conclusions our study showed that the persian version of yiat is good and usable on iranian people. the reliability of the instrument was very good. moreover, the validity of the persian translated version of the scale was sufficient. in addition, the reliability and validity of the three extracted factors of yiat were evaluated and were acceptable. results the cronbach’s alpha was 0.917 (ci 95...

Introduction: Despite interest in improving performance management in universities, few studies have examined this topic. Because of the absence of validated tools in Iran for assessing behavior performance management, this study was conducted to validate the behavior performance management scale. Objective: This study aimed to assess the psychometric adequacy of the Performance Management Beh...

objectives: the aim of this study was to translate the craig hospital inventory of environmental factors (chief) into persian language and to evaluate the validity and reliability of persian version of chief to use for children with cerebral palsy. methods: the chief was translated from english into persian based on the international quality of life assessment (iqola) approach. the persian vers...

conclusions results provided initial evidence that the idoba is a valid and reliable instrument for measuring determinants of obesity-related behaviors in iranian adolescents, indicating that the questionnaire can be used in future weight management programs for tehranian adolescents. results all items were perceived as relevant and comprehendible by adolescents. content validity was confirmed ...

background there are some specific measures for the evaluation of postpartum quality of life, and each have some limitations. objectives this study investigated the validity and reliability of the persian version of a postpartum women’s quality of life (pqol) questionnaire at the eighth week of postpartum. patients and methods this was a methodological research, and subjects were 500 women, age...

The assessment of reliability and construct validity for scales used to evaluate families is potentially limited because standard coefficients are not computed appropriately using the combined responses for family members due to their possible intra-familial correlation. In this paper, we describe and demonstrate the use of linear mixed modeling to compute generalizations of such coefficients f...

background and objectives: patient safety culture is increasingly recognized as an essential driver of patient safety. to establish patient safety culture, firstly the current status of the construct should be assessed. valid assessment of patient safety culture is contingent on the availability of appropriate measurement tools. hospital survey on patient safety culture (hsops) developed by the...