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Background: The Diabetes Mellitus in the OffspringQuestionnaire (DMOQ) assesses the perceptions of Type 2diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients on the risk of theiroffspring developing T2DM and the possibility ofintervention to reduce this risk. It has 34 items framed withinseven domains. This study aimed to adapt, translate andvalidate the DMOQ from English into the Malay language.Methods: This was a cross-sectional validation study among159 T2DM patients attending a public primary care clinic inSelangor. The DMOQ English version underwent adaptation,translation, face validation and field testing to produce theMalay version. Psychometric analysis was performed usingExploratory Factor Analysis, internal consistency and testretestreliability.Results: The DMOQ domains were conceptually equivalentbetween English and Malay language. A total of 13 items andtwo domains were removed during the validation process(three items during the content validation, three items due topoor factor loadings, five items as they loaded onto twodomains which were not interpretable, one item as it did notfit conceptually into the factor it loaded onto and one openendedquestion as it did not fit into the retained domains).Therefore, the final DMOQ Malay version consisted of 21-items within five domains. The Cronbach alpha was 0.714and the intraclass-correlation coefficient was 0.868.Conclusion: The DMOQ Malay version is a valid and reliabletool which is consistent over time. It can be used to examinethe perception of T2DM patients towards the risk of theiroffspring developing diabetes and possibility of interventionin Malay-speaking patients.
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Health-care associated infections cause substantial morbidity and mortality with their prevalence varying between countries and hospitals. There are no published studies of health-care associated infections in hospitals in Bahrain and few in general military hospitals. Bahrain Defense Force Hospital. Survey. The aim study is to establish the prevalence of health-care associated infections in a general military hospital in Bahrain. A cross-sectional survey of a random sample of 500 medical records in the Bahrain Defence Force Hospital was carried out to ascertain the prevalence of health-care associated infections. Four health-care associated infections were recorded - a prevalence of 0.87% [95% CI 0.34-2.22]. Two of the infections were surgical site infections while the other two were skin infections. This study revealed that the prevalence of health-care associated infections is lower than recorded in most published studies