Background Infertility can affect the quality of life of infertile couples. The aim of this study was to develop and measure psychometric properties of “Quality of Life in Infertile Couple Questionnaire” (QOLICQ). Methods This study was conducted in two qualitative and quantitative phases. Qualitative method involved semi-structured interviews of a purposive sample of 34 infertile couples. A co...

INTRODUCTION The application of organizational ethics in hospitals is one of the novel ways to improve medical ethics. Nowadays achieving efficient and sufficient ethical hospital indicators seems to be inevitable. In this connection, the present study aims to determine the best indicators in hospital accreditation. METHODS 69 indicators in 11 fields to evaluate hospital ethics were achieved ...

background infertility can affect the quality of life of infertile couples. the aim of this study was to develop and measure psychometric properties of “quality of life in infertile couple questionnaire” (qolicq). methods this study was conducted in two qualitative and quantitative phases. qualitative method involved semi-structured interviews of a purposive sample of 34 infertile couples. a co...

OBJECTIVES To investigate (1) the diagnostic value of the Signs of Depression Scale (SODS) in a Likert scale format and (2) whether the Likert scale improves the diagnostic value compared with the original dichotomous scale. DESIGN Cross-sectional multicentre study. SETTING One general and one university hospital in the Netherlands. SUBJECTS A total of 116 consecutive hospitalized stroke ...