Reliability of the Salford Needs Assessment Schedule for Adolescents

1999 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 891-902 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. KROLL ◽  
A. WOODHAM ◽  
J. ROTHWELL ◽  
S. BAILEY ◽  
C. TOBIAS ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Needs Assessment ◽  
Assessment Instrument ◽  
Face Validity ◽  
Assessment Instruments ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
New Instrument ◽  
Provision Of Services ◽  
Forensic Psychiatric ◽  
Test Retest Reliability ◽  
Reliability Coefficients

Background. For adolescents, there is no specific needs assessment instrument that assesses significant problems that can benefit from specified interventions. A new instrument (S.NASA) was developed by incorporating and adapting three well established adult needs assessment instruments. The S.NASA covers 21 areas of functioning including social, psychiatric, educational and life skills.Method. Client and carer interviews were conducted by different researchers. A week later the interviews were repeated using a crossover design. Significant (cardinal) problems were generated from the clinical interviews using a pre-defined algorithm. Final need status (three categories) was made by clinicians assessing the cardinal problems against defined interventions. The interventions were generated from discussions with clinicians and a survey of appropriate professionals working with adolescents.Results. Pre-piloting led to the final version being administered to 40 adolescents from secure units, forensic psychiatric and adolescent psychiatric services. There were 25 males and 15 females, mean age 15·5 years. Overall there were moderate to good inter-rater and test–retest reliability coefficients, the test–retest reliability coefficients for the total scores on the needs assessment interviews ranged from 0·73 to 0·85. Consensual and face validity was good, the adolescents and staff finding the instrument useful and helpful.Conclusions. This new needs assessment instrument shows acceptable psychometric properties. It should be of use in research projects assessing the needs and the provision of services for adolescents with complex and chronic problems.

scholarly journals Validation of the German version of the needs assessment tool: progressive disease-heart failure

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentina Gonzalez-Jaramillo ◽  
Jelena Guyer ◽  
Nora Luethi ◽  
Piotr Sobanski ◽  
Rut Zbinden ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Needs Assessment ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Progressive Disease ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Face Validity ◽  
Health Care Personnel ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

Abstract Background The Needs Assessment Tool: Progressive Disease-Heart Failure (NAT: PD-HF) is a tool created to assess the needs of people living with heart failure and their informal caregivers to assist delivering care in a more comprehensive way that addresses actual needs that are unmet, and to improve quality of life. In this study, we aimed to (1) Translate the tool into German and culturally adapt it. (2) Assess internal consistency, inter-rater reliability, and test–retest reliability of the German NAT: PD-HF. (3) Evaluate whether and how patients and health care personnel understand the tool and its utility. (4) Assess the tool’s face validity, applicability, relevance, and acceptability among health care personnel. Methods Single-center validation study. The tool was translated from English into German using a forward–backward translation. To assess internal consistency, we used Cronbach´s alpha. To assess inter-rater reliability and test–retest reliability, we used Cohen´s kappa, and to assess validity we used face validity. Results The translated tool showed good internal consistency. Raters were in substantial agreement on a majority of the questions, and agreement was almost perfect for all the questions in the test–retest analysis. Face validity was rated high by health care personnel. Conclusion The German NAT: PD-HF is a reliable, valid, and internally consistent tool that is well accepted by both patients and health care personnel. However, it is important to keep in mind that effective use of the tool requires training of health care personnel.

scholarly journals Validation of the German version of the Needs Assessment Tool: Progressive Disease – Heart Failure

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentina Gonzalez-Jaramillo ◽  
Jelena Guyer ◽  
Nora Luethi ◽  
Piotr Sobanski ◽  
Rut Zbinden ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Needs Assessment ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Progressive Disease ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Face Validity ◽  
Health Care Personnel ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

Abstract BackgroundThe Needs Assessment Tool: Progressive Disease-Heart Failure (NAT: PD-HF) is a tool created to assess the needs of people living with heart failure and their informal caregivers to assist delivering care in a more comprehensive way that addresses actual needs that are unmet, and to improve quality of life. In this study we aimed to 1) Translate the tool into German and culturally adapt it. 2) Assess internal consistency, inter-rater reliability, and test-retest reliability of the German NAT: PD-HF. 3) Evaluate whether and how patients and health care personnel understand the tool and its utility. 4) Assess the tool’s face validity, applicability, relevance, and acceptability among health care personnel.MethodsSingle-center validation study. The tool was translated from English into German using a forward–backward translation. To assess internal consistency, we used Cronbach´s alpha. To assess inter-rater reliability and test-retest reliability, we used Cohen´s kappa, and to assess validity we used face validity. ResultsThe translated tool showed good internal consistency. Raters were in substantial agreement on a majority of the questions, and agreement was almost perfect for all the questions in the test-retest analysis. Face validity was rated high by health care personnel.ConclusionThe German NAT: PD-HF is a reliable, valid, and internally consistent tool that is well accepted by both patients and health care personnel. However, it is important to keep in mind that effective use of the tool requires training of health care personnel.

Test-Retest Reliability and Practice Effect with the Shipley-Institute of Living Scale

1967 ◽  
Vol 20 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1085-1086 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. Ruiz ◽  
H. H. Krauss
Keyword(s):  
Intelligence Quotient ◽  
Intellectual Functioning ◽  
Practice Effect ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Test Retest Reliability ◽  
Reliability Coefficients

Upon re-testing with Shipley S-ILS (3 mo., 56 Ss), reliability coefficients are: Verbal, .77; Abstract, .63; Conceptual Quotient, .57; and Intelligence Quotient, .74 (all ps < .01). These coefficients and the pattern of mean-score increases suggest that the S-ILS is a “weak” measure of intellectual deterioration but a “better” measure of intellectual functioning.

Developing a measure to assess clinicians’ ability to reflect on key staff–patient dynamics in forensic settings

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Polnay ◽  
Helen Walker ◽  
Christopher Gallacher
Keyword(s):  
Reflective Practice ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Face Validity ◽  
Good Test ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

Purpose Relational dynamics between patients and staff in forensic settings can be complicated and demanding for both sides. Reflective practice groups (RPGs) bring clinicians together to reflect on these dynamics. To date, evaluation of RPGs has lacked quantitative focus and a suitable quantitative tool. Therefore, a self-report tool was designed. This paper aims to pilot The Relational Aspects of CarE (TRACE) scale with clinicians in a high-secure hospital and investigate its psychometric properties. Design/methodology/approach A multi-professional sample of 80 clinicians were recruited, completing TRACE and attitudes to personality disorder questionnaire (APDQ). Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) determined factor structure and internal consistency of TRACE. A subset was selected to measure test–retest reliability. TRACE was cross-validated against the APDQ. Findings EFA found five factors underlying the 20 TRACE items: “awareness of common responses,” “discussing and normalising feelings;” “utilising feelings,” “wish to care” and “awareness of complicated affects.” This factor structure is complex, but items clustered logically to key areas originally used to generate items. Internal consistency (α = 0.66, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.55–0.76) demonstrated borderline acceptability. TRACE demonstrated good test–retest reliability (intra-class correlation = 0.94, 95% CI = 0.78–0.98) and face validity. TRACE indicated a slight negative correlation with APDQ. A larger data set is needed to substantiate these preliminary findings. Practical implications Early indications suggested TRACE was valid and reliable, suitable to measure the effectiveness of reflective practice. Originality/value The TRACE was a distinctive measure that filled a methodological gap in the literature.

Longitudinal Study of Reading Scores of the Stanford Achievement Test

1982 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 369-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
David E. Suddick ◽  
Charles L. Bowen
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Achievement Test ◽  
Reading Scores ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Stanford Achievement Test ◽  
Test Retest Reliability ◽  
Reliability Coefficients

A 2. 5-yr. longitudinal study of the reading scales of the Stanford Achievement Test confirmed the redundancy in its subtests. Strong and stable test-retest reliability coefficients were evident and supported the use of the Stanford total reading scale for longitudinal evaluations.

Reliability of Translated Measures Assessing Dating Violence Among Mexican Adolescents

2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Audrey Hokoda ◽  
Luciana Ramos-Lira ◽  
Patricia Celaya ◽  
Keleigh Vilhauer ◽  
Manuel Angeles ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dating Violence ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Research Team ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Dating Relationships ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Test Retest Reliability ◽  
Acceptable Internal Consistency ◽  
Reliability Coefficients ◽  
Mexican Adolescents

Research on the prevalence and correlates of dating violence in Mexican teens is challenged by the lack of culturally and linguistically appropriate assessment tools. This study modified, translated, and back-translated the Conflict in Adolescent Dating Relationships Inventory (CADRI; Wolfe et al., 2001) and the Attitudes Towards Dating Violence Scales (Price, Byers, & the Dating Violence Research Team, 1999) for Mexican adolescents. Analyses on 307 adolescents (15–18 years old) from Monterrey and Mexicali, Mexico, revealed that most of the translated CADRI subscales and Attitudes Towards Dating Violence Scales had acceptable internal consistency and test-retest reliability coefficients. The study offers some evidence that the measures may be useful in assessing dating violence in Mexican teens.

Note on the Reliability of Q-Sort Data

1956 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 182-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
George H. Frank
Keyword(s):  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Test Retest Reliability ◽  
Q Sort ◽  
Reliability Coefficients

Test-retest reliability coefficients were computed for personality data using Q-sorts by 10 Ss. Coefficients of correlation were high (between .93 and .97), suggesting that the technique yields reliable measures.

Test-Retest Reliability of the Idea Inventory

1984 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 873-874 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norris D. Vestre
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Temporal Stability ◽  
Stability Test ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Irrational Thinking ◽  
Rational Emotive ◽  
Test Retest Reliability ◽  
Changes Over Time ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Reliability Coefficients

The Idea Inventory proposed as a measure of irrational thinking as defined by rational-emotive theory, was administered to two independent samples of college students on two occasions. Sample 1 ( n = 135) provided a test-retest interval of 4 wk.; Sample 2 ( n = 114), an interval of 4 to 6 wk. Indices of temporal stability, test-retest reliability coefficients (product-moment) and group changes over time, indicated satisfactory reliability for the Idea Inventory.

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