Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric testing of the Dutch and German versions of the Evaluation of Daily Activity Questionnaire in people with rheumatoid arthritis

Hammond, A; Meesters, J; Niedermann, K; Tennant, A; Vliet Vlieland, T; Tyson, SF; Nordenskiold, U

doi:10.1007/s00296-020-04657-7

Commentary : the effects of inflammation, aging, and oxidative stress on the pathogenesis of Type II Diabetes (2020)
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on the pathogenesis of Type II Diabetes. https://doi.org/10.36502/2020/hcr.6169

Type II Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) is a high-risk metabolic condition associated with high mortality due to hyperglycemia. Many studies have focused on how inflammation, aging, or oxidative stress influences the pathogenesis of T2DM. The functional ano... Read More about Commentary : the effects of inflammation, aging, and oxidative stress on the pathogenesis of Type II Diabetes.

Collaborative multidisciplinary learning : quantity surveying students’ perspectives (2020)
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Ekundayo, D., Shelbourn, M., & Babatunde, S. (2021). Collaborative multidisciplinary learning : quantity surveying students’ perspectives. Industry and Higher Education, 35(3), 211-222. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950422220944127

The construction industry is highly fragmented and is known for its adversarial culture, culminating in poor quality projects not completed on time or within budget. The aim of this study is thus to guide the design of QS programme curricula in ord... Read More about Collaborative multidisciplinary learning : quantity surveying students’ perspectives.

Computation of Eyring-Powell micropolar convective boundary layer flow from an inverted non-isothermal cone : thermal polymer coating simulation (2020)
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Gaffar, S., Khan, B., Beg, O., Kadir, A., & Prasad, V. (2020). Computation of Eyring-Powell micropolar convective boundary layer flow from an inverted non-isothermal cone : thermal polymer coating simulation. Computational Thermal Sciences, 12(4), 329-344. https://doi.org/10.1615/ComputThermalScien.2020033860

Thermal coating of components with non-Newtonian materials is a rich area of chemical and process mechanical engineering. Many different rheological characteristics can be simulated for such coatings with a variety of different mathematical models.... Read More about Computation of Eyring-Powell micropolar convective boundary layer flow from an inverted non-isothermal cone : thermal polymer coating simulation.

Compression force variability in mammography in Ghana – a baseline study (2020)
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Dzidzornu, E., Angmorterh, S., Ofori-Manteaw, B., Aboagye, S., Ofori, E., Owusu-Agyei, S., & Hogg, P. (2021). Compression force variability in mammography in Ghana – a baseline study. Radiography, 27(1), 150-155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2020.07.007

Introduction: Breast compression during mammographic examinations improves image quality and patient management. Several studies have been conducted to assess compression force variability among practitioners in order to establish compression guideli... Read More about Compression force variability in mammography in Ghana – a baseline study.

The Valued Life Activities Scale (VLAs): linguistic validation, cultural adaptation and psychometric testing in people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases in the UK (2020)
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Prior, Y., Tennant, A., Tyson, S., & Hammond, A. (2020). The Valued Life Activities Scale (VLAs): linguistic validation, cultural adaptation and psychometric testing in people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases in the UK. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 21(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-020-03409-9

Background The Valued Life Activities Scale (VLAs) measures difficulty in daily activities and social participation. With various versions involving a different number of items, we have linguistically and culturally adopted the full VLAs (33-items)... Read More about The Valued Life Activities Scale (VLAs): linguistic validation, cultural adaptation and psychometric testing in people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases in the UK.

The Valued Life Activities Scale (VLAs) : linguistic validation, cultural adaptation and psychometric testing in people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases in the UK (2020)
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Prior, Y., Tennant, A., Tyson, S., & Hammond, A. (2020). The Valued Life Activities Scale (VLAs) : linguistic validation, cultural adaptation and psychometric testing in people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases in the UK. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 21(1), 505. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-020-03409-9

Background The Valued Life Activities Scale (VLAs) measures difficulty in daily activities and social participation. With various versions involving a different number of items, we have linguistically and culturally adopted the full VLAs (33-items)... Read More about The Valued Life Activities Scale (VLAs) : linguistic validation, cultural adaptation and psychometric testing in people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases in the UK.

For women of colour in social work : black feminist self-care practice based on Audre Lorde’s radical pioneering principles (2020)
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Nayak, S. (2020). For women of colour in social work : black feminist self-care practice based on Audre Lorde’s radical pioneering principles. Critical and Radical Social Work, 8(3), 405-421. https://doi.org/10.1332/204986020x15945755847234

This article offers women of colour in social work a black feminist self-care practice based on three principles from Audre Lorde’s work. The colonial situation of social work inevitably marginalises black feminist thinking and methods. In the contex... Read More about For women of colour in social work : black feminist self-care practice based on Audre Lorde’s radical pioneering principles.

LED flashlight technology facilitates wild meat extraction across the tropics (2020)
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Bowler, M., Beirne, C., Tobler, M., Anderson, M., Rocha El Bizri, H., & et al. (2020). LED flashlight technology facilitates wild meat extraction across the tropics. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 18(9), 489-495. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2242

Hunting for wild meat in the tropics provides subsistence and income for millions of people. Methods have remained relatively unchanged since the introduction of shotguns and battery-powered incandescent flashlights, but the short battery life of suc... Read More about LED flashlight technology facilitates wild meat extraction across the tropics.

Narratives of reform : The Mental Health Act (MHA) in England and Wales from the 1983 MHA to the Wessley Review (2018) (2020)
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Cummins, I. (2020). Narratives of reform : The Mental Health Act (MHA) in England and Wales from the 1983 MHA to the Wessley Review (2018). Journal of Adult Protection, 22(4), 217-226. https://doi.org/10.1108/JAP-03-2020-0009

Purpose This paper examines reform of mental health legislation in England and Wales. It covers the period from the introduction of the 1983 MHA to the proposed reforms out-lined in the Wessley Review that was published in December, 2018. Design/me... Read More about Narratives of reform : The Mental Health Act (MHA) in England and Wales from the 1983 MHA to the Wessley Review (2018).

Four weeks of augmented eccentric loading using a novel leg press device improved leg strength in well-trained athletes and professional sprint track cyclists (2020)
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Harden, M., Wolf, A., Evans, M., Hicks, K., Thomas, K., & Howatson, G. (2020). Four weeks of augmented eccentric loading using a novel leg press device improved leg strength in well-trained athletes and professional sprint track cyclists. PLoS ONE, 15(7), e0236663. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236663

This study assessed the efficacy of strength training using augmented eccentric loading to provoke increases in leg strength in well-trained athletes, and sprint track cyclists, using a novel leg press device. Twelve well-trained athletes were random... Read More about Four weeks of augmented eccentric loading using a novel leg press device improved leg strength in well-trained athletes and professional sprint track cyclists.

An exploratory qualitative study of health professional perspectives on clinical outcomes in UK orthotic practice (2020)
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Hall, N., Parker, D., & Williams, A. (2020). An exploratory qualitative study of health professional perspectives on clinical outcomes in UK orthotic practice. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 13(1), 49. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13047-020-00416-w

Background: Despite potential savings to the National Health Service, the collection of data on outcomes of NHS orthotic services is patchy. Indeed, several reports into orthotic services in the UK have reported a lack of data relating to outcomes of... Read More about An exploratory qualitative study of health professional perspectives on clinical outcomes in UK orthotic practice.

Imaging the Reactivity and Width of Graphene’s Boundary Region (2020)
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Al Salem, H., Al-Goul, S., Ferrari, A., Brownson, D., Velarde, L., & Koehler, S. (2020). Imaging the Reactivity and Width of Graphene’s Boundary Region. Chemical Communications, 67, https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CC02675A

The reactivity of graphene at its boundary region has been imaged using non-linear spectroscopy to address the controversy whether the terraces of graphene or its edges are more reactive. Graphene was functionalised with phenyl groups, and we subsequ... Read More about Imaging the Reactivity and Width of Graphene’s Boundary Region.

'The UK is not innocent' : Black Lives Matter, policing and abolition in the UK (2020)
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Joseph-Salisbury, R., Connelly, L., & Wangari-Jones, P. (2021). 'The UK is not innocent' : Black Lives Matter, policing and abolition in the UK. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal, 40(1), 21-28. https://doi.org/10.1108/EDI-06-2020-0170

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to show that racism is not only a US problem. Rather, racism is endemic and pervasive in the UK context, manifesting at every level of policing. From stop and search, to deaths after police contact, the authors... Read More about 'The UK is not innocent' : Black Lives Matter, policing and abolition in the UK.

Lockdown urbanism: COVID-19 lifestyles and liveable futures opportunities in Wuhan and Manchester (2020)
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Jefferies, T., Cheng, J., & Coucill, L. (2020). Lockdown urbanism: COVID-19 lifestyles and liveable futures opportunities in Wuhan and Manchester. Cities and Health, 5, 155-158. https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2020.1788771

Based on the authors’ personal experiences, this commentary discusses contrasting urban contexts and lockdown measures in twinned cities Wuhan, China and Manchester, UK, to examine spatial reach under COVID-19 restrictions in both places. Focusing on... Read More about Lockdown urbanism: COVID-19 lifestyles and liveable futures opportunities in Wuhan and Manchester.

Age, religion, and taboos influence subsistence hunting by indigenous people of the Lower Madeira River, Brazilian Amazon (2020)
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Knoop, S., Morcatty, T., Rocha El Bizri, H., & Cheyne, S. (2020). Age, religion, and taboos influence subsistence hunting by indigenous people of the Lower Madeira River, Brazilian Amazon. https://doi.org/10.2993/0278-0771-40.2.131

Subsistence hunting is an essential livelihood strategy of Indigenous people in the Amazon. The present study examines the aspects influencing hunting practices by the Indigenous Maraguá people in the central Amazon, Brazil. We used a Generalized Add... Read More about Age, religion, and taboos influence subsistence hunting by indigenous people of the Lower Madeira River, Brazilian Amazon.

Social and biological correlates of wild meat consumption and trade by rural communities in the Jutaí river basin, Central Amazonia (2020)
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Rocha El Bizri, H., Morcatty, T., Ferreira, J., Mayor, P., Neto, C., Valsecchi, J., …Fa, J. (2020). Social and biological correlates of wild meat consumption and trade by rural communities in the Jutaí river basin, Central Amazonia. https://doi.org/10.2993/0278-0771-40.2.183

Wild animals are an important source of food and income throughout the Amazon basin, particularly for forest-dependent communities living in the more remote regions. Through interviews in 51 households within 16 communities in the Jutaí River Extract... Read More about Social and biological correlates of wild meat consumption and trade by rural communities in the Jutaí river basin, Central Amazonia.

Utilizing an Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) for overcrowding level risk assessment in railway stations (2020)
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Alawad, H., An, M., & Kaewunruen, S. (2020). Utilizing an Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) for overcrowding level risk assessment in railway stations. Applied Sciences, 10(15), e5156. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10155156

The railway network plays a significant role (both economically and socially) in assisting the reduction of urban traffic congestion. It also accelerates the decarbonization in cities, societies and built environments. To ensure the safe and secure o... Read More about Utilizing an Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) for overcrowding level risk assessment in railway stations.

Change of direction asymmetry across different age categories in youth soccer (2020)
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Trecroci, A., Rossi, A., Dos’Santos, T., Formenti, D., Cavaggioni, L., Longo, S., …Alberti, G. (2020). Change of direction asymmetry across different age categories in youth soccer. PeerJ, 8, e9486. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9486

Background In youth, the development of change of direction (COD) and sprint performance is a key component for successfully competing in soccer across age. During a COD, the presence of directional asymmetries may be detrimental due to the unpredic... Read More about Change of direction asymmetry across different age categories in youth soccer.

“I will tell you a story about Jihad” : ISIS’s propaganda and narrative advertising (2020)
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Kruglova, A. (2020). “I will tell you a story about Jihad” : ISIS’s propaganda and narrative advertising. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 44(2), 115-137. https://doi.org/10.1080/1057610X.2020.1799519

This article further broadens the understanding of ISIS propaganda and its effectiveness by looking at the group’s social media through the prism of marketing. The group was found to rely on a narrative type of advertising while creating its propagan... Read More about “I will tell you a story about Jihad” : ISIS’s propaganda and narrative advertising.

Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric testing of the Dutch and German versions of the Evaluation of Daily Activity Questionnaire in people with rheumatoid arthritis (2020)
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Hammond, A., Meesters, J., Niedermann, K., Tennant, A., Vliet Vlieland, T., Tyson, S., & Nordenskiold, U. (2021). Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric testing of the Dutch and German versions of the Evaluation of Daily Activity Questionnaire in people with rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatology International, 41(5), 951-964. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-020-04657-7

The Evaluation of Daily Activity Questionnaire (EDAQ) is a detailed patient-reported outcome measure of activity ability. The objective of this research was to assess the linguistic and cross-cultural validity and psychometric properties of the EDA... Read More about Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric testing of the Dutch and German versions of the Evaluation of Daily Activity Questionnaire in people with rheumatoid arthritis.

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