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Orthopedics
Mulugeta Bayisa Chala, Catherine Donnelly, Yemataw Wondie, Setareh Ghahari, Jordan Miller
Summary: The study translated and validated the Pain Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (PSEQ) in Amharic language for use in Ethiopian low back pain population. The results demonstrated excellent test-retest reliability and internal consistency of PSEQ-Am, as well as significant correlation with the SF-36-Am bodily pain subscale.
BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Susan Clayton, Sandor Czellar, Sonya Nartova-Bochaver, Jeffrey C. Skibins, Gabby Salazar, Yu-Chi Tseng, Boris Irkhin, Fredy S. Monge-Rodriguez
Summary: The study revised the Environmental Identity (EID) scale and tested it in five countries (four continents) with a total of 1717 participants. Results showed strong internal consistency across all locations and significant correlations between EID and behavior as well as environmental concern, indicating its meaningfulness across different cultural contexts.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Muge Dereli, Turhan Kahraman, Christopher R. France
Summary: This study translated the Pain Resilience Scale (PRS) into Turkish and examined its psychometric properties for evaluating behavioral engagement and cognitive-emotional regulation in the context of pain. The Turkish version of PRS demonstrated a stable factor structure and strong validity, making it a reliable instrument for assessing pain resilience.
EVALUATION & THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Maria Mendoza-Munoz, Jorge Carlos-Vivas, Antonio Castillo-Paredes, Jose A. Parraca, Armando Raimundo, Joana Alegrete, Raquel Pastor-Cisneros, Rafael Gomez-Galan
Summary: The aim of this study was to translate and culturally adapt the Canadian Physical Literacy Assessment 2 (CAPL-2) into Portuguese and test its psychometric properties among children aged 8-12.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Nursing
Yuan-Yuan Cui, Xia Zhong, Li-Ying Wen, Xing-Yu Chen, Xing-Hua Bai
Summary: The objective of this study was to translate the career success in nursing scale (CSNS) into Chinese and evaluate its psychometric properties. China lacks a professional tool for assessing the career success of nurses, so it is necessary to accurately assess the career success level of nurses. Participants were recruited from 22 hospitals of different grades in 5 cities in China using the stratified sampling method. The Chinese version of the CSNS had good psychometric properties and can be used for accurate assessment of nurses' career success.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Tomas Caycho-Rodriguez, Pablo D. Valencia, Lindsey W. Vilca, Carlos Carbajal-Leon, Andrea Vivanco-Vidal, Daniela Saroli-Aranibar, Mario Reyes-Bossio, Michel White, Claudio Rojas-Jara, Roberto Polanco-Carrasco, Miguel Gallegos, Mauricio Cervigni, Pablo Martino, Diego Alejandro Palacios, Rodrigo Moreta-Herrera, Antonio Samaniego-Pinho, Marlon Elias Lobos-Rivera, Andres Buschiazzo Figares, Diana Ximena Puerta-Cortes, Ibrain Enrique Corrales-Reyes, Raymundo Calderon, Bismarck Pinto Tapia, Ilka Franco Ferrari, Carmen Flores-Mendoza
Summary: The present study aimed to examine the measurement invariance of the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS) in twelve Latin American countries. The results showed that the CAS-4, a four-item model, demonstrated good fit and reliability across these countries for assessing COVID-19 dysfunctional anxiety symptoms.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Shuqing Zhao, Yingjuan Cao, Heng Cao, Kao Liu, Xiaoyan Lv, Jinxin Zhang, Yuxin Li, Patricia M. Davidson
Summary: This study translated the patient version of the interactive mHealth app usability questionnaire into Chinese and conducted cross-cultural adaptation, reliability, and validity tests. The results showed that the translated questionnaire has good reliability and validity in the context of Chinese culture.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Xiaoxian Tu, Zhiyuan Tu, Wei Lin, Zhe Wu
Summary: We created a standardized cross-cultural adaptation of the simplified Chinese version of VISA-A and tested its reliability and validity. The results showed that the simplified Chinese version of VISA-A had good reliability and validity and could be used for assessing and managing patients with Achilles tendinopathy in the Chinese culture.
HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE OUTCOMES
(2022)
Article
Veterinary Sciences
L. Benato, J. Murrell, N. Rooney
Summary: This study assessed the clinical utility, validity and reliability of the Bristol Rabbit Pain Scale (BRPS). The results showed that the BRPS is a suitable tool for quantifying pain in rabbits in a clinically useful, valid and reliable way.
BMC VETERINARY RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Cheng-Qi Jia, Shi-Qi Cao, Yu-Jie Wu, Fan-Qi Hu, Zhen Zhang, Xue-Song Zhang
Summary: The study aimed to translate and culturally adapt the back pain function scale into a simplified Chinese version (SC-BPFS) and evaluate its reliability and validity in patients with low back pain. The SC-BPFS demonstrated good reliability and construct validity, showing a high correlation with the Oswestry disability index and a moderate correlation with the visual analogue scale. It can be recommended for use in Mainland China for patients with low back pain.
Article
Neurosciences
Giancarlo Valente, Agustin Lage Castellanos, Lars Hausfeld, Federico De Martino, Elia Formisano
Summary: The study focuses on the false positive control of different permutation strategies and the statistical power of different cross-validation schemes. Simulations demonstrate that estimating the entire cross-validation error on each permuted dataset is the only statistically valid permutation strategy. Among different cross-validation schemes, a repeated split-half cross-validation is the most powerful.
Article
Orthopedics
Muhammad Nazim Farooq, Somiya Naz, Ambrin Kousar, Komal Shahzad
Summary: This study translated and validated the Northwick Park Neck Pain Questionnaire (NPQ) in Urdu language (NPQ-U) for assessing neck pain and disability in patients with non-specific neck pain (NSNP). The NPQ-U showed excellent test-retest reliability, high internal consistency, and good validity and responsiveness, making it a reliable and valid tool for assessing NSNP in Urdu-speaking patients.
BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS
(2023)
Article
Rehabilitation
Cigdem Arifoglu Karaman, Okan Kucukakkas
Summary: The study involved the translation and cultural adaptation of the Back Beliefs Questionnaire into Turkish, followed by an evaluation of its reliability and validity. The Turkish version demonstrated good internal consistency and excellent test-retest reliability, making it a valid and reliable tool for assessing pain beliefs in patients with chronic low back pain. Correlations with other evaluation tools were moderate to fair, indicating the questionnaire's effectiveness in clinical settings.
DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION
(2021)
Article
Nursing
Maddalena De Maria, Maria Matarese, Anna Stromberg, Davide Ausili, Ercole Vellone, Tiny Jaarsma, Onome Henry Osokpo, Marguerite Marie Daus, Barbara Riegel, Claudio Barbaranelli
Summary: The study examined the measurement equivalence of the Self-Care of Chronic Illness Inventory in individuals from three different cultural groups. The results indicated that patients from Italy, Sweden, and the United States interpreted the measure in a similar way, showing an almost identical cognitive framework when responding to the survey. Despite sociocultural differences, patients in these countries seem to share the same fundamental view of self-care, making the results of the inventory comparable across the countries.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING STUDIES
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Nina Fitriana, Fonny Dameaty Hutagalung, Zainudin Awang, Sumaia Mohammed Zaid
Summary: The researchers aimed to validate the Happiness at Work scale in the Indonesian context, and confirmed its reliability and validity through exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis. The study found that Happiness at Work in the Indonesian context can be measured using four dimensions.
Article
Anesthesiology
Lorena Marti, Elena Castarlenas, Ester Sole, Rocio de la Vega, Jordi Miro
Summary: Following an educational video intervention, adolescents showed significant improvements in pain-related knowledge and increased positive responses to peers' pain behaviors, regardless of the presence of chronic pain.
CLINICAL JOURNAL OF PAIN
(2021)
Article
Anesthesiology
Elisabet Sanchez-Rodriguez, Melanie Racine, Elena Castarlenas, Catarina Tome-Pires, Santiago Galan, Mark P. Jensen, Jordi Miro
Summary: The study found that activation of the behavioral inhibition system (BIS) is more important than activation of the behavioral activation system (BAS) in explaining various outcomes related to pain, including positive and negative responses to pain. The results support the idea of modifying the model and provide important new information.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Elisabet Sanchez-Rodriguez, Alexandra Ferreira-Valente, Anupa Pathak, Ester Sole, Saurab Sharma, Mark P. Jensen, Jordi Miro
Summary: The study found that perfectionistic self-promotion was associated with pain intensity, while nondisplay of imperfection was associated with pain catastrophizing, pain interference, and fatigue, with nondisclosure of imperfection having no significant association with any criterion variable. Pain catastrophizing mediated the association between perfectionistic self-promotion and nondisplay of imperfection with pain interference.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Sergi Martin-Arbos, Elena Castarlenas, Jorge-Manuel Duenas
Summary: Academic help-seeking as a learning strategy can influence academic achievement, yet there is a lack of consensus on the structure of help-seeking as a construct in related studies. The role of sex and age in academic help-seeking remains unclear, indicating a need for further research to better define this concept and compare its variables.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Elena Castarlenas, Ruben Roy, Isabel Salvat, Pilar Monteso-Curto, Jordi Miro
Summary: This study identified teachers' educational needs and resources to help students with chronic pain at school through a Delphi survey. Suggestions included appropriate attitudes and responses to students with chronic pain, strategies to reduce absenteeism, methods to ease the return to school after prolonged absence, and effective communication with families. The results provide important data for developing educational programs for teachers.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Elena Castarlenas, Elisabet Sanchez-Rodriguez, Ruben Roy, Catarina Tome-Pires, Ester Sole, Mark P. Jensen, Jordi Miro
Summary: Electronic health literacy is crucial for individuals with chronic pain, as 70% actively use the Internet for health information. Higher eHealth literacy is negatively associated with anxiety and depression, while self-efficacy mediates the relationship between eHealth literacy and mental health outcomes.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Pediatrics
Santiago Galan, Catarina Tome-Pires, Ruben Roy, Elena Castarlenas, Melanie Racine, Mark P. Jensen, Jordi Miro
Summary: Teachers face difficulties and needs in helping youth cancer survivors successfully re-enter school, including lack of knowledge, dealing with student problems, specific training, psychological support, and advice from health professionals. Maintaining contact with families and students and providing personalized attention are seen as the most useful resources.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Enric Aragones, German Lopez-Cortacans, Narcis Cardoner, Catarina Tome-Pires, Daniel Porta-Casteras, Diego Palao
Summary: The study aims to evaluate the trial implementation of the INDI collaborative care program in primary health care centers in Catalonia, in order to identify barriers, facilitators, and proposals for improvement. The main barriers identified include heavy workloads, lack of time, high staff turnover and shortages, and competing demands. Proposed improvements include institutional buy-in and organizational changes to ensure successful implementation.
BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
(2022)
Review
Nursing
Irene Mansutti, Illarj Achil, Chiara Rosa Gastaldo, Catarina Tome Pires, Alvisa Palese
Summary: This study summarizes the communication challenges faced by individuals with hearing impairment during the COVID-19 pandemic and proposes strategies to overcome these challenges. The main challenges identified include face mask use, physical and social distancing, and issues related to information, education, rehabilitation, and healthcare accessibility. The consequences of these challenges include social isolation, loneliness, lack of knowledge about prevention, and mental health issues. Strategies such as using transparent face masks, employing basic interaction skills, improving the availability of sign language interpreters, allowing the presence of family members, and teaching healthcare professionals sign language basics are recommended to mitigate these challenges.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING
(2023)
Article
Orthopedics
Concepcio Rambla, Enric Aragones, Meritxell Palleja-Millan, Catarina Tome-Pires, German Lopez-Cortacans, Elisabet Sanchez-Rodriguez, Jordi Miro
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the short and long-term predictive factors of the severity and interference of chronic pain in primary care patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain and major depression. The results showed that baseline pain severity and duration, as well as the severity of depression, are predictive factors for the severity and interference of chronic pain.
BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS
(2023)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Jorge-Manuel Duenas, Fabia Morales-Vives, Elena Castarlenas, Gisela Ferre-Rey
Summary: Due to social changes in Spain, more people are expressing their trans identity freely in childhood and adolescence, yet there is very little research on their experiences in school settings. This study used the Delphi method with experts in the field to identify the diverse difficulties and needs faced by trans individuals in formal educational settings. While opinions differed among different groups of experts, a consensus was reached on actions needed to ensure the educational inclusion of trans students.
GENDER AND EDUCATION
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Jorge-Manuel Duenas, Marta Camarero-Figuerola, Elena Castarlenas
Summary: The study examines the associations between academic help-seeking attitudes and socio-emotional factors, finding significant correlations between certain attitudes and factors such as emotional loneliness and perceived emotional cost of help-seeking. Psycho-emotional variables were identified as important predictors of students' help-seeking behavior.