Linguistic Validation of a Battery for Measurement of Affirming Attitudes about Mental Illness

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S614-S615
Author(s):  
B. Saguem ◽  
A. Ben Romdhane ◽  
B. Ben Hadj Ali
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Arabic Version ◽  
Linguistic Validation ◽  
Arabic Speakers ◽  
Native Arabic Speakers ◽  
Back Translation ◽  
Competing Interest ◽  
Arabic Speaking ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Professional Translator

IntroductionStigma restrains the life opportunities of individuals with serious mental illness. This study aimed at performing a linguistic validation of a battery for measurement of affirming attitudes; a battery that might be used to test the impact of anti-stigma and socially inclusive programs.MethodsThree measures were considered: the Recovery Scale, Empowerment Scale and Self-Determination Scale. Two native Arabic speakers, bilingual in English, independently translated the original measures into Arabic. A collaborative pooled version of the questionnaires was then obtained from the two translations. The pooled version was back-translated into English by a professional translator. A draft Arabic version of the battery was obtained from the comparison between the original questionnaires and the back-translation and was tested on 30 Arabic-speaking medical students. We also discussed the existence of other wording that enables the meaning of statements to be expressed clearly.ResultsThe test of the different items allowed the detection of three typing errors. It also highlighted mistranslating two terms to one term that does not distinguish between them in term of the meaning: “Goal” and “Purpose”. Comments were reported on the wording of certain items in the questionnaire. These comments referred to the problems related to the grammatical and syntactical construction of certain expressions. The translation from English into Tunisian dialect is different from our dialect.ConclusionWe proposed an Arabic version of a battery of measures that reflect affirming attitudes. This is a step for reliable measures that assess stigma in Arabic countries.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Assessing the impact of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting on patients’ quality of life: An Arabic version of the Functional Living Index-Emesis

2021 ◽  
pp. 107815522199844
Author(s):  
Abdullah M Alhammad ◽  
Nora Alkhudair ◽  
Rawan Alzaidi ◽  
Latifa S Almosabhi ◽  
Mohammad H Aljawadi
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Arabic Language ◽  
Nausea And Vomiting ◽  
Cancer Center ◽  
Arabic Version ◽  
Patient Reported ◽  
Arabic Speaking ◽  
The Impact

Introduction Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting is a serious complication of cancer treatment that compromises patients’ quality of life and treatment adherence, which necessitates regular assessment. Therefore, there is a need to assess patient-reported nausea and vomiting using a validated scale among Arabic speaking cancer patient population. The objective of this study was to translate and validate the Functional Living Index-Emesis (FLIE) instrument in Arabic, a patient-reported outcome measure designed to assess the influence of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting on patients’ quality of life. Methods Linguistic validation of an Arabic-language version was performed. The instrument was administered to cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy in a tertiary hospital's cancer center in Saudi Arabia. Results One-hundred cancer patients who received chemotherapy were enrolled. The participants’ mean age was 53.3 ± 14.9 years, and 50% were female. Half of the participants had a history of nausea and vomiting with previous chemotherapy. The Cronbach coefficient alpha for the FLIE was 0.9606 and 0.9736 for nausea and vomiting domains, respectively, which indicated an excellent reliability for the Arabic FLIE. The mean FLIE score was 110.9 ± 23.5, indicating no or minimal impact on daily life (NIDL). Conclusions The Arabic FLIE is a valid and reliable tool among the Arabic-speaking cancer population. Thus, the Arabic version of the FLIE will be a useful tool to assess the quality of life among Arabic speaking patients receiving chemotherapy. Additionally, the translated instrument will be a useful tool for future research studies to explore new antiemetic treatments among cancer patients.

Fasting during Ramadan Increases Risk of Very Preterm Birth among Arabic-Speaking Women

2019 ◽  
Vol 149 (10) ◽  
pp. 1826-1832 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rasmi M Tith ◽  
Marianne Bilodeau-Bertrand ◽  
Ga Eun Lee ◽  
Jessica Healy-Profitós ◽  
Nathalie Auger
Keyword(s):  
Preterm Birth ◽  
Birth Certificates ◽  
Second Trimester ◽  
Ramadan Fasting ◽  
Maternal Characteristics ◽  
Very Preterm ◽  
Arabic Speakers ◽  
Very Preterm Birth ◽  
Arabic Speaking ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRACT Background The impact of fasting on risk of preterm birth during Ramadan is unclear. Objectives We evaluated the association between Ramadan fasting during pregnancy and risk of preterm birth for Arab women in Canada. Methods We analyzed birth certificates from 3,123,508 deliveries in Quebec, Canada, from 1981 to 2017. We identified 78,109 births of Arabic-speaking women and determined if Ramadan occurred during any trimester of pregnancy. We calculated rates of extreme (22–27 wk), very (28–31 wk), and late (32–36 wk) preterm birth and estimated RRs and 95% CIs for the association of Ramadan fasting with risk of preterm birth by pregnancy trimester, using log-binomial regression models adjusted for maternal characteristics. Results Arabic speakers had an overall preterm birth rate of 5.53 per 100 births, but rates varied with timing of Ramadan. Among Arabic speakers, fasting during Ramadan between weeks 15–21 of the second trimester was associated with 1.33 times the risk of very preterm birth relative to no fasting (95% CI: 1.06, 1.68). Between weeks 22 and 27 of the second trimester, fasting during Ramadan was associated with 1.53 times the risk of very preterm birth (95% CI: 1.21, 1.93). Ramadan fasting was not associated with extreme or late preterm birth regardless of the trimester of pregnancy. Conclusions In this study of 78,109 births to Arabic-speaking women in Quebec, Ramadan fasting during the second pregnancy trimester was associated with the risk of very preterm birth. Optimal prenatal education about nutritional needs in the second trimester of pregnancy is recommended.

Impact on personal growth and environment conservation self-perception in a volunteering program with adults with severe mental illness (SMI)

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. s280-s281
Author(s):  
D. Cabezas Sánchez ◽  
A. Ramírez Macías ◽  
J. Sáiz Galdós
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Green Area ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Competing Interest ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

Introduction“Viaje del Parnaso” is a volunteering project developed at the Day Center Aranjuez2 (CD2) for helping adults with SMI to get a satisfactory and responsible occupation through their implication in a volunteering work in the community, while involved in the maintenance of a green area in the city of Aranjuez.Objectives/aimsThe aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of the project on the volunteers’ lives in terms of personal growth and environment conservation and compare its results with non-volunteers also attended at the CD2.MethodsThe project was carried once a week during 45 weeks. 11 volunteers participated on the project, plus 5 non-volunteers were considered as cuasi-control group. The instruments applied were an item on “environment conservation” and 2 subscale items of “Personal Growth” from the Ryff Scales of psychological well-being. Measures were applied at baseline, 6 and 12 months after.ResultsSignificant differences were found on the environment conservation item between volunteers at baseline and 6 months after (P < 0.05). Results also revealed a significant difference (P < 0.05) between volunteers and non-volunteers at both variables (“environment conservation” and “Personal Growth”) in baseline and 6 months after treatment.ConclusionsThe data from this study suggest that a volunteering program seems to be an effective intervention for bringing about improvements in well-being of people with SMI, and also for increasing their environmental awareness. These improvements may also help to change the stigma of SMI reinforcing mental health patient's contributions to society.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Use of Think-Aloud Protocols: Investigating the Writing Habits of Saudi EFL/ESL Learners

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Mubarak Alkhatnai
Keyword(s):  
Basic Question ◽  
Think Aloud ◽  
Writing Processes ◽  
Arabic Speakers ◽  
Think Aloud Protocols ◽  
Native Arabic Speakers ◽  
Arabic Speaking ◽  
Esl Learners

<p>This paper aims to investigate the writing processes of bilingual Saudi writers by means of think-aloud protocols. Think-aloud or talk-aloud protocols involve having participants verbally describe their activities while performing a given task. My goal was to understand the writing habits of Saudi EFL/ESL learners and what native Arabic speakers experience when writing in English by examining how they write compositions in English. My basic question for this investigation was “How do EFL/ESL Saudi learners write in English?” The goal of this study was to identify useful information for teaching EsL composition to Arabic-speaking learners in general and Saudi learners in particular. </p>

Unity and diversity across Asian migrant Arabic pidgins in the Middle East

2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 385-409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fida Bizri
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Social Situation ◽  
Linguistic Data ◽  
Arabic Speakers ◽  
The Social ◽  
Native Arabic Speakers ◽  
Arabic Speaking

Several pidginized varieties of Arabic developed in the Middle East during the last 40 years between native Arabic-speaking employers and Asian migrants, who are mainly from the Indian subcontinent. This paper postulates the presence of a meta-category called Asian Migrant Arabic Pidgins (AMAP) under which would be grouped all the varieties attested from the Gulf area and from Lebanon, and it proposes to account for both unity and diversity between them in terms of a set of parameters where purely linguistic developments interact with contextual ones. The analysis of the social situation and of the available linguistic data shows that migrants’ mobility across the region is the major factor for homogenizing both native Arabic-speakers’ foreigner talk and migrants’ pidgin Arabic, thus validating the over-arching category of AMAP and proposing it as a useful framework for further studies of said data.

The Impact of Parental Schizophrenia in the Development of Behavioral Disorders and Mental Illness in Children

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S728-S728
Author(s):  
M. Alves ◽  
A.R. Rodrigues ◽  
A.M. Moreira ◽  
O. Queirós
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Social Skills ◽  
Behavioral Disorders ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Preventive Intervention ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Mother Child Relationships ◽  
Competing Interest ◽  
Genetic And Environmental Factors ◽  
The Impact

IntroductionParental schizophrenia will potentially cause dysfunction in mother-child relationships, and it will also cause difficulty in adapting to motherhood.ObjectivesWe aim to study the implications of the relationship between mothers with schizophrenia and their children. The psychosocial environment and the impact of dysfunctional relationship in social skills development may cause behavioral disorders in children and further development of severe mental illness taking into account genetic factors and biopsychosocial factors.MethodsNon systematic literature review, through the Pubmed and Medline database, with time constraints.ResultsThe development of schizophrenia is related to genetic and environmental factors. Children of parents with schizophrenia are at increased risk of developing psychiatric disorder compared to the general population. It was found early behavioral disorders, starting between 5 and 8 years old and the difficulties in social interaction may arise at this age and remain until adulthood.ConclusionsIt is important to assess the level of acquisition of social skills in children and families when there is a direct relationship with schizophrenia. It may be important in the future, monitorize the development of these children, as well as be aware of the surrounding social and family environment, to identify and manage early in the presence of behavioral disorders and possible development of serious mental illness. An early intervention at the level of social deficits in children can be a preventive intervention of later schizophrenia development.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

scholarly journals Investigating Reading Experience of Dyslexic Children Through Dyslexia-Friendly Online Learning Environment

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-119
Author(s):  
Fatimaezzahra Benmarrakchi ◽  
Jamal El Kafi
Keyword(s):  
Reading Performance ◽  
Conventional Instruction ◽  
Learning To Read ◽  
Reading Accuracy ◽  
Reading Experience ◽  
Arabic Speakers ◽  
Native Arabic Speakers ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
The Impact

Dyslexia is one of the most common developmental disabilities; it is a disorder manifested by difficulty in learning to read despite conventional instruction, adequate intelligence, and sociocultural opportunity. The current study focuses on the potential benefits of the use of information and communication technology (ICT) to support children with dyslexia in reading. This paper addresses the need for dyslexia-friendly online text by introducing a dyslexia-friendly font for Arabic scripts called Arabolexia. An important question is asked which is ‘Is Arabolexia font an effective reading aid for children with dyslexia?' In this work, the author presents the first study that measures the impact of a dyslexia-friendly font for Arabic scripts on reading performance of native Arabic speakers. Fifty-two students aging between 8 and 26 years old were participated in this study. Descriptive and deductive statistical analysis showed that Arabolexia font has an impact on the reading accuracy of children with dyslexia.

Translation and validation of the Arabic version of the barrier to access to care evaluation (BACE) scale

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad F. Alenezi ◽  
Ahmed Aljowder ◽  
Mohamed J. Almarzooqi ◽  
Marya Alsayed ◽  
Rashed Aldoseri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Access To Care ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Arabic Version ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Barriers To Access ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Back Translation ◽  
Arabic Speaking ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Care Evaluation

Purpose This paper aims to translate and validate an Arabic version of the Barriers to Access to Care Evaluation (BACE) BACE scale to make it appropriate for the targeted socio-cultural and linguistic context. Design/methodology/approach This psychometric study has two main compounds: translating the BACE into Arabic and validating it. Using the back-translation method, the authors involved seven professional individuals to maximize the efficacy of the translated version. The authors began with the process of translating the scale from English into Arabic and vice versa followed by evaluation, compression and matching. Later, a pilot study with a sample size of 35 participants was conducted to receive feedback on the Arabic version of the scale. Finally, an online survey was generated and distributed among Arabic-speaking countries; a total of 630 participants were voluntarily involved in this study. Findings A total of 630 participants completed the survey with a mean age of 31.4 ± 12.9, and 402 (63.8%) were females. Cronbach’s alpha coefficient and McDonald's Omega coefficient were both greater than 0.9. The confirmatory factor analysis was found to fit highly satisfactory with the stigma-related barriers. Research limitations/implications The BACE was validated in Arabic and its psychometric properties were examined in-depth and found to be strong. Originality/value This paper fulfils an identified need to translate tools to make mental health more accessible to patients in need.

The Implications of Coronavirus Outbreak on the Vocabularies and Language Styles of Arabic-speaking Indonesians

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-126
Author(s):  
Rita Febrianta ◽  
Daud Mohammed Daud ◽  
Zikrawahyuni Maiza
Keyword(s):  
Research Method ◽  
Student Writing ◽  
Arabic Speakers ◽  
Native Arabic Speakers ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Language Styles ◽  
Arabic Speaking ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

This study examines the implications of the Corona pandemic in the vocabulary and style of non-native Arabic speakers in Indonesia. The aim of this study is to identify new vocabulary and phrases acquired by Indonesian teachers and students. The research method used is descriptive qualitative. The results showed that there were several vocabulary words, new phrases, and some specific terms used in teacher and student writing.

scholarly journals The experience and impact of stigma in Saudi people with a mood disorder

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. S152-S153 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Alateeq ◽  
A. AlDaoud ◽  
A. AlHadi ◽  
H. AlKhalaf
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mood Disorder ◽  
International Study ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Canadian Population ◽  
Impact Scale ◽  
Attitudes Toward Mental Illness ◽  
Competing Interest ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Saudi Patients

IntroductionSelf-stigma plays a powerful role in attitudes toward mental illness and seeking psychological services. Assessing stigma from the perspective of people with mood disorders is important as they were ranked as major causes of disability.ObjectivesTo determine the extent and the impact of stigma experience in Saudi patients with mood disorder and compare them between depression and bipolar disorder patients. To test if stigma is a universal experience and has similar psychosocial impact across cultures.AimIt's a part of multicenter international study comparing its results to the universal experiences inthe perspectives of individuals with mood disorder.MethodologyWe randomly interviewed 94 individuals with mood disorder at King Khalid University Hospital using valid reliable tool, Inventory of Stigmatizing Experiences (ISE), which has two components: Stigma Experiences Scale (SES) and Stigma Impact Scale (SIS).ResultsISE was validated in a population of Saudi patients with mood disorder. There were no significant differences in stigma between patients with bipolar or depressive disorder on SES or SIS. However, over 50% of all respondents tried to hide their mental illness from the others, and to avoid situations that might lead them to be stigmatized. In comparison with the Canadian population, Saudi participants scored lower on both SES and SIS, which may be due to cultural differences.ConclusionStigma associated with mood disorder is serious and pervasive. It's important first to understand how patients perceive stigma in order to conduct successful anti-stigma programs. The ISE is a highly reliable instrument among cultures.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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