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PURPOSE OF THE STUDY: There are approximately 35 000 in-hospital cardiac arrests in the UK each year. Successful resuscitation requires integration of the medical science, training and education of clinicians and implementation of best practice in the clinical setting. In 2015, the International Liaison Committe…

BACKGROUND: There is a lack of psychometric data for both the English and Chinese versions of Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) to support its usage among breast cancer patients. This study examined the psychometric properties and measurement equivalence of the English and Chinese versions of BAI among breast cancer patient…

OBJECTIVES: The study's purpose was to examine the impact of somatic symptoms and perceived neighborhood environment on depression using a comparison among US-born and non-US-born free clinic patients. METHODS: US-born English speakers (n = 99), non-US-born English speakers (n = 89), and non-US-born Spanish speakers (…

BACKGROUND: The original Psychological Strain Scales (PSS) was published with data from a sample of Chinese population, which consisted of four strain scales: value strain, aspiration strain, deprivation strain, and coping strain. This study aims to validate and develop the English version of the PSS instrument. METHO…

BACKGROUND: Quality of life (QoL) is an important clinical and research outcome within the drug and alcohol abuse context. The AlQoL 9 is a specific questionnaire designed to assess health- and non-health-related consequences of alcoholism. The English version of the AlQoL 9 has not been validated using a larger sample…

BACKGROUND: A number of studies have demonstrated that lymph node metastasis is a poor prognostic factor in colon cancer. Advances of surgical procedure have improved the outcomes of colon cancer treatment. The aim of this study was to compare the characteristics of surgery for stage III colon cancer between England, G…

BACKGROUND: Over the past three decades, a limited range of market like mechanisms have been introduced into the hierarchically structured English National Health Service ('NHS'), which is a nationally tax funded, budget limited healthcare system, with access to care for all, producing structures known as a quasi marke…

In this community based research initiative, we employed a survey instrument predominately developed and administered by Teen Educators to assess occupational health risks for Haitian, Salvadoran, and Brazilian immigrants (n = 405) in Somerville, MA, USA. We demonstrate that a combined analysis of ethnicity, years in t…

This study developed a method for measuring change in socio-economic equity in health care utilisation using small-area level administrative data. Our method provides more detailed information on utilisation than survey data but only examines socio-economic differences between neighbourhoods rather than individuals. Th…

OBJECTIVE: Obesity levels are rising in almost all parts of the world, including the UK. School food offers children in Great Britain between 25 % and 33 % of their total daily energy, with vending typically offering products high in fat, salt or sugar. Government legislation of 2007 to improve the quality of school fo…

BACKGROUND: Nonword repetition (NWR) involves the ability to perceive, store, recall and reproduce phonological sequences. These same abilities play a role in word and morpheme learning. Cross-linguistic studies of performance on NWR tasks, word learning, and morpheme learning yield patterns of increased performance on…

BACKGROUND: According to the provisions of the Health Act 2006, NHS acute Trusts had to become smoke-free by July 2007. Mental health Trusts were granted a further year before all indoor smoking areas have to be removed. This study was carried out to determine the extent of smoke-free policy implementation in English N…

OBJECTIVES: To translate the previously described Pelvic Pain and Urgency/Frequency (PUF) questionnaire into Spanish using a back-translation technique and to validate the Spanish version in a group of bilingual women with symptoms consistent with interstitial cystitis or painful bladder syndrome. METHODS: Bilingual w…

BACKGROUND: The VSSS is a multi-dimensional questionnaire developed to address methodological concerns about measurement of satisfaction with services on the part of psychiatric patients. The acceptability, sensitivity, content validity and test-retest reliability of the original version of the VSSS, in Italian, have a…

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to establish and evaluate normative values for the Words-in-Noise (WIN) test from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Toolbox for children and adults. METHOD: NIH Toolbox conducted a large national standardization study of the WIN test, in both English and Spanish languages,…

BACKGROUND: Although telemedicine grew rapidly during the COVID-19 pandemic, instruments to assess general practitioners' (GPs) attitudes and behavioral intentions to use it are scarce. In Sweden, the Physicians' Attitudes and Intentions to use Telemedicine (PAIT) questionnaire was developed from the "theory of planned…

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is developing front-of-package nutrition labels for packaged foods. Identifying the most promising type of label among Latino adults could inform federal regulation, given high rates of diet-related disease in Latino populations. Additionally, exploring English-language label e…

BACKGROUND: ChatGPT has been tested in health care, including the US Medical Licensing Examination and specialty exams, showing near-passing results. Its performance in the field of anesthesiology has been assessed using English board examination questions; however, its effectiveness in Korea remains unexplored. OBJEC…

OBJECTIVE: Identify the age at diagnosis and intervention of immigrant and/or non-English-speaking children with hearing loss (HL) and risk factors associated with delays. Identify barriers for non-English-speaking caregivers of deaf/hard-of-hearing children. STUDY DESIGN: Sequential mixed methods. SETTING: Tertiary…

INTRODUCTION: Industries that produce and market potentially harmful commodities or services (eg, tobacco, alcohol, gambling, less healthy foods and beverages) are a major influence on the drivers of behavioural risk factors for non-communicable diseases. The nature and impact of interactions between public bodies and…