International Journal of Pediatrics

Background: Components of self-determination theory work very well in physical education settings. However, very few studies in Iran focused on this issue which might be due to the ... Read More Background: Components of self-determination theory work very well in physical education settings. However, very few studies in Iran focused on this issue which might be due to the lack of validated questionnaires. The present study aimed to investigate the psychometric properties of a Persian questionnaire derived and translated from four scales assessing the self-determination components of physical activity/education in adolescent students.Methods: This study used an exploratory-confirmatory method. The participants were 400 high-school students (16-18 years old) studying in Aliabad Katoul, Golestan, Iran, during 2019. The items of the English standard questionnaires were converted into Persian using the translation-retranslation method. Subsequently, nine experts confirmed the validity of the final Persian questionnaire. The questionnaires included Needs Support in Physical Education Questionnaire which is used to measure autonomy support; Sport Climate in Physical Education Questionnaire which is used for measuring needs satisfaction; Intrinsic Motivation Scale which is used to measure intrinsic motivation for having physical education in the leisure-time; and Intention to Physical Activity used to measure intention to perform physical activities outside the school. We employed factor analysis and structural equation modeling to examine the validity of the questionnaire.Results: The descriptive statistics showed that all boys and girls were in almost identical ages. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis indicated that the Persian version of the questionnaires had relatively high powers for assessing self-determination components in physical education (GoF=0.729). Moreover, perceived autonomy support positively affected the needs satisfaction and intrinsic motivation in physical education. Moreover, intrinsic motivation in physical education was transferred into intrinsic motivation outside school and subsequently affected intention to do physical activities (all T>1.96).Conclusions: The Persian questionnaire validated in this study enjoys a relatively high power for assessing the self-determination components in physical education. Moreover, autonomy support plays an important role in motivating students to be physically active.

Psychometric Evaluation of Persian Version of Quality of Prenatal Care Questionnaire

Banafshe Mohamadi Zeidi; Abbas Ebadi; Nourossadat Kariman; Giti Ozgoli; Fahimeh Rashidi Fakari; Soodeh Rafeerad

Volume 9, Issue 8 , August 2021, , Pages 14280-14292

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2020.53042.4200

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Background: Because of the impact of prenatal care on the health of mothers and children, improving the quality of prenatal care is necessary. Improving the quality of care is not possible ... Read More

Psychometric Characteristics of Childbearing Motivation Questionnaire: A Review

Fatemeh Shoaee; Fatemeh Hafezipour; Ehsan Khoshnejad Afkham; Mehdi Mameneh; Leila Mohammadabadi; Behnaz Shafiei Rad; Omolbanin Heydari; Masumeh Ghazanfarpour; Masaudeh Babakhanian

Volume 8, Issue 1 , January 2020, , Pages 10705-10709

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2020.45492.3728

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Background: Considering the important role of understanding the childbearing motivations in counseling services about childbearing behavior, and need for applying a valid and reliable ... Read More Background: Considering the important role of understanding the childbearing motivations in counseling services about childbearing behavior, and need for applying a valid and reliable instrument to assess it in Iranian society, this study was conducted to determine Childbearing motivation. Questionnaire was validated in two versions including Persian and English. The review aimed to comprehensively review the validity and reliability of Childbearing Motivation Questionnaire to provide comprehensive information to health providers. Materials and Methods: We conducted an extensive search on online databases (Medline, EMBASE, Web of Science, Scopus, Cochrane Library, and CINAHL) from inception until September 2019. The following keywords were used: ("Childbearing Questionnaire" OR "CBQ") AND ("Factor Analysis" OR "Exploratory Factor Analysis" OR "Confirmatory Factor Analysis" OR "Reliability" OR "Psychometric" OR "Cronbach's alpha" OR "Test-retest Reliability" OR "Intra-class Correlation Coefficient" OR "ICC"). COSMIN checklist was used to assess the methodological quality of studies. Results: Three studies were included in review. Intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC), Cronbach's alpha coefficient and the test–retest reliability indicated satisfactory reliability of the CBQ. Original version of Childbearing Motivation Questionnaire was developed by Miller (1995). In Persian version, original model did not show the ‘acceptable’ fit. After removing eight factors with low loading and two correlated error terms, modified model was found to have "adequate" fitness (Comparative Fit Index (CFI=.91), Tucker–Lewis Index (TLI=.90), Root Mean Square Error of Approximation (RMSEA=.04), and Chi-square to degree of freedom x2/df=1.92). Conclusion: The Persian and English version of childbearing motivation has good construct validity and reliability. Future research needs to test six-factor model with 49 total items and modified model with 43 items in various populations.

Validity of Peripheral Capillary Oxygen Saturation and Normal Mixed Venous Oxygen Tension in Measurement of O2 Content

Nemat Bilan; Elnaz Eskandartash

Volume 7, Issue 9 , September 2019, , Pages 10019-10027

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2019.41833.3522

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Background The change in venous oxygen saturation occurs earlier, and even its reduction is faster than arterial oxygen saturation. The aim of this study was to validate SvO2 and PvO2 ... Read More

Psychometric Properties of the Revised Osteoporosis Knowledge Test in Iranian Adolescent

Fatemeh Ghelichkhani; Mojgan Mirghafourvand; Mohammad Asghari Jafarabadi; Solmaz Ghanbari Homayi; Ellahe Bahrami-vazir; Azam Mohammadi

Volume 7, Issue 2 , February 2019, , Pages 8959-8968

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2018.33857.2987

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Background: Osteoporosis knowledge test is a comprehensive questionnaire that evaluates risk factors, nutrition and exercise recommendations, as well as general subjects such as bone ... Read More

Development and Validity of the School Interim Competency of Performance Skill Battery Scale (SICPSBS)

Monire Nobahar Ahari; Akram Azad; Mehdi Alizadeh-Zarei; Abbas Ebadi; Akram Parand; Parvaneh Mohammadi

Volume 6, Issue 11 , November 2018, , Pages 8451-8473

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2018.32460.2860

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Background: The current study aimed to develop a tool to assess the performance skills of Iranian children aged 5 to 7 years in order to evaluate their school competency based ... Read More

Validity and Reliability of the Preventing Hookah Smoking (PHS) Questionnaire in Adolescents based on the Protection Motivation Theory

Seyed Saeed Mazloomy Mahmoodabad; Reza Sadeghi; Hossein Fallahzadeh; Mohsen Rezaeian; Reza Bidaki; Narges Khanjani

Volume 6, Issue 10 , October 2018, , Pages 8327-8337

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2018.31591.2797

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Background: Considering the importance of preventing smoking hookah in adolescents and the lack of a standard questionnaire in this field, this study aimed to develop and validate a ... Read More

Validity of Spirometry for Diagnosis of Cough Variant Asthma

Iman Vafaei; Nemat Bilan; Masomeh Gasempor

Volume 5, Issue 12 , December 2017, , Pages 6431-6438

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2017.26783.2308

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Background Cough variant asthma (CVA) is a chronic or recurrent cough without wheezing accompanied by bronchial hyper-responsiveness and eosinophilic inflammation of the airways. ... Read More

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Autonomy Support, Needs Satisfaction, Motivation, and Intention to Do Physical Activities in Adolescents: A Validation study

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Psychometric Evaluation of Persian Version of Quality of Prenatal Care Questionnaire

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Psychometric Characteristics of Childbearing Motivation Questionnaire: A Review

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Validity of Peripheral Capillary Oxygen Saturation and Normal Mixed Venous Oxygen Tension in Measurement of O2 Content

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Psychometric Properties of the Revised Osteoporosis Knowledge Test in Iranian Adolescent

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Development and Validity of the School Interim Competency of Performance Skill Battery Scale (SICPSBS)

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Validity and Reliability of the Preventing Hookah Smoking (PHS) Questionnaire in Adolescents based on the Protection Motivation Theory

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Validity of Spirometry for Diagnosis of Cough Variant Asthma

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