Inter- and Intrarater Reliability of the Gap-Kalamazoo Communication Skills Assessment Form Among Occupational Therapy Interns.

Importance: Effective communication skills (CS) are essential for occupational therapists. The Gap-Kalamazoo Communication Skills Assessment Form (GKCSAF) is a standard tool for assessing the CS of medical residents. However, the interrater reliability for the nine CS domain scores ranges from poor to good.

Validation of the Machine Learning-Based Stroke Impact Scale With a Cross-Cultural Sample.

Importance: The machine learning-based Stroke Impact Scale (ML-SIS) is an efficient short-form measure that uses 28 items to provide domain scores comparable to those of the original 59-item Stroke Impact Scale-Third Edition (SIS 3.0). However, its utility is largely unknown because it has not been cross-validated with an independent sample.

Test-Retest Reliability and Responsiveness of the Computerized Adaptive Testing System of the Functional Assessment of Stroke.

Objective: To examine the test-retest reliability, responsiveness, and clinical utility of the Computerized Adaptive Testing System of the Functional Assessment of Stroke (CAT-FAS) in persons with stroke.

Design: Repeated measurements design.

Setting: A department of rehabilitation in a medical center.

Translation and Validation of the Gaming Disorder Test and Gaming Disorder Scale for Adolescents into Chinese for Taiwanese Young Adults.

Purpose: To translate and cross-culturally adapt the Gaming Disorder Test (GDT) and Gaming Disorder Scale for Adolescents (GADIS-A) for use in Taiwan and to validate their internal consistency, construct validity, measurement invariance, and convergent validity in Taiwanese young adults.

Methods: The GDT and GADIS-A were translated into traditional (unsimplified) Chinese characters and culturally adapted according to standard guidelines. A sample of 608 Taiwanese university students were recruited online.

Rasch Analysis of the Stroke Impact Scale-16.

Importance: Because the psychometric evidence supporting the use of the Stroke Impact Scale-16 (SIS-16) is limited, an examination of its psychometric properties is warranted.

Objective: To evaluate the psychometric properties of the SIS-16 using Rasch analysis.

Design: Secondary data analysis of responses to the SIS-16 from the published Field Administration of Stroke Therapy-Magnesium Trial database.

Dynamic changes of quality of life in muscle-invasive bladder cancer survivors.

Background: To explore the dynamic changes and effects of radical cystectomy on quality of life in muscle-invasive bladder cancer survivors.

Methods: Patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer were randomly recruited in this study. We used the World Health Organization Quality of Life-Brief questionnaire to assess consecutive patients' quality of life.

Determinants and Dynamic Changes of Generic Quality of Life in Human Bladder Cancer Patients.

We measured and determined the factors associated with long-term generic quality-of-life (QOL) changes in human bladder cancer patients. We utilized the World Health Organization QOL-Brief questionnaire to assess consecutive patients' QOL at outpatient clinics of our hospital. A mixed-effects model was constructed to investigate the determinants of QOL changes according to each domain and individual item after controlling for demographic and clinical factors, as well as the effect of radical cystectomy.

Factors affecting Pakistani young adults' intentions to uptake COVID-19 vaccination: An extension of the theory of planned behavior.

Introduction: Aside from personal beliefs, young adults' intention to uptake the COVID-19 vaccine can be influenced by their fear of COVID-19 and perceived infectability of COVID-19. The present study incorporated fear of COVID-19 and perceived infectability with the theory of planned behavior (TPB) to form an expanded TPB to analyze factors affecting Pakistani young adults' intentions to uptake the COVID-vaccine in Pakistan.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted and recruited participants from Pakistani social media users.

Improving the utility of the European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire: a computerized adaptive test for patients with stroke.

Purpose: Health literacy among patients is crucial for effective stroke management. The European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire is a theory-based measure that comprehensively captures 12 domains of health literacy. We aimed to develop a computerized adaptive test of the European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire to efficiently assess health literacy among patients with stroke.

Evaluation of the Learning Curve in Robotic Nipple-sparing Mastectomy for Breast Cancer.

Background: This study discusses the preliminary results of robotic nipple sparing mastectomy (R-NSM) in patients with breast cancer and analyzes the learning curve of the same surgeon in a single medical center.

Patients And Method: Patients with breast cancer from a single center who received R-NSM between 2018 to 2020 were recruited for clinical and pathologic tumor characteristics including family history, grade, type of tumor, treatment, and outcome. The learning curve for R-NSM was analyzed by using cumulative sum (CUSUM).

Receptor discordance and phenotype change in metastatic breast cancer.

Background: changes may occur in tumor phenotype and receptor status during the progression of breast cancer. Discordance between primary and metastases has implications for further treatment and prognosis.

Methods: 185 patients confirmed breast cancer metastasis were retrospectively analyzed during 1999-2019.

Development and Validation of the Occupational Therapy Engagement Scale for Patients with Stroke.

Background/aim: Almost all interventions in occupational therapy require the active engagement of the patients. However, no scale has been specifically designed for assessing engagement in occupational therapy. The purposes of this study were to develop the occupational therapy engagement scale (OTES) and to examine its unidimensionality, reliability, and predictive validity.

Lifetime risks, loss of life expectancy, and health care expenditures for 19 types of cancer in Taiwan.

Background: The mortality rates for different cancers are no longer an efficient tool for making national policy. The purpose of this study were to quantify the lifetime risks, life expectancies (LEs) after diagnosis, expected years of life lost (EYLL), and lifetime health care expenditures for 19 major cancers in Taiwan.

Methods: A total of 831,314 patients with 19 pathologically proven cancers were abstracted from the Taiwan Cancer Registry from 1998 to 2012.

Rasch Analysis of the 9-Item Shared Decision Making Questionnaire in Women With Breast Cancer.

Background: Shared decision making (SDM) is a best practice to help patients make optimal decisions by a process of healthcare, especially for women diagnosed with breast cancer and having heavy burden in long-term treatments. To promote successful SDM, it is crucial to assess the level of perceived involvement in SDM in women with breast cancer.

Objective: The aims of this study were to apply Rasch analysis to examine the construct validity and person reliability of the 9-item Shared Decision Making Questionnaire (SDM-Q-9) in women with breast cancer.

Psychometric evaluation of the WHOQOL-BREF, Taiwan version, across five kinds of Taiwanese cancer survivors: Rasch analysis and confirmatory factor analysis.

Background: Quality of life (QoL) is important for clinicians to evaluate how cancer survivors judge their sense of well-being, and WHOQOL-BREF may be a good tool for clinical use. However, at least three issues remain unresolved: (1) the psychometric properties of the WHOQOL-BREF for cancer patients are insufficient; (2) the scoring method used for WHOQOL-BREF needs to be clarify; (3) whether different types of cancer patients interpret the WHOQOL-BREF similarly.

Methods: We recruited 1000 outpatients with head/neck cancer, 1000 with colorectal cancer, 965 with liver cancer, 1438 with lung cancer and 1299 with gynecologic cancers in a medical center.

Evaluating the European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire in Patients with Stroke: A Latent Trait Analysis Using Rasch Modeling.

Background: The effective self-management and treatment of long-term disability after stroke depends greatly on the health literacy of patients. The European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire (HLS-EU-Q) is a comprehensive and theory-based measure that captures multiple self-perceived competencies of health literacy and covers a diverse range of health contexts. However, there is no psychometric evidence on the HLS-EU-Q in the stroke population.

Psychometric validation of the Persian nine-item Internet Gaming Disorder Scale - Short Form: Does gender and hours spent online gaming affect the interpretations of item descriptions?

Background and aims The nine-item Internet Gaming Disorder Scale - Short Form (IGDS-SF9) is brief and effective to evaluate Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) severity. Although its scores show promising psychometric properties, less is known about whether different groups of gamers interpret the items similarly. This study aimed to verify the construct validity of the Persian IGDS-SF9 and examine the scores in relation to gender and hours spent online gaming among 2,363 Iranian adolescents.

A Systematic Review of Tests Assessing Stroke Knowledge.

Background: Accurate assessment of stroke knowledge (SK) is fundamental to the successful understanding of, monitoring of, and intervening to improve the SK of patients and the public.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to perform a systematic review of the existing SK tests and appraise their conceptual basis, feasibility, and psychometric properties. We conducted 2-step searching of MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and Scopus electronic databases from January 1, 2000, to December 31, 2014, to identify relevant SK tests for the appraisal.

Rasch Analysis of the General Self-Efficacy Scale in Workers with Traumatic Limb Injuries.

Purpose The purpose of this study was to apply Rasch analysis to examine the unidimensionality and reliability of the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE) in workers with traumatic limb injuries. Furthermore, if the items of the GSE fitted the Rasch model's assumptions, we transformed the raw sum ordinal scores of the GSE into Rasch interval scores. Methods A total of 1076 participants completed the GSE at 1 month post injury.

A Facile PDMS-Assisted Crystallization for the Crystal-Engineering of C60 Single-Crystal Organic Field-Effect Transistors.

Poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS)-assisted crystallization (PAC) is a facile method to produce oriented C60 crystal arrays. Changing the drying mechanism from evaporation to solvent absorption (by PDMS) widens the solvent selection and facilitates the engineering of both the macroscopic shape and the microscopic lattice structure of the crystal arrays. The method also shows the potential to be applied to other organic semiconductors and large-area production.

Validation of the short-form Health Literacy Scale in patients with stroke.

Objective: We aimed to validate a Mandarin version of the short-form Health Literacy Scale (SHEAL) in patients with stroke.

Methods: Each patient with stroke was interviewed with the SHEAL. The Public Stroke Knowledge Quiz (PSKQ) was administered as a criterion for examining the convergent validity of the SHEAL.

Examining the Effectiveness of Action Plans Derived from the Root Cause Analysis of Incidents Occurring in a Radiation Therapy Department.

Purpose: In 2011, the Canadian Partnership for Quality Radiotherapy developed guidelines for quality improvement. In the same year, a large academic cancer centre initiated a program of root cause analysis (RCA) and incident learning for major incidents. RCAs were performed on seven incidents; more than 40 action items were developed with the intent to prevent these incidents from recurring.