OBJECTIVE To evaluate a short questionnaire as predictor of serum cholesterol obtained from a probabilistic sample of adolescents. METHODS A probabilistic sample of 5th to 12th grade students from state public schools in Niteroi, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil was drawn based on 28 classes. Five hundred seventy-seven subjects had their blood collected, and 539 answered the simplified questio...

OBJECTIVE: The goal of the study was to understand resilience and interpersonal tolerance among teaching professionals. TOOLS: Bharathiar University Resilience Scale [Cronbach Alpha 8.74, Validity 0.8], Interpersonal scale (IPTS) [Cronbachs alpha 0.88, 0.90 cross-cultural validation a personal information form were used. SAMPLE: conducted on professionals in Namakkal District. Among them, 60 fe...

BACKGROUND The assessment of quality of life has been considered an essential parameter in understanding the impact of arterial hypertension. OBJECTIVE To translate into portuguese, cross-culturally adapt and validate the questionnaire specific for the assessment of quality of life known as "Mini Cuestionario de Calidad de Vida en Hipertensión Arterial" (MINICHAL). METHODS Two independent t...

OBJECTIVE Preoperative anxiety influences the result of the treatment in patients. To assess preoperative anxiety the Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale (APAIS) [1] was developed. The APAIS measures anxiety and the need-for-information with 6 items, with good reliability and validity. This article presents the first test of the German version of this screening instrument. ME...

Introduction: This study was done to assess the knowledge and health behaviour regarding osteoporosis in khandagiribari. And find out association between with selected socio- demographic variables. Methods material: quantitative experimental approach non randomized control group design adopted. 200 people were by purposive sampling technique, who met inclusion criteria . Self structured intervi...

This study examined the effect of ethicalcodes on customer service delivery selected quoted deposit money banks in Lagos state, Nigeria. Cross-sectional survey research design was adopted study. The population 38,003 staff and 17,780 corporate customers eight State, A sample size 494 for were determined using Cochrans formula. Stratified proportionate sampling technique Data collected a structu...

Consumer satisfaction is increasingly recognised by hospital administrators and health care providers as an important aspect of health care. A study was undertaken to investigate the satisfaction with care among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) attending a rheumatology outpatient clinic at Leeds General Infirmary. The Leeds satisfaction questionnaire was developed and rigorously tested f...

Bu çalışmada, hastanelerin radyasyon içeren birimlerinde görev yapan sağlık çalışanlarının güvenlik iklimini ölçmek ve çalışanların yeterli bir algıya sahip olup olmadıklarını belirlemek amaçlanmıştır. Çalışmada kullanılan anket İskandinav Güvenlik İklimi Ölçeğinin (NOSACQ-50) Türkçe çevirisidir. Anketi doğrulamak için açıklayıcı keşfedici faktör analizi kullanılmıştır. Güvenilirlik, Cronbachs ...

The study aimed to determine the relationship between teachers challenges in mother tongue-based multilingual education and pupils academic performance its relationship. utilized a descriptive-correlational research design analyzed through mean standard deviation Pearson r correlation. A self-made questionnaire was used gather data, which validated inspected reliability test with use of Cronbac...