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Arch Clin Neuropsychol
December 2024
Centro de Estudos Egas Moniz, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, Lisbon 1649-028, Portugal.
Objective: This study aims to adapt and provide psychometric support for the validation of version B of the Edinburgh Cognitive and Behavioural ALS Screen (ECAS) for the Portuguese population, addressing the need for consistent cognitive evaluations in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). A second culturally adapted ECAS screen facilitates the accurate characterization of ALS progression, mitigates learning effects, and supports tailored care management.
Methods: The adaptation process included forward-backward translation, cultural adaptation, and cognitive debriefing on a prospective sample of 193 ALS patients and 106 controls.
Community Ment Health J
December 2024
University Hospital Virgen de Las Nieves, Av. de Las Fuerzas Armadas, 2, 18014, Granada, Spain.
Recovery is a holistic approach to mental health care which focusses on the ability of people with mental disorders to achieve their goals and live full, meaningful lives despite their limitations. Recovery assessment tools are instruments that make it possible to measure the progress of people with mental disorders on their path to recovery. To explore, map and describe patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) found in the literature related to the recovery process in people with mental disorders (MDs).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Inner Wealth Inventory (IWI) is a screening tool for measuring inner wealth (IW), a wellness-based construct centered on empowering clients to inherently value themselves for being who they are. The initial IWI score validation study was conducted with samples of child welfare professionals. If the IWI's psychometric properties are confirmed with a normative sample of U.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBMC Nurs
December 2024
School of Nursing, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No. 1166 Liutai Road, Wenjiang District, Chengdu city, Sichuan Province, 611137, China.
Background: Psychological capital (PsyCap) is a positive internal resource for individuals, playing a crucial role in mental health. Evaluating nurses' psychological capital is important for understanding their mental well-being, as they face unique occupational stressors. However, existing PsyCap questionnaires are developed for various other professions such as enterprise employees, teachers, patients, teenagers, and civil servants, making them less suitable for the nursing profession.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBMC Health Serv Res
December 2024
Environmental and Occupational Hazards Control Research Center, Research Institute for Health Sciences and Environment, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tabnak Ave., Daneshjou Blvd., Velenjak, P.O. Box 19835-35511, Tehran, I.R, Iran.
Background: Toward delivering appropriately safe, high quality and effective health care, healthcare organization should be health literate. This paper presents the development and psychometrics of an instrument for assessing the attributes of a health literate hospital which is called MAHLO-76 (Measure to Assess Health Literate Organization) here by authors.
Methods: The current study is methodological research which is involved two phases of tool development and psychometric evaluation.
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