Understanding the predictive pathways of the integrated HL model could help clinicians to tailor HL interventions using a patient's personal determinants to facilitate participation in decision making and promote health for breast cancer patients.

The Brunnstrom recovery stages (the BRS) consists of 2 items assessing the poststroke motor function of the upper extremities and 1 assessing the lower extremities. The 3 items together represent overall motor function. Although the BRS efficiently assesses poststroke motor functions, a lack of rigorous examination of the psychometric properties restricts its utility. We aimed to examine the unidimensionality, Rasch reliability, and responsiveness of the BRS, and transform the raw sum scores of the BRS into Rasch logit scores once the 3 items fitted the assumptions of the Rasch model.We retrieved medical records of the BRS (N = 1180) from a medical center. We used Rasch analysis to examine the unidimensionality and Rasch reliability of both upper-extremity items and the 3 overall motor items of the BRS. In addition, to compare their responsiveness for patients (n = 41) assessed with the BRS and the Stroke Rehabilitation Assessment of Movement (STREAM) on admission and at discharge, we calculated the effect size (ES) and standardized response mean (SRM).The upper-extremity items and overall motor items fitted the assumptions of the Rasch model (infit/outfit mean square = 0.57–1.40). The Rasch reliabilities of the upper-extremity items and overall motor items were high (0.91–0.92). The upper-extremity items and overall motor items had adequate responsiveness (ES = 0.35–0.41, SRM = 0.85–0.99), which was comparable to that of the STREAM (ES = 0.43–0.44, SRM = 1.00–1.13).The results of our study support the unidimensionality, Rasch reliability, and responsiveness of the BRS. Moreover, the BRS can be transformed into an interval-level measure, which would be useful to quantify the extent of poststroke motor function, the changes of motor function, and the differences of motor functions in patients with stroke.

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A C-DVT with a limited amount of random measurement error was developed. These preliminary findings show that the C-DVT demonstrates satisfactory concurrent validity, ecological validity, and test-retest reliability in patients with stroke.

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Screen media has a powerful influence on neurological development. The development of young children is particularly susceptible to particular types of exposure in the first 3 years of life, such as television, 1,2 which is popular with this age group. Although some studies have found no harmful associations between television exposure and children's development, [3][4][5] other studies have shown that television was detrimental. 6,7 The associations between television exposure and development in young children appear to be mixed and unclear.Other screen-based media, such as smartphones, touch screens, computers and laptops, are commonly used by young children.These provide more functionality, and a wider range of content,

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Date Presented 04/05/19 The Computerized Alternating Attention Test (CAAT) assesses alternating attention regularly in clinic and follow-up assessments in patients with schizophrenia. When performing the CAAT, subjects were required to alternately judge two types of rules: digit and shape. A shorter time for completing the CAAT indicates better alternating attention. Our validation of CAAT indicated that the CAAT had the acceptable test-retest agreement, negligible practice effect, and acceptable concurrent validity. Primary Author and Speaker: Wen-Chyn Lue Contributing Authors: Gong-Hong Lin, Shu-Chun Lee, Ching-Lin Hsieh