The reliability of the fuzzy scale for assessing the responses of a person in an opinion questionnaire (which is usually treated as a Likert-type questionnaire) is analyzed. Thus, a comparison between a classical Likert scale-based questionnaire and its fuzzy rating scale-based version in terms of their reliability is established. For this purpose, some questions of the Grasha-Riechmann student...

The value of early myeloablative treatment of aggressive lymphoma in adults has been the subject of argument for many years. Before the addition of rituximab to the four-drug regimen known as CHOP (cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone), a meta-analysis of randomized trials showed similar survival among patients undergoing up-front autologous stem-cell transplantation and t...

BACKGROUND Patient satisfaction is an increasingly appreciated measure of outcome for health care procedures. The purpose of this study was to evaluate Greek surgical patients' satisfaction with perioperative anesthetic services and to determine which factors maximize satisfaction level through all phases of perioperative care. METHODS Adult Greek patients admitted for elective surgery in an ...

Dr. Dzubow's comments in "Hair Restoration: Turbo Transplants and Fractured Follicles" (Dermatol Surg 1995;21:283), regarding Dr. William Rassman's recent article "Micrografting in Extensive Quantities" (Dermatol Surg 1995;21:306-11), state that "questions remain unanswered." I have been working closely with Dr. Rassman for some time and perform extensive micrografting myself. In addition, I ha...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to develop and validate a questionnaire on specific knowledge about low back pain entitled "The Low Back Pain Knowledge Questionnaire". INTRODUCTION There is a need for instruments to assess patient knowledge regarding chronic illness. Such methods can contribute to the education of patients. METHODS The Low Back Pain Knowledge Questionnaire was dev...