In the last decade, many evaluation results have been created within the evaluation initiatives like TREC, NTCIR and CLEF. The large amount of data available has led to substantial research on the validity of the evaluation procedure. An evaluation based on the Cranfield paradigm requires basically topics as descriptions of information needs, a document collection, systems to compare, human jur...

In the developing world, the emphasis of care for the patient with chronic kidney disease is, in general, focused on the basics of care and patient survival; attention is not primarily focused on quality of life assessments. However, this arena is beginning to attract more attention. It is important to determine if standardized instruments are valid in the developing world and which unique asse...

English for Specific Academic Purposes (ESAP) uses the results of needs analysis for curriculum development and materials production. ESAP courses should be based on students’ academic needs. Consequently, the present study investigated the English language needs of Iranian undergraduate students of Law. Participants included 218 undergraduate students, 33 graduate students, and 10 content teac...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to investigate the levels of unmet needs and quality of life (QOL) among family caregivers (FCs) of cancer patients and to characterize the relationship between unmet needs and QOL. METHODS A descriptive correlation design was used. Data were collected by convenience sampling during 2013 from 191 FCs of cancer patients who visited an outpatient cancer c...

OBJECTIVES To describe and analyse perceived competence and perceived responsibility among healthcare assistants (HC assistants), caring for patients with home mechanical ventilation (HMV) and other advanced caring needs, adjusted for socio-demographic and workplace background factors. DESIGN A cross-sectional study was conducted including 128 HC assistants employed in Stockholm County, Swede...

This study was an attempt to examine the supervisors’ and graduate students’ needs for written feedback on thesis/dissertation and juxtaposed them to see how each group views feedback. A mixed-method design was employed to collect the data. Questionnaires and interviews were deployed to collect the data from 132 graduate TEFL students and 37 supervisors from 10 Iranian Universities. Results ind...

Consumer health informatics technologies have the potential to enhance shared decision-making and communication between older adults, health care providers, and other stakeholders. The objective of this study was to characterize the information needs of these stakeholders to inform the design of informatics tools that support wellness in older adults. We conducted four focus groups with 31 olde...

OBJECTIVES To assess the preference for the development of a Health Call Centre and the perceived needs of patients in Hong Kong. DESIGN Cross-sectional, questionnaire-based survey. SETTING Two general out-patient clinics from health facilities in a geographical region in Hong Kong. PARTICIPANTS Patients aged 18 years or above were recruited for the study, which was conducted between Janu...

INTRODUCTION The objective was to assess the effects of different orthodontic treatment needs on the oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) of Saudi children seeking orthodontic treatment as perceived by the children and their parents. METHODS A cross-sectional evaluation of orthodontic patients and their attending parents was conducted to assess the relationship between orthodontic tre...