The development and psychometric properties of the Turkish death anxiety scale (TDAS).

The purpose of the present study was to develop the Turkish Death Anxiety Scale (TDAS) and test its initial psychometric properties. Four independent samples participated in the study: 943 college students in item generation, 388 college students in validation, 171 college students in reliability investigation, and 338 adults in cross-validation. Principal component analysis with a varimax rotation revealed that 20 items of the scale contained three factors (i.

Postoperative functional outcome and stability in recurrent traumatic anteroinferior glenohumeral instability: comparison of two different surgical capsular reconstruction techniques.

Introduction: Patients (n=62) with recurrent traumatic anterior or anteroinferior glenohumeral instability were prospectively evaluated with reference to the surgical reconstruction technique performed.

Materials And Methods: Neer's T-plasty procedure was performed in group I (n=31) while a modified, anatomically orientated, anteroinferior capsular shift was performed in group II (n=31). All patients underwent an additional Bankart repair.