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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 effect of hearing protection devices on speech intelligibility of Persian...
Abstract Objective This study aimed to investigate the effect of hearing protection devices (HPDs) on speech intelligibility in Persian work environments. Three current earmuffs... -
A systematic review of media parenting in the context of childhood obesity re...
Abstract Background We conducted a systematic review to obtain studies on childhood obesity and parenting published between 2009 and 2015, and draw out those studies with a... -
Time to appropriate antibiotic therapy is a predictor of outcome in patients ...
Abstract Background Bloodstream infections (BSIs) by Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (Kp) are associated with high mortality. The aim... -
Japanese version of the 42-item psychological well-being scale (PWBS-42): a v...
Abstract Background The aim of this study was to examine the internal consistency, structural validity, and convergent/known-group validity of the Japanese version of the... -
Learning styles of physiotherapists: a systematic scoping review
Abstract Background Understanding students’ learning styles, and modifying teaching styles and material accordingly, is an essential to delivering quality education. Knowing... -
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... -
Intestinal parasite infections and associated factors among inmates of Arba M...
Abstract Background Intestinal parasitic infection is one of the parasitic infections affecting people living in prison. Helminths and intestinal protozoan infections are the... -
Simplified Chinese version of hip and knee replacement expectations surveys i...
Abstract Background The Hospital for Special Surgery Hip Replacement Expectations Survey (HSS-THRES) and Knee Replacement Expectations Survey (HSS-TKRES) are widely used tools... -
Looking beyond appearances: a multi-analytical approach on the prehistoric cl...
Abstract In this paper we analyzed a batch of 64 clay weights from three archaeological sites located in Romania (Gumelniţa, Măgura-Jilava, and Sultana) that belong to... -
International validation of quality indicators for evaluating priority settin...
Abstract Background While there have been efforts to develop frameworks to guide healthcare priority setting; there has been limited focus on evaluation frameworks. Moreover,... -
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... -
Structured illumination microscopy for in-vivo human retinal imaging: a theor...
Structured illumination microscopy applied to in-vivo retinal imaging has the potential to provide a low-cost and powerful diagnostic tool for retinal disease. In this paper the... -
Moral identity test (MIT) for children: reliability and validity
Abstract Background The purpose of the present study is to develop the Moral Identity Test (MIT) which measures the moral identity of primary school children. Methods The... -
Health-related quality of life in stroke patients questionnaire, short versio...
Abstract Background The health-related quality of life in stroke patients (HRQOLISP-40, short version) survey was developed in Nigeria and constitutes a 40-item,... -
Development of a benchmark tool for cancer centers; results from a pilot exer...
Abstract Background Differences in cancer survival exist between countries in Europe. Benchmarking of good practices can assist cancer centers to improve their services aiming...
