Implicit bias among maternal healthcare professionals contributes to disrespectful care and racial and ethnic disparities in patient outcomes, and there is growing consensus that implicit bias trainin...
This study aimed to develop a valid and reliable instrument to assess implicit bias awareness and mitigation practices among maternal care professionals and that can be used to evaluate interventions ...
We conducted an instrument development and validation study in 3 phases. In phase 1, item development, we generated a 43-item bank from literature and consultation and established content validity wit...
Based on phase 2 results, we retained 23 items for the Bias in Maternal Health Care scale, which showed high internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha, 0.86). We identified 3 subscales, namely a 9-item B...
We developed a reliable and valid instrument for measuring awareness and mitigation of bias among maternal healthcare professionals. It can be used to evaluate implicit bias training and other bias mi...
This study aimed to compare body composition (BC) measurements obtained by three widely used BC measuring methods, air displacement plethysmography (ADP), bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) and du...
We used three BC measuring methods to evaluate healthy Chinese children and adolescents aged 5-17 years with BMI categories ranging from underweight to obese. Fat mass (FM, kg), fat mass percentage (F...
A total of 172 Chinese children and adolescents were included in this study. The agreements for FM, FFM and ASM estimated by the three methods were excellent or good at the population level (intraclas...
Body fat and FFM obtained by the three commonly used methods were highly correlated, but systematically different and influenced by BMI. This study provided a basis for mutual reference of measurement...
Family resilience is an important protective factor mitigating the negative impact of adversities on individuals and families. As there are very few validated measures of family resilience in the Chin...
Immuno-specific enrichment of extracellular vesicles (EVs) can provide important information into cellular pathways underpinning various pathologies and for non-invasive diagnostics, including mass sp...
To ensure satisfactory clinical outcomes, surgical skill assessment must be objective, time-efficient, and preferentially automated-none of which is currently achievable. Video-based assessment (VBA) ...
Suicidal ideation is a serious symptom of major depressive disorder (MDD). Intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS) is a safe, effective brain stimulation treatment for alleviating suicidal ideatio...
In a randomized, sham-controlled protocol, a total of 10 sessions of iTBS was administrated to the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) in patients once a day for two weeks. The suicidal ideati...
Forty-five patients were randomized assigned to either active iTBS (n = 23) or sham group (n = 22). The suicidal ideation and depressive symptoms of the active iTBS group were significantly ameliorate...
A larger sample size and double-blinded clinical trial should be conducted to verify the reliability and reproducibility....
The current study suggested that daily iTBS of the left DLPFC for 2 weeks could effectively and safely alleviate suicidal ideation and mitigate depression in adolescent MDD, especially for individuals...
The International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF) is a widely employed questionnaire in urology to assess erectile dysfunction (ED) in both clinical research and practice....
To translate and culturally adapt the Spanish version of the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF) and to analyze its psychometric properties in Spanish men with erectile dysfunction (ED)....
Firstly, direct and reverse translations were performed. Secondly, a pilot study was carried out on 23 patients with the lowest possible education level without being illiterate. Finally, 170 particip...
High internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.968, total score) and moderate-to-excellent test-retest reliability were found. The factor analysis showed a two-factor structure (explained variance of...
The psychometric properties of the IIEF have not been analyzed in Spanish people to date. Strengths and Limitations: The Spanish version of the IIEF was shown to be capable of discriminating between m...
The Spanish IIEF is a valid and reliable instrument for assessing erectile function among Spanish men with ED....
Building experience in midwife-led care at freestanding midwifery units is needed to enhance assessment, technical, and care competencies specific to midwives. This study aimed to develop a self-asses...
The purpose of this study was to translate and cross-culturally adapt the Achilles Tendon Total Rupture Score (ATRS), a patient-reported outcome measurement (PROM) designed specifically to assess outc...
The ATRS was translated into the Thai version (Thai-ATRS) according to internationally recognized guidelines. The study included 50 patients with Achilles tendon rupture from 2003 to 2017. The web-bas...
The validity test displayed a strong correlation between the Thai-ATRS and the Thai-FAOS (r = 0.87). The reliability test showed good internal consistency with a Cronbach's alpha of 0.95 and excellent...
The Thai-ATRS was demonstrated to be valid and reliable for assessing functional outcomes in Thai patients with Achilles tendon rupture....
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To investigate interstitial muscle fibrosis via T1 mapping indices and its relationships with muscle function and conservative treatment outcomes....
A total of 49 DM patients with PAD were prospectively recruited from 2016 to 2017. All PAD patients underwent pre-treatment MRI with conservative treatment via a rehabilitation program and antiplatele...
Among the T1 mapping indices in the posterior compartment of the calf in PAD patients, the native T1 value was significantly correlated with 6MWT (r = -0.422, p = 0.010) and 3MST (r = -0.427, p = 0.00...
T1 mapping measurements are reproducible with excellent intra-observer and inter-observer correlations. T1 mapping indices may be predictive of treatment and functional outcomes and carry promise in p...
Clinical Trials Identifier: NCT02850432 ....
• T1 mapping measurements of the calf muscles are reproducible with excellent intra-observer and inter-observer correlations (0.98 and 0.95 for anterior and posterior compartment muscle extracellular ...