Amaç: İnflamatuar barsak hastalıkları (İBH) gastrointestinal kanalın çeşitli bölgelerini tutabilen, remisyon ve alevlenmelerle seyreden, kronik inflamatuar hastalıklardır. Hastalığın majör belirtilerinden biri aşırı yorgunluktur. Hastalar remisyonda olsalar dahi yorgunluk şikayetiyle sıklıkla hastaneye başvurmaktadırlar. Bu çalışmada, İBH Yorgunluk Ölçeği’nin (İBH-Y) (Inflammatory Bowel Disease...

Anhedonia, a central dimension within the schizotypy construct, has been considered to be a promising vulnerability marker for schizophrenia-spectrum disorders. The Revised Physical Anhedonia Scale (RPhA) and Revised Social Anhedonia Scale (RSAS) are two self-reports widely used in the assessment of anhedonia; however, they psychometric characteristics have been scarcely investigated in Spanish...

NIMI (National Internet Measurement Infrastructure) is a software system for building network measurement infrastructures. Its design emphasizes (i) large-scale infrastructures composed from diversely-administered hosts, rather than infrastructures controlled by a single entity, and (ii) facilitating diverse types of measurements by diverse parties, some of whom are allowed richer access to cer...

Measurement of quantities is a core skill which must be inherent in all graduates from Quantity Surveying courses. Many students find this subject difficult to grasp, and the learning experience can be problematic especially in the first semester of first year. This is not unique to measurement as in many cases first year students are in the process of adapting to a new stage in their life, alo...

Background and Purpose: Little attention has been focused on quality of life in stroke outcome research. The purpose of this review is to outline the meaning of the concept, describe important methodological issues and methods of assessment, review existing quality of life measures, and discuss criteria for selecting an appropriate instrument. Summary ofReview: The following 10 quality of life ...

This report describes the development and psychometric evaluation of the Army Learning Organisation Questionnaire (ALOQ). Following a review of social sciences literature, four questionnaires used to measure learning organisation characteristics were identified, and then evaluated against specific validity and reliability criteria. Two instruments had the best psychometric properties: Marsick a...

Dear Editor, We thank Aubeeluck, Buchanan and Stupple (ABS) for their comments [23] regarding our recent paper on the psychometric properties of the Huntington’s Disease Quality of Life Battery for Carers (HDQOL-C) and the Alzheimer’s Carers Quality of Life Inventory (ACQLI) among carers of people with Huntington’s disease (HD) [1], and the Editor for providing us with this opportunity to clari...