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Improving quality in population surveys of headache prevalence, burden and cost: key methodological considerations.

The journal of headache and pain

Steiner TJ, Stovner LJ, Al Jumah M, Birbeck GL, Gururaj G, Jensen R, Katsarava Z, Queiroz LP, Scher AI, Tekle-Haimanot R, Wang SJ, Martelletti P, Dua T, Chatterji S.
PMID: 24160915
J Headache Pain. 2013 Oct 25;14:87. doi: 10.1186/1129-2377-14-87.

Population-based studies of headache disorders are important. They inform needs assessment and underpin service policy for a set of disorders that are a public-health priority. On the one hand, our knowledge of the global burden of headache is incomplete,...

Validity of two brief primary care physical activity questionnaires with accelerometry in clinic staff.

Primary health care research & development

Ball TJ, Joy EA, Goh TL, Hannon JC, Gren LH, Shaw JM.
PMID: 24472569
Prim Health Care Res Dev. 2015 Jan;16(1):100-8. doi: 10.1017/S1463423613000479. Epub 2014 Jan 28.

BACKGROUND: To date, no physical activity (PA) questionnaires intended for primary care have been compared against a criterion measure of PA and current (2008) aerobic PA recommendations of the American College of Sports Medicine/American Heart Association (ACSM/AHA).AIM: This study...

Leadership: validation of a self-report scale: comment on Dussault, Frenette, and Fernet (2013).

Psychological reports

Chakrabarty S.
PMID: 25310314
Psychol Rep. 2014 Oct;115(2):415-8. doi: 10.2466/01.08.PR0.115c24z6. Epub 2014 Oct 13.

In a recent study, Dussault, Frenette, and Fernet (2013) developed a 21-item self-report instrument to measure leadership based on Bass's (1985) transformational/transactional leadership paradigm. The final specification included a third-order dimension (leadership), two second-order dimensions (transactional leadership and transformational...

Development and validation of an assessment instrument for teaching evidence-based practice to students in allied health care: the Dutch Modified Fresno.

Journal of allied health

Spek B, de Wolf GS, van Dijk N, Lucas C.
PMID: 22735820
J Allied Health. 2012;41(2):77-82.

UNLABELLED: To enable students to become competent evidence-based working professionals, teaching evidence-based practice (EBP) to students in allied health care has to be effective. Measuring effectiveness of EBP curricula, however, appears to be difficult due to the lack of...

Using hospital surveys to enhance the quality of care.

DRG monitor

Carey RG.
PMID: 10295772
DRG Monit. 1989 Nov;7(3):1-8.

Hospitals need the data that valid surveys can provide. However, no data are better than inaccurate or poorly interpreted data. Survey research appears to be deceptively simple. Many hospital managers are not sensitive to the pitfalls in writing a...

Multisource Feedback and Narrative Comments: Polarity, Specificity, Actionability, and CanMEDS Roles.

The Journal of continuing education in the health professions

Lockyer JM, Sargeant J, Richards SH, Campbell JL, Rivera LA.
PMID: 29329147
J Contin Educ Health Prof. 2018;38(1):32-40. doi: 10.1097/CEH.0000000000000183.

INTRODUCTION: Multisource feedback is a questionnaire-based assessment tool that provides physicians with data about workplace behaviors and may combine numeric and narrative (free-text) comments. Little attention has been paid to wording of requests for comments, potentially limiting its utility...

Development of a Multi-Domain Assessment Tool for Quality Improvement Projects.

Journal of graduate medical education

Rosenbluth G, Burman NJ, Ranji SR, Boscardin CK.
PMID: 28824761
J Grad Med Educ. 2017 Aug;9(4):473-478. doi: 10.4300/JGME-D-17-00041.1.

BACKGROUND : Improving the quality of health care and education has become a mandate at all levels within the medical profession. While several published quality improvement (QI) assessment tools exist, all have limitations in addressing the range of QI...

Outcome tools for diabetes-specific quality of life: Study performed in a private family practice clinic.

Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien

Nair R, Kachan P.
PMID: 28615409
Can Fam Physician. 2017 Jun;63(6):e310-e315.

OBJECTIVE: To critically review and evaluate the psychometric properties and practical considerations of administering generic and diabetes-specific quality-of-life (QoL) tools in the clinical environment and provide recommendations.DATA SOURCES AND TOOL SELECTION: A MEDLINE search was carried out from January...

Faculty Attitudes and Adoption of Simulation: Pilot Testing of a New Instrument.

The Journal of nursing education

Min H, O'Rourke J.
PMID: 28585984
J Nurs Educ. 2017 Jun 01;56(6):356-359. doi: 10.3928/01484834-20170518-07.

BACKGROUND: This study evaluated the reliability and validity of a new instrument, the Faculty Attitudes and Adoption of Simulation (FAAS). The FAAS was designed to identify faculty attitudes toward and levels of perceived knowledge and adoption of simulation. The...

Development of a peer-review framework for cancer multidisciplinary meetings.

Internal medicine journal

Johnson CE, Slavova-Azmanova N, Saunders C.
PMID: 28105750
Intern Med J. 2017 May;47(5):529-535. doi: 10.1111/imj.13374.

BACKGROUND: There is no mechanism in place for monitoring or quality improvement of cancer multidisciplinary meetings (MDM) in Australia.AIM: To develop a peer-review process for quality improvement of MDM.METHODS: This project involved three phases: (i) development of a draft...

Sarcopenia and Its Impact on Quality of Life.

Advances in experimental medicine and biology

Tsekoura M, Kastrinis A, Katsoulaki M, Billis E, Gliatis J.
PMID: 28971460
Adv Exp Med Biol. 2017;987:213-218. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-57379-3_19.

Sarcopenia is recognized as a major health problem among older adults. This syndrome is associated with serious health consequences in terms of frailty, disability, morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study is to review sarcopenia and its impact...

Multisource feedback: can it meet criteria for good assessment?.

The Journal of continuing education in the health professions

Lockyer J.
PMID: 23775909
J Contin Educ Health Prof. 2013;33(2):89-98. doi: 10.1002/chp.21171.

INTRODUCTION: High-quality instruments are required to assess and provide feedback to practicing physicians. Multisource feedback (MSF) uses questionnaires from colleagues, coworkers, and patients to provide data. It enables feedback in areas of increasing interest to the medical profession: communication,...

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