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Patient-reported quality indicators to evaluate physiotherapy care for hip an...
Abstract Background There is no physiotherapy-specific quality indicator tool available to evaluate physiotherapy care for people with hip and/or knee osteoarthritis (OA). This... -
The application of FTIR microspectroscopy in a non-invasive and non-destructi...
Abstract The potential of Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) microspectroscopy, to inform the study and conservation of mineralised excavated textiles is discussed, highlighted... -
A method for sensitivity analysis to assess the effects of measurement error ...
Abstract Background Measurement error in self-reported dietary intakes is known to bias the association between dietary intake and a health outcome of interest such as risk of a... -
Vulnerability in elderly patients with gastrointestinal cancer – translation,...
Abstract Background “Vulnerable Elders Survey” (VES-13) is a questionnaire accurate in predicting functional decline and highly correlated with comprehensive geriatric... -
Risk analysis for confined space entries: critical analysis of four tools app...
Investigation reports of fatal confined space accidents nearly always point to a problem of identifying or underestimating risks. This paper compares 4 different risk analysis... -
Evaluation of virtual patient cases for teaching diagnostic and management sk...
Abstract Objective The virtual patient (VP) is a computer program that simulates real-life clinical scenarios and allows learners to make diagnostic and therapeutic decisions in... -
A questionnaire to identify patellofemoral pain in the community: an explorat...
Abstract Background Community-based studies of patellofemoral pain (PFP) need a questionnaire tool that discriminates between those with and those without the condition. To... -
Readability of patient information and consent documents in rheumatological s...
Abstract Background Before participation in medical research an informed consent must be obtained. This study investigates whether the readability of patient information and... -
Module and individual domain deletions of NRPS to produce plipastatin derivat...
Abstract Background Plipastatin, an antifungal lipopeptide, is synthesized by a non-ribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) in Bacillus subtilis. However, little information is... -
Methods to assess measurement error in questionnaires of sedentary behavior
Sedentary behavior has already been associated with mortality, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. Questionnaires are an affordable tool for measuring sedentary behavior in... -
Past drivers of and priorities for child undernutrition in South Asia: a mixe...
Abstract Background South Asia has one of the largest proportions of undernourished children in the world, especially stunting, wasting, and underweight as well as micronutrient... -
Associations between environmental quality and infant mortality in the United...
Abstract Background The United States (U.S.) suffers from high infant mortality (IM) rates and there are significant racial/ethnic differences in these rates. Prior studies on... -
Methods for assessment of patient adherence to removable orthoses used after ...
Abstract Background Patient adherence to treatment is a key determinant of outcome for healthcare interventions. Whilst non-adherence has been well evidenced in settings such as... -
Antibiotics prescription and guidelines adherence in elderly: impact of the c...
Abstract Background Although the interest of antibiotics is well known, antibiotics prescription is associated with side effect, especially in patients with multiples... -
Longitudinal evaluation of a course to build core competencies in implementat...
Abstract Background Few training opportunities are available for implementation practitioners; we designed the Practicing Knowledge Translation (PKT) to address this gap. The... -
Maternal and fetal outcomes of cesarean delivery and factors associated with ...
Abstract Objectives This study aimed to determine the unfavorable outcomes and to assess factors contribute to the unfavorable management outcomes after cesarean deliveries in... -
Behavioral and psychological impact of returning breast density results to La...
Abstract Background Breast cancer is the most common cancer and the leading cause of cancer mortality among Latinas. As more is learned about the association between... -
Construction and importance of video based analyses teaching in physical educ...
Abstract Introduction Today, Video Based Analysis (VBA) is one of the teaching methods widely used in different fields that help in effective teaching and learning process.... -
Barriers to obtaining reliable results from evaluations of teaching quality i...
Abstract Background Medical education is characterized by numerous features that are different from other higher education programmes, and evaluations of teaching quality are an... -
Design and validation of a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) for the nutriti...
Abstract Background Food frequency questionnaires (FFQs) are dietary surveys widely used in studies of nutritional epidemiology because they are inexpensive, easy to complete...
