Advances in psychometric tests for screening minimal hepatic encephalopathy: From paper-and-pencil to computer-aided assessment [PDF]
The Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology, 2019 Minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) is a major neuropsychiatric complication of liver cirrhosis and portosystemic shunting. Although MHE produces a spectrum of cognitive impairments in the domains of short-term attention, working memory, and executive ...
Ming Luo, Ping Ma, Lei Li, Wu-Kui Cao
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Sensitivity and validity of psychometric tests for assessing driving impairment: effects of sleep deprivation. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 OBJECTIVE:To assess drug induced driving impairment, initial screening is needed. However, no consensus has been reached about which initial screening tools have to be used.
Stefan Jongen +4 more
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Prevalence of stress, anxiety and depression in the context of climate change among newly recruited contract teachers in Morocco [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2023 Teaching has been identified as one of a highly stressful jobs. As known, this job is linked to development of neuropsychiatric. However, there is a little background about the assessment of these problems among Moroccan teachers.
Meskini Nadia +5 more
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Brain and Behavior, 2022 Background The purpose of this study was to develop a Canadian French translation of the fear of COVID‐19 scale (FCV‐19S) and assess its psychometric characteristics.
Randa Attieh +5 more
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Probiotics in Early grades of Hepatic Encephalopathy [PDF]
Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases, 2011 Background and study aim: Modification of intestinal flora, through different mechanisms is regarded as a therapeutic option in management of hepatic encephalopathy.
Emad Hamed, Soha Elhawari
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The potential of using psychometric tests in Polish accounting research [PDF]
Zeszyty Teoretyczne Rachunkowości, 2023 Purpose: To demonstrate the rationale for using psychometric tests in accounting research and show the spectrum of possibilities for such research in the context of skepticism towards them in Polish academia. Methodology/approach: Deduction and a scoping
Przemysław Kabalski, Marta Nowak
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Psychiatry International, 2023 Lying is seemingly common in daily life, but it is scarcely researched despite its possible relevance to understanding a range of pathological behaviors and associated deception.
Anthony Quinn +2 more
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Effect of perioperative blood loss on cognitive function disorders after colon cancer surgery
Biomedicinska istraživanja, 2022 Introduction. Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) is very common in patients who are treated in intensive care units or in the surgery department after surgery.
Dalibor P. Bošković +3 more
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Adaptation and validation of content of the sedentary behavior questionnaire
Hacia la Promoción de la Salud, 2021 Objective: to validate and adapt the Sedentary Behavior Questionnaire. Materials and methods: content adaptation and validation study, the Delphi technique was used, 18 experts evaluated the items of the questionnaire on a Likert scale regarding their ...
Consuelo Vélez Álvarez +4 more
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Implementation of mhGAP in Mozambique: integrating epilepsy care into the primary health care system
International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 2019 Background Epilepsy remains the most frequent diagnosis in Psychiatric and Mental Health Services in Mozambique. Because it is a major concern, in 2013 a Program for “Reducing the Epilepsy Treatment gap” was launched in 16 districts of five provinces ...
Palmira Fortunato Dos Santos +5 more
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