This study aimed to determine the reliability and validity of items of the Japanese version of the CES-D (Center of Epidemiologic Studies Depression) scale when applied to independent community-dwelling Japanese elderly from the viewpoints of internal consistency and goodness-of-fi t for the model. Subjects were 1791 community-dwelling independent elderly people aged 60 and over. This study use...

Bu araştırma, egzersizden alınan keyif düzeyini ölçmek için egzersiz ölçeğinin yetişkin ve ergen sporcular Türkçe uyarlaması psikometrik özelliklerini incelemeyi amaçlamıştır. Araştırmaya, aktif olarak çeşitli branşlarda spor yapan 330 sporcu (kadın n = 181; yaş 14,8 ± 2,2; yaşı 4,5 6,0 erkek 149; yaş=14,2 2,3; 2,6) 200 71; 21,9 3,0; 8,5 4,6 129; 24,1 5,1; 9,0 6,8) olan toplamda 530 gönüllü kat...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the properties of the Dental Anxiety Scale (DAS) when applied to Brazilian adults and to test its invariance across independent samples and different sociodemographic groups. Sociodemographic data, reports on previous unpleasant dental experiences and DAS responses were collected through telephone interviews. Metric properties of the one and two-factor mode...

Young SH, Rey O, Sinnett-Smith J, Rozengurt E. Intracellular Ca oscillations generated via the Ca -sensing receptor are mediated by negative feedback by PKC at Thr. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 306: C298–C306, 2014. First published December 11, 2013; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00194.2013.—To clarify the mechanism(s) underlying intracellular Ca concentration ([Ca ]i) oscillations induced by an elevation i...

Abstract Visual impairment can lead to limited accessibility and activities a decreased quality of life. This study aimed test hypothetical model based on the International Classification Functioning, Disability, Health predict health-related life (HRQOL) people with visual impairment. Data from 202 were collected August 2020 November via telephone or e-mail. The overall fitness indices for phy...

BACKGROUND The Foot and Ankle Ability Measure (FAAM) is a Patient Reported Outcome (PRO) commonly used to determine the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions for patients with foot and ankle pathologies and associated impairments of body function and structure, activity limitations, and participation restrictions. The aim of this study was to cross-culturally adapt the FAAM into Spanish. ...

The aim of this study is to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Mandibular Function Impairment Questionnaire (MFIQ) (Portuguese version). Face and content validity of the Portuguese version were performed. To assess reproducibility of the data gathered with MFIQ, it was applied to 62 individuals who completed the questionnaire on two occasions. Validity and reliability of the data gath...

OBJECTIVES To quantify the relationship between meteorological factors and bacillary dysentery incidence. DESIGN Ecological study. SETTING We collected bacillary dysentery incidences and meteorological data of Chaoyang city from the year 1981 to 2010. The climate in this city was a typical northern temperate continental monsoon. All meteorological factors in this study were divided into 4 l...