background and aim: one of the main objectives of cochlear implant surgery for parents, specialists, and trainers is that children can realize their needs using verbal communication skills. this is while there are a few instruments for evaluating children’s communication performance after cochlear implant surgery. the present study was conducted with the aim of adapting and investigating psycho...

background to assess maternal confidence in her ability to cope with labor, a measure of childbirth self efficacy is necessary. objectives this paper aims to assess the cultural adaptation and psychometric testing of the short form of childbirth self-efficacy inventory among iranian pregnant women. patients and methods in this descriptive-methodological study, we investigated 383 iranian pregna...

background & aim : nurses are exposed to the changing demands in technology as they execute their patient-related duties in the workplace. integration of information technology (it) in healthcare systems improves the quality of care provided. nursing and midwifery students with prior exposure to computers tend to have a positive influence of it. this study was carried out to determine the attit...

BACKGROUND Despite a huge well-documented literature on cognitive deficits in schizophrenia, little is known about the own perception of patients regarding their cognitive functioning. The purpose of our study was to create a scale to collect subjective cognitive complaints of patients suffering from schizophrenia with Tunisian Arabic dialect as mother tongue and to proceed to a validation stud...

The EUropean Research on Incapacitating DIseases and Social Support (EURIDISS) is an international longitudinal study focusing on patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). It elaborates on the impact of the chronic disease on patients’ daily lives. Rheumatoid arthritis, social support and quality of life are the central concepts within the project. Goldberg and Hillier’s 28-item scaled version o...

PURPOSE Many researchers find it difficult to recruit individuals, particularly minorities, for participation in studies. Mistrust of research and researchers may act as a barrier to participation. The purpose of this study was to develop a scale for assessing trust in medical researchers. METHODS We developed a multi-item scale by means of multiple cognitive pretests with 25 African American...

aim and background: mood disorders are a significant group of psychiatric disorders. bipolar spectrum disorders are mood disorders that usually remain unrecognized and subsequently undertreated. one of the most useful screening instruments for underdiagnosed bipolar disorders is the mood disorder questionnaire (mdq). this paper presented the persian version and psychometric properties of mdq fo...

background with the integration of the evaluation of patient satisfaction in the overall assessment of healthcare services, authorities can be assured about the alignment of these services with patient needs and the suitability of care provided at the local level. objectives this study was conducted in 2013 in zahedan, iran, in order to assess the psychometric properties of the iranian version ...

Intolerance of Uncertainty (IU) is described as the tendency to avoid uncertain states and exhibit negative responses situations on cognitive, emotional, behavioral levels. It considered a transdiagnostic cognitive bias that plays role in developing maintaining psychopathology. The Scale-12 (IUS-12) has proven be sound measure intolerance uncertainty with excellent validity reliability. Althoug...

Introduction: Body Image can be defined as the mental representation of body identity. The surroundings, gaze other, they emotions, integrity, and our own fragility are elements this representation. social stigma caused by changes in people living with HIV / AIDS may more intense than fear death itself, being important to assess impact these course treatment. Objective: To perform psychometric ...