content validity of the instrument
báo cáo hóa học: "Evaluation of the impact of fibromyalgia on patients'''' sleep and the content validity of two sleep scales" pptx
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18/06/2014, 18:20
... said they would eliminate "a good bit of the time"
and a "little bit of the time," stating that they were too
similar to "most of the time" and "some of the ... part of the development of the generic sleep
assessments that were evaluated, this study provides evidence of their content validity, supporting
their use in FM studies. Modifications to the MOS-Sleep ... participants' sleep and to
evaluate the content validity of both of these measures in
the FM patient population.
Methods
Participants
Eligible patients were between the ages of 18 and 65 years
(inclusive),...
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Báo cáo hóa học: " Reliability and construct validity of the Participation in Life Activities Scale for children and adolescents with asthma: an instrument evaluation study" docx
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18/06/2014, 22:20
... asthma.
Conclusion
Findings of this study provide evidence of internal consist-
ency reliability and construct validity of the PLA as a
measure of one aspect of quality of life for children and
adolescents ... analysis
using Mplus to evaluate fit of the data to the hypothesized
model. Both authors read and approved the final manu-
script. The authors are solely responsible for the content
contained in this article.
Acknowledgements
This ... summing the indicator scoresFigure 1
Scoring of the Participation in Life Activities Scale is completed by computing the mean scores for each of the
three indicators before summing the indicator...
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Validity of the achievement written test for non major, second year students at economics department, hanoi open university
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06/02/2014, 14:45
... with presenting the rationale, the scope of
the study, the aims of the study, the methods of the study and the design of the study.
Part 2 is the body of the thesis which consists of three chapters
Chapter ... the range of the test is 6. This is meant that the test involves the items that rank
from the easiest to the most difficult ones and the test items, therefore, may cover the
content of the course ... other words, the test has content validity.
Besides the mean, the mode, the median and the range, we need to calculate the
standard deviation (SD) in order to check the appropriateness and validity...
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The validity of the diagnostic methods in predicting pulmonary tuberculosis potx
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29/03/2014, 03:20
... for the tuberculosis are compatible with the literature. These methods in the diagnosis of
tuberculosis are still valid. We think our study may add to the current data in the literature about the ...
mostly in the poorest communities of the developing
world. One third of the world’s population has latent TB
which may later develop into an active form of the
disease. TB has also become the leading ... history. The sensitivity
and specificity value of clinical features and history was
powerful enough compared with the other diagnostic
methods.
Conclusion
In our study, the validity of the...
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báo cáo hóa học: " Cross-diagnostic validity of the Nottingham health profile index of distress (NHPD)" doc
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18/06/2014, 19:20
... with the
model, Rasch derived measures have the same meaning
throughout the range of measurement and the relative
locations of any two items (or persons) are independent
of the locations of other ... sample. Another limitation
could be the concurrent use of multiple questionnaires in
some of the original studies and the fact that people did
not respond to the 24-item NHPD but to the 38-item
NHP, ... and
drafting of the manuscript. RK participated in designing
the study and drafting of the manuscript. PH conceptual-
ized and participated in designing the study, conducted
the analyses and drafted the...
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báo cáo hóa học: " The reliability and validity of the SF-8 with a conflict-affected population in northern Uganda" doc
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18/06/2014, 19:20
... suggest a very weak association of the vitality item
with MCS. Further studies could investigate the validity of
the vitality item.
The inter -instrument comparison between the SF-8 and
HTQ and HSCL-25 ... [8]. The correlations between the items and
PCS and MCS components were then compared with the
hypothesised correlations. The variance explained (the
percent of the total measured variance in the ... Test [42,48,49]. Convergent validity seeks to show
that the dimensions of an instrument correlate with other
dimensions of that instrument or another instrument
which theory suggests should be...
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báo cáo hóa học: " Evaluation of the reliability and validity of the Medical Outcomes Study sleep scale in patients with painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy during an international clinical trial" pot
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18/06/2014, 19:20
... medication.
The analysis of the psychometric properties was per-
formed on all subjects who completed at least 50% of the
items of the MOS-Sleep at the baseline visit (more than
99% of the sample). The ... "yes" when the number of hours of sleep is 7
or 8. The scores of the dimensions and of the sleep prob-
lem index were converted to a 0 to 100 scale, with higher
scores reflecting more of the attribute ... results showed the reliability and validity of
the translated versions, they do not allow the cross-cul-
tural validity of the MOS-Sleep to be fully addressed.
Cross-cultural validity is a very...
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báo cáo hóa học: " Internal construct validity of the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS): a Rasch analysis using data from the Scottish Health Education Population Survey" potx
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18/06/2014, 19:20
... estimates of the internal con-
struct validity of the scale, the total data set is randomised
into two further sets of approximately 50% of cases. Final
results concerning the validity of the scale ... function of the difference
between the person's level of, for example, mental well-
being, and the level of well-being expressed by the item.
The model can be expressed in the form of a logit ... note that the detection of and,
if necessary, the adjustment for DIF, does not remove the
effect of gender, but rather ensures that there is no gender
bias in the scale so that the effect of gender...
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báo cáo hóa học: " Reliability and validity of the Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale (GSRS) and Quality of Life in Reflux and Dyspepsia (QOLRAD) questionnaire in dyspepsia: A six-country study" pptx
Ngày tải lên :
18/06/2014, 22:20
... to
support the validity of the Scandinavian language versions
of the GSRS and the QOLRAD in patients with GERD
[41]. Future studies could use this approach to further
assess the validity of the additional ... and severity of symptoms, thereby confirming the
known-groups validity of the instruments. Known-groups
validity has also been confirmed for several translations of
the GSRS and the QOLRAD in ... scale.
The higher scores indicate the presence of problems. A
cut-off of > 11 implies definite cases of anxiety or depres-
sion, a cut-off of 8–10 a probable case, and < 7 not a case.
The validity...
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Báo cáo hóa học: "The Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ (PedsQL™) family impact module: reliability and validity of the Brazilian version" pdf
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18/06/2014, 22:20
... understanding
the instructions and response choices of the instrument.
However, they made a number of suggestions for replac-
ing words and expressions.
Construct validity
The construct validity of the ... http://www.hqlo.com /content/ 6/1/35
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the health-related quality of life of parents/guardians. The
score is computed as the sum of the 20 item scores on the
Physical, ... illness, the assessment of the heath-related quality of
life of parents and families could contribute toward their
healthcare needs [3,21,22].
This study presents the reliability and validity of the...
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báo cáo hóa học:" Assessing the construct validity of the Italian version of the EQ-5D: preliminary results from a cross-sectional study in North Italy" docx
Ngày tải lên :
20/06/2014, 15:20
... well as the proportions of respondents
reporting impairment in the 5 EQ domains. The magni-
tude and significance of the ORs for the EQ-5D domains,
as well as the sign and significance of the regression ... and construct validity of the Ital-
ian version of the EQ-5D in a random sample of the
citizens of Bologna (North Italy). Our secondary goal was
to test its concurrent validity with the SF-12.
Methods
Study ... status.
Conclusion
Our data provide evidence on the construct validity of the
Italian version of the EQ-5D in a general population of a
large city in North Italy. The measurements of the EQ-5D
behaved in patterns...
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báo cáo hóa học:" Health status in routine clinical practice: validity of the clinical COPD questionnaire at the individual patient level" potx
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20/06/2014, 15:20
... higher
than the precision. The CCQ scores of the patients were
within the limits of the MCID of the scor es of the treat-
ing clinician in 62% and the mean score of the reviewing
clinicians in 63%. The ... and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010, 8:135
http://www.hqlo.com /content/ 8/1/135
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The validity of the CCQ at the group level has already
been assessed [8,9,16,17]. In two of these studies ... with the patients on the day of the con-
sultation. Patients were asked to comment on every
separate concept of the questionnaire. They were asked
what thoughts they had during completion of the...
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báo cáo hóa học: " Reliability and validity of the Spanish version of the 10-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (10-item CD-RISC) in young adults" potx
Ngày tải lên :
20/06/2014, 15:20
... items of the scale as in the original
version in English. The convergent validity was analyzed by testing whether the mean of the scores of the mental
component of SF-12 (MCS) and the quality of ... underlying the 10 items of
the scale.
The reliability of the Spanish version of the 10-item
CD-RISC was simil ar to that of the original versio n
(Cronbach’s a of the original version = 0.85 and of the
Spanish ... predict the appearance of mental health
problems. Our re sults support the convergent validity of
the scale beca use they showed that both the quality of
sleep and the mean score of the MCS worse...
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báo cáo hóa học:" Measuring health-related quality of life in children with cancer living in mainland China: feasibility, reliability and validity of the Chinese mandarin version of PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales and 3.0 Cancer Module" pdf
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20/06/2014, 15:20
... and the
remaining patients (38.7%) had solid tumors. The mother answered the questionnaires in 82.7% of
the cases and the father in 17.3% of the cases. 109 (41.0%) patients completed all therapy ... understand the HRQOL of children with cancer living in mainland
China. The objective of this study was to investigate the feasibility, reliability, and validity of the
Chinese mandarin version of the ... Functioning score, the
mean is computed as the sum of the items divided by the number of the items answered in the
Emotional, Social, and School Functioning Scale.
PedsQL 3.0 Cancer Module
The PedsQL...
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báo cáo hóa học:" Health related quality of life of Iranian children with type 1 diabetes: reliability and validity of the Persian version of the PedsQL Generic Core Scales and Diabetes Module" pot
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20/06/2014, 15:20
... about the instrument. Permission to use the translated Persian
version of the PedsQL
TM
3.0 Diabetes Module was obtained from the developer of the
questionnaire by the first author. The PedsQL
TM
... respectively. The result of the factor analysis with Varimax rotation to
test the construct validity of the PedsQL
TM
4.0 Generic Core Scales is presented in Table 4. The
proportions of variance ... diabetes and assessment of reliability and validity of the
Persian version of the PedsQL
TM
4.0 Generic Core Scales and the PedsQL
TM
3.0 Diabetes
Module are the main goals of this study.
Methods...
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