abstract introduction: standardized tests in speech therapy mostly focus onlanguage structure rather than the use of language in social context. so, there is a clear need for instruments to assess pragmatic aspects of language. children’s communicationchecklist (ccc) and its revised version, ccc-2, was developed to address this need, however, its psychometric features are unknown in iran. the c...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the respondent burden and patient-perceived content validity of the Parkinson's disease (PD)-specific health status questionnaire PDQ-39, and the linguistic validity of its revised Swedish version. MATERIALS AND METHODS Eighteen PD patients completed the revised Swedish version of the PDQ-39. Respondent burden was assessed by recording the time taken to complete the que...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to develop a rating scale for the weight management of patients with congestive heart failure (CHF). METHODS The original pool of items was created through in-depth interviews and a literature review. Scale validity was analyzed based on face validity, content validity, and structure validity. The content validity and structure validity were evaluated. The ov...

background and purpose: respecting confidentiality of documents and medical information about individuals, as one of the most important issues in medicine, guarantees patients' trust in the health system. therefore, this study is an attemp to design a valid and reliable tool to assess knowledge and attitudes of medical students about  the principles of  confidentiality and disclosure of patient...

OBJECTIVE to validate the content of the prevention protocol for early sepsis caused by Streptococcus agalactiaein newborns. METHOD a transversal, descriptive and methodological study, with a quantitative approach. The sample was composed of 15 judges, 8 obstetricians and 7 pediatricians. The validation occurred through the assessment of the content of the protocol by the judges that received...

background: sustained visual attention is a prerequisite for learning and memory. the early evaluation of attention in childhood is essential for their school and career success in the future. the aim of this study was to design, development and investigation of psychometric properties (content, face and convergent validity and test-retest and internal consistency reliability) of the computer -...

introduction: according to change in the approach to the rehabilitation of children with disability, function is an effective characteristic of the quality of life for these children. pediatric evaluation of disability inventory (pedi) was designed to assess the function of 6 months to 7 and half years old children. the aim of this study was to translate the pediatric evaluation of disability i...