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PubMed2000

Shoulder disability questionnaire design and responsiveness of a functional status measure.

The Shoulder Disability Questionnaire (SDQ) is a measure covering 16 items designed to evaluate functional status limitation in patients with shoulder disorders. The responsiveness of the SDQ was evaluated for 180 patients with soft tissue shoulder disorders, without underlying systemic disorders. These patients participated in a randomized placebo-controlled trial, in which ultrasound and electrotherapy appeared to be ineffective as adjuvants to standardized exercise therapy. At baseline and at 6-week follow-up, patients completed the SDQ and rated severity of shoulder pain and their chief complaint, while a research physiotherapist rated severity of symptoms and restriction of mobility. At the 6-week follow-up, patients also rated overall change since baseline. According to the calibrated responsiveness ratio (CRR) and the area under the receiver-operator characteristic curve (AUC) the SDQ discriminates accurately between self-rated clinically stable and improved subjects. The presented results suggest that the SDQ is as responsive as the compared outcome measures, and therefore is ready for use in clinical trials.

Adult↗
PubMed1986

A data-based approach to diet questionnaire design and testing.

A self-administered diet history questionnaire has been developed for epidemiologic and clinical use. Both the food list and the nutrient values to be associated with it were developed using dietary data from 11,658 adult respondents to the Second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES II). Food items were selected on the basis of their contribution to total population intake of energy and each of 17 nutrients in the NHANES II data, and represent over 90% of each of those nutrients. Associated nutrient composition values were determined from the NHANES II database using frequency of consumption data in that survey. Portion sizes to be associated with each food item were derived from observed portion size distributions in NHANES II, based on three-dimensional models. The resulting food list and its corresponding brief data base, when used to calculate nutrients from a diet record, yielded correlations of r greater than 0.70 with the more detailed method. Field administration produced mean values comparable to national data.

Adult↗
PubMed1994

Preliminary development of a questionnaire designed to measure neurotic perfectionism in the eating disorders.

The preliminary development and validation of a new self-report questionnaire (the NPQ) for measuring neurotic perfectionism in the eating-disorder population is described. The 42-item instrument demonstrated satisfactory internal consistency. All test items correlated significantly with both SCANS P and SCANS D (subscales of the SCANS [Slade & Dewey, 1986]), thus indicating neurotic perfectionism according to Slade, Newton, Butler, and Murphy (1991), and discriminated well between controls and eating-disorder patients. NPQ scores demonstrated significant group differences on comparison of neurotic perfectionists with normal and non-perfectionists (defined by the SCANS) and with subjects who scored above the EAT-26 (Garner, Olmsted, Bohr, & Garfinkel, 1982) subscale cut-offs when compared with those who scored below.

Adolescent↗
PubMedDate not supplied

Enactment of virtue ethics: collaboration between nurse academics and international students in questionnaire design.

Increased enrolment of international nursing students in undergraduate and postgraduate programs is predicted as Australian universities compete for students in the globalised university market. This study explored issues impacting on the ability of international nursing students to achieve their study goals at an Australian university (n=29). However, this paper principally describes the design of the instrument by two nursing lecturers and international nursing students (n=10) in a collaborative process, characterised by a pluralistic world view and the enactment of virtue ethics. The myth of the term 'ESL' is critiqued, and challenged. In designing the instrument, we argued it was essential to be cognisant of the conceptual attributes and embedded meanings of language for the unique study population, to ensure face and content validity.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed1998

The projection questionnaire: design, use and utility.

UNLABELLED: Projection is a widespread mechanism of defence. It is an important issue in a number of anthropological researches. To estimate changes in intensity and flexibility of the projection a measuring instrument is unavoidable. MATERIAL: To standardise the questionnaire answers of 250 examinees were used. They were divided in two independent groups. Group 1 consisted of 125 patients treated at Clinic for Psychological Medicine and Group 2 of 125 students in the third year of the Medical Faculty in Zagreb. METHODS: To process the results a statistical package SPSS was used. A chi 2 test was employed and tables of contingency were made. A factor analysis of "The Projection Questionnaire" was employed and varimax rotation separated five factors which characteristic roots were greater than one. RESULTS: A new instrument for measuring the projection, "The Projection Questionnaire", is developed and standardised. A considerable use of the projection by normal population is confirmed.

Factor Analysis, Statistical↗
PubMed1991

The Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System: design, questionnaire, data collection and response rates. PRAMS Working Group.

The birth certificate, the primary tool for population-based surveillance of the condition of infants at birth and maternal status during pregnancy, provides little data about maternal behaviour during pregnancy. To collect data on maternal behaviours that influence pregnancy outcome, we implemented the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System in seven states. For this population-based surveillance, new mothers were sampled from birth certificates 2 to 6 months after delivery and contacted by mail; follow-up of nonrespondents was by telephone. Participants completed a 10-page questionnaire. Stratification permitted over-sampling of women with adverse pregnancy outcomes. Among 10,563 women sampled during 1988 and 1989, stratum-specific response rates ranged from 30% to 89%. In 11 of the 28 strata, response rates were greater than 70%. Response rates varied considerably between states. Rates were lower for Black mothers, mothers of low birthweight infants, unmarried mothers and mothers with less than 12 years of education. Active refusal to participate and undelivered mail occurred infrequently. Mail and telephone surveillance of new mothers can yield adequate response rates in selected population groups. Trials of alternative approaches to enhancing response among Black and disadvantaged mothers, such as additional mailings or post-partum in-hospital recruitment, are needed.

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PubMed1993

[Validation of a personality questionnaire designed for defining sub-groups at risk for ischemic cardiopathy or cancer in the Gazel cohort].

Within the context of a prospective survey project among 20,000 volunteers working for "Electricité de France--Gaz de France" Company (GAZEL cohort), we performed a feasibility study using four self-assessment questionnaires: the Jenkins Activity Survey (measuring type A behaviour pattern), the Buss and Durkee Hostility Inventory, the Center for Epidemiologic Studies--Depression Scale and a personality questionnaire developed by Grossarth-Maticek and Eysenck (GME). Questionnaires were sent twice by mail, at an interval of three months, to a random sample of 408 males: 71% returned the filled forms the first time, 66% the second time, and 80% at least once. The test-retest correlation coefficients ranged from 0.62 to 0.87. The validity of the six personality type scores, calculated from GME, was tested by correlations with the scores of the three other instruments. These correlations appeared consistent with the proposed typology, especially for the "Healthy" type, the "Cancer prone" type and the "Coronary Heart Disease prone" type. The labelling of these types was justified by their association with different disease events, suggested from previous studies.

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PubMed2003

[Screening ability of a questionnaire designed for the detection of diabetes mellitus in hospital outpatients clinic].

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The socio-economical burden of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) recommends its screening when the disease is suspected. In the present study we aimed to evaluate: the results of the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) normally indicated in hospital outpatient clinics when diabetes is suspected, and the efficacy of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) diabetes risk questionnaire to detect glucose tolerance abnormalities. PATIENTS AND METHOD: All subjects with an indication of OGTT were included consecutively. Individuals filled up a questionnaire including the ADA items. The sensitivity and specificity of the questionnaire were calculated. RESULTS: Two hundred and twenty nine subjects were studied (62.9% women): 44.1% had normal glucose tolerance (NGT) with normal fasting glucose. Moreover, 6.5%, 25.8% and 23.6% showed an impaired fasting glucose, impaired glucose tolerance and diabetes, respectively. According to the questionnaire, 45.8% of subjects undergoing the OGTT had a positive risk of diabetes. The questionnaire revealed a sensitivity = 72.2%, specificity = 60.6% and a positive predictive value = 37.1%. Age was the only variable that increased the risk of DM (odds ratio = 3.48, p = 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS: The important proportion of patients with NGT found in our study suggests the need to improve the indication of a diagnosis test when diabetes is suspected. One possibility would be to validate a questionnaire to detect the risk of diabetes in our own area.

Adult↗
PubMed1991

A questionnaire designed to assess roles and goals: a preliminary study.

Social-cognitive theories of depression predict that an individual is at more risk of becoming depressed if the individual's only dominant role or goal is disrupted by a life-event. This paper reports the development of an instrument which assesses the individual's important roles and goals; preliminary data are presented from two samples (sample 1 of elderly people, sample 2 of younger adults) taken from the age-sex registers of GP practices. The overall reliability of the questionnaire is good, and evidence was obtained for the predicted pattern of an overvalued role or goal being more likely to be correlated with depressive symptomatology.

Activities of Daily Living↗