Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric validation of the brief assessment of recovery capital (BARC-10) scale into Bangla.

Recovery capital is a construct central to the substance use disorder treatment and recovery field. Lack of structured instrument for its assessment in the local context necessitated the translation of the English self-assessment version of the "Brief Assessment of Recovery Capital" (BARC-10) scale to Bangla and the study of its psychometric properties. The objective was to develop a culturally adapted and validated Bangla version of the BARC-10 scale for substance use disorders patients.

Multidrug Resistance Urinary Tract Infection in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients: An Observational Study.

Objective: To determine the presence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) urinary tract infections (UTI) and the MDR pattern of the bacterial isolates causing MDR UTI in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among 326 diagnosed CKD patients in the Department of Nephrology at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU). Purposive sampling technique was used, and data were collected from the respondents using a semi-structured questionnaire.

Correlation between goniometric measurements of range of motion and radiographic scores in osteoarthritis knee: An observational study among females.

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic degenerative joint disease. Different radiological changes are found according to grades. Range of motions (ROMs) of knee decreases with severity of OA.