Item analysis is performed by developers as an integral part of the scale development process.Thus, items are excluded from the scale depending on the item analysis prior to the factor analysis.Existing item discrimination indices are calculated based on correlation, yet items with different response patterns are likely to have a similar item discr

Strongyloidiasis is a widespread parasitic disease that can be life-threatening in immunosuppressed people.In the Mediterranean basin, autochthonous cases coexist with imported ones.We aimed to assess the utility of different screening methods, along with the frequency of strongyloidiasis and its associated risk factors in migrants and the native p