Se evaluó el uso del Coeficiente Alfa de Cronbach en una muestra artículos publicados desde año 2000-2017 (n = 111) por cuatro revistas científicas mexicanas enfocadas la educación. La metodología consistió extraer información para compararla con ciertos criterios sugeridos psicometría. Los resultados mostraron que mayoría los autores no usaron apropiadamente este coeficiente. De lo cual se ded...

OBJECTIVE To validate the Person-Centered Dermatology Self-Care Index (PeDeSI) as a tool for clinical assessment and for potential use in research evaluation. DESIGN To date, no validated assessment measures exist to identify the education and support needs of patients living with long-term dermatological conditions and to enable them to self-manage as effectively as possible. The PeDeSI asse...

BACKGROUND The aim of the current study was to assess the reliability and validity of the Greek translation of the Short Anxiety Screening Test (SAST), for use in primary care settings. The scale consists of 10 items and is a brief clinician rating scale for the detection of anxiety disorder in older people, particularly, in the presence of depression. METHODS The study was performed in two r...

Limited data exist on the validity of the Late-Life Function and Disability (LLFD) instrument in cancer survivors. We examined the construct validity of the abbreviated LLFD instrument in a sample of African-American breast cancer survivors. African American breast cancer survivors (n = 181) aged 50 years and older completed the abbreviated LLFD instrument and questions about sociodemographic a...