AIMS To develop a Thiamine Deficiency Questionnaire (TDQ), and to assess its reliability in the identification of Thiamine deficiency, in patients with severe alcohol dependence. METHODS 58 severely alcohol dependent patients underwent socio-demographic, medical, psychiatric, and alcohol use assessment, including administration of the Thiamine Deficiency Questionnaire (TDQ). The Red Blood Cel...

Although the DSM-5 has recently created a single category of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), delineation of its putative subtypes remains clinically useful. For this process, screening instruments should ideally be brief, simple, and easily available. The aim of this study is to describe the validity of one such instrument. We administered the Michigan Autism Spectrum Questionnaire (MASQ), a 10...

Background: Since hand hygiene is a key strategy for infection control, considering appropriate instrument for evaluating health care providers’ hand hygiene is essential. In this study, translation process and evaluating reliability and validity of hand hygiene questionnaire (HHQ) is described.  Methods: HHQ was translated into Persian with combined method. In this cross-sectiona...

Objective: The Pediatric Sleep Questionnaire (PSQ) has shown to be a valuable screening tool with good sensitivity and specificity for obstructive sleep apnea among children. Our aim was cross-culturally translate adapt the PSQ into Vietnamese language clinical research using. Methods: version of SRBD-PSQ translated by University Michigan, which reserves copyrights. adapted questionnaire applie...

Context: Each year an estimated 1.4 million sports related injuries occur annually to student-athletes at the high school level. It has been over 20 years since a systematic investigation into the presence of athletic trainers to treat these injuries in the state of Michigan has been conducted. Within the past 5 years in Michigan, licensure as well as several laws and regulations have been enac...

OBJECTIVES To assess the knowledge of recommended urinary catheter care practices among nursing home (NH) healthcare workers (HCWs) in southeast Michigan. DESIGN Self-administered survey. SETTING Seven NHs in southeast Michigan. PARTICIPANTS HCWs. MEASUREMENTS The survey included questions about respondent characteristics and knowledge about indications, care, and personal hygiene perta...