Reliability Analysis in Therapeutic Research: Practice and Procedures.

Twenty studies examining the reliability of assessment devices and outcome measures in therapeutic research were reviewed and analyzed. The 20 investigations contained 215 quantitative reliability values published in either the American Journal of Occupational Therapy or Physical Therapy during the...

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Publicado en:American Journal of Occupational Therapy Vol. 47; no. 1; pp. 10 - 17
Autores principales: Ottenbacher, Kenneth J., Tomchek, Scott D.
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: American Occupational Therapy Association Jan1993
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          Ottenbacher, Kenneth J.
          Tomchek, Scott D.
        affil: Professor and Associate Dean, School of Health Related Professions, State University of New York at Buffalo, 435 Kimball Tower, Buffalo, New York 14214
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          Research, Medical
          Reliability
          Human
          Interrater Reliability
          Intrarater Reliability
          Test-Retest Reliability
          Internal Consistency
          Intraclass Correlation Coefficient
          Pearson's Correlation Coefficient
      ab: Twenty studies examining the reliability of assessment devices and outcome measures in therapeutic research were reviewed and analyzed. The 20 investigations contained 215 quantitative reliability values published in either the American Journal of Occupational Therapy or Physical Therapy during the past 5 years. The reliability studies were classified as inter-rater, intrarater, test-retest, or internal consistency. Examination of interrater reliability accounted for 41% of all reported reliability values. Studies published in Physical Therapy were more likely to be concerned with test-retest reliability, whereas studies published in the American Journal of Occupational Therapy more often focused on interrater reliability. Examination of the data revealed that the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was the most frequently reported estimate of reliability, accounting for 57% of all reported reliability coefficients. Further review of the results indicated that Pearson product-moment correlations and percentage of agreement indexes accounted for 22% of all reliability values reported in the studies examined. The Pearson product-moment correlation measures association or covariation among variables, but not agreement, and percentage agreement indexes do not correct for chance agreement. The argument is made that product-moment correlations and percentage agreement indexes are inadequate measures of interrater, intrarater or test-retest agreement. They should be used and interpreted with caution.
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