaire. The Journal of Rheumatology 1994,
21:2349-2352.
28. Ruperto N, Ravelli A, Pistorio A, Malattia C, Cavuto S, Gado-West L,
Tortorelli A, Landgraf JM, Singh G, Martini...
... Previous studies have
shown that BPI is a feasible instrument for use among
patients with pain. Pain is a cardinal symptom among
patients with OA of the hip and an important indication
for undergoing ... M= (mean
1 year aft er - mean at baseline)/SD difference, and RI=
(mean 1 year after - mean at baseline)/SD of change
scores in patients with unchanged health status [36-38]...
... Williams et al., Psychometric evaluation of a visual analog
scale for the assessment of anxiety Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010,
8:57
Williams et al. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes ... smaller at screening and baseline and increase at later
time-points with treatment. As anticipated, the GA-VAS
correlated highly with other measures of anxiety (the
HAM -A...
... instrument with satis-
factory data quality and generally acceptable psychometric
properties in children undergoing treatment for cancer.
Data quality was satisfying with overall acceptable
amount of ... Peter Hagell
4
, Lena Wettergren
1
Abstract
Background: The aim was to evaluate data quality and psychometric properties of an instrument for measurement
of health-r...
... inventory to be administered among older
adults 50 years and above in Tanzania, translation into
Swahili language was mandatory (see additional file 1).
Kiswahili is the national and official language ... Socio-demographics were assessed
in terms of place of residence, gender and age. Family
wealth was assessed as an indicator of socio-economic sta-
tus in accordance with a stan...
... drafted the manuscript and participated in the design,
data collection, and data analysis. KB helped draft the
manuscript and participated in the design and data analy-
sis and interpretation of ... reproducibility of the OPSAT-Q scales was assessed
using both Pearson's and intra-class correlation coeffi-
cient estimates among stable participants over a 1 to 2
week period. Stab...
... The
relative validity estimated for each scale was calculated
as the ratio of the largest F-value obtained among scales
to the F-value of the scale. Data from the heads of
households and their ... were calculated
using Spearman’s correlation coefficients and rotation
matrices in fac tor analysis. Exploratory factor analysis
using principal component analysis of the 8 SF-36 sca...
... more categories on
the Disability Scale. The applicability of the Disability
Scale as external criterion of important change, was found
acceptable according to a review of current approaches to
defining ... realizing the lack of &apos ;a golden stand-
ard'.
Conclusions
The total scale of the Dizziness Handicap Inventory, Nor-
wegian version demonstrated satisfactory...