BACKGROUND Pain assessment is an important component of pain management and health professionals require valid tools to assess pain to guide their pain management decisions. The study sought to select, develop, and validate context-appropriate unidimensional pain scales for pain assessment among adult post-operative patients. METHODS A mixed methods design was adopted. The study was conducted...

OBJECTIVE Newer "smart" scales that transmit participants' body weights directly to data collection centers offer the opportunity to simplify weight assessment in weight management research; however, little data exist on the concordance of these data compared to weights measured at in-person assessments. METHODS We compared the weights of 58 participants (mean±SD BMI = 31.6±4.8, age = 52.1±9....

wastewater planning management is a complex problem involving agricultural, rural and industrial interests. in countries facing rapid population growth, identifying methods that can allow them to take good decisions among several competitive alternatives is of utmost importance. the purpose of this paper is to present a methodology for a wastewater planning management system using a multi-c...

Background & Aims of the Study: Fatigue is one of the most important issues relating with safety and other aspects of human life. To understand fatigue and its relative factors and causes, there is a need to useful instruments, such as self-reported scales. The purpose of this study is to identify and present useful self-reported scales to measure fatigue. Materials & Methods: Data were extrac...

the aim of this study has been developing a comprehensive, reliable, and valid package for the assessment of cognitive and psychomotor abilities of children. to this end, 661 children were selected using stratified random sampling. they were then divided to six age groups, ranging from 6.5 to 12.5 years old .this study was conducted using the cross battery assessment method in four steps: a) th...

introduction: learning and study strategies are considered to be among the factors affecting students’ performance and also are essential for appropriate educational interventions. this study was conducted to determine the relationship between learning and study strategies and academic performance of students in alborz university of medical sciences. methods: in this descriptive, analytical, cr...