background: the present study aimed to translate and evaluate the reliability and validity of the persian version of the 11-item intermittent and constant osteoarthritis pain (icoap) measure in iranian subjects with knee osteoarthritis (koa). materials and methods: the icoap questionnaire was translated according to the manufacturers alliance for productivity and innovation (mapi) protocol. the...

OBJECTIVES To generate the Persian version of the Perceived Socio-cultural Pressure Scale. METHODS The study, done in Kerman, Iran, from November 2010 to February 2011, comprised 1200 volunteers. After translation and back-translation, the questionnaire's internal consistency, criterion and construct validity were evaluated, individual and global scores of the Perceived Socio-cultural Pressur...

background pittsburgh sleep quality index (psqi) is one of the most important instruments frequently used to assess sleep quality. this questionnaire is used to assess sleep styles and quality in adults through seven dimensions. objectives the study aims to investigate the reliability, validity and factor structure of the persian version of psqi. materials and methods a survey method with quant...

BACKGROUND The purpose of the study was to determine whether the Persian version of the KIDSCREEN-27 has the optimal number of response category to measure health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in children and adolescents. Moreover, we aimed to determine if all the items contributed adequately to their own domain. FINDINGS The Persian version of the KIDSCREEN-27 was completed by 1083 school ...

Introduction: Affinity for Technology Interaction (ATI) refers to the users’ tendency to actively interact with a digital system. ATI is a personal characteristic affecting many aspects of human-technology interaction. The present study aimed to assess the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the ATI scale. Material and Methods: The Persian version of the scale was developed in ac...

BACKGROUND Migraine is one of the most common headaches that affect 11% or more adult population. Recently, researchers have designed two questionnaires, namely Headache Impact Test (HIT) and Migraine Disability Assessment (MIDAS), with the aim of improving migraine care. These two tests provide a standard measurement about migraine's effects on people's life style that divide patients into 4 g...

AIMS The objective of this study was to determine the reliability and validity of the eight-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) questionnaire translated into Persian for use in Iranian patients with thalassemia major. MATERIALS AND METHODS Using a standard "forward-backward" translation procedure, the English language version of the questionnaire was translated into Persian. Two hundred pat...

purpose to translate long form, interview-administered international physical activity questionnaire (ipaq) from english to persian and evaluate its validity, reliability and reproducibility. methods a forward-backward translation procedure was followed to develop the persian version of the ipaq. a total of 218 respondents (53.7% women, aged 22–76 yr) completed the persian version in tehran, ir...