The reliability of performance of healthy adults on three visual perception tests.

Problems with visual perceptual skills have been shown to have a negative impact on the daily living skills of individuals and are, therefore, commonly assessed by occupational therapists. The purpose of this study was to examine two types of reliability (internal consistency and test-retest reliabi...

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Publicado en:British Journal of Occupational Therapy Vol. 71; no. 10; pp. 438 - 448
Autores principales: Brown T, Mullins E, Stagnitti K
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Sage Publications Inc. Oct2008
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        affil: Senior Lecturer, Department of Occupational Therapy, Monash University -- Peninsula Campus, Building G, 4th floor, McMahons Road, PO Box 527, Frankston, Victoria, Australia 3199; ted.brown@med.monash.edu.au
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          Clinical Assessment Tools Evaluation
          Occupational Therapy
          Visual Perception Evaluation
          Adult
          Clinical Assessment Tools
          Coefficient alpha
          Cross Sectional Studies
          Data Analysis Software
          Descriptive Statistics
          Female
          Internal Consistency
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          Middle Age
          Prospective Studies
          Scales
          Snowball Sample
          Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficient
          Test-Retest Reliability
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          Victoria
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          Adult: 19-44 years
          Middle Aged: 45-64 years
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      ab: Problems with visual perceptual skills have been shown to have a negative impact on the daily living skills of individuals and are, therefore, commonly assessed by occupational therapists. The purpose of this study was to examine two types of reliability (internal consistency and test-retest reliability) of three newly revised or developed adult visual perception tests. The participants were 50 healthy adults, aged 18 to 55 years, from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The participants completed the Developmental Test of Visual Perception - Adolescent and Adult (DTVP-A), the Motor-Free Visual Perception Test - Third Edition (MVPT-3) and the Test of Visual Perceptual Skills (non-motor) - Third Edition (TVPS-3). Internal consistency was examined using Cronbach's alpha calculations and test-retest reliability was analysed using Spearman rho non-parametric correlation coefficients.The results indicated that the DTVP-A, the MVPT-3 and the TVPS-3 had total scale internal consistency correlation scores of 0.60 or higher (0.60, 0.69 and 0.63 respectively). The majority of the subscales of each test had lower correlation coefficients than the overall scores (ranging from 0.22 to 0.49). For the DTVP-A, MVPT-3 and TVPS-3 total scale scores, the test-retest reliability correlation coefficients were statistically significant (rho = 0.46, p<0.05; rho = 0.62, p<0.01; and rho = 0.59, p<0.01, respectively). Overall, the three visual perceptual tests exhibited low to moderate levels of internal consistency and test-retest reliability.
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