Several authors from different studies have highlighted the limitation of the word recognition tool in assessing the participants OHL as it does not indicate that the person understood the meaning of the word [47,48,49]. Therefore, the findings from the current study supports this assertion, ...
Specifically, the positive and negative items loaded onto separate factors and item 8 - "I wish I could have more respect for myself" - was removed due to differences in meaning of the word 'wish' between English and Malay language. Besides, the RSES-M-9 demonstrated a good internal ...
The items were re-examined for the meaning, and adequate theoretical support was carried out. The first-order level latent factors were removed, and analyses were done based on the items of the second-order level latent factors (i.e. general stress and general recovery) (see Fig. 2). ...
Meaning The DLS had high sensitivity and specificity for identifying diabetic retinopathy and related eye diseases using retinal images from multiethnic populations with diabetes. Abstract Importance A deep learning system (DLS) is a machine learning technology with potential for screening diabetic retinopath...
Responses were scored from 1, meaning strongly disa- gree, to 4, meaning strongly agree, where higher scores reflect a better self-esteem (Cronbach's alpha in this study 0.837). Statistical analysis Data analysis was conducted using SPSS software v.23 and SPSS AMOS v.24 was...
Keeping such research findings in view, the incremental validity of our research constructs/variables was achieved, meaning that the utilisation of such a scale in this cultural context is expected to yield reliable results. Table 6. Test results for research hypotheses. In terms of the ...
but only one value of the goodness-of-fit met the criteria for a good fit. The results from Study 2 show improvements in the values of the goodness-of-fit that are comparable to previous studies, but there was a decrease in the factor loading scores. Overall, the Malay version of the ...
in healthcare facilities. Hence, the aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Malay version of the SVEST-R. This was a cross-sectional study that recruited 350 healthcare professionals from a teaching hospital in Kelantan, Malaysia. After obtaining permission from the...
Ideally, the adaptation of the questionnaire into a different culture can affect the actual meaning of the words. The original PMT scale was in Farsi [16] and the item “I will take have the Pap” was acceptable as a self-efficacy construct based on the local context. However, the ...
The drawback of the method is that we relied on the respondents to understand the meaning of the items in the questionnaire independently. 5. Conclusions Our development and validation of the Malay language KRPAP questionnaire is the first study in Malaysia to study the community’s knowledge, ...