Papers by Hamid Sharif Nia
Health Science Reports, 2024
Background and Aims: Recognizing the ability to adapt coping mechanisms in response to the unique... more Background and Aims: Recognizing the ability to adapt coping mechanisms in response to the unique issues present in various Iranian societies underscores the importance of considering culture and religion when interacting with diverse groups of individuals. The objective of this study was to assess the reliability and validity of the fear of progression questionnaire-short form (FoP-Q-SF) in Iranian breast cancer patients. Methods: In this methodological cross-sectional research design, 400 Iranian breast cancer patients completed the FoP-Q-SF in 2023. We assessed the characteristics, content, and both exploratory and confirmatory construct validity of the measures. To evaluate the reliability and construct validity of the FoP-Q-SF, we calculated Cronbach's α, McDonald's omega, and the Intraclass Correlation Coefficient.
BMC Public Health, 2024
Aim Understanding vaccine hesitancy, as a critical concern for public health, cannot occur withou... more Aim Understanding vaccine hesitancy, as a critical concern for public health, cannot occur without the use of validated measures applicable and relevant to the samples they are assessing. The current study aimed to validate the Vaccine Hesitancy Scale (VHS) and to investigate the predictors of children's vaccine hesitancy among parents from Australia, China, Iran, and Turkey. To ensure the high quality of the present observational study the STROBE checklist was utilized. Design A cross-sectional study. Method In total, 6,073 parent participants completed the web-based survey between 8 August 2021 and 1 October 2021. The content and construct validity of the Vaccine Hesitancy Scale was assessed. Cronbach's alpha and McDonald's omega were used to assess the scale's internal consistency, composite reliability (C.R.) and maximal reliability (MaxR) were used to assess the construct reliability. Multiple linear regression was used to predict parental vaccine hesitancy from gender, social media activity, and perceived financial well-being. Results The results found that the VHS had a two-factor structure (i.e., lack of confidence and risk) and a total of 9 items. The measure showed metric invariance across four very different countries/cultures, showed evidence of good reliability, and showed evidence of validity. As expected, analyses indicated that parental vaccine hesitancy was higher in people who identify as female, more affluent, and more active on social media. Conclusions The present research marks one of the first studies to evaluate vaccine hesitancy in multiple countries that demonstrated VHS validity and reliability. Findings from this study have implications for future research examining vaccine hesitancy and vaccine-preventable diseases and community health nurses.
Journal of Assessment and Research in Applied Counseling, 2024
Heart diseases, including coronary artery disease, are among the three main causes of death along... more Heart diseases, including coronary artery disease, are among the three main causes of death alongside cancer and stroke in most countries. The current study aimed to predict functional disability in functional somatic syndromes in patients with coronary artery disease based on personality traits and illness perception, considering the mediating role of self-care behavior. Methods and Materials: This study, with applied objectives and a correlational research design, was conducted using the structural equation modeling approach. The statistical population included all patients with coronary artery disease in the city of Amol in the year 2022, from which 250 individuals were purposefully selected. Data collection tools included the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (2014), the McCrae and Costa Personality Traits Questionnaire (1985), the Illness Perception Questionnaire (2006), and the Self-Care Questionnaire (2003). The statistical technique used was structural equation modeling with full latent variables. SPSS version 26, AMOS version 24, and R version 4.2.0 software were used for statistical data analysis. Findings: The results showed that all five personality dimensions, illness perception, and self-care significantly explain the variance in functional disability (P<0.01). Additionally, the mediating role of self-care behavior was significant in the relationship between functional disability and four personality dimensions: extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and illness perception (P<0.01). Conclusion: It can be concluded that functional disability in functional somatic syndromes in patients with coronary artery disease can be predicted based on their personality traits and illness perception, taking into account the mediating role of self-care behavior.
Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 2024
Background: A cancer diagnosis can be psychologically challenging to individuals due to perceptio... more Background: A cancer diagnosis can be psychologically challenging to individuals due to perceptions that the disease is potentially incurable truncating life expectancy. The purpose of the study was to examine the relationships among religious well-being, existential well-being, fear of progression and quality of life in Iranian patients with cancer and to evaluate the potential mediating role of hope on these relationships. Methods: This study with predictive cross-sectional design was done in 2023. Data was gathered from 398 patients with cancer that was selected with accessible sampling method from cancer center of Mazandaran university of medical sciences (Sari, Iran). Study constructs included the religious and existential wellbeing, cancer fear of progression, Snyder Hope, and quality of life. Analysis of a Moment Structures (AMOS) software (v27) was utilized for all study analyses. Covariance based-structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to assess the mediating role of hope. Results: The mean age of patients with cancer was 49.14 (SD = 16.16). The results of the direct effect showed a significant positive relationship between religious well-being and hope (B = 0.164, p < .001), and between hope and quality of life (B = 0.212, p < 0.001). Also, significant negative relationship between fear of progression and hope (B =-0.147, p < 0.05) was founded. Conclusion: A significant positive relationship between hope and quality of life, as well as religious well-being and hope, suggests the influential effects of hope and religious well-being on improving quality of life in patients with cancer. Negative relationships between fear of progression and hope conclude that managing fear of progression may be an important factor in increasing hope and improving quality of life in patients with cancer.
Annals of Medicine & Surgery, 2024
Background:
Psychometrical evaluation of persons of diverse contexts, and different populations,... more Background:
Psychometrical evaluation of persons of diverse contexts, and different populations, including general or clinical.
Objective:
This review study aimed to evaluate the psychometrics quality of resilience scales.
Methods:
International and Iranian databases were searched with MESH terms included “psychometric”, “validity”, “reliability”, “Connor-Davidson resilience scale”, “Resilience scale”, for published articles up to February 1, 2023. For each of the selected studies, risk of bias was evaluated using the COSMIN Risk of Bias Checklist. Then The COSMIN checklist was used to evaluate the entire text of the article for methodological quality.
Results:
Considering the inclusion criteria, 80 documents were evaluated. According to the COSMIN’s criteria for evaluating the risk of bias, the current study findings revealed the included studies’ limitations in assessing the three versions of CD-RISC cross-cultural and content validity as well as their stability (e.g., conducting test re-test), whereas the majority of psychometric studies of CD-RISC25, and CD-RISC-2 rated as very good or adequate in terms of structural validity. In terms of quality assessment of the included studies, the current study indicated that investigating the structural validity of the CD-RISC was mainly done based on EFA (Exploratory Factor Analysis), and confirmatory factor analysis was absent.
Conclusion:
The general result indicates the acceptability of the quality of the studies. However, concerns for measurement properties such as responsiveness and criterion validity as well as the standard error of measurement have been neglected.
BMC Medical Education, 2024
Background Poor learning and retention are common problems of students, which may be alleviated b... more Background Poor learning and retention are common problems of students, which may be alleviated by optimization of widely used educational methods such as lectures. This study aimed to investigate the effect of spaced learning on the learning outcome and retention of nurse anesthesia students.
Nursing Open, 2024
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which... more This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2024
Objective: This study aims to evaluate sources of validity and reliability of the University Stud... more Objective: This study aims to evaluate sources of validity and reliability of the University Student Engagement Inventory among Indian Students. Method: The data of this study was collected from 518 Indian university students in the design of a cross-sectional study from May to June 2022. Then the validity and reliability of the inventory were assessed. Results: The results showed that all three factor models indicated good evidence of construct validity (TLI = 0.960, CFI = 0.967), NFI = 0.960, and SRMR = 0.043), and reliability. The internal consistency of all three factors was >0.7. Conclusions: According to the findings of the present study, it was found that the concept of university student engagement in Indian students is a concept with three sub-concepts and 15 items. For more learning, academic progress, and development, as well as obtaining better educational results, student participation is important. Significance Statement: Considering the importance of students' engagement in improving their performance and learning, it is necessary to evaluate it. Since, in other countries, the psychoanalysis of the USEI tool has also been discussed; in this study, the researchers investigated the validity and reliability of student engagement tools in India.
Annals of Medicine & Surgery, 2024
Background:
This systematic review aimed to investigate resilience and its related factors in ca... more Background:
This systematic review aimed to investigate resilience and its related factors in caregivers of adult patients with cancer.
Materials and Methods:
A systematic search of online electronic databases including Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science, Iranmedex, and Scientific Information Database (SID) was performed using keywords extracted from Medical Subject Headings such as “Psychological Resilience”, “Caregiver”, and “Cancer” from the earliest to June 6, 2023. The quality of the studies included in this review was evaluated using the appraisal tool for cross-sectional studies (AXIS tool).
Results:
A total of 2735 caregivers of cancer patients participated in 15 studies. The majority of the studies found that caregivers of cancer patients had high levels of resilience. Factors related to the resilience of cancer patients’ caregivers included caregivers’ social support, caregivers’ quality of life, patients’ resilience, caregivers’ family function, patients’ performance, caregivers’ age, caregivers’ health status, caregivers’ self-esteem, caregivers post-traumatic growth, caregivers religious, caregivers hope, caregivers positive affect, patients age, patients social support, patients resilience support, patients quality of life, caregivers’ anxiety, caregivers’ depression, caregivers’ burden, caregivers level of education, caregivers financial problem, caregivers memory, caregivers negative affect, caregivers post-traumatic stress disorder, maternal distress, and patients post-traumatic stress disorder.
Conclusion:
Therefore, healthcare administrators and policymakers can enhance the resilience of caregivers and the quality of care they provide by instituting ongoing training initiatives focused on evaluating mental well-being and implementing coping strategies for managing stress and depression.
Nursing Practice Today, 2024
The need for accurate measurement of constructs and understanding of diverse phenomena has prompt... more The need for accurate measurement of constructs and understanding of diverse phenomena has prompted researchers to investigate the validity and reliability of developed measures in a continuous effort to improve our understanding of their psychometric properties. However, at times, these endeavors are flawed by serious methodological inadequacies. In this article, we discussed one example of a psychometric study that appears to be deeply flawed, providing some recommendations for remediating the issue.
Frontiers in Psychology, 2024
Background and aim: The correlation between eating attitudes, positive body image, and body estee... more Background and aim: The correlation between eating attitudes, positive body image, and body esteem is a pivotal area of research that has garnered substantial attention in recent years, given its implications for both mental and physical well-being. The objective of this study was to examine the interplay between positive body image, body esteem, and eating attitudes within an Iranian population.
Materials and methods: This study employed a cross-sectional study design and was conducted in the year 2022. A convenience sample of 752 participants residing in Tehran, Iran, was included in the study. The data collection tools were comprised of a demographic registration form, the Adolescence/Adults Scale (PBIAS), the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT), and the Body Esteem Scale (BES) as measurement instruments.
Results: Mean age of participants was 26.36 (SD = 8.49). Significant relationships were found among positive body image (B = − 0.095, β = −0.150, p < 0.001), and body esteem (B = 0.175, β = 0.149, p < 0.001) with eating attitudes.
Conclusion: These findings suggest that individuals with positive body image and high body esteem may have healthier eating attitudes, while those with negative body image and low body esteem may be more likely to have unhealthy eating attitudes.
Frontiers in Psychology, 2024
Introduction: The psychometric properties of the body esteem scale have not been assessed in Iran... more Introduction: The psychometric properties of the body esteem scale have not been assessed in Iran. Therefore, the aim of this study was to translate and determine the validity and reliability of the Persian version of the body esteem scale among Iranian adolescents.
Methods: The sample of this methodological study consisted of 504 adolescents [mean age: 16.55 (SD = 1.54) years] living in Tehran City, Iran. After translation of the scale, its content validity (quantitative and qualitative) and structural (exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis), convergent, and discriminant validity were evaluated. Exploratory graph analysis was performed to determine the number of factors. Cronbach’s alpha, composite reliability, and maximal reliability were calculated.
Results: In the content validity evaluation step, all items had acceptable scores and were retained. The results of exploratory factor analysis with Promax rotation and exploratory graph analysis extracted three factors accounting for 49.49% of the variance, comprising 18 items. Furthermore, after necessary modifications during CFA, the final model was approved. Convergent and discriminant validity were confirmed. Cronbach’s alpha, CR, and MaxR for all constructs were greater than 0.7, demonstrating good internal consistency and construct reliability.
Conclusion: According to the results, the Persian version of the body esteem scale has a valid structure and acceptable reliability. Health professionals, in many ways, can use this scale.
BMC Nursing, 2024
Background This study aimed to evaluate the psychometric indicators of the Persian version of the... more Background This study aimed to evaluate the psychometric indicators of the Persian version of the Sense of Belonging in Nursing School scale (SBNS). Methods The study conducted in Shahroud and Semnan schools of nursing and midwifery in Iran examined nursing students using a cross-sectional approach by convenience sampling method from 3/6/2023 to 24/8/2023. To assess the SBNS scale, the forward-backward procedure was used to translate it into Persian. Face and content validity were evaluated, and exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted with sample sizes of 200 and 182, respectively. Reliability was assessed using Cronbach's alpha coefficient, MacDonald's omega, and intra-class correlation coefficient. Results The exploratory factor analysis resulted in the exclusion of four items, leaving a final selection of 15 items. These items were categorized into three factors: classmates, clinical staff, and inclusive educational environment, which accounted for 49.16% of the overall variance. The confirmatory factor analysis indicated that the model was a good fit for the observed data, and the subscales had high internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.752 to 0.880) and stability (intra-class correlation coefficient was 0.889 to 0.968). Conclusion According to the results, it can be concluded that the Persian version of the SBNS scale demonstrates sufficient validity and reliability in assessing students' sense of belonging to the nursing school.
BMC Nursing, 2024
Aims Nurses who care for patients with infectious disease may experince significant stress and ne... more Aims Nurses who care for patients with infectious disease may experince significant stress and negative psychological reactions. The intention of nurses to care is a complex and multifaceted concept that is influenced by a range of factors. Therefore, this study was conducted to explain the concept of nurses' intention to care for patients with infectious disease and then develop a reliable and valid scale to measure this concept accurately in Iranian nurses. Design This study is a cross-sectional study with a sequential-exploratory mixed-method approach from May 2022 to July 2023. The concept of nurses' intent to care for patients with infectious disease was explain using deductive content analysis, and item pools were generated. In the sconed step the samples were 455 nurses. Data was collected by an online form questionnaire using a convenience sampling technique. In this step to determine the psychometric properties of nurse's intention to care for patients with infectious disease scale (NICPS), face and content validity performed. Then construct validity was determined and confirmed using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis followed by convergent and divergent validity respectively. Finally, scale reliability including stability and internal consistency were evaluated. Results The finding showed that NICPS with seventeen items were classified into three factors namely "Social support" with seven items, "Spiritual motivation" with six items and "Job satisfaction" with four items. These three factors explained 56.14% of the total variance. The fit indices showed that the model has a fit and acceptable (TLI, CFI, IFI > 0.9; PNFI, PCFI > 0.5, REMSEA > 0.049, CMIN/DF = 2.477). Reliability revealed acceptable internal consistency and stability (> 0.7). Conclusion The finding showed that NICPS has three factors in Iranian nurses. Nursing managers can use these results to provide training and support intervention for nurses in order to increase their intention to care for this patient. Also, the NICPS is a reliable and valid for evaluating this concept in future studies.
Scientific Reports, 2024
Couples' tendency towards voluntary single-childedness and childlessness (VSCC) has turned into a... more Couples' tendency towards voluntary single-childedness and childlessness (VSCC) has turned into a major challenge in all societies and led to different problems such as population aging. A key step to VSCC management is to determine its contributing factors through valid and reliable instruments. This exploratory sequential mixed method study (qualitative-quantitative) was conducted in 2020-2021. Phases of qualitative consists of all couples aged 15-49 in Babol, Iran, who were single or childless. Sampling is based on the purpose, and the number of samples is 20 couples. To collect data, faceto-face and semi-structured interviews were conducted with the participants. Sampling continued until data saturation. The data were analyzed by the conventional content analysis method and quantitative phase. Initially, a qualitative study was conducted on twenty couples, and were analyzed through conventional content analysis. Findings were used to develop QFT-VSCC and then, the face, content, and construct validity as well as reliability were assessed. Construct validity was assessed through exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses and reliability was assessed through internal consistency and stability assessments. The results of the qualitative part analysis consist of 140 codes, 30 primary categories, and nine main categories and two themes (individual limitations and social limitations). The primary QFT-VSCC had 78 items. Fifty-eight items were omitted during validity assessment and the remaining twenty-two items were loaded on five factors during factor analysis. These factors were threatened priorities, inappropriate familial context for childbearing, sense of occupational and social insecurity for the child, social modeling of childlessness, and tendency towards change or stability in marital life. The five factors explained 52.56% of the total variance. All model fit indices in confirmatory factor analysis were acceptable and the Cronbach's alpha values of QFT-VSCC and all its factors were more than 0.70. The results of convergent validity analysis revealed that all factors had an AVE value greater than 0.5, and the HTMT index for all factors was less than 0.85. This indicated that discriminant validity had been achieved. QFT-VSCC is a simple valid and reliable instrument for VSCC assessment among both men and women.
Nursing and Midwifery Journal, 2023
Background & Aim: Self-management in kidney transplant patients leads to increased tissue surviva... more Background & Aim: Self-management in kidney transplant patients leads to increased tissue survival time, reduced graft rejection, early identification of drug side effects, and increased quality of life. Kidney transplant patients have poor self-management behaviors. Knowing how kidney transplant patients should encounter and manage them will improve transplant outcomes. This study was conducted to explain the self-management behaviors of kidney transplant recipients.
Materials & Methods: This qualitative study was done with eighteen participants. Participants were selected through purposive sampling. Data were collected through in-depth and semi-structured interviews and analyzed through qualitative conventional content analysis.
Results: The findings included a theme of trying to achieve balance and stability in life and six main categories of lifestyle modification, physical self-care, self-efficacy, resilience, adaptation to new roles and treatment management.
Conclusion: The results showed the participants tried to achieve balance and stability after a kidney transplant. A kidney transplant can be considered an event that initiates a period of instability after a long period of illness and health deterioration. Therefore, self-management programs should focus on supporting patients in restoring stability in their lives after kidney transplantation.
Military Behavioral Health , 2023
Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) is a widely used measure of stress. However, the dimensions of this ... more Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) is a widely used measure of stress. However, the dimensions of this scale are not clearly defined, and there is little information on the use of the scale in military personnel. This study examined the psychometric properties of an Iranian version of the PSS in a military population. A sample of 406 military personnel were recruited from three military units in Tehran, Iran. Construct validity via exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and concurrent validity were examined. Cronbach's alpha was used to assess reliability. EFA was used on the first half of the sample (n = 206); two factors were identified that explained 55.1% of the total variance. CFA was performed on the second half of the sample (n = 200), confirming a two-factor solution. CFA showed good model fit (comparative fit index [CFI] = 0.993, normed χ2 = 2.42, root mean square error of approximation [RMSEA] = 0.059). The two PSS subscales were strongly associated with psychological distress, indicating concurrent validity. Internal reliability was acceptable (alpha = 0.79-0.90). The Persian version of the PSS has acceptable psychometric properties, allowing it to be used as a measure of perceived stress in Iranian military personnel.
Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health, 2021
Background: Resilience is a measure of the ability to cope with stress and the accurate measureme... more Background: Resilience is a measure of the ability to cope with stress and the accurate measurement of it is critical. This study aimed to translate and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale in Iranian adolescents during the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, after the scale translation, the content and construct validity were assessed using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. Moreover, internal consistency, composite reliability, and invariance measurement were evaluated. Results: The content validity ratio was greater than 0.49, and the modified kappa coefficient for all items was higher than 0.6. With exploratory factor analysis, two factors were extracted consisting of 16 items and explaining 43% of the total variance. The results of confirmatory factor analysis indicated a good fit for the model. Cronbach's alpha and composite reliability for both factors were greater than 0.7. Although there is no significant difference (p = 0.09) in the average resilience of adolescents in different provinces, boys (42.64 ± 10.90) had a significantly (p < 0.001) higher resilience score than girls (40.10 ± 11.92). Conclusion: The study results showed that the Persian 16-item version of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale has acceptable reliability and validity in the Iranian adolescent population.
This study aimed to translate/validate NiPCAS for use among Iranian NICU nurses. The 26-item NiPC... more This study aimed to translate/validate NiPCAS for use among Iranian NICU nurses. The 26-item NiPCAS was translated into Persian and evaluated for validity and reliability. 230 nurses participated. The NiPCAS-P demonstrated satisfactory face/content validity, with appropriate, clear, and relevant items. The overall testretest reliability was good. Cronbach's alpha for the three factors ("resources," "organization," and "personal experiences/beliefs") were acceptable. Out of 26 items, 15 loaded on the three factors, explaining 35.75% of the variance. The 15-item NiPCAS-P is a valid tool for examining the attitudes of Iranian NICU nurses towards neonatal palliative care barriers/facilitators. However, the "personal experiences/beliefs" factor may not be as reliable as the other two factors. Developing a context-specific questionnaire to assess nurses' experiences/beliefs in this area is recommended. Similar implications exist for countries with comparable contexts. Research needs to adapt NiPCAS for cross-cultural use and create additional tools to explore multi-dimensional factors affecting the implementation of neonatal palliative care factors.
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Papers by Hamid Sharif Nia
Psychometrical evaluation of persons of diverse contexts, and different populations, including general or clinical.
Objective:
This review study aimed to evaluate the psychometrics quality of resilience scales.
Methods:
International and Iranian databases were searched with MESH terms included “psychometric”, “validity”, “reliability”, “Connor-Davidson resilience scale”, “Resilience scale”, for published articles up to February 1, 2023. For each of the selected studies, risk of bias was evaluated using the COSMIN Risk of Bias Checklist. Then The COSMIN checklist was used to evaluate the entire text of the article for methodological quality.
Results:
Considering the inclusion criteria, 80 documents were evaluated. According to the COSMIN’s criteria for evaluating the risk of bias, the current study findings revealed the included studies’ limitations in assessing the three versions of CD-RISC cross-cultural and content validity as well as their stability (e.g., conducting test re-test), whereas the majority of psychometric studies of CD-RISC25, and CD-RISC-2 rated as very good or adequate in terms of structural validity. In terms of quality assessment of the included studies, the current study indicated that investigating the structural validity of the CD-RISC was mainly done based on EFA (Exploratory Factor Analysis), and confirmatory factor analysis was absent.
Conclusion:
The general result indicates the acceptability of the quality of the studies. However, concerns for measurement properties such as responsiveness and criterion validity as well as the standard error of measurement have been neglected.
This systematic review aimed to investigate resilience and its related factors in caregivers of adult patients with cancer.
Materials and Methods:
A systematic search of online electronic databases including Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science, Iranmedex, and Scientific Information Database (SID) was performed using keywords extracted from Medical Subject Headings such as “Psychological Resilience”, “Caregiver”, and “Cancer” from the earliest to June 6, 2023. The quality of the studies included in this review was evaluated using the appraisal tool for cross-sectional studies (AXIS tool).
Results:
A total of 2735 caregivers of cancer patients participated in 15 studies. The majority of the studies found that caregivers of cancer patients had high levels of resilience. Factors related to the resilience of cancer patients’ caregivers included caregivers’ social support, caregivers’ quality of life, patients’ resilience, caregivers’ family function, patients’ performance, caregivers’ age, caregivers’ health status, caregivers’ self-esteem, caregivers post-traumatic growth, caregivers religious, caregivers hope, caregivers positive affect, patients age, patients social support, patients resilience support, patients quality of life, caregivers’ anxiety, caregivers’ depression, caregivers’ burden, caregivers level of education, caregivers financial problem, caregivers memory, caregivers negative affect, caregivers post-traumatic stress disorder, maternal distress, and patients post-traumatic stress disorder.
Conclusion:
Therefore, healthcare administrators and policymakers can enhance the resilience of caregivers and the quality of care they provide by instituting ongoing training initiatives focused on evaluating mental well-being and implementing coping strategies for managing stress and depression.
Materials and methods: This study employed a cross-sectional study design and was conducted in the year 2022. A convenience sample of 752 participants residing in Tehran, Iran, was included in the study. The data collection tools were comprised of a demographic registration form, the Adolescence/Adults Scale (PBIAS), the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT), and the Body Esteem Scale (BES) as measurement instruments.
Results: Mean age of participants was 26.36 (SD = 8.49). Significant relationships were found among positive body image (B = − 0.095, β = −0.150, p < 0.001), and body esteem (B = 0.175, β = 0.149, p < 0.001) with eating attitudes.
Conclusion: These findings suggest that individuals with positive body image and high body esteem may have healthier eating attitudes, while those with negative body image and low body esteem may be more likely to have unhealthy eating attitudes.
Methods: The sample of this methodological study consisted of 504 adolescents [mean age: 16.55 (SD = 1.54) years] living in Tehran City, Iran. After translation of the scale, its content validity (quantitative and qualitative) and structural (exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis), convergent, and discriminant validity were evaluated. Exploratory graph analysis was performed to determine the number of factors. Cronbach’s alpha, composite reliability, and maximal reliability were calculated.
Results: In the content validity evaluation step, all items had acceptable scores and were retained. The results of exploratory factor analysis with Promax rotation and exploratory graph analysis extracted three factors accounting for 49.49% of the variance, comprising 18 items. Furthermore, after necessary modifications during CFA, the final model was approved. Convergent and discriminant validity were confirmed. Cronbach’s alpha, CR, and MaxR for all constructs were greater than 0.7, demonstrating good internal consistency and construct reliability.
Conclusion: According to the results, the Persian version of the body esteem scale has a valid structure and acceptable reliability. Health professionals, in many ways, can use this scale.
Materials & Methods: This qualitative study was done with eighteen participants. Participants were selected through purposive sampling. Data were collected through in-depth and semi-structured interviews and analyzed through qualitative conventional content analysis.
Results: The findings included a theme of trying to achieve balance and stability in life and six main categories of lifestyle modification, physical self-care, self-efficacy, resilience, adaptation to new roles and treatment management.
Conclusion: The results showed the participants tried to achieve balance and stability after a kidney transplant. A kidney transplant can be considered an event that initiates a period of instability after a long period of illness and health deterioration. Therefore, self-management programs should focus on supporting patients in restoring stability in their lives after kidney transplantation.
Psychometrical evaluation of persons of diverse contexts, and different populations, including general or clinical.
Objective:
This review study aimed to evaluate the psychometrics quality of resilience scales.
Methods:
International and Iranian databases were searched with MESH terms included “psychometric”, “validity”, “reliability”, “Connor-Davidson resilience scale”, “Resilience scale”, for published articles up to February 1, 2023. For each of the selected studies, risk of bias was evaluated using the COSMIN Risk of Bias Checklist. Then The COSMIN checklist was used to evaluate the entire text of the article for methodological quality.
Results:
Considering the inclusion criteria, 80 documents were evaluated. According to the COSMIN’s criteria for evaluating the risk of bias, the current study findings revealed the included studies’ limitations in assessing the three versions of CD-RISC cross-cultural and content validity as well as their stability (e.g., conducting test re-test), whereas the majority of psychometric studies of CD-RISC25, and CD-RISC-2 rated as very good or adequate in terms of structural validity. In terms of quality assessment of the included studies, the current study indicated that investigating the structural validity of the CD-RISC was mainly done based on EFA (Exploratory Factor Analysis), and confirmatory factor analysis was absent.
Conclusion:
The general result indicates the acceptability of the quality of the studies. However, concerns for measurement properties such as responsiveness and criterion validity as well as the standard error of measurement have been neglected.
This systematic review aimed to investigate resilience and its related factors in caregivers of adult patients with cancer.
Materials and Methods:
A systematic search of online electronic databases including Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science, Iranmedex, and Scientific Information Database (SID) was performed using keywords extracted from Medical Subject Headings such as “Psychological Resilience”, “Caregiver”, and “Cancer” from the earliest to June 6, 2023. The quality of the studies included in this review was evaluated using the appraisal tool for cross-sectional studies (AXIS tool).
Results:
A total of 2735 caregivers of cancer patients participated in 15 studies. The majority of the studies found that caregivers of cancer patients had high levels of resilience. Factors related to the resilience of cancer patients’ caregivers included caregivers’ social support, caregivers’ quality of life, patients’ resilience, caregivers’ family function, patients’ performance, caregivers’ age, caregivers’ health status, caregivers’ self-esteem, caregivers post-traumatic growth, caregivers religious, caregivers hope, caregivers positive affect, patients age, patients social support, patients resilience support, patients quality of life, caregivers’ anxiety, caregivers’ depression, caregivers’ burden, caregivers level of education, caregivers financial problem, caregivers memory, caregivers negative affect, caregivers post-traumatic stress disorder, maternal distress, and patients post-traumatic stress disorder.
Conclusion:
Therefore, healthcare administrators and policymakers can enhance the resilience of caregivers and the quality of care they provide by instituting ongoing training initiatives focused on evaluating mental well-being and implementing coping strategies for managing stress and depression.
Materials and methods: This study employed a cross-sectional study design and was conducted in the year 2022. A convenience sample of 752 participants residing in Tehran, Iran, was included in the study. The data collection tools were comprised of a demographic registration form, the Adolescence/Adults Scale (PBIAS), the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT), and the Body Esteem Scale (BES) as measurement instruments.
Results: Mean age of participants was 26.36 (SD = 8.49). Significant relationships were found among positive body image (B = − 0.095, β = −0.150, p < 0.001), and body esteem (B = 0.175, β = 0.149, p < 0.001) with eating attitudes.
Conclusion: These findings suggest that individuals with positive body image and high body esteem may have healthier eating attitudes, while those with negative body image and low body esteem may be more likely to have unhealthy eating attitudes.
Methods: The sample of this methodological study consisted of 504 adolescents [mean age: 16.55 (SD = 1.54) years] living in Tehran City, Iran. After translation of the scale, its content validity (quantitative and qualitative) and structural (exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis), convergent, and discriminant validity were evaluated. Exploratory graph analysis was performed to determine the number of factors. Cronbach’s alpha, composite reliability, and maximal reliability were calculated.
Results: In the content validity evaluation step, all items had acceptable scores and were retained. The results of exploratory factor analysis with Promax rotation and exploratory graph analysis extracted three factors accounting for 49.49% of the variance, comprising 18 items. Furthermore, after necessary modifications during CFA, the final model was approved. Convergent and discriminant validity were confirmed. Cronbach’s alpha, CR, and MaxR for all constructs were greater than 0.7, demonstrating good internal consistency and construct reliability.
Conclusion: According to the results, the Persian version of the body esteem scale has a valid structure and acceptable reliability. Health professionals, in many ways, can use this scale.
Materials & Methods: This qualitative study was done with eighteen participants. Participants were selected through purposive sampling. Data were collected through in-depth and semi-structured interviews and analyzed through qualitative conventional content analysis.
Results: The findings included a theme of trying to achieve balance and stability in life and six main categories of lifestyle modification, physical self-care, self-efficacy, resilience, adaptation to new roles and treatment management.
Conclusion: The results showed the participants tried to achieve balance and stability after a kidney transplant. A kidney transplant can be considered an event that initiates a period of instability after a long period of illness and health deterioration. Therefore, self-management programs should focus on supporting patients in restoring stability in their lives after kidney transplantation.