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PubMed1996

French adaptation of the Ways of Coping Checklist.

A short form (42 items) of the Ways of Coping Checklist was administered to 468 French men and women. A factor analysis of the responses yielded three factors, accounting for about 35% of the total variance, and named Problem-focused Coping, Emotion-focused Coping, and Social Support seeking. The first two dimensions are close to those generally described in the literature. Some interesting relationships of scores appeared between personality and coping, notably, between anxiety and emotion-focused coping.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed1994

A checklist for assessing risk of violent behavior in historically nonviolent persons.

Assessment of risk for violent behavior is of interest to clinicians and laymen alike. This article includes a discussion of issues related to assessment of risk of violent behavior. A review of the literature is provided. Using this information, the author suggests several factors that might increase the probability of violent behavior in historically nonviolent individuals, including antisocial behavior, social isolation, poverty, absence of support systems, severe situational stress, and substance abuse. A checklist for assessing risk of violent behavior is suggested.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed1995

Systematic evaluation of psychometric properties of the Cognition Checklist with college students.

This study included revision and systematic examination of the factor structure and psychometric properties of the Cognition Checklist. Two separate samples of college undergraduates participated. Analysis showed that all the models reported previously in the literature fitted the data poorly for Sample 1 (n = 220). Principal components and maximum likelihood exploratory analyses of the responses of the 220 students yielded two moderately correlated factors. Using data from Sample 2 (n = 288), LISREL confirmatory factor analyses showed that the two-factor oblique model provided adequate fit to the observed data. Estimates of internal consistency were .88 and .71. Preliminary normative, convergent, and divergent validity data are reported. In addition, directions for research are discussed.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2001

Posttraumatic stress symptoms in refugees: assessments with the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire and the Hopkins symptom Checklist-25 in different languages.

The original versions of the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire and Hopkins Symptoms Checklist-25 were written and subsequently validated in the Cambodian, Laotian, and Vietnamese languages. For use in a Dutch treatment center, with refugee patients mostly speaking other languages, additional translations were made. The objective of this study was examination of the psychometric properties of some of these new translations, i.e., the Arabic, Farsi, Serbo-Croatian, Russian, and English bilingual adaptations. It is concluded that the psychometric properties of both tests are adequate across those different cultures and are, in general, applicable to measure symptoms of depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder.

Adult↗
PubMed2006

A checklist of the mosquitoes of Maine with new state records.

A revised checklist of the mosquito fauna known to occur in Maine is reported. In addition we are detailing the finding of eight new state records in five genera, that is, Anopheles barberi, Culiseta minnesotae, Ochlerotatus dorsalis, Oc. japonicus, Oc. riparius, Oc. taeniorhynchus, Psorophora ferox, and Uranotaenia sapphirina. Locality records are given.

Animals↗
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The development of a nurse stress checklist from English to Chinese version.

Work stress has been identified as a relevant problem in the field of professional nursing. Many instruments measuring nurse work stress have already been developed in the United States. The Nurse Stress Checklist (NSC), a Likert-type questionnaire with 47 items, was selected for adaptation into the Chinese language from among these instruments, following a literature review and a comparison with the author's personal nursing experiences. The processes of developing the validity of an NSC Chinese version--content validity, concurrent validity, and construct validity--were conducted. In this pilot study, 13 Chinese nurses who had previously worked in the United States and who were fluent in both Chinese and English filled out the NSC in both the Chinese and English versions. Pearson's correlation was performed to build up concurrent validity. Next, 138 Chinese nurses were randomly selected from three medical centers in Taiwan to be participants in the major study. They filled out the NSC in the Chinese version, and a factor analysis was used to build up construct validity. Four factors were extracted: nonproductive reactions, satisfactory responses, professional concerns, and falling behind. A comparison was made of these four factors with the five factors of the NSC in the English version.

Adult↗
PubMed1997

The Revised Asthma Problem Behavior Checklist: adaptation for use in Spanish asthmatic patients.

Behavioral problems associated with asthma management were examined in a group of 100 adult Spanish outpatients with asthma (57 women, 43 men; 17-69 years of age). All of them completed a Spanish version of the Revised Asthma Problem Behavior Checklist (RAPBC). Data about duration, severity, and self-management of asthma (self-efficacy expectancies and health care utilization), as well as dyspnea and FEV1, were also recorded. The highest-reliability Cronbach alpha indices were for the criteria related to emotions and behaviors that could precipitate asthma attacks. Concurrent criterion validity was examined first by Pearson correlations between the RAPBC scores and clinical data about asthma (duration, FEV1, and dyspnea), and second, by examining the differences in RAPBC scores (ANOVAs) among three severity groups of patients. Severe patients reported more behavioral problems associated with poor life-styles and self-management of their asthma and showed more psychological and physical negative consequences related to asthma. In conclusion, while the RAPBC could be considered a valid instrument to assess the behavioral problems associated with asthma in Spanish patients, and shows a good concurrent criterion validity, its reliability (internal consistency) with respect to life-style and self-management behaviors related to asthma should be improved, to ensure its utility as a screening instrument for behavior-related problems in asthmatic Spanish patients.

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Chronic posttraumatic stress disorder: a review and checklist of factors influencing prognosis.

Mental health clinicians are often asked to evaluate prognosis in individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in clinical, administrative, and legal contexts. Although chronicity of PTSD has been addressed in a number of trauma studies, the data have not been integrated into a coherent approach to the assessment of prognosis. In this paper, the peer-reviewed PTSD literature is surveyed to assist clinicians in making informed prognostic evaluations of the course of PTSD in adults. Potential risk factors, grouped into 11 categories (PTSD stressors, PTSD symptoms, current comorbidity, lifetime comorbidity, childhood separation and abuse, demographics, life stressors, family history, support, treatment, and functional impairment), are reviewed. Knowledge of these risk factors, and of factors associated with chronic PTSD, is helpful in assessing the potential for or degree of chronicity present at the initial evaluation of the patient, as well as in measuring treatment response during the course of therapy. Early identification and the appropriate treatment and management of remediable risk and associated factors may help prevent the development of chronic PTSD. Longitudinally assessing the response of treatable risk factors should provide an additional means for evaluating prognosis. A PTSD Prognostic Checklist, which rates risk and associated factors in each category, is proposed. Validity and reliability have not yet been established for this instrument. It is hoped that clinicians will use and conduct research on it as an initial step toward advancing its scientific utility.

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The Occupational Therapy Practice Checklist for adult physical rehabilitation.

OBJECTIVE: Although the practice of occupational therapy is described in textbooks, research, and professional standards, a tool for outcomes research is needed. METHOD: The Occupational Therapy Practice Checklist (OTPC), based on the Model of Occupational Performance (Pedretti, 1996), includes domains of adjunctive, enabling, purposeful, and occupational performance. Practices are also identified by phase of therapy (early, middle, late). The OTPC was piloted with 40 adults in an outpatient physical rehabilitation center. RESULTS: The Kuder Richardson 20 coefficient of internal consistency was .91. Practices on the OTPC discriminated between clients with and without neurological disorders. CONCLUSION: The OTPC has potential for yielding knowledge about occupational therapy practice. Results of the pilot show that occupational therapy practice was not linear, as theorized, but rather a complex integration of techniques.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1990

Decommissioning hospitals--a checklist.

Decommissioning a hospital is not an every day management task, but as the health service endeavours to make better use of its estate it is likely to face more managers. St Stephen's Hospital, Chelsea, was recently decommissioned to make way for a new teaching hospital, and Tim Battle and Lynne Clemence offer a checklist based on the experience.

Communication↗
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The manager's checklist: how to keep your group legally up-to-date.

Most groups depend on their administrators to lead them through the maze of legal rules, regulations and arrangements that businesses in health care must now confront, writes Keith Korenchuk, J.D., M.P.H. He, therefore, presents an indispensable checklist to aid administrators in systematically keeping their group legally up-to-date.

Contract Services↗
PubMed1995

Practice acquisition: a due diligence checklist. HFMA Principles and Practices Board.

As healthcare executives act to form integrated healthcare systems that encompass entities such as physician-hospital organizations and medical group practices, they often discover that practical guidance on acquiring physician practices is scarce. To address the need for authoritative guidance on practice acquisition, HFMA's Principles and Practices Board has developed a detailed analysis of physician practices acquisition issues, Issues Analysis 95-1: Acquisition of Physician Practices. This analysis includes a detailed due diligence checklist developed to assist both healthcare financial managers involved in acquiring physician practices and physician owners interested in selling their practices.

Accounting↗
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[Evaluation of psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Rotterdam Symptom Checklist to assess quality of life of cancer patients].

BACKGROUND: In this work the validation of the Spanish version of the Rotterdam Symptom Checklist (RSCL) to assess quality of life in cancer patients has been approached. The main goal of this study is to evaluate the psychometric properties of the questionnaire and its equivalence with the original English questionnaire. METHODS: The questionnaire was administered to a sample of 162 terminal cancer patients and 59 cancer patients treated with chemotherapy. The internal structure, was evaluated through a confirmatory factor analysis in TCP, the discriminatory power according to clinical situation of cancer patients, the internal consistency in both samples and the responsiveness to the changes over time after chemotherapy treatment was evaluated in PQT. RESULTS: The internal structure of scales was similar in TCP to the original version. The cancer patients showed worse scores than the PQT. The reliability was > or = 0.70 for the scales and > or = 0.50 for the subscales except chemotherapy subscale. The scores of the scales were different (p < 0.05) before and after treatment, except for the psychological scale. CONCLUSIONS: These results confirm the usefulness of the spanish version of the RSCL as a subjective measure of well-being in cancer patients.

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Capital equipment negotiation: a systematic checklist.

A number of systematic procedures and guidelines can be established to provide the negotiating agent with the proper tools to achieve a cost-effective purchase. The checklist presented here is an example of one such tool which offers some important considerations for negotiating capital equipment contracts. Other considerations include qualitative analysis of competing companies, analysis of the validity of the real reasons behind the purchase, the true life of the equipment, all operating costs to be incurred, biomedical review, renovation costs, code requirements, and much more. No matter what the considerations, the purchasing agent is responsible for critiquing the overall purchase, and for performing a good value analysis. These activities can help protect the hospital from excess expense and ensure that it receives the maximum value over the life of the capital equipment purchased.

Capital Expenditures↗
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Conflict management, Part 1. Conflict management checklist: a diagnostic tool for assessing conflict in organizations.

Complex interpersonal conflicts are inevitable in the high speed, high stakes, pressured work of health care. Poorly managed, conflict saps productivity, erodes trust, and spawns additional disputes. Well managed, conflict can enhance the self-confidence and self-esteem of the parties, build relationships, and engender creative solutions beyond expectations. Just as thoughtful differential diagnosis precedes optimum treatment in the doctor-patient relationship, management of conflict is greatly enhanced when preceded by careful assessment. In the first of two articles, the authors present a diagnostic approach, the Conflict Management Checklist, to increase self-awareness and decrease anxiety around conflict.

Conflict, Psychological↗
PubMed1999

Syndrome dimensions of the child behavior checklist and the teacher report form: a critical empirical evaluation.

The construct representation of the cross-informant model of the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and the Teacher Report Form (TRF) was evaluated using confirmatory factor analysis. Samples were collected in seven different countries. The results are based on 13,226 parent ratings and 8893 teacher ratings. The adequacy of fit for the cross-informant model was established on the basis of three approaches: conventional rules of fit, simulation, and comparison with other models. The results indicated that the cross-informant model fits these data poorly. These results were consistent across countries, informants, and both clinical and population samples. Since inadequate empirical support for the cross-informant syndromes and their differentiation was found, the construct validity of these syndrome dimensions is questioned.

Child↗
PubMed2000

Generality of Psychopathy Checklist-Revised factors over prisoners and substance-dependent patients.

The Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R; R. D. Hare, 1991) is an often-used device for assessment of adult antisociality. This research examined generalizability by replicating the 2-factor model for a sample of 326 male prisoners and assessing its congruence and relative reliability and specificity among 620 substance-dependent patients. Generality was assessed also across addiction subtypes (opioid, cocaine, and alcohol), age, gender, and ethnicity. The 2-factor model was found inappropriate for the substance-dependent samples, whereas a unidimensional model represented by the PCL-R total score was found generalizable across prison and substance-dependent samples.

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