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Parkinson, Lisa Michiko. "Prospective First-Generation College Racial Minority Students: Mediating Factors that Facilitate Positive Educational Characteristics for College Admission." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2015. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/6043.
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First-generation college (FGC) students represent a small portion of the population of students on college campuses across the nation. Racial minority students are also highly underrepresented at four-year institutions. When one combines FGC students who are also racial minorities, they comprise an even smaller subgroup of students attending four-year college campuses. Research conducted to evaluate how FGC students perform their first year in college is prevalent. Additionally, research has been completed on factors that help predict a high school student's admission into and performance in college. However, very little research exists about factors identified in high school that may help strengthen a prospective FGC, racial minority, and high school student's admission into college. This study will utilize the RELATE questionnaire to evaluate individual characteristics or circumstances identified in prospective first-generation college racial minority students that may be potentially mediated for by high school counselors or college administrators to help strengthen college or university admission. Counselors or advisors could have an impact on improving the likelihood of college or university admission for this population by facilitating the process of coming to terms with family stressors and/or strengthening their flexibility or adaptability to new or different environments, learning, and people. Since the RELATE database does not include direct data regarding college admission, positive student educational characteristics such as sociability, calmness, organization, maturity, and happiness will be utilized to represent potential stronger preparation for admission into college. RELATE is a questionnaire designed for individuals in a committed relationship and provides important information regarding the individual, the partner, and the relationship. Research with the RELATE questionnaire data is generally utilized in family and social science domains. This study is unique since it accesses the individual instead of couple data for positive educational characteristics and research. This comparative study between prospective first-generation college White students and prospective first-generation college racial minority students is designed to assist educators in secondary and higher educational levels to better prepare prospective FGC students, particularly prospective FGC racial minority students, for college admission. Also, this study will distinguish between various characteristics that may assist college recruiters identify prospective FGC students who may be a strong fit for their institutions.
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Kigin, Melissa Lee. "At-Risk Individuals' Awareness, Motivation, Roadblocks to Participation in Premarital Interventions, and Behaviors Following Completion of the RELATionship Evaluation (RELATE)." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2005. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd1072.pdf.
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Schembre, Susan M. "Development and validation of a weight-related behaviors questionnaire /." View online ; access limited to URI, 2009. http://0-digitalcommons.uri.edu.helin.uri.edu/dissertations/AAI3368004.
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Basri, Etidal. "Development of a pediatric oral health-related quality-of-life questionnaire." Thesis, McGill University, 2000. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=30808.
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Oral and dental health illness among children is prevalent, and associated impairments are common. However, the impact of these conditions on the lives of children has yet to be determined. The objective of this study was to carry out the initial development phase for an oral health-related quality of life instrument to assess the impact of oral and dental conditions on children aged 3--5 years. Items were generated through literature review, the use of a conceptual model, and by interviewing parents and health professionals. The most frequent and important items were retained to comprise the Pediatric Oral Health Questionnaire, evaluating five dimensions: physical, functional, emotional, and social status, and impact on the family. This preliminary questionnaire is the first to be developed for the measurement of oral health-related quality of life (QoL) in children.
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Tundia, Namita. "Validation of the Health-Related Productivity Questionnaire and U.S. Population Norms." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1378112340.
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Kelly, Laura. "Measuring the impact of using health-related websites : the eHealth impact questionnaire." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2015. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:ef7eefdd-d9c6-4d9e-95a6-8452564913de.
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Introduction: Health-related websites have developed to be much more than information sites: they are used to exchange experiences and find support as well as information and advice. It is important that health professionals and website developers understand how content may impact users. This thesis documents the development and application of a tool to measure the impact of using health-related websites which contain experiential and/or factual information. Methods: A multi-method study with five stages. Stage 1: Questionnaire items based upon themes relating to the impact of using health-related websites were constructed following qualitative secondary analysis of 93 interviews relating to patient and carer experiences of health and a recent literature review. Items were assessed by an expert panel. Stage 2: Cognitive interviews were carried out to confirm acceptability of items. Stage 3: Item reduction steps were used to reduce the number of items. Stage 4: The validity and reliability of the remaining items were tested using traditional and modern psychometric methods. Stage 5: The new questionnaire was piloted in a randomised controlled trial. Results: Eighty-two items were constructed according to the key themes identified in Stage 1. Following expert and patient refinement, two independent item pools entered psychometric testing. The first item pool related to general views of using the internet in relation to health and the second item pool related to the impact of using a specific health-related website. Sub-scales and summary scores were found to have high construct validity, internal consistency and test-retest reliability. The questionnaire showed high completion rates and low counts of missing data in a trial setting. Conclusion: Analysis confirmed good psychometric properties in the eHIQ-Part 1 (11 items) and the eHIQ-Part 2 (26 items). Preliminary findings of trial data demonstrate the acceptability and feasibility of including the eHIQ in randomised controlled trials. This tool will enable the measurement of the impact of health-related websites containing various styles of information and support across a range conditions and facilitate their accurate evaluation in clinical trials.
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Coulthard, Robert James. "Rethinking back-translation for the cross-cultual adaptation of health-related questionnaires." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFSC, 2013. https://repositorio.ufsc.br/xmlui/handle/123456789/123163.
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Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Estudos da Tradução, Florianópolis, 2013.Made available in DSpace on 2014-08-06T17:53:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 326539.pdf: 1756849 bytes, checksum: 33118f205e3e2913d2192fe4d4eff2f7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013
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Hawkes, Nicholas C. "Process validity : an empirical and theoretical investigation of anxiety-related cognitive behavioural questionnaires." Thesis, University of East London, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.532574.
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Garai, Cintia Judit. "Personality Structure and Polymorphisms of Personality-Related Genes in Wild Bonobos (Pan paniscus)." 京都大学 (Kyoto University), 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/202667.
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Derleth, Ann Marie. "Health related quality of life : a comparison of indices derived from health status questionnaires /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/5410.
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Vianya-Estopa, Marta, David B. Elliott, and Brendan T. Barrett. "An evaluation of the Amblyopia and Strabismus Questionnaire using Rasch analysis." Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/4730.
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noPURPOSE. To evaluate whether the Amblyopia and Strabismus Questionnaire (A&SQ) is a suitable instrument for the assessment of vision-related quality-of life (VR-QoL) in individuals with strabismus and/or amblyopia. METHODS. The A&SQ was completed by 102 individuals, all of whom had amblyopia, strabismus, or both. Rasch analysis was used to evaluate the usefulness of individual questionnaire items (i.e., questions); the response-scale performance; how well the items targeted VR-QoL; whether individual items showed response bias, depending on factors such as whether strabismus was present; and dimensionality. RESULTS. Items relating to concerns about the appearance of the eyes were applicable only to those with strabismus, and many items showed large ceiling effects. The response scale showed disordered responses and underused response options, which improved after the number of response options was reduced from five to three. This change improved the discriminative ability of the questionnaire (person separation index increased from 1.98 to 2.11). Significant bias was found between strabismic and nonstrabismic respondents. Separate Rasch analyses conducted for subjects with and without strabismus indicated that all A&SQ items seemed appropriate for individuals with strabismus (Rasch infit values between 0.60 and 1.40), but several items fitted the model poorly in amblyopes without strabismus. The AS&Q was not found to be unidimensional. CONCLUSIONS. The findings highlight the limitations of the A&SQ instrument in the assessment of VR-QoL in subjects with strabismus and especially in those with amblyopia alone. The results suggest that separate instruments are needed to quantify VR-QoL in amblyopes with and without strabismus.
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Gahrén, Jason, and Karin Nyström. "The characteristics of HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination among Thai university students : A questionnaire study." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för folkhälso- och vårdvetenskap, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-200318.
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Introduktion: Nyligen utkomna rapporter visar en ökning i incidensen för nya HIV-infektioner i Thailand och HIV är fortfarande ett av de största hälsoproblemen. Anledningarna till denna utveckling är flera och HIV/AIDS-relaterad stigmatisering och diskriminering poserar som en av de största. Syfte: Syftet med föreliggande arbete var att undersöka karaktärsdragen gällande HIV/AIDS relaterad stigmatisering och diskriminering bland thailändska universitetsstudenter, samt att undersöka förekomsten av eventuella skillnader mellan könen. Metod: En deskriptiv tvärsnittsstudie genomfördes på ett universitet i Prathomthani provinsen, Thailand. Ett bekvämlighetsurval användes. 150 studenter, både män och kvinnor, deltog och svarade på frågor om karaktärsdragen gällande HIV/AIDS-relaterad stigma och diskriminering. Resultat: En låg nivå av rädsla för smittöverföring och sjukdom observerades av majoriteten av studenterna, även om bristande kunskap gällande smittöverföring observerades. Både hög och låg associering med skam, skuld och dom rapporterades och mest utmärkande var frågorna för kvinnliga prostituerade och promiskuitet. Även lågt personligt stöd för diskriminerande åtgärder och principer, och lågt stöd för upplevelse av samhällets inverkan av diskriminerande åtgärder eller politik rapporterades. Slutsats: Studenterna hade en låg nivå av rädsla för smittöverföring och sjukdom, dock uppvisades bristande kunskap gällande smittöverföring. Studenterna rapporterade hög nivå av skam, skuld och dom relaterat till kvinnlig prostitution. Resultaten implicerar behov av vidare interventionsprogram med fokus på kunskap.Introduction: Resent reports indicate an increasing incidence rate of HIV in Thailand and it is still one of the main public health problems. The reasons for this development depend on many different factors where HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination acts as one of the major ones. Aim: The aim of this study was to examine the characteristics of HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination among Thai university students and to investigate if there is any difference in the characteristics with regard to gender. Method: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted at a university in Prathomthani Province, Thailand. A convenience sample was used. The 150 students, both male and female, participated to answer questions concerning the characteristics of HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination. Results: Fear of transmission and disease was reported rather low level by the majority of the students, though inaccurate knowledge regarding transmission was observed. The level of shame, blame and judgment were low and high, most distinctive concerning women prostitutes and promiscuity. Low levels of personal support of discriminatory actions and policies, and perceived community support of discriminatory actions or policies were reported. Conclusion: The students had a low amount of fear of transmission and of the disease, though they still demonstrated a lack of knowledge regarding transmission. Women prostitutes related to shame blame and judgment were reported high level by the students. The results imply the need for further intervention programs focusing on information.
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Bates, Freed Betsy A. "Work Interrupted: A Questionnaire Assessing the Relationship Between Work-Related Distress and Psychological Adjustment to Cancer." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1348249175.
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Bu, Khamseen Amani. "Academic difficulties related to literacy experienced by university students in Saudi Arabia : developing a screening questionnaire and examining students' experiences." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/27174.
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The purpose of this study was to develop a questionnaire to identify students who are at risk of developing academic difficulties related to literacy in higher education in Saudi Arabia. The study adopted a mixed methodological pragmatic approach with two phases. Data for Phase One was obtained from 341 female Saudi students through the Student Academic Difficulties at Risk (SADR) questionnaire, administered at the beginning of the academic year. After six months, three sets of data were gathered: Students’ Self-Inventory (SSI) with 188 students, teacher reports on students’ academic performance with five teachers reporting on 96 students, and students’ academic Grade Point Average (GPA). In Phase Two, based on the findings of the SADR questionnaire, two students were purposively chosen from each of three different groups for case studies. The findings from Phase One suggested that some of the SADR subscales had high reliability and others showed poor reliability. The results also showed that the SADR questionnaire and GPA correlated and that the regression analysis showed a predictive value for the reading scale. However, case-level analysis showed that the SADR questionnaire could not be reliably used to predict GPA. Additional analysis showed that SSI had high reliability for all subscales and correlated with the SADR questionnaire as well as with GPA. The reading and writing subscales from the SADR questionnaire can predict continued academic difficulties that are related to reading and writing at university level. Phase Two involved case study investigations into true positive, false positive, and false negative predictions of the reliable scales in the SADR questionnaire. The findings of Phase Two showed that a variety of influences affected academic attainment, such as motivational, wellbeing-related, and socio-cultural reasons.
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Grimison, Peter. "Improving decision-making: Deriving patient-valued utilities from a disease-specific quality of life questionnaire for evaluating clinical trials." Medicine, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/5512.
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Doctor of Philosophy(PhD)The aim of the work reported in this thesis was to develop a scoring algorithm that converts ratings from a validated disease-specific quality of life questionnaire called the Utility-Based Questionnaire-Cancer (UBQ-C) into a utility index that is designed for evaluating clinical trials to inform clinical decisions about cancer treatments. The UBQ-C includes a scale for global health status (1 item); and subscales for physical function (3 items), social/usual activities (4 items), self-care (1 item), and distresses due to physical and psychological symptoms (21 items). Data from three studies was used. A valuation survey consisted of patients with advanced cancer (n=204) who completed the UBQ-C and assigned time-trade-off utilities about their own health state. Clinical trials were of chemotherapy for advanced (n=325) and early (n=126) breast cancer. A scoring algorithm was derived to convert the subscales into a subset index, and combine it with the global scale into an overall quality of life index, which was converted to a utility index with a power transformation. Optimal weights were assigned to the subscales that reflected their correlations with a global scale in each study. The derived utilities were validated by comparison with other patient characteristics. Each trial was evaluated in terms of differences in utility between treatment groups. In the valuation survey, the weights (range 0 to 1) for the subset index were: physical function 0.28, social/usual activities 0.06, self-care 0.01, and distresses 0.64. Weights for the overall quality of life index were health status 0.65 and subset index 0.35. The mean of the utility index scores was similar to the mean of the time trade-off utilities (0.92 vs. 0.91, p=0.6). The weights were adjusted in each clinical trial. The utility index was substantially correlated with other measures of quality of life, discriminated between breast cancer that was advanced rather than early (means 0.88 vs 0.94, p<0.0001), and was responsive to toxic effects of chemotherapy in early breast cancer (mean change 0.07, p<0.0001). There were trends to better mean scores on the utility index for patients allocated to standard-dose versus high-dose chemotherapy in the early cancer trial (p=0.1), and oral versus intravenous chemotherapy in the advanced cancer trial (p=0.2). In conclusion, data from a simple, self-rated, disease-specific questionnaire can be converted into a utility index based on cancer patients’ preferences. The index can be optimised in different clinical contexts to reflect the relative importance of different aspects of quality of life to the patients in a trial. The index can be used to generate utility scores and quality-adjusted life-years in clinical trials. It enables the evaluation of the net effect of treatments on health-related quality of life (accounting for trade-offs between disparate aspects); the evaluation of the net benefit of treatments (accounting for trade-offs between quality of life and survival); and an alternate perspective for comparing the incremental cost-effectiveness of treatments (accounting for trade-offs between net benefit and costs). The practical significance of this work is to facilitate the integration of data about health-related quality of life with traditional trial endpoints such as survival and tumour response. This will better inform clinical decision-making, and provide an alternate viewpoint for economic decision-making. Broadly, it will help patients, clinicians and health funders make better decisions about cancer treatments, by considering potential trade-offs between effects on survival and health-related quality of life.
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Li, Shanshan 1979. "Validation of a French language questionnaire to measure oral health related quality of life in young children." Thesis, McGill University, 2006. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=99344.
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Aim. To investigate the cross cultural validity of a French language version of a questionnaire that measures Oral Health related Quality of Life in young children. Method. Data were collected from community-based and hospital dental clinic-based samples of parent-child dyads. Cross cultural validity was assessed through: (i) internal consistency; (ii) test-retest reliability; (iii) convergent validity; (iv) discriminative validity; (v) cross cultural comparison and (vi) responsiveness to change. Results. Indicators of internal consistency and test-retest reliability were very good. Indicators for convergent validity were good. The instrument could discriminate between the population and clinic based samples. The cross cultural comparison suggested differences between English and French speaking groups. The responsiveness evaluation was non-conclusive. Conclusions. These results suggest this French language questionnaire has good reliability and validity, although responsiveness remains to be demonstrated.
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Brooks, Robert School of Community Medicine UNSW. "Health related quality of life of intensive care patients: Development of the Sydney quality of life questionnaire." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. School of Community Medicine, 1998. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/17465.
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This thesis has three main research aims. First the development of a questionnaire to measure HRQOL of ICU patients. Second, to examine a model of HRQOL proposed to assist with the development of the questionnaire. Third, to examine the HRQOL outcomes of patient after hospital discharge. The proposed model is based on a review of conceptual issues related to Quality of Life (QOL), Health Status and HRQOL. After a content analysis of a broad range of definitions of QOL, Health Status and HRQOL, QOL was defined as a dynamic attitude, continually being modified by experience. It is a function of the cognitive and affective appraisals of the discrepancies between domain specific perceptions and expectations. HRQOL was defined as an individuals cognitive and affective response to, or the QOL associated with, their health status. Health status was seen to consist of two health dimensions, physical and psychological health, with each dimension being composed of a number of component measures assessed subjectively. The developed questionnaire, the Sydney Quality of Life (SQOL) had good construct validity, based on substantial correspondence between qualitative and quantitative data, and internal consistency data (factor analysis and Cronbach's alpha). It had good concurrent validity in relation to the Sickness Impact Profile. The second order factor analysis of the SQOL suggested that health status may consist of three dimensions, physical health, positive mental health and negative mental health. The HRQOL model when formally examined, using Structural Equation Modelling (using LISREL), was not supported. However, exploratory modelling supported the separation of mental health into positive and negative components. The structure of HRQOL was different for patients than for the community from which they came. Patients QOL was determined largely by positive mental and physical health, whereas community members QOL was largely determined by negative mental health. Sixty three percent of patients at 12 months after discharge had significantly worse physical and functional health, lower satisfaction with their lives, lower positive affect and poorer QOL. Overall, mental health adapts rapidly to the impact of serious physical ill health and hospitalisation. Implications for clinical practice are examined.
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Ferrari, Andrea Lepos. "Adaptação transcultural do questionário \"cultural study of musculo-skeletal and other symptoms and associated disability\" CUPID Questionnaire." Universidade de São Paulo, 2009. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/7/7131/tde-07072009-094358/.
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Este estudo objetivou a adaptação transcultural do questionário Cultural Study of Musculo-Skeletal and Other Symptoms and Associated Disability - CUPID Questionnaire, para a língua portuguesa falada no Brasil e a validação do seu conteúdo. O estudo é do tipo metodológico e foi realizado obedecendo aos procedimentos internacionais recomendados e aos procedimentos específicos indicados pelo autor do Questionário, uma vez que será aplicado em estudo multicêntrico por ele coordenado. A adaptação transcultural foi realizada seguindo as etapas de tradução, retrotradução, avaliação destas versões por um comitê de juízes e pré-teste da versão pré-final. O pré-teste foi realizado no Departamento de Enfermagem do Hospital Universitário da Universidade de São Paulo com 40 trabalhadores de enfermagem. Ajustes foram feitos após a análise das traduções pelo comitê de juízes quando o Índice de Validade de Conteúdo foi inferior a 80%. A versão resultante do questionário foi então pré-testada para verificar a capacidade compreensão e preenchimento pelos sujeitos e a possibilidade de ajustes, considerando o indicativo de ajustes quando 15% destes apresentassem dificuldades em relação ao preenchimento. Os resultados do pré-teste apontam um número significativo de trabalhadores de enfermagem com dores em região lombar, ombro, cotovelo, punho e/ou mão e joelho, associados a sintomas psicossociais e demais incapacidades. A análise das respostas dos sujeitos aos itens do Questionário não evidenciou dificuldades de compreensão e entendimento na totalidade dos itens, indicando a validade de seu conteúdo para a língua portuguesa falada no Brasil. Conclui-se que a versão Brasileira do CUPID Questionnaire é um instrumento adequado para identificar os sintomas musculoesqueléticos, indicados pelos trabalhadores de enfermagem, relacionados às atividades ocupacionais, aspectos psicossociais e outras incapacidades associadasThe objective of this study was to adapt the Transcultural Questionnaire Cultural Study of Muscular-Skeletal and Other Symptoms and Associated Disability CUPID Questionnaire, to the Portuguese language spoken in Brazil and to validate its contents. This methodological study was performed in accordance with internationally recommended procedures and the specific procedures indicated by the Questionnaires author since it will be applied in a multicenter study coordinated by the author. The transcultural adaptation was performed following the steps of translation, back-translation, evaluation of these versions by a committee of judges and pre-test version of the pre-final. The pre-test was performed in the Nursing Department of University Hospital at the University of Sao Paulo with 40 nursing workers. Adjustments were made after an analysis of the translations by a committee of judges when an index of content validation was less than 80%. The resulting version of the questionnaire was then pre-tested to verify the capacity of comprehension and form completion by the subjects and the possibility of adjustments considering an adjustment indicator when 15% of them presented difficulty related to form completion. The results of this pre-test showed that a significant number of Nursing workers complained of pain in the regions of lumbar, shoulder, elbow, wrist and or hand and knee, symptoms associated with psychosocial and other disabilities. Analysis of the subjects responses to items of the questionnaire revealed no difficulty in the comprehension and total understanding of the items indicating a validity of its contents for the Portuguese language spoken in Brazil. It can be concluded that the Brazilian Version of the CUPID Questionnaire is an adequate instrument for the identification of musculoskeletal symptoms indicated by nursing workers related to occupational activities, psychosocial aspects and other associated incapacities
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Wimes, Cassaundra T. "The validation of the caretaker readiness questionnaire factors related to caretaker knowledge and opinions of exceptional student education services /." Tallahassee, Florida : Florida State University, 2009. http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-11012009-163549/.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Florida State University, 2009.Advisors: Gary Peterson and James P. Sampson, Florida State University, College of Education, Dept. of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed on May 7, 2010). Document formatted into pages; contains xii, 103 pages. Includes bibliographical references.
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Lau, Wai-ha Abby, and 劉慧霞. "Structural equation modeling of the child perceptions questionnaire measuring oral health-related quality of life of children in HongKong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2008. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B40988089.
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Hogue, Todd Edmund. "The sex offence information questionnaire : the development of a self-report measure of offence related denial in sexual offenders." Thesis, Cardiff University, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.430091.
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Broxholme, Sarah L. "Development of a questionnaire on cognitions related to sex offending for use with individuals who have mild learning disabilities." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/26359.
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Since the establishment of community care, policy towards offenders with learning disabilities has changed. Previously those individuals would have been admitted to locked wards. With the closure of these wards this option is largely unavailable. In relation to sex offenders there is now a need to identify individuals who are at risk of offending and to establish the most appropriate placement and treatment for these individuals. Recent literature suggests that cognitive factors play a crucial role in the sex offending process. One method of predicting the risk of sexual offending behaviour is to measure anti social sexual attitudes consistent with sexual offending behaviour. Research indicates that the recognition of offenders' attitudes and attributions are pivotal in bringing about change in their offending behaviour. There has been little research in developing methods of assessment in the field of learning disabilities. To data, there is no valid, reliable, self report questionnaire which assesses cognitive factors in these individuals. Some research has identified various problems in using assessment tools devised for non learning disability populations when assessing the sexual attitudes of individuals who have learning disabilities. These measures are often too complicated and open to suggestible and acquiescent responding. This thesis aims to develop a valid, reliable self report questionnaire to assess anti-social attitudes and attributions consistent with sexual offending behaviour in individuals who have mild learning disabilities. Male sex offenders with mild learning disabilities and control groups were tested. The reliability and validity of the questionnaires was examined. Additional questionnaires and vignettes were constructed to aid understanding and investigate response biases. The groups were compared and results discussed. The limitations, potential uses of the questionnaires and directions for further research are proposed.
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Todorov, Boris K. "Validity and Reliability of the Adolescent Versions of the Migraine Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire and the Headache Disability Inventory." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1384531478.
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Glas, Bo. "Methodological aspects of unspecific building related symptoms research." Doctoral thesis, Umeå : Institutionen för folkhälsa och klinisk medicin, Umeå universitet, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-30640.
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Vorkink, Gerilynn Price. "Patterns of Presenting Problems and Symptom Severity Related to Family Trauma in a Robust Sample of College Students." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2010. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/2355.
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Because of the lasting impact that traumatic family events can have on psychological well-being, students who present for services at college counseling centers may be experiencing problems and symptoms associated with earlier trauma. Many college counseling centers utilize the Counseling Concerns Survey developed by the Research Consortium of Counseling and Psychological Services in Higher Education (1991) and the Outcome Questionnaire-45 (OQ-45; Lambert et al., 1996) as intake instruments to assess students who present for counseling. The major components of the Counseling Concerns Survey are the 18-item Family Experiences Questionnaire, which identifies history of family trauma, and the 42-item Presenting Problems List, which assesses students' major areas of distress. The OQ-45 measures symptom severity. While it is generally assumed that family trauma during childhood and adolescence can negatively impact future mental health and well-being, it has been unclear how specific traumatic family experiences reported on the Family Experiences Questionnaire are related to specific presenting problems as listed on the Presenting Problems List or symptom severity as measured by the OQ-45. The purpose of this study was to examine this relationship and to ascertain discernible patterns. Data from the intake instruments of 20,495 students who sought counseling services at a large western U.S. university from 1997 to 2007 was analyzed. Logistic regression of each of the 18 traumatic family history experiences was performed, using the initial OQ-45 score, the 42 Presenting Problems List items, and five Presenting Problems List factors (Draper, Jennings, & Baron, 2003) as "predictors" of the types of trauma the students might have experienced. Results showed that although family trauma of a variety of types was associated with symptom severity and various presenting problems, there did not seem to be an overall discernible pattern. The results suggest that trauma seems to have a diffuse association with presenting problems and symptom severity. However, some family traumas are associated with a greater number of presenting problems, and these traumas were identified.
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Phillips, Kristina T. "Applying the Relapse Model to Harm Reduction: The Development and Evaluation of the Harm Reduction Self-Efficacy Questionnaire." Connect to this title online, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=bgsu1131342662.
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Daniels, Lori Rae. "Assessment of social support among veterans with military-related post-traumatic stress disorder : a study of the Social Support Questionnaire." Thesis, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/3012.
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Numerous studies in the past 20 years have found an inverse correlation between social support and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, the social support literature is encumbered by a wide-spread inconsistency of social support measurement, with many studies not using existing validated measures. Identifying a valid social support measure with clinical utility among veterans diagnosed with war-related (PTSD) would be a helpful resource for clinicians. Using data from 689 veterans seeking treatment from a VA PTSD program, the reliability, factor structure, and construct validity of the Social Support Questionnaire (SSQ; Sarason, Levine, Basham, & Sarason, 1983) were evaluated. The hypothesis of this study was based on the theoretical assumption that social support (as measured by the SSQ), would be inversely correlated with severity of PTSD symptoms (as measured by the Mississippi Scale for War-related PTSD; Keane, Caddell & Taylor, 1988) and depression (as measured by the Beck Depression Inventory; Beck, 1961). In this study, the SSQ scores were found to inversely correlate at a low, but statistically significant level, with both PTSD and depression scores. Principal axes factor analysis found that the two subscales of the SSQ were each measuring one factor. The correlation between the SSQ "N" scores and "s" scores suggest that these subscales are measuring different components of social support. Numerous implications for research and clinical practice are discussed. This study is the first to psychometrically evaluate a measure of current social support for use among war veterans diagnosed with PTSD.Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2002.
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Lau, Wai-ha Abby. "Structural equation modeling of the child perceptions questionnaire measuring oral health-related quality of life of children in Hong Kong." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2008. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B40988089.
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Walfridsson, Ulla. "Assessing Symptom Burden and Health-Related Quality of Life in patients living with arrhythmia and ASTA : Arrhythmia-Specific questionnaire in Tachycardia and Arrhythmia." Doctoral thesis, Linköpings universitet, Omvårdnad, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-71873.
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Background: Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) can be negatively affected in patients living with arrhythmias and many patients experience a pronounced symptom burden. The arrhythmia can cause both uncertainty and limitations, including interference with work, reluctance to perform and plan for leisure activities and leading to self-imposed restrictions in daily life situations. There are patients striving to find strategies to manage the arrhythmia and for some this can become the focus in their lives. Treatment options are often a choice between pharmaceuticals and radiofrequency ablation (RFA) where RFA is an option for many arrhythmia-patients to be cured. In the care of arrhythmia-patients it is of great importance to combine objective examinations with patient-reported outcomes (PROs) to achieve patient’s own experiences of treatment efficacy and arrhythmias interference in daily life situations. Aims: The overall aims of this thesis were to assess symptom burden and HRQOL in patients with arrhythmias and to develop and validate an arrhythmia-specific questionnaire, suitable for most arrhythmia-patients. Design and Methods: Studies I and II were single-centre studies including patients referred for RFA, with two different arrhythmia diagnoses. Assessments of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) concerning HRQOL were performed using two questionnaires, SF-36 and EQ-5D (I-II). Further, patients were asked some disease-specific questions (I). Study I describes assessments before the RFA treatment and Study II the follow-up assessments at three and twelve months after RFA. Patients’ scoring of HRQOL was compared to age and gender matched reference groups before and after RFA (I-II). Studies III and IV describe the development and validation of a disease-specific questionnaire ASTA (Arrhythmia-Specific questionnaire in Tachycardia and Arrhythmia) assessing symptom burden and HRQOL. Studies III and IV were multicentre studies. Patients planned for DC-conversion, AF patients seeking emergency care and those with different forms of arrhythmias referred for RFA were included. Results: Patients scored significantly lower HRQOL in seven of SF-36’s eight scales compared to the age and gender matched reference groups before RFA treatment. Frequent arrhythmia attacks had a great negative impact on HRQOL, and female gender and older age were factors contributing to worse HRQOL (I). Treatment with RFA restored the patients’ HRQOL. Most positive effects were seen at three months follow-up. One year after treatment patients and the matched reference group scored their HRQOL to a similar level, assessed with SF-36 and EQ-5D index (II). The validated ASTA questionnaire was found to have good psychometric properties. Construct validity was confirmed with sufficient levels of item-total correlations in the ASTA symptom burden scale and HRQOL scales. The dimensionality of the ASTA HRQOL scale was established with confirmatory factor analysis, supporting a physical and a mental subscale. The internal consistency, demonstrated with Cronbach’s alpha (α), was satisfactory for the ASTA symptom burden scale and the ASTA HRQOL scales, varying from α 0.79 to α 0.91 (III-IV). Conclusions and clinical implications: The studies in this thesis confirmed how negatively affected the arrhythmia-patients can be with a pronounced symptom burden and impaired HRQOL. Treatment with RFA was demonstrated to restore the patients HRQOL to an equal level of that of the matched reference group. PROs are important to take into consideration in the care of arrhythmia-patients, to achieve the patients’ subjective experiences of their daily life situation. To the best of our knowledge ASTA is the first arrhythmia-specific questionnaire assessing symptom burden and HRQOL, suitable for most arrhythmia forms. The newly validated ASTA questionnaire can be an important contribution to assessment of PROs in arrhythmia-patients.
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Ribeiro, Mariana Oliveira. "Pediatric Voice Related Quality of Life (pVR- QOL): tradução e adaptação para o português europeu." Bachelor's thesis, [s.n.], 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10284/4746.
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Projeto de Graduação apresentado à Universidade Fernando Pessoa como parte dos requisitos para obtenção do grau de Licenciada em Terapêutica da FalaO presente estudo tem como principais objetivos a tradução e adaptação do questionário de autoperceção de qualidade vocal- Pediatric Voice Related Quality of Life (pVR- QOL) para falantes do Português Europeu, assim como a realização de um pré-teste. O referido questionário foi traduzido e adaptado para o Português por especialistas na Língua Inglesa e Portuguesa. Contou ainda com a colaboração de Terapeutas da Fala e profissionais da área da Qualidade de Vida. A versão final deste questionário, intitulada como “Questionário de Qualidade de Vida Relacionada com a Voz Pediátrica (QVRVp)” foi aplicada a 44 pais. Foram formados dois grupos: 37 pais de crianças sem patologia vocal, que frequentam o Colégio de Ermesinde e 7 pais de crianças com patologia vocal diagnosticada, acompanhadas no Centro Hospitalar do Porto- Hospital de Santo António. Como principais resultados obtidos podemos salientar a média de idades de 7,64 anos e que 50% da amostra é do sexo feminino e 50% do masculino. Em relação ao grupo patológico 4 crianças são do sexo feminino e 3 do masculino, enquanto no grupo não patológico 18 crianças são do sexo feminino e 19 do masculino. Verificaram-se diferenças estatisticamente significativas entre os dois grupos. De forma discriminativa, 8 de 10 perguntas permitem identificar o grupo com patologia, em comparação com o grupo sem patologia. Com esta investigação é possível concluir que o questionário em estudo pode ser utilizado como instrumento na avaliação e intervenção de Terapia da Fala, nas perturbações vocais da população pediátrica. Deste modo facilita-se a maior consciencialização para os problemas da voz, cada vez mais frequentes em idades precoces.
The main aims of this study are the translation and adaptation of a vocal quality self-perception questionnaire – Pediatric Voice Related Quality of Life (pVR-QOL) – for European Portuguese speakers, as well as the completion of a pretest. This questionnaire was translated and adapted into Portuguese by specialists in English Language and Portuguese. It also counted with the collaboration of Speech Therapists and experts in the field of Quality of Life. The final version of the questionnaire titled “Questionário de Qualidade de Vida Relacionada com a Voz Pediátrica (QVRVp)” was applied to 44 parents. Two groups were formed: 37 parents of children without vocal pathology, attending the College of Ermesinde and 7 parents of children diagnosed with vocal pathology, who attained the Centro Hospitalar do Porto – Hospital de Santo António. As main results we can point out the average age of 7.64 years and that 50% of the sample was female and 50% male. In terms of disease group, 4 children are female and 3 are males, while in non-pathological group 18 children are female and 19 are male. There were statistically significant differences between the two groups. In a discriminative manner, 8 out of 10 questions identify the disease group compared with the group without pathology. With this research we conclude that the questionnaire used in this study can be a tool in the assessment and speech therapy intervention, in paediatric voice disorders. Thus, it allows greater awareness of voice problems, which are increasing in younger ages.
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Rofail, Diana. "Treatment satisfaction and dissatisfaction in patients with chronic low back pain." Thesis, Brunel University, 2010. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/4616.
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This thesis explores treatment satisfaction and dissatisfaction in patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP). Chapters 1 and 2 provide background on CLBP, and treatment satisfaction and dissatisfaction. Chapter 3 presents study 1, the systematic review which identified research concerning treatment satisfaction and dissatisfaction in patients with CLBP. Findings indicated a need to define the concept, and establish appropriate measurement based on patient input and evidence to support the reliability and validity of items. Chapter 4 presents study 2, a qualitative study. Ten patients with CLBP taking medication and/or receiving physiotherapy were interviewed. A conceptual model of CLBP and a thematic map of treatment satisfaction and dissatisfaction were developed. Satisfaction was related to being 'happy' or 'pleased', and maintaining normal functioning. Treatment not working, causing discomfort, or negatively affecting health-related quality of life, as well as inconvenience of medication, lack of information, not feeling involved in treatment decisions, lack of trust and confidence in healthcare professionals, and being misdiagnosed or undiagnosed, were associated with dissatisfaction. Chapter 5 documents the development of the CLBP Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire, based on patient input from study 2. Cognitive debriefing showed items were relevant and understood by patients. Chapter 6, study 3, explored the psychometric properties of the questionnaire. The longitudinal design involved data collection from 249 patients, some of whom participated in follow-ups. Results indicated that treatment satisfaction/dissatisfaction involves an appraisal of the following seven domains: 'Information Provided about Back Pain and Treatment', 'Burden of Back Pain', 'Impact of Back Pain and Treatment on Relationships', 'Satisfaction with the Treatment Process', 'Problems with Side Effects of Medication', 'Adherence to Physiotherapy', and 'Medication Acceptability'. Some evidence of reliability and validity are presented. This thesis concludes with Chapter 7, a discussion of the main findings of the studies, strengths and limitations, and recommendations for future research.
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Joshi, Hrishikesh Bhaskar. "Assessment of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with ureteric stents by development and validation of a multidimensional questionnaire." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.399931.
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Strömbäck, Gustav. "Common misconceptions about everyday astronomy-related phenomena among students in the 9th grade." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Lärarutbildningen (LUT), 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-35016.
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Students of all ages host a wide variety of scientifically inaccurate ideas and conceptions about everyday astronomical phenomena, such as the seasons, the moon phases, and gravity. The field of Astronomy Education Research has over the last decade experienced an accelerating growth, although the majority of studies have been conducted in the USA. In this work, the 9th grade students of a typical Swedish school were surveyed by means of a questionnaire in order to probe their conceptual understanding of several key concepts in astronomy. In the end, the number of respondents amassed to a total of 90. The results were analyzed with a constructivist approach in light of conceptual change theory and phenomenological primitives. In conjunction to this a postmodern view of the problem in question is presented. The compiled numbers were compared to the results of American high school students found in the large database of A Private Universe Project. The two samples were found to display only minor differences. Most notably, only around one in ten Swedish students could correctly account for the origin of the seasons, and only a very small percentage could point out the true distance-relation between the Earth and the Moon. In addition, approximately half of the students did not know the reason for why the Moon changes phase, and one in every four or five students believes there are stars between the planets in the Solar system. An analysis of the student sample was also made after separating out students who will obtain further education in astronomy in upper secondary school. With only one exception, no differences between the groups were found, suggesting that the misconceptions treated in this survey are present among all groups of students up to a certain educational level. However, in the group not intending to study more astronomy an astonishing 72 % had incorrect beliefs regarding the day/night cycle, indicating a possible fundamental lack of conceptual understanding about one of the most everyday astronomy-related concepts.
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Ncube, Nkosinathi. "Validation of the polycystic ovary syndrome health-related quality of life questionnaire (PCOSQ) in the clinical community in our gynaecological endocrine clinic." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23400.
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Background: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine disorder in women of reproductive age and impacts negatively on their health related quality of life (HRQoL). The Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Questionnaire (PCOSQ) is a disease specific questionnaire used to measure HRQOL in affected women. This questionnaire has not been validated for use in the clinical population of South Africa. This study aimed to assess the psychometric properties of the PCOSQ in our population and to compare findings with those from the WHOQOL-BREF, a generic questionnaire that measures HRQoL. Methods: This was a cross sectional analytical study of women with PCOS as defined by the Rotterdam criteria attending the Gynaecological Endocrine Clinic at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town. The PCOSQ and WHOQOL-BREF were administered at the first interview and a repeat PCOSQ interview was conducted telephonically within a period of 2 to 7 days. The clinical data of the participants at initial diagnosis were obtained from the clinical records. Results: A total of 105 consenting women were recruited over a period of 8 months from November 2013 to July 2014. Sixty-seven participants responded to the second follow up interview for test-retest reliability. The test-retest reliability was good with intra-class correlation coefficients from all domains being above 0.8 (0.820-0.929, P<0.001). The Cronbach's alpha coefficients of internal consistency were above 0.7 in all domains with the exception of the menstrual domain, which scored 0.65. Construct validity was demonstrated by a statistically significant correlation between the corresponding domains of the WHOQOLBREF (P<0.05). Secondary factor analysis confirmed the domain structure of the PCOSQ. The scores from all domains were reflective of an impaired quality of life. Weight had the most impact on the HRQoL. The WHOQOL-BREF demonstrated a poor internal consistency in the study population. Conclusions: The PCOSQ is a valid questionnaire for measuring the HRQoL in our clinical population and is preferred above the WHOQOL-BREF. The incorporation of the domain on acne and further exploration of the domain of menstrual problems could be undertaken to strengthen its factor structure. PCOS has an adverse effect on the HRQoL. Weight has the biggest impact on the HRQoL. The WHOQOL-BREF is suboptimal in measuring HRQoL in women with PCOS, as it is not specific to the condition.
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Ousmen, Ahmad. "Détermination du sens clinique d'un changement pour les questionnaires de qualité de vie relative à la santé en cancérologie." Thesis, Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019UBFCE001/document.
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En cancérologie, la qualité de vie relative à la santé (QdV) est considérée comme second critère de jugement principal dans les essais cliniques en l’absence d’effet sur la survie globale. L’interprétation des scores de QdV et d’une différence de scores cliniquement pertinente entre deux temps de mesure est un problème majeur en QdV. Cette différence peut être significative d’un point de vue statistique sans être cliniquement significative du point de vue du patient. La différence minimale cliniquement importante (DMCI) a ainsi été définie comme la plus petite différence de score de QdV qui serait considérée comme ayant un sens clinique pour le patient. L’analyse longitudinale de la QdV est complexe, en particulier en raison de l’occurrence de l’effet « Response Shift » qui est susceptible de biaiser les résultats d’analyse longitudinal et en particulier les résultats de la DMCI. Dans ce contexte, le premier objectif de ce travail de thèse est une revue de la littérature concernant la détermination de la DMCI selon les méthodes les plus couramment utilisées : les méthodes basées sur l’ancre et les méthodes basées sur la distribution. Deuxièmement, calculer la DMCI par les méthodes basées sur l’ancre et la distribution en appliquant différents critères de distribution et plusieurs ancres différentes. L’objectif est de comparer les résultats obtenus par les différentes méthodes et de les comparer également avec les résultats obtenus par les études antérieures. Enfin, étudier l’impact de l’occurrence de l’effet Response Shift sur la détermination de la DMCI pour les questionnaires de QdV en cancérologieIn oncology, the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is generally considered as a second endpoint in the clinical trials. The interpretation of the results of the longitudinal analysis of such data must be made in both statistical and clinical point of view in order to produce meaningful results for both patients and clinicians. The main objective is to assess the impact of the treatment on patient’s HRQOL level over time. The minimal clinically important difference (MCID) was defined as the smallest change between two scores in a treatment outcome that a patient would identify as important. Indeed, the longitudinal analysis of HRQOL remains complex, particularly due to the potential occurrence of a Response Shift effect characterizing the process of adaptation of the patient in relation to the illness and its treatment. Hence, the first objective of this work is a literature review concerning the determination of the MCID by the most commonly used methods: anchor-based and distribution-based methods. Secondly, calculating the MCID using anchor-based and distribution-based methods by applying different distribution criteria and several different anchors. The objective is to compare the results obtained by the different methods and to compare them to others obtained by previous studies. Finally, studying the impact of the Response Shift effect on the determination of MCID for the HRQOL questionnaires in cancer research using several data corresponding to different therapeutic situations and cancer locations
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Leander, Mai. "Health-Related Quality of Life in Asthma." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Arbets- och miljömedicin, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-129626.
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Health-related quality of life (HRQL) has become an important outcome in asthma, since traditional outcomes, such as respiratory symptoms and pulmonary function, might not entirely express the patient’s perception of the limitations caused by the disease. The aim of this thesis was to study HRQL in asthma and to analyse if HRQL was related to asthma onset and prognosis. Other aims were to identify determinants of low HRQL in clinically-verified asthmatics, and to study whether low HRQL was a predictor of mortality. In 1990, a self-administered questionnaire was completed by 12,560 individuals from three age groups (16, 30-39, and 60-69 years) in two counties of Sweden. In a second phase, all subjects who reported a history of obstructive respiratory symptoms (n = 1,851) and 600 randomly-selected controls were invited to a clinical investigation including spirometry, allergy testing, and assessment of HRQL with the Gothenburg Quality of Life instrument. In 2003, the eligible subjects in the cohort (n=11,282) were sent a new questionnaire. Mortality data in the cohort was followed up during 1990–2008 using data from the National Board of Health and Welfare Mortality Database. The 616 subjects with clinically-verified asthma 1990 had significantly lower HRQL than subjects without asthma. In the 2003 follow-up, the 305 subjects with persistent asthma had a lower HRQL than the 155 subjects who showed improvement in asthma during the follow-up. Subjects who had developed asthma by the follow-up had a significantly lower HRQL at baseline than those who did not develop asthma. Significant determinants of quality of life in asthma were female sex, smoking habits, higher airway responsiveness to irritants, respiratory symptom severity, positive skin prick test, and absenteeism from work or school. Low HRQL was related to increased mortality, but this association was not found when analyzing the asthmatic group alone. In conclusion, measurements of HRQL are of value for evaluating both the impact and progression of asthma.
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Luehrs, Craig A. "Discriminating dyspnea related to lower extremity and whole body activity in COPD using the University of California San Diego Shortness of Breath Questionnaire." Connect to resource, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1811/6612.
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Thesis (Honors)--Ohio State University, 2006.Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages: contains 30 p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 25-27). Available online via Ohio State University's Knowledge Bank.
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Larsson, Christel. "Young vegetarians and omnivores : Dietary habits and other health-related aspects." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för kostvetenskap, 2001. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-5.
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In the middle of the 1990s many adolescents became vegetarians. There was concern among adults about whether these new young vegetarians got enough energy and nutrients from their dietary intake. The aim of this thesis was to investigate the prevalence of young vegetarians, the food and lifestyle habits, dietary intake and nutritional status of vegetarian and omnivorous adolescents. The prevalence of adolescents eating a vegetarian school lunch in 124 Swedish secondary schools was investigated by interviewing matrons. Information about prevalence of vegetarians, food and lifestyle habits, of 2041 15-year old students from Umeå, Stockholm and Bergen, was obtained by a questionnaire. The dietary intake and nutritional status of thirty 16-20 year-old vegans were compared with thirty age, sex and height matched omnivores. Five percent of the adolescents (16-20 years) in Sweden were found to eat vegetarian food at school lunch. In Umeå there was a significantly higher prevalence (15.6%) of 15-year-old vegetarians compared with Stockholm (4.8%) and Bergen (3.8%). It was also found that more females than males (15 years old) chose a vegetarian dietary regime. Even though the female vegetarians consumed vegetables significantly more often than the omnivores, the intake (32 times/month) was not as often as might be expected of a vegetarian population. The male vegetarians reported eating vegetables not even once a day (25 times/month). No difference in the consumption frequency of fruits/berries, alcoholic beverages, sweets/chocolates and fast foods was seen between vegetarians and omnivores. However, female vegetarians more often than female omnivores consumed dietary supplements. Furthermore, lifestyle characteristics of vegetarians were similar those of omnivores regarding exercise, use of alcohol and smoking habits. No significant difference in validity of reported energy expenditure or energy and protein intakes was found between vegans and omnivores. Young vegans (16-20 year-olds) were seen to have a higher calculated intake of vegetables, legumes, and dietary supplements and a lower intake of ice creams, cakes/cookies, and candies/chocolate than omnivores. The dietary intake was below the average requirements of riboflavin for 73% of the vegans, vitamin B12 for all vegans, vitamin D for 43% of the vegans, calcium for 77% of the vegans and selenium for all vegans and 43% of the omnivores. If intake of supplements was included the intake of e.g. calcium and selenium was still lower than the average requirements for 67% and 73% of the vegans respectively. Low iron stores were as prevalent among vegans as among omnivores (20% and 23% with low stores) and three vegans had low vitamin B12 concentrations in blood. The findings imply that food and lifestyle habits of young vegetarians are different than what previous studies of vegetarians have shown. There is a need for future research of the long-term health effects of being vegetarian.
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Pellegrino, Luiz Antonio. "Tradução e adaptação transcultural do "Caregiver Priorities and Child Health Index of Life with Disabilities Questionnaire" (CPCHILD©) para a lingua portuguesa do Brasil /." Botucatu, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/97709.
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Resumo: Paralisia cerebral (PC) descreve um grupo de anormalidades permanentes do desenvolvimento, do movimento e da postura, causando limitação da atividade, que são atribuídas a um distúrbio não progressivo que ocorreu no cérebro em desenvolvimento do feto ou do bebê. As alterações motoras da paralisia cerebral são frequentemente acompanhadas de distúrbios da sensação, percepção, cognição, comunicação, comportamento e por problemas musculoesqueléticos secundários1. A paralisia cerebral está entre as causas mais comuns de incapacidade crônica na infância, com uma incidência entre 2 e 2,5 por 1000 nascidos vivos nos países desenvolvidos 2-4. Embora a lesão cerebral primária seja não-progressiva, a patologia é permanente e muitas das manifestações clínicas, incluindo as consequências musculoesqueléticas, são adquiridas e progressivas com o tempo. Entre 25% e 35% dessas crianças são gravemente comprometidas e apresentam dificuldades com suas atividades da vida diária (AVD), comunicação, mobilidade, e consequentemente com sua saúde, e por isso são dependentes de seus cuidadores para a maioria das suas necessidades. Essas condições têm um impacto significativo durante toda a vida dessas crianças, de seus cuidadores e familiares, e para as instituições responsáveis pelos seus cuidados e bem estar 5-7
Abstract: The consideration of quality of life related to health is crucial for planning and maintaining a system of patient-centered care. Until recently there have been no sutiable instruments to assess health related quality of life (HRQoL) of children and adolescents with severe, non-ambulant cerebral palsy (GMFCS functional levels IV and V). The "Caregiver Priorities and Child Health Index of Life with Disabilities Questionnaire" (CPCHILD©) was developed in English specifically for this population, and has been validated in Canada. The aim of this study was to translate and adapt the CPCHILD© Questionnaire into Portuguese of Brazil, allowing researchers in Brazil to have this important tool in measuring health related quality of life in this population, besides the possibility of comparison with other studies that used the same questionnaire in other languages. The cross-cultural adaptation included two forward and back translations by independent translators, an assessment of the two versions by an expert committee, and the development of a pre-final version which was tested on 30 caregivers of children (5 -18) with severe CP (GMFCS IV & V). The caregivers' comments about the pre-final version were assessed by the expert committee and incorporated in the development of the final version. Despite the relative equivalence between the two translations, some items required adaptations for the synthesized version. Certain modifications were necessary in the pre-final version to achieve idiomatic equivalence. The modifications accounted for the socioeconomic and cultural levels of the target population. Following the pre-test, we modified language that was difficult to understand, and certain items were adapted for the final version
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Pellegrino, Luiz Antonio [UNESP]. "Tradução e adaptação transcultural do Caregiver Priorities and Child Health Index of Life with Disabilities Questionnaire (CPCHILD©) para a lingua portuguesa do Brasil." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/97709.
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The consideration of quality of life related to health is crucial for planning and maintaining a system of patient-centered care. Until recently there have been no sutiable instruments to assess health related quality of life (HRQoL) of children and adolescents with severe, non-ambulant cerebral palsy (GMFCS functional levels IV and V). The “Caregiver Priorities and Child Health Index of Life with Disabilities Questionnaire” (CPCHILD©) was developed in English specifically for this population, and has been validated in Canada. The aim of this study was to translate and adapt the CPCHILD© Questionnaire into Portuguese of Brazil, allowing researchers in Brazil to have this important tool in measuring health related quality of life in this population, besides the possibility of comparison with other studies that used the same questionnaire in other languages. The cross-cultural adaptation included two forward and back translations by independent translators, an assessment of the two versions by an expert committee, and the development of a pre-final version which was tested on 30 caregivers of children (5 -18) with severe CP (GMFCS IV & V). The caregivers’ comments about the pre-final version were assessed by the expert committee and incorporated in the development of the final version. Despite the relative equivalence between the two translations, some items required adaptations for the synthesized version. Certain modifications were necessary in the pre-final version to achieve idiomatic equivalence. The modifications accounted for the socioeconomic and cultural levels of the target population. Following the pre-test, we modified language that was difficult to understand, and certain items were adapted for the final version
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Carlisle, Kathleen Walker. "School Factors Related to the Social and Behavioral Success of Children and Adolescents with Tuberous Sclerosis: Special Education Placement, Services, and Parental Involvement." [Tampa, Fla.] : University of South Florida, 2003. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/SFE0000154.
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Axelsson, Lars, Ingemar Andersson, Anders Håkansson, and Göran Ejlertsson. "Work ethics and general work attitudes in adolescents are related to quality of life, sense of coherence and subjective health : a Swedish questionnaire study." Högskolan Kristianstad, Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-897.
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BACKGROUND: Working life is an important arena in most people's lives, and the working line concept is important for the development of welfare in a society. For young people, the period before permanent establishment in working life has become longer during the last two decades. Knowledge about attitudes towards work can help us to understand young people's transition to the labour market. Adolescents are the future workforce, so it seems especially important to notice their attitudes towards work, including attitudes towards the welfare system. The aim of this study was to describe and analyse upper secondary school students' work attitudes, and to explore factors related to these attitudes. METHODS: The sample consisted of 606 upper secondary school students. They all received a questionnaire including questions about quality of life (QOL), sense of coherence (SOC), subjective health and attitudes towards work. The response rate was 91%. A factor analysis established two dimensions of work attitudes. Multivariate analyses were carried out by means of logistic regression models. RESULTS: Work ethics (WE) and general work attitudes (GWA) were found to be two separate dimensions of attitudes towards work. Concerning WE the picture was similar regardless of gender or study programme. Males in theoretical programmes appeared to have more unfavourable GWA than others. Multivariate analyses revealed that good QOL, high SOC and good health were significantly related to positive WE, and high SOC was positively related to GWA. Being female was positively connected to WE and GWA, while studying on a practical programme was positively related to GWA only. Among those who received good parental support, GWA seemed more favourable. CONCLUSION: Assuming that attitudes towards work are important to the working line concept, this study points out positive factors of importance for the future welfare of the society. Individual factors such as female gender, good QOL, high SOC and good health as well as support from both parents, positive experience of school and work contacts related positively to attitudes towards work. Further planning and supportive work have to take these factors into account.
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Mucci, Samantha [UNIFESP]. "Questionário para Avaliação de Qualidade de Vida em Portadores de Doença Hepática Crônica: Tradução e Validação do CLDQ – Chronic Liver Disease Questionnaire." Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2009. http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/10002.
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Previous issue date: 2009-04-29Nesse estudo objetivou-se realizar a tradução para o português e a adaptação cultural do instrumento Chronic Liver Disease Questionnaire (CLDQ) para uso no Brasil. O instrumento foi traduzido da versão original (Inglês) para a língua portuguesa pelos autores e, posteriormente, revisado e avaliado quanto ao grau de dificuldade das traduções e equivalência por tradutores bilíngües. O instrumento foi, então, aplicado em 20 pacientes com hepatopatia crônica selecionados aleatoriamente. Não houve dificuldade na compreensão do instrumento, todas as questões foram consideradas aplicáveis pelos pacientes, e a equivalência cultural do CLDQ foi demonstrada sem que mudanças na tradução original precisassem ser feitas. A tradução e a adaptação cultural do CLDQ para o português, no Brasil, foram realizadas, tendo sido cumprida esta importante etapa para sua validação e utilização em nosso meio.
The aim of this study was to carry out the translation from English into Portuguese and the transcultural adaptation of the Chronic Liver Disease Questionnaire to use in Brazil. The instrument was translated from the original version (English) into Portuguese language by the authors and then, it was revised. The degree of difficulty of the translations and equivalence for bilingual translators were evaluated. The instrument was, then, applied in 20 patients with chronic liver disease randomly selected. It was easy to the patients understand the instrument, all the questions had been considered applicable by the patients, and the cultural equivalence of the CLDQ was demonstrated without changes in the original translation. The translation and the transcultural adaptation of CLDQ into Portuguese, in Brazil, had been carried out, having been fulfilled to this important stage for its validation and use in our way.
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Bunn, Janice Yanushka. "Reliability of a food-frequency questionnaire used to estimate dietary exposure to n-nitroso and related compounds in a case-control study of childhood brain tumors /." The Ohio State University, 1992. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487779914824219.
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Lancaster, Lydia Anne. "Longitudinal Effects of Surgical Orthodontics Treatment on Quality of Life in a United States Population." The Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1553856528855052.
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Kučerová, Markéta. "Analýza pracovní spokojenosti zaměstnanců ve vybrané organizaci." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-193599.
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This thesis analyzes the job satisfaction of employees RIMOWA CZ, spol. s r.o. . The aim is to determine the current state, which means how the employees are satisfied with the company, interpretation of the results and proposing measures to improve employee satisfaction in the company. The theoretical part includes basic definitions related to job satisfaction, as well as factors related to the job satisfaction. The practical part focuses on the situation in the selected company via questionnaire. Based on the findings are suggested measures to improve the job satisfaction of employees.
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Pettersson, Anna. "Diet and Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Patients with Prostate Cancer Treated with Radiotherapy." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Enheten för onkologi, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-215410.
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Objective The main objective of this thesis was to explore the effects of diet on gastrointestinal symptoms in prostate cancer patients treated with local curative radiotherapy, by evaluating dietary intake prior to treatment (Study I), the psychometric properties of a new questionnaire on patient-reported gastrointestinal side effects (Study II), and the effect of a dietary intervention on acute and long-term gastrointestinal symptoms up to 2 years after radiotherapy completion (Study III-IV). Methods A total of 130 men with localized prostate cancer referred to dose-escalated radiotherapy (ED2 87-102 Gy, α/β=3 Gy) were recruited to a dietary intervention trial. Patients were randomized to receive either standard care plus the dietary intervention of a fibre- and lactose-restricted diet (intervention group, IG; n=64) or standard care alone (standard care group, SCG; n=66). Data on gastrointestinal symptoms and dietary intake were collected pre-treatment and at seven time points during a follow-up period of 26 months. Results Prior to treatment, grain products and milk products were major sources of energy. Unbalanced fatty acid intake and low intake of selenium were observed (Study I). Validation of the Gastrointestinal Side Effects Questionnaire (GISEQ) revealed satisfactory internal consistency, moderate concurrent validity and adequate responsiveness (Study II). There were no significant effects of the intervention on acute or long-term gastrointestinal symptoms, but a tendency towards lower prevalence and severity of bloating and diarrhoea in the IG compared to the SCG during radiotherapy. Gastrointestinal symptoms were predominantly mild, and the frequency of clinically relevant symptoms was merely a few percent. Dietary adherence in the IG was initially good, but tended to decline beyond 12 months post-radiotherapy (Study III-IV). Conclusions A fibre- and lactose-restricted diet was not superior to the habitual diet in reducing gastrointestinal symptoms in patients undergoing high-dose, small-volume radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer. The GISEQ enables assessment of patient-perceived change in symptoms, but further work is needed to strengthen its psychometric qualities. It is suggested that continued research in this area target patient categories referred to irradiation of larger pelvic volumes with a higher risk of gastrointestinal symptoms, and that dietary interventions incorporate established strategies to enhance adherence and effectiveness.
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Rankin, Thomas James. "Comparing the Utility and Reliability of Two Current Suicide-Related Nomenclatures." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1365533457.
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Sköld, Bore. "Estimating Carbon Footprint : A quantitative analysis of greenhouse gas emission related to human behavior and diet in Västerbotten." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Epidemiologi och global hälsa, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-111972.
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Background and objective: Researchers have been looking for a way to predict future emission rates, and come up with explanations on how to tackle the issue of global warming through changes in individual behavior for decades. The focus of these studies have, on the other hand, focused more on nutritional bases rather than cultural. This study’s objective is to provide a method, as a useful tool in further analysis on GHG-emission based on cultural behavioral factors such as socio-economic status as well as age, sex, etc. with diet as emission prediction factor. This could be a stepping stone toward future research on Co2e related to e.g. physiological factors such as BMI, blood pressure and diseases. Method: With the use of data obtained from the FFQ questionnaire within the VIP-program, combined with estimates of greenhouse gas-emission (Co2e) attributed to specific diets obtained from Röös, estimations of individual Co2e emission-levels were calculated using the software “R”. The dataset contained 159 687 observations and 152 different variables. The data was obtained from the Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine at Umeå University. Portions sizes were mainly collected from the Swedish Food Composition Database. Box-plots and regression analysis were made to illustrate the main findings. Result: The result was a new dataset that could be applied to any population to estimate Co2e-emission on individual level based on an FFQ, given that the FFQ have the same structure as the one in the VIP. The variables that contributed to the highest amount of Co2e were animal products i.e. butter, milk and meat. Chicken, pork and fish were not nearly as Co2e heavy as the meat products containing beef such as “steak”, “minced meat” and “hamburgers”. The regression analysis showed that higher age had a positive effect on reducing emission, as well as being a woman. Education showed an increase in Co2e for higher education. There were some small differences among municipalities. Marital status gave a slight decrease in the regression, meaning married couples emits more than singles. Exercise showed an increase in Co2e for active individuals in the regression analysis. However, the most noticeable result were sex, yielding a relatively big decrease in Co2e-emission for women compared to men. Conclusion: People at younger ages, within the observed age groups 40-60, seemed to reduce their carbon footprint more in relation to the higher age groups over the last 20 years. Overall, the general diet-based carbon footprint in Västerbotten seems to have increased slightly during the last 17 years. A remarkable dip were noticed in 2003, however this might not have been due to any behavioral changes, since the trend broke in 2006 and instantly receded back to the normal levels. This study confirms the fact that meat and dairy products are responsible for a significant amount of the diet-based emission. This topic needs to be studied more, and with this method of applying GHG-emission measures to individual diet-based data, a gate has been opened for a new field of research.
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Williamson, Stephen E. "A new questionnaire to determine the frequency and severity of symptoms caused by inhaled odors, chemicals and irritants in normal subjects and their relation to health-related quality of life." [Tampa, Fla.] : University of South Florida, 2007. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0002166.
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