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Eligible patients were ≥ 65 years old, had a cancer diagnosis, and were fluent in English. Patients were randomly assigned to one of four arms, in which they completed the geriatric assessment twice: ...
Abstract PURPOSE: To report the reliability and validity of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy–Ovarian (FACT-O) in a consecutive series of outpatients with epithelial ovarian cancer. PATIENTS ...
This study investigated the reliability, validity, and utility of the following three measures of letter-formation quality: (a) a holistic rating system, in which examiners rated letters on a ...
Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Vol. 75, No. 1 (2006), pp. 25-39 (15 pages) Background: Assessments of personality constructs increasingly use self-report and structured interview instruments, which ...
Objective: To evaluate the reliability and validity of a brief physical activity assessment tool suitable for doctors to use to identify inactive patients in the primary care setting. Methods: ...
Background Risk factors among overhead athletes have been investigated in many studies. The rotator cuff external rotator weakness is associated with an increased probability of substantial shoulder ...
Objective: To evaluate the validity of the Asthma Control Test (ACT) for assessing clinical asthma control in Chinese patients in primary care settings. Methods: This multicenter study involved 403 ...