A computer adaptive testing approach for assessing physical functioning in children and adolescents.
The purpose of this article is to demonstrate: (1) the accuracy and (2) the reduction in amount of time and effort in assessing physical functioning (self-care and mobility domains) of children and adolescents using computer-adaptive testing (CAT). A CAT algorithm selects questions directly tailored...
| Published in: | Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology Vol. 47; no. 2; pp. 113 - 121 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Feb2005
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=106477859&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 106477859 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 00121622 1VN jtl: Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology issn: 00121622 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Feb2005 vid: 47 iid: 2 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell place: Malden, Massachusetts artinfo: ui: 106477859 106477859 NLM15707234 2005104066 10.1017/s0012162205000204 NLM15707234 106477859 ppf: 113 ppct: 8 formats: tig: atl: A computer adaptive testing approach for assessing physical functioning in children and adolescents. aug: au: Haley SM Ni P Fragala-Pinkham MA Skrinar AM Corzo D Haley, Stephen M Ni, Pengsheng Fragala-Pinkham, Maria A Skrinar, Alison M Corzo, Deyanira affil: Health and Disability Research Institute, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA sug: subj: Computerized Adaptive Testing Evaluation Functional Assessment In Infancy and Childhood Funding Source Adolescence Child Child, Preschool Confidence Intervals Descriptive Statistics Female Infant Interviews Intraclass Correlation Coefficient Male Research Instruments Retrospective Design T-Tests Human Adolescent: 13-18 years Child: 6-12 years Child, Preschool: 2-5 years Infant: 1-23 months Female Male ab: The purpose of this article is to demonstrate: (1) the accuracy and (2) the reduction in amount of time and effort in assessing physical functioning (self-care and mobility domains) of children and adolescents using computer-adaptive testing (CAT). A CAT algorithm selects questions directly tailored to the child's ability level, based on previous responses. Using a CAT algorithm, a simulation study was used to determine the number of items necessary to approximate the score of a full-length assessment. We built simulated CAT (5-, 10-, 15-, and 20-item versions) for self-care and mobility domains and tested their accuracy in a normative sample (n=373; 190 males, 183 females; mean age 6y 11mo [SD 4y 2m], range 4mo to 14y 11mo) and a sample of children and adolescents with Pompe disease (n=26; 21 males, 5 females; mean age 6y 1mo [SD 3y 10mo], range 5mo to 14y 10mo). Results indicated that comparable score estimates (based on computer simulations) to the full-length tests can be achieved in a 20-item CAT version for all age ranges and for normative and clinical samples. No more than 13 to 16% of the items in the full-length tests were needed for any one administration. These results support further consideration of using CAT programs for accurate and efficient clinical assessments of physical functioning. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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