Clinical Research Directory

Intercultural Adaptation and Validation of the Ukrainian Quality of Recovery-15 Questionnaire

The Quality of Recovery 15-questionnaire (QoR-15) is used to assess postoperative quality of recovery after surgery and anesthesia from the patient's perspective. It evaluates five dimensions including pain, physical comfort, physical independence, psychological support, and emotional state. The aim of this study is to validate a Ukrainian version of the QoR-15 scale (QoR-15Ukr) to measure postoperative recovery in Ukrainian-speaking patients.

Adaptation and Validity of the Lithuanian Version of the Baecke Physical Activity Questionnaire

The aim of this study is to adapt the Baecke Questionnaire of Habitual Physical Activity for use in Lithuania. Individuals who meet the following criteria may participate in this study: Adults aged 18 years or older. Native Lithuanian speakers. Willingness to participate in the study by signing an informed consent form. If a participant agrees to take part in this study, two visits to the Department of Sports Medicine at the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (Eivenių St. 2, Kaunas) will be required. During the first visit, participants will complete the Baecke Questionnaire of Habitual Physical Activity and the International Physical Activity Questionnaire. Height and weight measurements will be taken, and participants will be asked to remove shoes and outer clothing. After one week, a follow-up visit will be scheduled, during which the Baecke Questionnaire of Habitual Physical Activity will be completed again.

Validity and Feasibility of the Pregnancy Monitoring Belt - a Clinical Pilot Study

The aims of this clinical pilot study are to: 1. to validate the following parameters: mother heart rate, mother ECG, fetal heart rate, contractions, mother oxygen saturation, mother breathing rate, mother blood pressure 2. to evaluate the feasibility on detecting fetal movements 3. to explore how pregnant women and health care professionals perceive the acceptability and usability of the pregnancy monitoring system 4. to explore the possibility to support prenatal attachment between parent and fetus with remote pregnancy monitoring The participating pregnant women will wear the pregnancy monitoring belt for 2 hours during of which, the data will be collected with pregnancy monitoring belt and patient monitor (reference device). The data from the pregnancy monitoring belt will be compared with the patient monitor data referred as golden standard. The acceptability and usability will be assessed by pregnant women and healthcare professionals by fulfilling a questionnaire and participating in interviews. The data collection will be conducted in hospital environment.

Turkish Version of the Usefulness, Satisfaction, and Ease of Use Questionnaire (USE): Reliability and Validity

In recent years, numerous technological products and devices have been developed in rehabilitation through advances in biomedical technology. These innovations support traditional rehabilitation services, offering more effective treatment methods and improving patients' adherence and participation. Increased compliance in treatment positively influences functional status, quality of life, and satisfaction. However, the diversity of biomedical products and the varying strength of their scientific foundations make it critical to evaluate them in terms of benefit, patient compliance, and usability. In physiotherapy and rehabilitation, objective tools for this purpose remain limited, which hinders accurate assessment of product effectiveness and the identification of improvements. Uncertainty regarding usability and ease of use may also result in inefficient utilization of resources. Questionnaires provide cost-effective tools to capture users' opinions, reflecting strengths and weaknesses of a product without the need for measurement devices. The Usefulness, Satisfaction, and Ease of Use (USE) Questionnaire, developed by Arnold Lund in 2001, is a comprehensive 30-item scale scored on a 7-point Likert system. It evaluates usefulness, ease of use, ease of learning, and satisfaction, with items applicable across different products and services such as software, hardware, applications, or user support materials. Its multidimensional structure allows for the evaluation of usability in physiotherapy and rehabilitation technologies as well as in broader fields including robotics, social networking sites, diagnostic tools, and virtual reality. Despite its wide use internationally, no validated Turkish version of the USE Questionnaire exists. Establishing a culturally adapted, valid, and reliable Turkish version will address this gap and provide clinicians and researchers with a standardized tool for usability assessment. The aim of this study is to investigate the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the USE Questionnaire.

Validation of Visual Analog Scales to Measure SatisfactiOn and WELL-being at Work (SoWell-VAS)

We spend a third of our life at work. Psychosocial risks (PSR) are a major issue in occupational health 1. Approaching the different dimensions of PSR calls on a dozen essential components: workload, autonomy, social support, burnout, anxiety, efforts made, rewards, work addiction, investment, etc. a specific questionnaire which usually contains 20 to 30 questions, so that having an overall view of PSR using the current reference questionnaires (Karasek, Siegrist, etc.) represents a total of more than 300 questions. The response time is thus incompatible with current medical practice (passage in the waiting room before the occupational health medical examination) and leads to a majority of non-responses during anonymous questionnaires on the Internet. On the other hand, these validated questionnaires were carried out by different people and are very heterogeneous between them, including in their formulation, so that the respondents have the impression of disorganization and anarchy. There is therefore a need for short, quick and uniform questionnaires. EVAs offer the incredible advantage of meeting these criteria: speed, uniformity, precision. From a data analysis point of view, EVAs also have the advantage of offering a continuous quantitative response, allowing the use of all statistical approaches. If some questionnaires have already been validated in the form of EVA, such as the EVA stress versus the " Perceived Stress Scale " questionnaire (PSS), the EVA workload and EVA autonomy at work versus the Karasek questionnaire, the other reference questionnaires are not yet validated in EVA (burnout, anxiety, efforts / rewards, work addiction, etc.).