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{"title":"Educational Attainment and Tobacco Harm Knowledge Among American Adults: Diminished Returns of African Americans and Hispanics.","authors":"S. Assari, M. Bazargan","doi":"10.34172/ijer.2020.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34172/ijer.2020.02","url":null,"abstract":"Background and Objectives\u0000Minorities' Diminished Returns (MDRs) refer to the smaller effects of educational attainment for ethnic minorities compared to the majority group. As a result of MDRs, research has documented more than expected tobacco use among Hispanics and African Americans (AAs) with high educational attainment. In theory, some of this increased risk may be due to lower tobacco harm knowledge. Accordingly, the present study compared ethnic groups for the association between educational attainment and tobacco harm knowledge among American adults in order to better understand a potential mechanism behind MDRs of educational attainment on tobacco use of Hispanics and AAs.\u0000\u0000\u0000Methods\u0000The current cross-sectional study used baseline data of 27,405 adults, which were obtained from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (2013) study, a nationally representative survey in the U.S. The independent and dependent variables were educational attainment and tobacco harm knowledge, respectively. In addition, age, gender, employment, and poverty status were the covariates, and ethnicity was the moderator. Finally, linear regression was used to analyze the data.\u0000\u0000\u0000Results\u0000Educational attainment was inversely associated with tobacco harm knowledge in the pooled sample (b = 0.11, 95% CI = 0.09 - 0.13). Ethnicity showed a statistically significant interaction with educational attainment (b = -0.05, 95% CI = -0.10 - 0.00 for AAs and b = -0.14, 95% CI = -0.19 - -0.09 for Hispanics versus non-Hispanics), suggesting that the effect of educational attainment on tobacco harm knowledge was smaller for Hispanics and AAs compared to non-Hispanics and Whites.\u0000\u0000\u0000Conclusion\u0000In general, although high educational attainment increases tobacco harm knowledge, highly educated Hispanics and AAs still report a disproportionately low level of tobacco harm knowledge. Eventually, the MDRs of educational attainment on tobacco harm knowledge may explain why highly educated Hispanics remain at high risk of tobacco use.","PeriodicalId":73448,"journal":{"name":"International journal of epidemiologic research","volume":"7 1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43403804","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Investigation of the Necessity of Urodynamic Test in Patients with Urinary Stress Incontinence for TOT Surgery","authors":"T. Poordast, E. Askari, F. Najib, Shaghayegh Moradialamdarloo, Najmeh Naghizadeh","doi":"10.34172/ijer.2020.07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34172/ijer.2020.07","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractBackground and aims: Stress urinary incontinence is one of the most common diseases which canreduce the quality of life in women. Urodynamic test is a common method of diagnosis of this disease.This study is designed for investigating the necessity of urodynamic test in patients with urinary stressincontinency before transobturator tape (TOT) surgery. Urodynamic test before surgery can affect thequality of life in patients.Methods: This study was a randomized clinical trial. The sample size was 48 patients divided into twogroups of 24 women in January 2018. Women with urinary incontinence complaints were randomlydivided into two groups. For the first group, the urodynamic test was done. Both groups were evaluatedone month and six months after TOT surgery based on the results of the I-QOL questionnaire.Results: The mean I-QOL score was 83.9 ± 3.3 in questionnaire group and 81.6 ± 4.6 in urodynamicgroup one month after surgery with no statistically significant (P = 0.052) difference. The quality of lifescore after 6 months was 87.2 ± 4 in the questionnaire group and 85.4 ± 3 in the urodynamic groupwith no statistically significant differences with each other (P = 0.084).Conclusion: In this study, the urodynamic test only had additional information related to lower urinarytract symptoms and it did not have effects on improving the outcome of the surgery. The test onlyimposes economic burden. Therefore, the urodynamic test is not required before surgery in patientswith urinary stress incontinence.","PeriodicalId":73448,"journal":{"name":"International journal of epidemiologic research","volume":"7 1","pages":"40-43"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44915414","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Differential Association between Actual and Perceived Obesity between African Americans and Whites in the United States.","authors":"Shervin Assari","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and aims: </strong>Although actual and perceived obesity are associated, some research has shown that this association may differ across racial and ethnic groups. Accordingly, this cross-sectional study tested racial differences regarding the association between actual and perceived obesity among American adults.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS 5- Cycle 3) is a representative survey of American adults conducted in 2019. A total number of 3731 adults entered our analysis, including 3054 (81.9%) non-Hispanic Whites and 677 (18.1%) African Americans (AAs). The independent variable was actual obesity, which was defined as a body mass index of 30 or greater. The outcome was perceived as obesity. In addition, age, gender, marital status, education, and income were considered as control variables (confounders), and the race was the focal effect modifier. Finally, logistic regressions without and with interaction terms were utilized to analyze the data.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Overall, actual and perceived obesity were associated, with obese individuals having higher odds of seeing themselves as obese (odds ratio [OR]=25.82, 95% CI=18.58-35.89, P< 0.001), indicating a weaker link between the two for AAs compared to non-Hispanic Whites. Race-stratified models also confirmed the same pattern with the actual and perceived obesity, showing a weaker association for AAs (OR=15.61, 95% CI=9.53-25.59, P<0.001 in comparison with non-Hispanic Whites (OR=46.23, 95% CI=27.01-709.14, P P<0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>AAs compared to non-Hispanic Whites differed in the effect of their actual obesity on their perceived obesity. This may explain the looser association of obesity and depression in AAs as compared to Whites.</p>","PeriodicalId":73448,"journal":{"name":"International journal of epidemiologic research","volume":"7 3","pages":"107-114"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38536549","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Social Epidemiology of Perceived Discrimination in the United States: Role of Race, Educational Attainment, and Income.","authors":"Shervin Assari","doi":"10.34172/ijer.2020.24","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34172/ijer.2020.24","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and aims: </strong>This study aimed to compare non-Hispanic Black (NHB) and non-Hispanic White (NHW) American adults for the associations of educational attainment and household income with perceived racial discrimination.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The 2010 National Alcohol Survey (NAS N12), a nationally representative study, included 2635 adults who were either NHB (n = 273) or NHW (n = 2362). We compared NHBs and NHWs for the associations between education, income, and perceived racial discrimination. We used linear regression for data analysis. Outcome was perceived racial discrimination; the predictors were educational attainment and household income; covariates were age and gender; and moderator was race.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In the total sample, high income was associated with lower levels of perceived racial discrimination, while educational attainment was not significantly associated with perceived racial discrimination. There was also an interaction between race and education but not household income, suggesting a difference in the association between educational attainment and perceived racial discrimination between NHB and NHW individuals. For NHW individuals, household income was inversely associated with perceived racial discrimination. For NHB individuals, however, household income was not related to perceived racial discrimination. For NHB but not NHW individuals, educational attainment was correlated with more not less perceived racial discrimination.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>High income protects NHW but not NHB individuals against perceived racial discrimination, and NHB individuals with high education levels report more not less perceived racial discrimination.</p>","PeriodicalId":73448,"journal":{"name":"International journal of epidemiologic research","volume":"7 3","pages":"136-141"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38526639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Educational Attainment and Tobacco Harm Knowledge Among American Adults: Diminished Returns of African Americans and Hispanics.","authors":"Shervin Assari,&nbsp;Mohsen Bazargan","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and objectives: </strong>Minorities' Diminished Returns (MDRs) refer to the smaller effects of educational attainment for ethnic minorities compared to the majority group. As a result of MDRs, research has documented more than expected tobacco use among Hispanics and African Americans (AAs) with high educational attainment. In theory, some of this increased risk may be due to lower tobacco harm knowledge. Accordingly, the present study compared ethnic groups for the association between educational attainment and tobacco harm knowledge among American adults in order to better understand a potential mechanism behind MDRs of educational attainment on tobacco use of Hispanics and AAs.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The current cross-sectional study used baseline data of 27,405 adults, which were obtained from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (2013) study, a nationally representative survey in the U.S. The independent and dependent variables were educational attainment and tobacco harm knowledge, respectively. In addition, age, gender, employment, and poverty status were the covariates, and ethnicity was the moderator. Finally, linear regression was used to analyze the data.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Educational attainment was inversely associated with tobacco harm knowledge in the pooled sample (b = 0.11, 95% CI = 0.09 - 0.13). Ethnicity showed a statistically significant interaction with educational attainment (b = -0.05, 95% CI = -0.10 - 0.00 for AAs and b = -0.14, 95% CI = -0.19 - -0.09 for Hispanics versus non-Hispanics), suggesting that the effect of educational attainment on tobacco harm knowledge was smaller for Hispanics and AAs compared to non-Hispanics and Whites.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In general, although high educational attainment increases tobacco harm knowledge, highly educated Hispanics and AAs still report a disproportionately low level of tobacco harm knowledge. Eventually, the MDRs of educational attainment on tobacco harm knowledge may explain why highly educated Hispanics remain at high risk of tobacco use.</p>","PeriodicalId":73448,"journal":{"name":"International journal of epidemiologic research","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37777893","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Investigation of the Predictors of Self-rated Health of Economically Disadvantaged African American Men and Women: Evidence for Sponge Hypothesis.","authors":"Sharon Cobb, Shervin Assari","doi":"10.34172/ijer.2020.05","DOIUrl":"10.34172/ijer.2020.05","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and aims: </strong>According to the sponge hypothesis, compared to men's self-rated health (SRH), women's SRH is more likely to reflect conditions other than chronic medical conditions (CMCs) such as psychiatric disorders (PDs). As a result, poor SRH is a weaker predictive factor for mortality risk for women than men. Most of this literature, however, is done in samples that are predominantly middleclass White. To test the sponge hypothesis among economically disadvantaged African Americans (AAs), this study compared low-income AA men and women for the effects of the number of PDs and CMCs on SRH.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>This cross-sectional study recruited a non-random sample (n = 150) of economically disadvantaged AA adults with PD(s). Structured face-to-face interviews were used to collect data. SRH was measured using a single-item measure. PDs and CMCs were also self-reported. We applied linear regression models to test the interactions between SRH and the number of PDs and CMC as well as gender.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The number of PDs and CMCs were associated with SRH in the pooled sample of low-income AA adults with PD(s). However, we found a significant interaction between the number of PDs and gender. This interaction suggested a stronger association between PDs and SRH for AA women than AA men. Gender did not alter the association between the number of CMCs and SRH.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The number of PDs is a determinant of SRH for low-income AA women but not AA men, supporting the sponge hypothesis.</p>","PeriodicalId":73448,"journal":{"name":"International journal of epidemiologic research","volume":"7 1","pages":"25-34"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7213594/pdf/nihms-1582972.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37925874","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Quality of Life in the Mothers of Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and its Effective Factors","authors":"M. Karimirad, F. Noghani, Saeid Hossein Oghli, S. Noorian, Ehsanolah Amini","doi":"10.15171/IJER.2019.28","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15171/IJER.2019.28","url":null,"abstract":"Background and aims: Having a child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may havean impact on the quality of life of his/her parents, particularly his/her mother. However, very limitedstudies have addressed this issue in Iran and the world. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examinethe quality of life in the mothers of children with ADHD and its effective factors.Methods: The present descriptive-analytic study was carried out in Tehran from April to September2016. A total of 110 mothers of ADHD children were enrolled in the study through a conveniencesampling method, who referred to psychiatric centers of Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Aninformed consent form was obtained from all the participants as well. In addition, a researcher-madechecklist for demographic characteristics and the 36-item Short Form of Health Survey Questionnaire(SF-36) were utilized for data collection. The collected data were then entered into SPSS 16 statisticalsoftware. Finally, descriptive tests (mean and median) and statistical tests including Pearson correlationtest, independent t test, and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used for data analysis.Results: The mean age of participated mothers was 39.5 years and most children were males (76.4%).The mean overall score of the quality of life was 60.6 ± 20.4. Among the eight dimensions of thequestionnaire, participants achieved the lowest score regarding the dimension of “the role limitationsdue to emotional problems” with the mean score of 52.43, while the highest score was observed interms of “the physical function” dimension with the mean score of 77.30. No significant relationshipwas observed between any of the demographic characteristics and the mean overall score of thequality of life (P > 0.05).Conclusion: In the present study, the quality of life of the mothers was not significantly differentfrom the quality of life of normal mothers. However, the healthcare team should pay more attentionregarding some dimensions of the quality of life. Eventually, similar studies are recommended to beconducted due to the lack of sufficient evidence regarding this issue among the mothers of ADHDchildren.","PeriodicalId":73448,"journal":{"name":"International journal of epidemiologic research","volume":"6 1","pages":"158-163"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42977698","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Risk Factors for Ulcerative Colitis in Shahrekord, Iran: A Case-Control Study","authors":"Hamid Gheibipour, G. Rahimian, A. Ahmadi","doi":"10.15171/ijer.2019.25","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15171/ijer.2019.25","url":null,"abstract":"Background and aims: Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) which \u0000involves the rectum and colonic mucosa, and is often constantly expanding. Few data are available on \u0000risk factors in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate \u0000the association between potential risk factors and UC in Shahrekord. \u0000Methods: A case-control study was conducted on patients diagnosed with UC. Overall, 27 new cases \u0000of UC and 54 healthy controls in the age range of 20–80 years were studied. Participants were recruited \u0000from Pathologic Centers in Shahrekord in 2018. Chi-square test and t test and were used. Logistic \u0000regression model was employed to analyze the association between risk factors and UC disease. \u0000Results: The mean age at diagnosis was 41.74 years (SD: 7.16 years) and 44.94 years (SD: 6.67 \u0000years) for case and control subjects, respectively. Moreover, univariate and multiple odds ratio (OR) \u0000showed that there was no significant association between UC and any of the risk factors including \u0000gender, marital status, education, diastolic blood pressure, history of diabetes, history of hypertension, \u0000permanent use of piped water, night shift work, history of thyroid diseases, depression, history of fatty \u0000liver disease, history of kidney stones, and sleep time and wake-up time in the morning. \u0000Conclusion: Generally, no significant association was observed between UC and the variables in the \u0000present study. Thus, further studies with larger sample size are necessary to better understand the other \u0000risk factors and environmental determinants of UC. \u0000Keywords: Ulcerative colitis Inflammatory bowel disease Risk factors Case-control","PeriodicalId":73448,"journal":{"name":"International journal of epidemiologic research","volume":"6 1","pages":"144-148"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42550679","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Investigating the Effect of Cognitive and Sensorimotor Exercises on the Functional Balance of the Elderly","authors":"Mahmoud Shaykh, Zinat Ayazi Vanani, F. Bagherzadeh","doi":"10.15171/ijer.2019.30","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15171/ijer.2019.30","url":null,"abstract":"Background and aims: The elderly living in nursing homes have different motor situations comparedwith their peers, which can affect different motor functions. Investigating the characteristics of balancehas always been of interest to researchers due to its importance in the functional independence ofthe elderly. Thus, the present research aimed to investigate the effect of cognitive and sensorimotorexercises on the functional balance of the elderly.Methods: This quasi-experimental study was performed with the intragroup comparison design, aswell as pre- and post-test measurement stages in Iran during 2017. A total of 60 elders were chosenthrough the convenience sampling method. Accordingly, the subjects were matched in four groupsafter performing the pretest with demographic, physical activity readiness, and Mini-Mental StateExamination questionnaires and Tinetti test. Each group performed eight exercise situations lastingfor 5-10 seconds by taking the overload principle into account throughout 24 sessions. The statisticalpopulation of this research consisted of the elderly living in nursing homes under the supervision ofthe Welfare Organization of Shiraz, including 875 individuals. In general, 60 subjects were chosenthrough a voluntary method (age: 61.7 ± 7.6 years old, weight: 65.2 ± 16.2 kg, and height: 157.7 ±6.7 cm). During the data collection, 14 subjects left the study for different reasons. The balancecharacteristics were measured by the Tinetti test. Finally, statistical analysis was performed throughthe difference of the scores of measurement stages and by one-way ANOVA and Tukey post hoc tests.Results: The comparison of cognitive, sensorimotor, and combined groups with the control groupregarding the dependent variables of the research indicated that cognitive exercises have no significanteffect on balance (P = 0.103), while the sensorimotor (P = 0.002) and combined (P = 0.002) exerciseswere effective on balance.Conclusion: In general, the significance of the balance following sensorimotor and combined exercisescompared to the insignificance of cognitive exercises can highlight the importance of sensorimotorexercises in the balance of the elderly living in nursing homes.","PeriodicalId":73448,"journal":{"name":"International journal of epidemiologic research","volume":"6 1","pages":"171-176"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48234236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Investigation of Psychometric Properties (Validity and Reliability Reassessment) of WHO QOL-BREF Questionnaire in Shahrekord Cohort Study","authors":"F. Salehi, A. Ahmadi","doi":"10.15171/ijer.2019.32","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15171/ijer.2019.32","url":null,"abstract":"Background and aims: The purpose of this study was to revalidate the Persian version of the WHOquality of life (WHOQOL-BREF) instrument to determine the quality of life status in the ShahrekordCohort Study (SCS) in the southwest of Iran. This study was designed to serve as one of the sources ofthe Prospective Epidemiological Research Studies in Iran.Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 2000 people were randomly selected from thestudy population of the SCS. The reliability and internal consistency of the WHOQOL-BREF weremeasured using Cronbach alpha coefficient and Pearson’s correlation. construct validity and factorsmeasured using Pearson’s correlation matrices with each of its domains. To measure the face, content,and construct validities, the views of the panel of experts and exploratory factor analysis were used. Inaddition, the validity of the questionnaire was evaluated using linear regression.Results: All domains of the questionnaire met the minimum reliability standards (Cronbach alphaand intra-class correlation >0.7), except for social relationships. The results of comparison analysisindicated that the questionnaire discriminated well between subgroups of the study samples differingin their health status. Regarding validity, the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) value was 0.94 and the valueof Bartlett’s test was 1699.01 (P≤0.001).Conclusion: The findings suggested that WHOQOL-BREF is a reliable and valid measure of healthrelatedquality of life among SCS population.","PeriodicalId":73448,"journal":{"name":"International journal of epidemiologic research","volume":"6 1","pages":"182-187"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46966984","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}