What motivates women to take part in clinical and basic science endometriosis research?

Background: The objective of this study was to identify factors motivating women to take part in endometriosis research and to determine if these factors differ for women participating in clinical versus basic science studies.

Methods: A consecutive series of 24 women volunteering for participation in endometriosis-related research were asked to indicate, in their own words, why they chose to volunteer. In addition, the women were asked to rate, on a scale of 0 to 10, sixteen potentially motivating factors.

Hemispheric bias of the mini-mental state examination in elderly males.

In this study we examined the influence of lateralized brain lesions on Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) performance using the psychometric concepts of intercept and slope bias. Four patient groups of elderly males (normal control, right-hemisphere stroke, left-hemisphere stroke, and dementia) were studied. Right-and left-hemisphere stroke groups were equated for global level of neuropsychological impairment independently of their MMSE performances.