Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate reliability and validity the Turkish version Family Nutrition PhysicalActivity (FNPA-TR) screening tool. This was conducted as a methodological research. data were collected between Mayand June 2018. population consisted 1126 first fourth grade students their families in three primary publicschools that represent socioeconomic statuses (high, medi...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Questionnaire-Children with Difficulties (QCD), which was developed for the evaluation of children's daily life behaviors during specified periods of the day. METHODS The subjects were 1,514 Japanese public elementary and junior high school students. For the examination of reliability, Cronbach's alpha was ca...

Background: Long-term financial support is essential for the survival of a charitable organization. Health charities need to identify the effective factors influencing donor retention. Methods: In the present study, the items of a questionnaire were derived from both literature review and semi-structured interviews related to donor retention. Using a purposive sampling, 300 academic and exec...

OBJECTIVE To validate the Pediatric Voice-Related Quality-of-Life (PVRQOL) survey, which was designed to assess voice changes over time in the pediatric population. DESIGN Prospective longitudinal study. SETTING Outpatient pediatric otolaryngology office practice. PARTICIPANTS One hundred twenty parents of children aged 2 through 18 years having a variety of otolaryngological diagnoses in...

the purpose followed in this descriptive- correlational research was to investigate the factors influencing an application of information technology (it) in dairy farms’ management in the west parts of tehran province .the statistical population of the study consisted of 284 dairy farmers, from among whom 82 were selected as sample using cochran formula along with proportionate stratified sampl...

the study aimed at presenting an appropriate framework for designing & implementing knowledge management projects within research & knowledge-based organizations while focusing on the knowledge culture. first, the available literature was reviewed & the influential indices & factors regarding the knowledge culture were extracted. then, a conceptual model for evaluating the knowledge culture was...

background: simulation can be used for educating, evaluating and assessing psychometric properties of an instrument. the aim of this study was to contextualize and assess the validity and reliability of the interprofessional collaborative assessment tool (icar) in an iranian context using simulation.   methods: in this descriptive study, contextualization of the icar was assessed through severa...

BACKGROUND The Internet Addiction Test (IAT) by Kimberly Young is one of the most utilized diagnostic instruments for Internet addiction. Although many studies have documented psychometric properties of the IAT, consensus on the optimal overall structure of the instrument has yet to emerge since previous analyses yielded markedly different factor analytic results. OBJECTIVE The objective of t...