OBJECTIVES To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the ICIQ-Male Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Questionnaire (ICIQ-MLUTS): Feasibility (% of completion and ceiling/ground effects), reliability (Test-retest), convergent validity (vs Bladder Control Self-Assessment Questionnaire [BSAQ] and vs International Prostate Symptom Score [I-PSS]) and criterion validity (according ...

This study explores the use of the English locution I love you in the American context. The data were collected through a focus discussion group and a survey questionnaire. 120 college undergraduate students from a large public American university participated in the study with 28 attending the focus discussion group and 92 completing the survey questionnaire. The findings indicated th...

1 Nurse, Ph.D. Professor, Universitat Jaume I –UJI-, Spain. email: [email protected] 2 Nurse, Ph.D. Professor, Universidad de Alicante, Spain. email: [email protected] 3 Nurse, Ph.D. Professor, Universidad de Cantabria, Spain. email: [email protected] 4 Nurse, Ph.D. Professor, Universitat Jaume I, Spain. email: [email protected] 5 Nurse, Ph.D. Professor, Universitat Jaume I, Spain. email: psala...

a r t i c l e i n f o This study examined the five-factor structure, reliability and validity of the Big Five Questionnaire for Children (BFQ-C) on a French sample of children from 8 to 14 years old. This questionnaire is a self-report measure for assessing the basic personality dimensions of Extraversion A sample of 386 children completed the BFQ-C and the HiPIC, as did their parents (for BFQ-...

PURPOSE To assess effectiveness and durability of Solifenacin (SS) versus tibial nerve stimulation (PTNS) versus combination therapy (PTNS + SS) in women with overactive bladder syndrome (OAB). MATERIALS AND METHODS 105 women with OAB were divided randomly into three groups of 35 patients each. In group A women received SS, in group B women underwent PTNS, in group C women underwent combinati...

D e s c r i p t i o n o f t e s t s a n d d i a g n o s t i c s t a n d a r d Before being seen by a physician, patients completed 3 screening questionnaires: the depression module of the Brief Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), the General Health Questionnaire, and the World Health Organization (WHO) Wellbeing Index (WHO-5). Physicians treating the patients completed an encounter form to re...

Researchers at the National Cancer Institute developed a new cognitively based food frequency questionnaire (FFQ), the Diet History Questionnaire (DHQ). The Eating at America's Table Study sought to validate and compare the DHQ with the Block and Willett FFQs. Of 1,640 men and women recruited to participate from a nationally representative sample in 1997, 1,301 completed four telephone 24-hour ...

In measuring food intake, three common methods are used: 24-hour recalls, food frequency questionnaires and food records. Food records or 24-hour recalls are often thought to be the most reliable, but they are difficult and expensive to obtain. The question of interest to us is to use the food records or 24-hour recalls to examine possible systematic biases in questionnaires as a measure of usu...