...Dinesh Kumar; Naval Garg Purpose This study examined the reliability and validity of the Sickness Presenteeism Scale-Nurse (SPS-N) among Indian nurses. Design/methodology/approach Three independent studies were conducted to validate the SPS-N in the Indian context. The first study evaluated...

...Mahdi Nouri; Saeideh Ghaffarifar; Homayoun Sadeghi-Bazargani Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the validity and reliability of the Persian version of the patient satisfaction questionnaire (PVPSQ). The study addressed the communication skills section of the PSQ specifically...

... from teaching, public and corporate hospital patients. Several tests were conducted to assess the instrument’s reliability and validity. Pai and Chary’s (2016) nine dimensions for measuring HSQ were examined in this paper. Findings The tests confirm that Pai and Chary’s (2016) conceptual framework...

... process, medical staff need to overcome various other internal and external barriers to accurate measurements. Originality/value This is the first study to articulate some important barriers that influence reliability and validity when measuring patients’ dietary intake by visual estimation methods...

...Mohammad Arab; Arash Rashidian; Abolghasem Pourreza; Maryam Tajvar; Roghayeh Khabiri Nemati; Ali Akbari Sari; Abbas Rahimi Forooshani Purpose – Valid and reliable measures are required for assessing patient satisfaction meaningfully. The purpose of this paper was to develop and validate a Persian...

... Classification Validity Hospitals Sweden A simple random sample of 1,376 cases was drawn. This sample contained 75 cases with CVD as the underlying cause of death, while 1,301 were “non‐CVD” cases. For each case the clinical record and the autopsy report, if any, were requisitioned from the department...