... her The camaraderie that exists between golfers The beauty ofthe venues where golfers play The awareness golfers have of others around them, including those within their group and those playing ... apart from the course as well These interactions are all an integral part ofthe game, but they aren’t codified in the USGA’s The Rules ofGolf In other sports, the focus is clearly on the competition—not ... but etiquette is the very first thing that the lords ofgolf talk about when defining the rules ofgolf Think I’m exaggerating? Take a look at Section ofthe USGA’s The Rules of Golf, and you’ll...
... standard of Vietnam (TCVN 5942/95/B) [4, 9] The two reasons for this situation are the discharges of cattle waste into channels then to river and the uses of fertilizer The concentrations of DO, ... to decrease toward the downstream This proves quite good self-purification ability of Cau River 3.2 Modeling water qualityof Cau River by QUAL2E The Enhanced Stream Water Quality Model (QUAL2E) ... concentrations were near the allowable limit Water quality was greatly improved in the third scenario Conclusion and recommendation 4.1 Conclusion In general, the water qualityof Cau River hasnt...
... young golfer They also gave Jones experience against many ofthe top golfers ofthe era, including some ofthe best professionals, in low-pressure charity affairs that took the place ofthe national ... was the subject of poetry The War Cry ofthe Joneses” was the title ofthe lead item in Morgan Blake’s column In days of old there was a Jones If memory serves me right, Who shouted from the ... and rock hard when they dried out The fact thegreens were not watered amazed him the hosts applied several buckets of water around the pins of some ofthe driest holes when the Americans complained—and...
... First, the center ofthe clubface must impact the center ofthe ball, the vertical center, and the horizontal center When the clubface impacts the ball, it must be exactly perpendicular to the golfer’s ... book A set ofgolf clubs weighs a ton So two people in a Cherokee carrying two sets ofgolf clubs are loaded It’s not just the weight, it’s the clumsiness ofthegolf bags Getting them into my ... difference in the total par for a hole of either 3, 4, or must be given to all ofthe other strokes taken the tee shot, the fairway shot, and the approach shot In the case of a par only a tee shot is allowed...
... years It was the mother who answered the questionnaire in 92.52% ofthe sample, and it was the father in 7.48% ofthe sample No parent in the patient group refused to participate in the study, ... questionnaire in 89.5% ofthe sample, it was the father in 4.57% ofthe sample, and it was someone else in 6.28% ofthe sample Distribution of all participants in terms of gender and age group ... Score, the mean is computed as the sum ofthe items divided by the number of items answered in the Emotional, Social, and School Functioning Subscales The sequential validation procedure of the...
... ofthe time Some ofthe time All ofthe time Knee pain present at night: None ofthe time Some ofthe time All ofthe time Knee pain worse on movement: None ofthe time Some ofthe time All of ... practice The lack of standardisation in the choice of instruments limits the generalisability of results Furthermore, ofthe five instruments included in the review that were based on the views of ... measures of health and qualityof life [2] Only three ofthe five instruments that incorporate the views of patients have been adequately evaluated for reliability and validity Of these, the Knee...
... scores ofthe DQOL were moderately correlated with the D-39S (except sexual functioning) and the RAND-12 Magnitudes in the correlations of all DQOL domains with the physical relevant domains ofthe ... among domains ofthe DQOL with the D-39S and the RAND-12 As described in the Introduction, because the DQOL essentially measures satisfaction and impact of diabetes treatment, whereas the D-39S measures ... discriminant validity ofthe DQOL against the D-39S and the RAND-12 In general, domain scores ofthe DQOL were moderately correlated with the D-39S (except sexual functioning) and the RAND-12 PHC and...
... the ED and at the time of follow-up (FU) Another consideration is validity: the strength ofthe association between the candidate instrument and other relevant outcomes (construct validity) The ... correlated with the PedsQL™ total scores at FU, with the exception of caregiver missed work or school (Table 1) The negative direction ofthe correlation reflects that the longer the duration of fever ... analyzed by means of a paired t-test The effect size was then calculated by dividing the overall mean change in score by the standard deviation ofthe score at baseline As a point of reference, an...
... investigation Finally, there was no report by the patients or guardians of any lack of comprehension regarding the questions The lack of validation studies on assessment scales ofthequalityof life among ... individuals off treatment Therefore, the occurrence of illness implied limitations and difficulties The analysis ofthe Corrected Item-Total Correlation proved the satisfactory homogeneity ofthe instrument ... not answer the questionnaires All guardians (88.4% parents, 11.6% others) answered the instruments (n = 190) reporting on thequalityof life of children Children between the ages of and years...
... cross-cultural adaptation, the group of specialists stated that the concept ofthe impact of childhood cancer on thequalityof life ofthe families used for development ofthe original instrument was ... Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Health and Qualityof Life Outcomes 2008, 6:35 the health-related qualityof life of parents/guardians The score is computed as the sum ofthe 20 ... illness, the assessment ofthe heath-related qualityof life of parents and families could contribute toward their healthcare needs [3,21,22] This study presents the reliability and validity of the...
... obtained from the scale [16], and a rating scale may not be used by respondents in the way it was intended by the developer ofthe scale [15] Thus, the assumptions about both thequalityofthe measures ... Comparisons to the mean scores ofthe other subscales within the present study to those ofthe previous PedsQL™ school study [3], the mean scores on the social functioning scale of both healthy ... summary score, the mean is computed as the sum ofthe items divided by the number of items answered in the emotional, social, and school functioning subscales If more than 50% ofthe items in a...
... Others have established the preeminence of personal relationships in peoples' judgments of their qualityof life [21] Thus, it is not surprising that the relationship items loaded together The ... acknowledgment ofthe benefits of physical activity, people link the idea of health with unrestricted physical Strengths of this study include the large data sets available for testing, the diversity ofthe ... to the other three items in this factor Therefore, it is clearly relevant to thequalityof life of chronically ill people Flanagan's developmental work led him to conceptualize the 15 items of...
... development ofthe study question to the revision ofthe final manuscript Each ofthe four authors has made a significant contribution at each phase ofthe study AQLQ12+ Standardised version ofthe Asthma ... The results of this analysis suggest that the AQLQ12+ is valid for measuring asthma-specific qualityof life in adolescents 12–17 years The similarity ofthe measurement properties ofthe AQLQ12+ ... stimuli) are the means ofthe responses to the questions in each ofthe domains Symptom and Medication Diary Each morning and evening patients scored how much they were bothered by their asthma...
... population of women with postmenopausal osteoporosis [6] Following the successful psychometric validation ofthe QUALIOST®, the next task was to assess the responsiveness (the ability ofthe questionnaire ... decrease of vertebra height)) One ofthe secondary endpoints ofthe clinical trial was the change in QoL, which was assessed at baseline (M0) and then every six months using the SF-36 and QUALIOST® The ... the study) (representing 96.5% ofthe patients included in the trial) A total of 1486 patients were included in the analysis of Page of 10 (page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality...
... child QOL For the total sample, there were statistically significant correlations between parents' ratings of their own QOL on the SF-36 measure and their ratings ofthe child's QOL on the PedsQL™ ... standard of 0.70 for Cronbach's alpha coefficients for adequate internal reliability [35] Range of measurement for the PedsQL™ was determined based on the percentage of scores at the extreme ofthe ... psychosocial health domains Finally following on from the findings of Eiser, Eiser and Stride [22] on the effect of mother's own wellbeing on their ratings of their children's QOL, we expected that parents'...
... identified problems After the revision ofthe second version, the Chinese version ofthe FIM was finalized and to be field-tested in the current study The reports of all the steps in the translation process ... reach the value of 0.85 Discussion The current study presents the feasibility, reliability and validity ofthe Chinese version ofthe FIM This is also the first report of psychometric properties of ... evaluated, and the Chinese versions ofthe Asthma Module and the Cardiac Module are being developed [15] The objective ofthe current study was to evaluate the psychometric properties ofthe Chinese...
... now, validation ofthe Japanese version has not been conducted The aim of this study was to demonstrate the reliability, validity, and feasibility ofthe Japanese version ofthe PedsQL 3.0 Cancer ... version, the interviewer was the child’s parent After the parent completed the parent proxy report separately from their child, they read out the questions for the child’s self-report and marked the ... means the patient was receiving medical treatment such as chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or surgery (n = 88; 35.9%) Off-treatment status means the patient completed all therapy by the time of the...
... guarantee the power of test, the groups of Children and Teens were combined into one group for subsequent analyses because ofthe small sample size of Teens (n = 9) In this study, the majority ofthe ... proportions The presence of floor and ceiling effects (>25% ofthe respondents have the minimum and/or maximum score) was evaluated for the four subscale scores [23] The response rate ofthe Asthma ... for each item The average completion time was defined as the mean of completion time ofthe Asthma Module The percentage of missing value for each item was defined as the number of subjects who...
... limitations The unavailability of information on nonrespondents and investigation of only a sample from Tehran, the capital city of Iran, may limit the generalizability ofthe findings to other parts of ... Measuring health-related qualityof life in Greek children: psychometric properties ofthe Greek version ofthe Pediatric Qualityof Life Inventory(TM) 4.0 Generic Core Scales Qualityof life research ... disorder Qualityof life research : an international journal ofqualityof life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation 2011, 20(1):31-36 24 Linguistic validation ofthe PedsQL - a Quality of...