[PDF] Top 20 Thoracic index in adults with asthma: a study of validity and reliability

... the study were carried out on the first day, including the anthropometric and spi- rometric measurements, the evaluation of the sociodemo- graphic variables and the variables related to the disease and its ... See full document

... In this validation study, 300 older people were selected using a multi-stage cluster sampling technique. In the fi rst stage, the Qazvin city was divided into 5 clusters: North, South, East, West, and Center. Next, ... See full document

... pediatric asthma instruments before public release have been tested as extensively as the CHSA, with a series of studies and a longitu- dinal data collection ...for asthma. It is important that ... See full document

... construct validity of the AQuAA was assessed by com- parison with the Actigraph accelerometer model 7164 (MTI, ...present study the Actigraph was worn on the right hip attached to a ...young adults ... See full document

... a study that used the EQ-5D in amputees with diabetes and foot ulcers in our region (including patients similar to the amputees in our study), the authors found that patients who had undergone major ... See full document

... Our study had several ...in adults with normal sleep ...the reliability of this questionnaire can be studied in other populations with sleep disorders such as shift ... See full document

... One hundred and sixteen participants provided verbal consent, and 103 completed the study protocol. All 103 participants had five or more valid days of accelerometer data and 63 of those did not record water, ... See full document

... this study, there was no ceiling and floor effect for the NQ, which indicates good content validity of the questionnaire in the study ...Test-retest reliability of the Iranian version of NQ ... See full document

... observational study including 681 university students ranging in age from 18 to 30 ...convergent validity was analyzed by testing whether the mean of the scores of the mental component of SF-12 (MCS) and ... See full document

... further study using biofeedback system because we did not give biofeedback data for the participants in this ...present study is that we included only healthy adults as participants and excluded ... See full document

... present study showed strong agreement between steps (fitness trackers) and MVPA (accelerometer) and total distance and ...present study should be viewed with caution and a more in-depth analysis of the ... See full document

... methods: Validity was assessed by comparing measurements from the VRHMD to measurements of postural sway from a force ...conflict. Reliability was assessed by measuring correlations between repeated ... See full document

... KMO index was ...goodness-of-fit index (GFI), ad- justed goodness-of-fit index (AGFI), normed fit index (NFI), and comparative fit index (CFI) more than ...construct validity was ... See full document

... the reliability and validity of TRACK by demonstrating that it is re- sponsive to changes in asthma or re- spiratory control over time, specifi- cally in a general pediatric ...of asthma-like ... See full document

... The final draft of the Persian version was administered to a sample of patients with vitiligo that referred to Depart- ment of Dermatology, Saadi Hospital, Shiraz, Iran. There were no restrictions on patient selection ... See full document

... Marriage Index (Norton, 1983) and Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale (Schumm, Anderson, Benigas, McCutchen, Griffin, Morris, & Race (1985) that used in studies focused on only measuring marital ... See full document

... moderate reliability; respectively ...Criterion validity was as- sessed by measuring the correlation between Persian KI scores and BI (Self-care/ Motion) using Spearman’s Corre- lation Coefficient ... See full document

... as asthma that required step four or five treatment ...on asthma to allocate a group (Table 1). Clinically significant asthma exacerbations were based on patients self-reported healthcare resource ... See full document

... This study was conducted to investigate the validity and reliability of implementation of this system by expert triage nurses in an overcrowded referral hospital with more than 80000 patient ... See full document

... their study analyzing the views of class teachers regarding the use of oral history method in social studies classes has determined that oral history developed students' various skills against some ...This ... See full document