scholarly journals The Effect of Improving Cycleway Environment on the Recreational Benefits of Bicycle Tourism

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (18) ◽  
pp. 3460 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yeh ◽  
Lin ◽  
Hsiao ◽  
Huang
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
Important Determinant ◽  
Physical Activities ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
Recreational Benefits

Bicycle tourism is one of the popular physical activities for sport tourists. Since the physical environment may affect bicycling behavior, it becomes an important determinant for cyclists to choose a cycleway. Exploratory factor analysis is performed to extract the perception of environmental quality of cyclists into five main factors, including safety, light facilities, lane design, landscape, and environment cleanliness. The contingent behavior method (CBM) is adopted to measure the quality improvement projects in different scenarios of light facility and landscape improvement. The results showed that the improvement projects increased the intended number of trips and the recreational benefits of cyclists.

scholarly journals Evidências científicas sobre a qualidade de vida dos pacientes com insuficiência cardíaca: revisão integrativa*

2019 ◽  
Vol 82 (20) ◽  
Author(s):  
Flávia Ribeiro do Carmo ◽  
Harriet Bárbara Maruxo ◽  
Willian Alves dos Santos
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Heart Failure ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Physical Activities ◽  
Microsoft Excel ◽  
Exclusion Criteria ◽  
Patients With Heart Failure ◽  
Insuficiencia Cardiaca ◽  
Main Factors

Objetiva-se identificar evidências científicas sobre a qualidade de vida em pacientes diagnosticados com insuficiênciacardíaca. Revisão integrativa realizada nas bases de dados Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde(LILACS), Base de Dados de Enfermagem (BDENF) e Sistema Online de Busca e Análise de Literatura Médica (MEDLINE)com a seguinte questão norteadora: Como a insuficiência cardíaca interfere na qualidade de vida dos pacientescardiológicos? Foi utilizada a estratégia PICO com recorte temporal de 2011 a 2016, nos idiomas português, inglês eespanhol. As informações foram tabuladas em programa Microsoft Excel® e processadas a partir de estratégia: médiaaritmética descritiva simples, frequência absoluta e relativa. Encontrou-se 712 artigos na sua totalidade, após aplicaçãodos critérios de inclusão e exclusão foram selecionados 17 artigos científicos avaliados a partir da categoria: os principaisfatores que comprometem a qualidade de vida dos pacientes com insuficiência cardíaca. Conclui-se que os pacientes cominsuficiência cardíaca apresentam intolerância à realização de atividades físicas e têm seu sono prejudicado por conta dadispneia e fadiga, sintomas que contribuem para o declínio da qualidade de vida.Palavras-chave: Insuficiência Cardíaca; Qualidade de Vida; Enfermagem. ABSTRACTThe aim is to identify scientific evidence on the quality of life in patients diagnosed with heart failure. Integrativereview carried out in the Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde (LILACS), Base de Dadosde Enfermagem (BDENF) e Sistema Online de Busca e Análise de Literatura Médica (MEDLINE) databases withthe question: How does heart failure interfere with the quality of life of cardiology patients? The PICO strategywith time cut from 2011 to 2016 was used in Portuguese, English and Spanish. The information was tabulated inMicrosoft Excel® program and processed from strategy: simple descriptive arithmetic mean, absolute and relativefrequency. It found 712 articles in their totality, after applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, were selected17 scientific articles evaluated from the category: the main factors that compromise the quality of life of patientswith heart failure. It concludes that the patients with heart failure are intolerant to physical activities and sleepimpaired due to dyspnea and fatigue, such symptoms that contribute to the decline of quality of life.Keywords: Heart failure; Quality of life; Nursing.

scholarly journals DEVELOPING ITEMS FOR MEASURING QUALITY OF WORK LIFE AMONG MALAYSIAN ACADEMICS: AN EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS PROCEDURE

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 1295-1309
Author(s):  
Amauche Ehido ◽  
Zainudin Awang ◽  
Bahyah Abdul Halim ◽  
Chukwuebuka Ibeabuchi
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Research Universities ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Factor Loading ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Quality Of Work Life ◽  
Quality Of Work

Purpose of the study: Quality of work life (QWL) is vital for all establishments to continue to hire and retain high-performance workers. However, from the review of previous literature on QWL, little is known about the dimensions that constitute high QWL among academics. Therefore, this study aimed at contributing to the literature by conducting a detailed validation of seven dimensions of QWL through the Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) procedure. Methodology: This study employed a cross-sectional research design to establish reliable measures for the QWL construct. The items were adapted and modified to suit this study. Study data was obtained using a structured questionnaire from 100 randomly selected academics from the five Malaysian research universities. The study further conducted the Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) procedure using IBM-SPSS version 21.0. Main Findings: A total of 51 items were initially developed to measure QWL construct, however, from the EFA procedure, the study found that 8 items with factor loading below the cut-off point of .60 were deleted and 48 items with a factor loading above the cut-off point of .60 were retained and deemed suitable to measure the QWL construct. Applications of this study: This study validated the dimensions that lead to improved QWL. Therefore, this study is particularly useful to the Malaysian universities' management who aim to obtain benefits from super motivated and high-performance academics by making sure that the workers' overall well-being is protected in the workplace. Novelty/Originality of this study: This study established a validated and reliable instrument for measuring the QWL construct among academics in the Malaysian research universities.

scholarly journals The New Satisfaction with Life and Treatment Scale (SLTS-7) in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Anna Sauerbier ◽  
Pia Bachon ◽  
Leire Ambrosio ◽  
Philipp A. Loehrer ◽  
Alexandra Rizos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Treatment Satisfaction ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Motor Symptoms ◽  
Advanced Therapies ◽  
Non Motor Symptoms

Background: The satisfaction with life and, in particular, with treatment in Parkinson’s disease (PD) is understudied. Objective: To explore a new 7-item rating tool assessing satisfaction with life and treatment (SLTS-7) in PD. Methods: In this cross-sectional, multi-center study, including patients screened for advanced therapies, psychometric characteristics of the SLTS-7 were analyzed. An exploratory factor analysis identified the underlying factorial structure of the SLTS-7. Results: 117 patients were included, and the data quality of the SLTS-7 was excellent (computable data 100%), and acceptability measures satisfied standard criteria. Besides the global assessment (item 1), the exploratory factor analysis produced item 2 (physical satisfaction) as an independent item and two factors among the remaining items: items 3–5 (psycho-social satisfaction), and items 6 and 7 (treatment satisfaction). Cronbach’s alpha was 0.89, indicative of high internal consistency. The SLTS-7 total score correlated moderately with motor symptoms and weakly with non-motor symptoms total scores. SLTS-7 showed the highest correlations with the European Quality of Life with 5 items (EQ-5D) visual analog scale (0.43–0.58, p <  0.01), indicating a moderate convergent validity. The SLTS-7 significantly increased with higher non-motor symptoms burden levels (p = 0.002). Conclusion: Life satisfaction in PD covers three specific aspects, namely physical, psycho-social, and treatment satisfaction. The new SLTS-7 is a valid, reliable, and easy-to-use tool to assess satisfaction with life and treatment in patients with PD screened for advanced therapies. Longitudinal studies analyzing the effect of advanced PD treatment on life and treatment satisfaction are warranted.

scholarly journals Validity and reliability of sleep promotion questionnaire and predictors of quality of care

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 205031211879459
Author(s):  
Son Chae Kim ◽  
Chase Pedersen ◽  
Cassia Yi
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Attitude Control ◽  
Control Unit ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Perceived Quality Of Care ◽  
And Behavior

Background: Sleep disturbance is common among hospitalized patients. However, sleep promotion is not a high priority for most healthcare providers, which potentially impacts quality of care. Due to a paucity of validated tools to assess sleep promotion, little is known about the relationship between sleep promotion and quality of care. This study was conducted to assess the validity and reliability of a newly-developed instrument, the Sleep Promotion Questionnaire, and to examine sleep promotion as a predictor of quality of care. The Sleep Promotion Questionnaire includes dimensions of attitude, control, unit norms, intention, and behavior that are associated with sleep promotion. Methods: A total of 302 nurses participated in an online survey. The survey included the initial 36-item Sleep Promotion Questionnaire, a quality of care question, Caring Behavior Inventory, and Professional Quality of Life scale. An exploratory factor analysis was performed to determine the factor structure of the Sleep Promotion Questionnaire. The internal consistency reliability as well as the convergent and divergent validities was assessed. Pearson’s correlations and hierarchical multiple regression procedures were performed to explore the predictors of perceived quality of care. Results: Exploratory factor analysis of the Sleep Promotion Questionnaire yielded 28 items in five subscales, comprising Attitude, Control, Unit Norms, Sleep-aid Intention, and Behavior. Convergent and divergent validities were supported ( r = 0.37; r = −0.38, respectively). The Cronbach’s alphas of internal consistency reliabilities of the Sleep Promotion Questionnaire subscales ranged from 0.70 to 0.89. Regression models showed that sleep-promoting Unit Norms was the only significant predictor of perceived quality of care among both ICU and non-ICU nurses ( β = 0.40; β = 0.28, respectively). Conclusion: The Sleep Promotion Questionnaire appears to be a reliable and valid instrument with satisfactory psychometric properties for assessing sleep promotion, and it seems that having unit norms conducive to sleep promotion may positively impact the quality of care. However, further studies are needed to confirm these results.

Designing a Quality Management Model for Health Services in Iran

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vajiheh Zarei ◽  
Seyyed Jamaleddin Tabibi ◽  
Mahmood Mahmoodi ◽  
Leila Riahi
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Care Quality ◽  
Management Model ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Quality Management Model

Introduction: Nowadays, the quality of services, especially in high volume clients, such as financial and care services, has become increasingly important. Therefore, quality of service in accordance with professional standards and customer expectations is important and a first step for it is a quality improvement. Objective: The purpose of this study was to design a quality management model for providing health care in Iran. Method: In this study, the comparative method was used to evaluate the health care quality indicators in selected countries (America-England-Japan-Malaysia-Egypt) and to compare their health care strategies. Hospital managers and people responsible for improving hospital quality in Iran have been involved in this research (377 questionnaire were analyzed). The study lasted from September 2018 to September 2019. Maxqda software was used to classify the adaptive variables. Maxqda software was used to classify the adaptive variables. LISREL software were used- Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis- to identify the dimensions and validation of the mode . Results: Twenty-four types of health care variables were identified from 6 countries. Exploratory factor analysis and questionnaire resulted in four general criteri: Quality Assurance, Quality Planning, Quality Control and Quality Improvement. Confirmatory factor analysis also showed that the identified dimensions are valid . Conclusion: Considering that guarantee,control, planning and quality improvement have the highest impact respectively, continuous planning at the level of hospitals can lead to a significant increase in the quality of health care delivery.

A Comparison of Missing-Data Imputation Techniques in Exploratory Factor Analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 313-334
Author(s):  
Canhua Xiao ◽  
Deborah W. Bruner ◽  
Tian Dai ◽  
Ying Guo ◽  
Alexandra Hanlon
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Missing Data ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Data Imputation ◽  
Missing Data Imputation ◽  
Regression Imputation ◽  
Mean Imputation ◽  
Data Missing

Background and PurposeTo compare the effects of missing-data imputation techniques, mean imputation, group mean imputation, regression imputation, and multiple imputation (MI), on the results of exploratory factor analysis under different missing assumptions.MethodsMissing data with different missing assumptions were generated from true data. The quality of imputed data was examined by correlation coefficients. Factor structures were compared indirectly by coefficients of congruence and directly by factor structures.ResultsMI had the best quality and matching factor structure to the true data for all missing assumptions with different missing rates. Mean imputation had the least favorable results in factor analysis. The imputation techniques revealed no important differences with 10% of data missing.ConclusionMI showed the best results, especially with larger proportions of missing data.

Pour Homme: Men’s Grooming Attitudes and Motivations. What is driving the Male Grooming Consumption Habits in Malta?

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-149
Author(s):  
Roderick Tabone
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Consumer Behaviour ◽  
Dynamic Change ◽  
Female Gender ◽  
Research Tool ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Fundamental Structure ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Main Factors

Grooming, a process in which one gets clean, tidy and good-looking. As in any other area, postmodernism has brought a radical dynamic change in the grooming products market. Traditionally, the grooming industry has always been associated with the female gender but it is no longer recognised as exclusive to women. Men have become more concerned about their image. Indeed, recent figures show that the male grooming products market is developing so fast that it is representing a potential goldmine for the industry (iMARC Group, 2018). Such a boom led several researchers to study the male grooming products, but finding information about the local male grooming market was challenging. Therefore, this paper aims to investigate the male consumer behaviour regarding grooming products while focussing on men’s drives and attitudes generating their local consumption. To address this gap, an online questionnaire was developed with the purpose of evaluating the current situation in Malta, using the present literature. The sample for the administered research tool consists of 58 male participants residing in Malta, randomly selected; irrespective of their nationality. Meanwhile, an exploratory factor analysis approach was applied on the data collected, whereby the results obtained provided a fundamental structure among the independent variables being analysed; revealing the main factors which are currently influencing the male consumer behaviour towards grooming products in Malta.

scholarly journals ANALISIS REWORK PADA PROYEK KONSTRUKSI GEDUNG DI KABUPATEN BADUNG

1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nana Sutrisna ◽  
I N. Arya Thanaya ◽  
I Gst Ketut Sudipta
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Construction Materials ◽  
Operator Experience ◽  
Management Consultants ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Lack Of Control ◽  
Systematic Planning ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
Flow Of Information

Rework is unavoidable from the world of construction, Rework can be a devastating effect on the performance and productivity of both the consultant and the contractor. This study aims to determine the main factors causing rework, efforts to reduce rework. The analysis used the analysis Multivariant factor analysis with the help of Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) for Windows version 17.0. From the results obtained by factor analysis the main factors causing the occurrence of rework are: aspects of the owner (poor communication, poor coordination, poor information flow), aspects of planning consultants (lack of information in the field, lack of communication, the situation in the picture on the ground is not suitable). aspects of construction management consultants (lack of information in the field, lack of communication, lack of control), aspects of mechanical electrical plumbing contractors (Materials misdirected, MEP staff inexperience, lack of knowledge about the character of the material, the amount of overtime), aspects of the contractor (lack of competence foreman, foreman lack of experience, lack of experience, the quality of labor is bad, the error in interpreting the specification), aspects of operator (poor flow of information, lack of communication, lack of coordination, lack of operator experience). Efforts to systematically reduce rework most effective according to the respondent's answer is: Systematic planning, detailing and describing the project at every stage of the steps to be taken to achieve quality objectives, set standards of communication, coordination and construction project sinkronasi work with all parties involved in the implementation of the project, Constructing specification limits and criteria and quality standards to be used in engineering design, procurement and construction materials.

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