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To assess the psychometrics of the French language Quality of Prenatal Care Questionnaire (QPCQ). Data from 302 women were used in a confirmatory factor analysis and in assessment of construct validity through hypothesis testing and internal consistency reliability using Cronbach's alpha. The 6 factors (subscales) were verified and confirmed. Hypothesis testing further supported construct validity. The overall QPCQ had acceptable internal consistency reliability (Cronbach's alpha = .97) as did 5 subscales (Cronbach's alpha = .70-.92); the Sufficient Time subscale had poorer reliability (Cronbach's alpha = .61). The French language QPCQ is a valid and reliable self-report measure of prenatal care quality. It can be used in research and in quality improvement work to strengthen prenatal care services.

OBJECTIVE: To develop and validate a short health literacy assessment tool for Portuguese-speaking adults. METHODS: The Short Assessment of Health Literacy for Portuguese-speaking Adults is an assessment tool which consists of 50 items that assess an individual's ability to correctly pronounce and understand common medical terms. We evaluated the instrument's psychometric properties in a convenience sample of 226 Brazilian older adults. Construct validity was assessed by correlating the tool scores with years of schooling, self-reported literacy, and global cognitive functioning. Discrimination validity was assessed by testing the tool's accuracy in detecting inadequate health literacy, defined as failure to fully understand standard medical prescriptions. RESULTS: Moderate to high correlations were found in the assessment of construct validity (Spearman's coefficients ranging from 0.63 to 0.76). The instrument showed adequate internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha=0.93) and adequate test-retest reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient=0.95). The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve for detection of inadequate health literacy was 0.82. A version consisting of 18 items was tested and showed similar psychometric properties. CONCLUSIONS: The instrument developed showed good validity and reliability in a sample of Brazilian older adults. It can be used in research and clinical settings for screening inadequate health literacy.

Health locus of control (HLC) has been used to operationalize general health motivation. This study was undertaken to evaluate the internal consistency and construct validity of Tinsley and Holtgrave's Parent Health Belief Scales (PHBS) as a measure of maternal HLC toward their children's health. Five hundred mothers (71% of eligible consecutive admissions) of newborns admitted to the normal newborn nursery of a large municipal teaching hospital were interviewed 24 to 72 hours after delivery. Principal components factor analysis of the PHBS did not support the originally hypothesized three-dimensional factor structure of the PHBS. In addition, the original subscales did not have adequate internal consistency reliability. Further assessment of construct validity by comparison with maternal preventive health behaviors showed some evidence of construct validity for the scales when compared with breastfeeding behavior. When the three items written as reverse-coded Internality items are not reversed, a reliable seven-item Externality scale emerges which contains items originally thought to represent all three dimensions of HLC.

Valid and reliable measures are critical to theory development as they facilitate theory testing in empirical research. Efforts in scale development have been put on ensuring aspects of validity. In this paper, the authors address a specific topic of construct validity assessment in scale development. Using data from the five leading IS journals between 1989-2008, in this paper, the authors determine if and how the field has advanced in construct validity assessment. Findings suggest that the proportion of studies reporting construct validity had increased and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA), and Multi-Trait Multi-Method (MTMM) were the three most common methods of construct validity assessment. The authors also apply a popular method from psychology and exemplify how the correlation analysis technique can be used to measure construct validity.

Psychometric Properties of the Child Feeding Scale in Turkish Mothers

The aim of the study was to perform translation and cultural adaptation, as well as to assess the validity and reliability of the Polish version of the Neonatal Extent of Work Rationing Instrument (NEWRI) questionnaire for evaluating care rationing in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) in Poland. Participants were prospectively recruited at the University Clinical Hospital in Wroclaw, Poland, and the study conducted from January 2018 - June 2018. The adaptation process involved translation of survey items following the guidelines for cross-cultural translation and evaluation of psychometric properties, as well as an assessment of construct validity, reliability, and internal consistency of the NEWRI using Cronbach's alpha. 113 professionally active nurses (n=90) and midwives (n=23) were enrolled in the study. Cronbach's alpha for the entire instrument was 0.982. Results for subscales: life support and technology-oriented nursing care - Cronbach's alpha - 0.95, parental support and teaching and infant comfort care - 0.95, patient surveillance - 0.92, care coordination and discharge planning - 0.79. All items of the questionnaire were found to have a positive discriminatory power. The present findings indicate a high level of reliability and validity of the translated questionnaire, fully comparable to that of the original. The questionnaire can be used for evaluating care rationing in NICUs.

Symptoms of Major Depressive Disorder Scale: Performance of a Novel Patient-Reported Symptom Measure

The objective of this study was to adapt the Women's Health Questionnaire (WHQ) to women who speak Turkish and are from the Turkish culture, and to assess the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the scale. A convenience sample of women undergoing the menopausal transition or in the postmenopausal period was recruited at one primary health care center in Erzurum, Turkey. The researchers selected consecutive women who applied to the center for health care services. Three hundred sixty-six women were asked to participate in the study and to complete the WHQ during their appointment at the health care center in 2010. In the assessment of construct validity, nine factors were identified: depressed mood; menstrual symptoms; somatic symptoms; anxiety/fears; attractiveness; sexual behaviour; vasomotor symptoms; memory; and sleep problems. The nine factors explained 56.5% of the total variance. The overall internal reliability coefficient of this scale was 0.80. Evidence of the validity, reliability, and acceptability of the questionnaire was provided in this study. The Turkish version of the questionnaire is easy to understand and allows evaluation of women's quality of life for various purposes.

Employee performance is a key factor that determines organizational success because it directly affects productivity and competitiveness. In the banking sector, intense competition demands effective human resource management through strategies such as job rotation, organizational communication, and job satisfaction improvement. This paper aimed to identify and analyze the determinants that bear upon employee performance while simultaneously offering prescriptive insights for organizational leadership. The focal constructs examined as antecedents of performance encompass job rotation, organizational communication, and job satisfaction. Adopting a quantitative orientation, the investigation surveyed personnel within a banking institution located in the Special Capital Region of Jakarta, comprising 240 respondents deemed suitable for inclusion. Methodologically, the study employed descriptive exploration, assessments of construct validity and reliability, alongside Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) as the principal analytical apparatus. Empirical findings affirm that job rotation exerts a favorable and statistically significant influence on job satisfaction, organizational communication likewise yields a constructive and significant impact on job satisfaction, and both job rotation and organizational communication independently manifest positive and significant effects on employee performance. Further, job satisfaction itself emerges as a salient and significant driver of performance outcomes. These findings highlight the importance of effective job rotation and organizational communication in improving job satisfaction, which in turn strengthens employee performance in the banking sector.

To develop, validate, and test the performance of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in a short patient questionnaire (< 5 minutes in length) in order to assess the multidimensional aspects of orofacial symptoms related to juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) among patients aged ≥ 10 years. The study was conducted by an interdisciplinary task force from the Temporomandibular Joint Juvenile Arthritis Working Group. The project consisted of a multiphased approach including the following: (1) conceptual phase with online international survey of 167 healthcare workers, (2) item generation and drafting of preliminary questionnaire(s) (ie, face validity), (3) cognitive script interview and probing (ie, content validity; 16 patients with JIA), (4) assessment of construct validity (ie, convergence and divergence; 53 patients with JIA), (5) test of reliability, and (6) test of clinical performance and psychometric characteristics (95 patients with JIA). In total, 7 PROs were included in the final patient questionnaire: (1) pain frequency, (2) pain intensity, (3) pain location, (4) jaw function, (5) specific questions related to symptoms and dysfunction, (6) changes in face and jaw pain since last visit, and (7) changes in jaw function since last visit. In total, 80% of the patients were able to complete the questionnaire in less than 5 minutes. We have developed and validated a short patient questionnaire to assess the multidimensional aspects of JIA-related orofacial symptoms. The PROs included in our questionnaire show acceptable validity and reliability. The questionnaire is applicable to routine monitoring of subjects with JIA, as well as future research studies.

The researcher's aim was to develop a women's efficiency scale in family decision-making and evaluate its psychometric properties. A convenience sample of 540 married women at five primary health care centers completed a structured questionnaire in 2007. In the assessment of construct validity, one factor explained 47.9% of the total variance. The internal reliability coefficient of this one factor-based scale was 0.78, and all items of factor loadings were above 0.40. In this study, evidence is provided for the women's efficiency scale in family decision-making's validity, reliability, and acceptability.

Development of an objective structured assessment of technical skills for obstetric and gynecology residents

The bronchiolitis severity score: An assessment of face validity, construct validity, and interobserver reliability.

{\it Objective.} To demonstrate how outcomes assessment can assist in describing clients receiving rehabilitation in occupational health rehabilitation clinics and to describe the preliminary assessment of internal consistency reliability and construct validity of the FOTO Industrial Outcomes Tool. {\it Methods.} 266 adults referred for acute work rehabilitation (AWR), work conditioning/hardening (WC/WH) or a Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE) comprised the data set. Clients were treated between July 1998 and January 1999 in 15 clinics from 6 states by 46 clinicians participating in the Focus on Therapeutic Outcomes (FOTO) national rehabilitation database beta test. For AWR and WC/WH, clients completed a health status questionnaire on intake and discharge, and health status was assessed prior to the FCE. Comprehensive demographic data were collected describing the clinics, clinicians, clients and work status collected 2 weeks following discharge. {\it Results.} Internal consistency reliability coefficients for the health status scores ranged from 0.57 to 0.89. Construct validity was supported. {\it Conclusion.} Results demonstrate the power of collecting outcomes from a variety of constructs for clients receiving industrial rehabilitation services. Initial reliability and construct validity findings were adequate and support continuing data analyses.

Health-related quality of life in Welsh adults: psychometric properties of the SF-36v2 and normative data