Objectives: The use of reliable and valid psychometric tools to assess subjectively experienced distress due to tinnitus is broadly recommended. The purpose of the study was the validation of the Italian version of Tinnitus Questionnaire 12 item short form (TQ 12-I) as a brief test for the assessment of patient reported tinnitus-related distress. Design: Cross-sectional multicenter questionnair...

iii Reprinted publications v Notable abbreviations vi I. A developing context 1 Health care education in development – simulations as bridges 3 Purpose and aims 6 Disposition 7 II. Conceptualizing learning in context 9 Zone of proximal development and Vygotsky 9 Learning in a Zone of Collaboration 12 From Zone of Collaboration to Ecology of Resources Models 16 EoR as a Framework for Research 19...

Every three years, Indonesia fields simultaneously two nationwide surveys which collect consumption data. One collects consumption using 23 questions, the other using 320 questions. Based on a repeated experiment in which the two questionnaires were randomly assigned across households, I examine the consequences of using a higher level of aggregation in questioning. A mapping of distribution fu...

Sir, I read the brief report entitled, ‘Professional advice on common breastfeeding problems: a primary care study’ (March Journal) with some interest, but equal mystification. The article reminds me of many I have read in your Journal down the years where my interest has been aroused by the description of a potentially useful tool to improve practice, only to be frustrated by the absence of an...

A short, easy-to-use health status questionnaire is needed in the multidimensional assessment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in routine practice. The performance of the eight-item COPD assessment test (CAT) was analysed in 1,817 patients from primary care in seven European countries. The CAT has a scoring range of 0-40 (high score representing poor health status). Mean CAT scor...

the objectives of this study were to determine the energy use efficiency and economical potential of sugar beet production in miandoab city, west azerbaijan province in 2011-12. fields were classified into three groups as group i (less than 1 ha), group ii (1-2 ha), and group iii (more than 2 ha). inputs and outputs data were collected from growers using questionnaire and interview methods. res...

This study analyzed realization of verbs in Ambon Malay by using the theory morphological typology. research was conducted descriptive qualitative approach. The data were collected through questionnaire and elicitation techniques. Questionnaire shared to 30 respondents, while interview done with 6 informants. two techniques three main instruments; guidelines, recording equipment, writing equipm...