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The Development of the Dementia Screening Battery-100: Instrument Presentation, Reliability, and Construct Validity
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S. Karger AG
, 2017 , Article)
Background/Aim: The screening of dementia in non-Westerners has so far relied on translations and adaptations of reputed instruments. Other efforts focused on developing culturally appropriate tests or tests in touch with ...
Validation and cultural adaptation of the Arabic versions of the Mini?Mental status examination - 2 and Mini-Cog test
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Dove Medical Press Ltd.
, 2017 , Article)
Introduction: The elderly population is increasing around the world, and the prevalence of dementia increases with age. Hence, it is expected that the number of people with dementia will increase significantly in the coming ...
The effect of tailored consumer medicine information on patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A randomised controlled interventional study
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
, 2020 , Article)
Introduction: In patients with diabetes, better health communication is associated with better health outcomes including medication adherence and glycaemic control. The conventional patient information leaflet does not ...
A Validated Reverse-Phase High Performance Liquid Chromatography (RP-HPLC) Method for the Quantification of Gamma-Tocotrienol in Tocotrienol Rich Fractions of Crude Palm Oil
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Bentham
, 2021 , Article)
Background: Palm oil and its constituents have wide applications in food, cosmet-ics and pharmaceutical industries. The tocotrienol-rich fractions of crude palm oil have drawn greater research interest in recent years due ...
The McGill Brisbane Symptom Score in relation to survival in pancreatic adenocarcinoma: a validation study
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Springer
, 2016 , Article)
The McGill Brisbane Symptom Score (MBSS) is a clinical score for pancreatic cancer patients upon initial presentation that takes into account four variables (weight loss, abdominal pain, jaundice, and history of smoking) ...
A validated design methodology for a closed-loop subsonic wind tunnel
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2014 , Article)
A systematic investigation into the design and simulation of flow parameters in a closed-loop wind tunnel was carried out using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). The analytical model for estimating pressure losses were ...
Validation of an Arabic version of the Diabetes Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire in Qatar
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Elsevier
, 2016 , Article)
Aims: Several instruments evaluate patient-reported outcomes in diabetes mellitus (DM), but almost none are validated for use in Arabic language. The aim of this study is to test the psychometric properties and responsiveness ...
The development, translation and validation of an instrument used in a tobacco cessation intervention study among patients with diabetes
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Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research
, 2014 , Article)
Objective: In diabetes care, smoking cessation is a very important component that should be addressed in order to facilitate effective blood glucose control and to limit the development of complications associated with ...