BACKGROUND Although the 'copy of cube test', a version of which is included in the Short Test of Mental Status (STMS), has existed for years, little has been done to standardize it in detail. The aim of the current study was to develop a novel and detailed standardized method of administration and scoring this test. METHODS The study sample included 93 healthy control subjects (53 women and 4...

PURPOSE Written materials are frequently used to provide education to stroke patients and their carers. However, poor quality materials are a barrier to effective information provision. A quick and reliable method of evaluating material quality is needed. This study evaluated the interrater reliability of the Suitability Assessment of Materials (SAM) checklist in a sample of written stroke educ...

Dear Editor, The ongoing and rapid increase in the number of elderly people in Korea has led to an increasing number of cognitive problems among this population.1 A nationwide survey has estimated the prevalence rates of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia among Koreans aged at least 65 years to be 24.1% and 8.1%, respectively.2 The number of dementia patients is expected to double eve...

A cute pain is a common presenting symptom in the pediatric emergency department (ED). This adverse stimulus occurs as a result of injury and illness. If a child’s pain is not treated quickly and effectively, it can have long-term physical and psychological sequelae [1–3]. These long-term consequences may include anticipatory anxiety during future procedures, a lowering of the pain threshold an...

Although the graphic version of the Alternating Sequences Test which was introduced by Luria exists for years little has been done to standardize it. The aim of the current study was to develop a novel and detailed standardized method of administration and scoring. The study sample included 93 normal control subjects (53 women and 40 men) aged 35.87+/-12.62 and 127 patients suffering from schiz...

OBJECTIVE We assessed the surgical results of bipolar release in 31 adult patients with uncorrected congenital muscular torticollis (CMT) and more than 12 months of follow-up. METHODS Thirty-one patients underwent a bipolar release of the sternocleidomastoid muscle (SCM) and were retrospectively analyzed. The mean follow-up period was 14.9 months (range, 12-30). The mean age at time of surger...

This study is to develop a new scoring system for rating Hazard analysis and critical control points prerequisite evaluation items meat shops provide more objective accurate of food safety compliance. The importance each item was measured by looking at the hazard severity level rate non-compliance associated with it. It found that stringent gives clearer picture compliance most standards, there...

OBJECTIVE To examine the level of diagnostic and discriminative accuracy of three dimensional rating scales for detecting anxiety and depressive disorders in a school-based survey of 9th grade youths. METHOD Classroom screening instruments, the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D), the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS), and the Multidimensional Anxiety Sca...

The NRCSE was established in 1996 at the University of Washington. Center activities include workshops and other research activities in areas of statistical methodology related to scientific problems in the environmental and ecological sciences. SUMMARY Stream health is often measured by the multimetric benthic index of biotic integrity (B-IBI). For Puget Sound Lowland (PSL) streams, the B-IBI ...

in assessing foreign language writing, holistic and analytic scoring can be used to measure a variety of discourse and linguistic features. this study aimed to investigate the possible significant effect of analyt- ic and holistic assessments on improving writing skill among iranian efl learners. for this purpose, two groups of intermediate efl learners, after being homogenized, were divided in...