Analysis Of Completed Questionnaires Research Articles

МАКАРТУРОВСКИЙ ОПРОСНИК КАК ИНСТРУМЕНТ ДИАГНОСТИКИ ЛЕКСИКОНА ДЕТЕЙ-БИЛИНГВОВ

The article analyzes the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory (CDI) as a means of research and diagnostics of children's speech in different languages. It takes into account the data from Stanford University websites, which deal with findings resulted from the analysis of completed questionnaires. The sites provide abundant information concerning adaptations of this tool for more than 100 languages and a database of children's passive and active lexicons for 29 languages (including Russian). Moreover, on the basis of 23 languages, they show unique and universal character of word usage in the speech of young learners studying several different languages simultaneously. This article also provides research findings on the bilingual children’s early vocabulary (with Russian as the Heritage language) under the RFBR grant No. 19-012-00293.

Oral Health of Children from the SOS Children's Village in Croatia.

The aim of this study was to determine the values of DMFT/DMFS and dft/dfs in the examined groups of children and the assessment of the mothers of the examined groups of children related to the oral health of their children. The research included children from the SOS Children’s Village in Croatia as well as children from biological families from rural and urban areas. The children were examined by the visual–tactile method according to the standardized World Health Organization criteria. dft/DMFT and dfs/DMFS indices were calculated. An analysis of completed questionnaires was made. The children from the SOS Children’s Village demonstrated the lowest mean values of the dft/dfs (2.42/3.31) and DMFT/DMFS (1.61/2.23) indices compared to children from rural and urban areas. The Kruskal–Wallis test showed a significant difference (p = 0.01) in SiC index values between the examined children. In the groups of children from the SOS Children’s Village and from the rural area compared to the children from the urban area, oral hygiene was singled out as the most important factor in the analysis of the main components. An equally significant factor for all the respondents is the assessment of oral health and eating habits. The least significant factor for the group of children from the SOS Children’s Village is socio-economic status, which is the most significant for the children from the urban area. The children from the SOS Children’s village have the lowest dft/DMFT, dfs/DMFS, and SiC indices. The most important factor influencing oral health in the group of children from the SOS Children’s Village that stands out is oral hygiene, and the least important is the socio-economic status. The assessment of oral health by the SOS mothers does not differ from the assessment of biological mothers of children from rural and urban areas.

Prostate Cancer and Prostate Cancer Screening: Knowledge and Attitude Among a Semiurban Population of Nigerian Men

Background and context: Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common malignancy among men in Nigeria. Despite the high prevalence, there seems to be poor awareness on PCa and PCa screening among Nigerian men. Deficient knowledge and ignorance on PCa may account for late presentation with resultant worse outcomes in Nigerian men. Aim: To assess the knowledge and attitude of a cohort of Nigerian men toward PCa and PCa screening. Strategy/Tactics: A prospective cross-sectional analysis was conducted on cohorts of men in the Ile-Ife community of southwestern Nigeria between August 2016 and February 2017. Men across all spheres were targeted (university lecturers, artisans, religious leaders, etc.) to have representative data from men in the community. Semistructured questionnaires were used to gather information on their knowledge about PCa, as well as their attitude toward PCa screening. Health talks on PCa were given to all the respondents immediately after filling the questionnaires. Analysis of completed questionnaires was done using SPSS version 20. Program/Policy process: Prostate Cancer Screening Advocacy Program in Nigeria. Outcomes: Four hundred and fifty (450) men above 40 years of age were administered the questionnaires, out of which 428 (95.1%) questionnaires were analyzed. The mean age of the respondents was 58.5 ± SD 9.3 years. One hundred and eighteen (27.6%) of them were either university lecturers or men with tertiary education while 310 (72.4%) had lower level of education. Among the lecturers, 86 (72.9%) showed good awareness of PCa while only 26 (8.5%) men among the less educated group were as aware of PCa. Only 57 (13%) men older than 50 years had presented to the hospital for prostate specific antigen (PSA) check. Three hundred and seventy men (86.5%) were oblivious to the role of PSA in the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer and were unwilling to have routine digital rectal examination (DRE). Respondents with superior knowledge of prostate cancer stated that they were more likely to routinely go for prostate cancer screening. What was learned: There is still limited knowledge of PCa and poor attitude toward PCa screening among men in our community. Health education is therefore critical as this may encourage early detection and possibly decrease disease-related mortality.

The characteristics of Poland’s alpine skier’s (students) related to the frequency of accidents

Purpose: The purpose of this research was to record the characteristics of Poland’s alpine skier’s (students) in relation to the frequency of accidents. In this research 66 skiers participated (50 men and 16 women). Methods: The specimens came by recreational skiers (beginners - advanced) in the ski resort in Passo Tonale (Italy). The research material came from analysis of completed questionnaires from 66 Polish skiers. They have recorded four categories of factors: a) individual factors b) factors of preparation in the snow in relation to injuries c) factors of preparation in dry ground in relation to injuries d) factors of injuries. Results: About 6,3% Polish skiers respondents had in the past, an accident in alpine skiing. In the Polish population the number of beginner skiers is overriding, with a few years of training in skiing, however with several days training a year using a ski instructor teacher for warming up and individual form of learning. Conclusions: Skiers who don’t had physical fitness preparation before the winter season, had a greater percentage of accidents and injuries. Polish skiers usually had limb injuries lower extremities (sprains) due to the reckless of the skiers.

The Subjective Index of Physical and Social Outcome (SIPSO): a new measure for use with stroke patients

To develop a measure of social integration following stroke. Question and response scale generation from qualitative interview-based work followed by item and factor analytic methods of test construction. Analysis of the psychometric properties of final index. Frenchay Activities Index, Nottingham Health Profile, Wakefield Depression Inventory, Barthel Index. Community setting, Bath, UK. Two hundred and sixty survivors of stroke, discharged at least six months previously from a general hospital. A 10-item Subjective Index of Physical and Social Outcome (SIPSO) was developed. Each question is scored on a scale of 0-4 with a low score indicating a poor level of integration. From the 157 completed questionnaires, total scores ranged from 0 to 40 with a median of 24 (interquartile range 15-32). Initial testing of the psychometric properties of the SIPSO suggest that it is able to provide assessment of two distinct areas of patient integration. From analysis of completed questionnaires it is suggested that questions 1-5 on the SIPSO measure a factor related to physical functioning/mobility whilst questions 6-10 measure a factor related to social/emotional functioning. Internal consistency, test-retest reliability and construct validity were established. The SIPSO provides a brief, valid and reliable assessment of an individual's ability to reintegrate to a 'normal' lifestyle. The SIPSO differs from other measures in that it provides assessment of both quantity and quality of activities and interaction, reflecting an individual's ability to reintegrate to his/her own satisfaction. As a 10-item self-report questionnaire the SIPSO can be administered quickly and cheaply to large numbers of patients.