background and purpose: childbirth is a normal physiological process and a family event. women in various societies with different cultural backgrounds have diverse reasons for childbearing. understanding the reasons behind childbearing might help overcome some issues associated with early/late reproduction, or lack of desire to give birth. this study was an attempt to develop, validate, and st...

background and aim: one of the main objectives of cochlear implant surgery for parents, specialists, and trainers is that children can realize their needs using verbal communication skills. this is while there are a few instruments for evaluating children’s communication performance after cochlear implant surgery. the present study was conducted with the aim of adapting and investigating psycho...

background & aim : nurses are exposed to the changing demands in technology as they execute their patient-related duties in the workplace. integration of information technology (it) in healthcare systems improves the quality of care provided. nursing and midwifery students with prior exposure to computers tend to have a positive influence of it. this study was carried out to determine the attit...

objectives: the purpose of this methodological study was to design and determine the psychometric properties of a new and specific questionnaire for assessing domestic elder abuse in the context of iranian culture. methods & materials: this study was conducted in three phases. in the first phase, phenomenology was applied to explore the meaning of domestic elder abuse phenomenon. in the second ...

background & aim : researchers in the nursing science study complex constructs for which valid and reliable instruments are needed. when an instrument is created, psychometric testing is required, and the first-step is to study the content validity of the instrument. this article focuses on the process used to assess the content validity. methods & materials : this article examines the definiti...

objective: this study aimed to examin the psychometric characteristics of the persian version of reproductive health assessment questionnaire for women of reproductive age (rhaqwra). materials and methods: this study was a cross sectional study. we selected 150 women aged 18- 45 years based on convenience sampling method who lived in the quake-hit areas  in eastern part of iran in 2013. some pr...

background: infertility is a global public health issue and may adversely affect life satisfaction. one of the most widely instruments used to assess life satisfaction is the satisfaction with life scale (swls). objective: the objective of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the swls in iranian infertile women. materials and methods: in this descriptive cross-sectional stud...

abstract aim and background: the purpose of the present study was to examine the psychometric properties of multiple sclerosis self-efficacy scale (msss) in a sample population of iranian patients. methods and materials: this research is a descriptive-correlational study with a population of patients afflicted with ms from north khorasan and hamedan provinces. a number of 120 patients, who had ...

separation anxiety disorder (sad) is the most commonly diagnosed and impairing childhood anxiety disorder. given that sad symptoms in early childhood have been linked to later psychopathology, early identification and treatment of it is critical. the aim of the present study was the examination of validity and reliability of separation anxiety assessment scale-parent version (saas-p) (hahn, haj...