The Imperforate Anus Psychosocial Questionnaire (IAPSQ): Its construction and psychometric properties

The Imperforate Anus Psychosocial Questionnaire (IAPSQ): Its construction and psychometric properties

UNLABELLED The origin of the present study was to develop the liaison work between the disciplines of child and adolescent psychiatry and paediatric surgery and nursing, so as to improve the quality of treatment and care of a group of children with imperforate anus (IA) and their families. Imperforate anus is a congenital disease involving a deformity of the anorectum. The early surgery and inv...

Psychosocial Aspects on Children with Imperforate Anus and Their Parents

Aim: The overall aim of this thesis was to explore psychosocial consequences on children with high and intermediate imperforate anus and their parents. Material/Methods: Paper I was an explorative study involving interviews. The purpose was to illuminate the children’s and parents’ experiences of imperforate anus (IA) and to create a baseline for further research. In Papers II-V, study-specific...

construction and validation of translation metacognitive strategy questionnaire and its application to translation quality

like any other learning activity, translation is a problem solving activity which involves executing parallel cognitive processes. the ability to think about these higher processes, plan, organize, monitor and evaluate the most influential executive cognitive processes is what flavell (1975) called “metacognition” which encompasses raising awareness of mental processes as well as using effectiv...

Remarks on Imperforate Anus

Bombay Medical Service. I have read with interest the case of " imperforate anus" of a child four months old, published in the current issue of your journal by Surgeon-Major Ma the w, Civil Surgeon of Mozufferpore. It would seem that it is one of congenital malformation, that " this child is in capital condition, lively, and, as far as can be judged, in the enjoyment of perfect healththat " the...

A Case of Imperforate Anus