The attitudes to ageing questionnaire: Mokken scaling analysis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 BackgroundHierarchical scales are useful in understanding the structure of underlying latent traits in many questionnaires. The Attitudes to Ageing Questionnaire (AAQ) explored the attitudes to ageing of older people themselves, and originally described ...
Susan D Shenkin +4 more
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The Chinese version of the cardiac depression scale: Mokken scaling [PDF]
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2012 Background Myocardial infarction is a major cause of death and morbidity in many countries, including China. The aim of this study was to analyse a Mandarin Chinese translation of the Cardiac Depression Scale for a hierarchy of items according to the ...
Watson Roger +4 more
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Comparing Questionnaires Across Cultures: Using Mokken Scaling to Compare the Italian and English Versions of the MOLES Index [PDF]
Nursing Open, 2019 Aim The aims of this study were (a) to translate the MOLES index from English to Italian and (ii) to compare the two versions using non‐parametric item response theory. Design An online survey was used to gather data. Methods Forward and back translation
Loredana Sasso +2 more
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What Are the Minimal Sample Size Requirements for Mokken Scaling? An Empirical Example With the Warwick- Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale [PDF]
Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, 2018 Purpose: Sample size in Mokken scales is mostly studied on simulated data, reflected in the lack of consideration of sample size in most Mokken scaling studies. Recently, [Straat, J. H., van der Ark, L. A., & Sijtsma, K. (2014).
Roger Watson, Lisa Kirke, Frank Doyle
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Cardiac Depression Scale: Mokken scaling in heart failure patients [PDF]
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2012 Background There is a high prevalence of depression in patients with heart failure (HF) that is associated with worsening prognosis. The value of using a reliable and valid instrument to measure depression in this population is therefore essential.
Ski Chantal F +4 more
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The Chinese version of the Myocardial Infarction Dimensional Assessment Scale (MIDAS): Mokken scaling [PDF]
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2012 Background Hierarchical scales are very useful in clinical practice due to their ability to discriminate precisely between individuals, and the original English version of the Myocardial Infarction Dimensional Assessment Scale has been shown to contain a
Watson Roger +3 more
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Evaluating an Internet Gaming Disorder Scale Using Mokken Scaling Analysis [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) was recently included as a condition for further study in the fifth and latest version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
Turi Reiten Finserås +5 more
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The Youth Attitudes about Vaccines (YAV-5) scale: adapting the parent attitudes about childhood vaccines short scale for use with youth in German, French, and Italian in Switzerland, exploratory factor analysis and mokken scaling analysis [PDF]
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2021 No validated measures of vaccine hesitancy (VH) for youth vaccination currently exist. We adapted the Parent Attitudes about Childhood Vaccines survey (PACV-15) for use in youth to create the version Youth Attitudes about Vaccines survey (YAV-14 and YAV ...
Victoria O. Olarewaju +10 more
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The lockdown experience scale for students (LESS) [PDF]
BMC Medical Education, 2023 Background The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in many student populations learning online in lockdown. While the mental health consequences of lockdown are increasingly understood, the core features of ‘cabin fever’ – the experience of lockdown – are ...
Ronán M. Conroy, Karen Fitzgerald
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Assessing Preparedness for Self-Management of Oral Anticoagulation in Adults With the PERSONAE Scale: Protocol for a Development and Validation Study [PDF]
JMIR Research ProtocolsBackgroundOptimal anticoagulation using vitamin K antagonists prevents strokes associated with atrial fibrillation and heart valve replacements. Preparedness for self-monitoring and self-management could improve outcomes, but this
Rosario Caruso +7 more
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