It was implemented in two phases: the English language V-DOP developed for an Indian population was first translated into Tamil, a south Indian Dravidian language. Five Tamil language experts verified the translated version for exactness of meaning and usage. The expert's comments and suggestions ...
It is possible that in-spite of having the same meaning, changing of context changes the implication of a word in one language, not in another. For example, the Hindi word “takleef” (तकलीफ़) is commonly used for discomfort related to a physical activity or an ...
Any differences in the concepts and/or meaning were sorted through discussions. In step three, the first draft SSQoL-T12 was back-translated to English. This was done by two bilingual independent translators, one of them was a practicing physiotherapist at University of Gondar (UOG) and the ...
In developing countries, access to healthcare and nutrition can be more limited, and poverty and inequality more prevalent, meaning that the factors that influence child health are more complex and varied (Balarajan et al., 2011; Goli & Arokiasamy, 2014; Goli et al., 2013; Kumar et al.,...
A similar argument is used by Verspoor et al. [25]. The authors proposed a methodology to classify medical terms that denote the same meaning but use different linguistic conventions in order to standardize them. Such kind of approaches addresses an important aspect which is the choice of the ...
A similar argument is used by Verspoor et al. [25]. The authors proposed a methodology to classify medical terms that denote the same meaning but use different linguistic conventions in order to standardize them. Such kind of approaches addresses an important aspect which is the choice of the ...
Egypt is the first country that applied for validation and achieved gold tier status on the path to elimination, meaning that it is well on its way towards reaching all elimination targets before 2030. This News was posted on Thursday, October 12th, 2023 at 1:...
The SF-36 survey was used in this study assuming that lifestyle has a significant relationship with QOL meaning that good lifestyle practices improve the QOL [22, 23]. HPLP-II was re-administered among a randomly selected subgroup of PMW (n = 105) 2 weeks after the first administrati...
Each item has a minimum score of '1 (meaning the worst outcome) and a maximum score of '5' (meaning the best outcome)'. The purpose of this patient-centered self-reported out- come tool is to measure the health-related quality of life. Short Form Health Survey (SF‑36) The SF...