Selection of items for a computer-adaptive test to measure fatigue in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a Delphi approach.
Purpose: Computer-adaptive tests (CATs) can measure precisely at individual level with few items selected from an item bank. Our aim was to select fatigue items to develop a CAT for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and include expert opinions that are important for content validity of measurement instrumen...
| Publicado en: | Quality of Life Research Vol. 21; no. 5; pp. 863 - 873 |
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Springer Nature
Jun2012
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=104566489&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 104566489 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 09629343 GPQ jtl: Quality of Life Research issn: 09629343 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jun2012 vid: 21 iid: 5 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 104566489 NLM21805365 2011548465 10.1007/s11136-011-9982-8 NLM21805365 104566489 ppf: 863 ppct: 10 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Selection of items for a computer-adaptive test to measure fatigue in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a Delphi approach. aug: au: Nikolaus S Bode C Taal E Vd Laar MA Nikolaus, Stephanie Bode, Christina Taal, Erik vd Laar, Mart A F J affil: IBR Research Institute for Social Sciences and Technology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands sug: subj: Arthritis, Rheumatoid Complications Delphi Technique Fatigue Diagnosis Health Status Indicators Arthritis, Rheumatoid Pathology Arthritis, Rheumatoid Psychosocial Factors Decision Making Witness, Legal Fatigue Etiology Female Human Male Middle Age Outcome Assessment Psychometrics Middle Aged: 45-64 years Female Male ab: Purpose: Computer-adaptive tests (CATs) can measure precisely at individual level with few items selected from an item bank. Our aim was to select fatigue items to develop a CAT for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and include expert opinions that are important for content validity of measurement instruments.Methods: Items were included from existing fatigue questionnaires and generated from interview material. In a Delphi procedure, rheumatologists, nurses, and patients evaluated the initial pool of 294 items. Items were selected for the CAT development if rated as adequate by at least 80% of the participants (when 50% or less agreed, they were excluded). Remaining items were adjusted based on participants' comments and re-evaluated in the next round. The procedure stopped when all items were selected or rejected.Results: A total of 10 rheumatologists, 20 nurses, and 15 rheumatoid arthritis patients participated. After the first round, 96 of 294 items were directly selected. Nine items were directly excluded, and remaining items were adjusted. In the second round, 124 items were presented for re-evaluation. Ultimately, 245 items were selected.Conclusion: This study revealed a qualitatively evaluated item pool to be used for the item bank/CAT development. The Delphi procedure is a beneficial approach to select adequate items for measuring fatigue in RA. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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