The test–retest reliability of the Aphasia Attitudes, Strategies and Knowledge (AASK) survey with student health professionals

Aphasiology ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Emma Power ◽  
Kate Falkenberg ◽  
Elise Elbourn ◽  
Michelle Christine Attard ◽  
Leanne Togher
Keyword(s):  
Health Professionals ◽  
Student Health ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

scholarly journals Spousal Presence as a Nonpharmacological Pain Management during Childbirth: A Pilot Study

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abigail U. Emelonye ◽  
Taina Pitkäaho ◽  
Katri Vehviläinen-Julkunen
Keyword(s):  
Pain Management ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Alpha Coefficient ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Two Phases ◽  
Nonpharmacological Pain Management ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

Background. Measures of spousal effect during parturient pain should take a tripartite approach involving the parturients, spouses, and midwives.Aim. To develop and validate three questionnaires measuring spousal presence in management of parturient pain in Nigeria.Methods. There are two phases: (1) development of questionnaires, Abuja Instrument for Midwives (AIM), Abuja Instrument for Parturient Pain (AIPP), and Abuja Instrument for Parturient Spouses (AIPS), utilizing literatures, Kuopio instrument for fathers (KIF) and expertise of health professionals, and (2) pilot study to validate the questionnaires which were administered in two hospitals in Nigeria: midwives(n=10), parturients(n=10), and spouses(n=10).  Results. Internal consistency for the three questionnaires indicated Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of 0.789 (AIM), 0.802 (AIPP), and 0.860 (AIPS), while test-retest reliability wasr=0.99(AIM),r=0.99(AIPP), andr=0.90(AIPS).Conclusions. AIM, AIPP, and AIPS provide a means of investigating the effectiveness of spousal presence in management of parturient pain in Nigeria. However, further testing of each instrument is needed in a larger population to replicate the beneficial findings of AIMS, AIPP, and AIPS which can contribute rigor to future studies.

scholarly journals Psychometric properties of the moral injury symptom scale among Chinese health professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wang Zhizhong ◽  
Harold G. Koenig ◽  
Tong Yan ◽  
Wen Jing ◽  
Sui Mu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Workplace Violence ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Moral Injury ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

Abstract Background Moral injury among physicians and other health professionals has attracted attention in the mainstream literature, this study aim to assess the psychometric properties of the 10-item Moral Injury Symptoms Scale-Health Professional (MISS-HP) among healthcare professionals in China. Methods A total of 583 nurses and 2423 physicians were recruited from across mainland China. An online survey was conducted from March 27 to April 26, 2020 (during the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic) using the Chinese version of the MISS-HP. Reliability was assessed by internal consistency reliability and test-retest reliability. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were performed to determine scale structure. Results Cronbach’s α of the scale for both samples was acceptable (0.71 for nurses and 0.70 for physicians), as was test-retest reliability (ICCs for the individual items ranged from 0.41 to 0.74, with 0.77 for the overall scale in physicians). EFA suggested three factors, and the CFA indicated good fit to the data. Convergent validity was demonstrated with the 4-item Expressions of Moral Injury Scale (r = 0.45 for physicians, r = 0.43 for nurses). Discriminant validity was demonstrated by correlations with burnout and well-being (r = 0.34–0.47), and concurrent validity was suggested by correlations with depression and anxiety symptoms (r = 0.37–0.45). Known groups validity was indicated by a higher score in those exposed to workplace violence (B = 4.16, 95%CI: 3.21–5.10, p < 0.001). Conclusions The MISS-HP demonstrated acceptable reliability and validity in a large sample of physicians and nurses in mainland China, supporting its use as a screening measure for moral injury symptoms among increasingly stressed health professionals in this country during the COVID-19 pandemic.

scholarly journals Psychometric Properties of the Moral Injury Symptoms Scale among Chinese Health Professionals during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhizhong Wang ◽  
Harold G Koenig ◽  
Yan Tong ◽  
Jing Wen ◽  
Mu Sui ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Workplace Violence ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Moral Injury ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

Abstract Aims To assess the psychometric properties of the 10-item Moral Injury Symptoms Scale-Health Professional (MISS-HP) among healthcare professionals in China. Methods: A total of 583 nurses and 2,423 physicians were recruited from across mainland China. An online survey was conducted using the Chinese version of the MISS-HP from March 27 to April 26, 2020 (during the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic). Reliability was assessed by internal consistency reliability and test-retest reliability. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was performed to determine scale structure. Results: Cronbach’s α of the scale for both samples was acceptable (0.71 for nurses and 0.70 for physicians), as was test-retest reliability ( ICCs for the individual items ranged from 0.41 to 0.74, with 0.77 for the overall scale in physicians). EFA suggested three factors, and the CFA indicated good fit to the data. Convergent validity was demonstrated with the 4-item Expressions of Moral Injury Scale (r=0.45 for physicians, r=0.43 for nurses). Discriminant validity was demonstrated by correlations with burnout and well-being (r=0.34–0.47), and concurrent validity was suggested by correlations with depression and anxiety symptoms (r=0.37–0.45). Known groups validity was indicated by a higher score in those exposed to workplace violence (B=4.16, 95%CI: 3.21-5.10, p<0.001). Conclusion: The MISS-HP demonstrated acceptable reliability and validity in a large sample of physicians and nurses in mainland China, supporting its use as a screening measure for moral injury symptoms among increasingly stressed health professionals in this country during the COVID-19 pandemic.

scholarly journals Psychometric Properties of the Moral Injury Symptom Scale among Chinese Health Professionals during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhizhong Wang ◽  
Harold G Koenig ◽  
Yan Tong ◽  
Jing Wen ◽  
Mu Sui ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Workplace Violence ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Moral Injury ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

Abstract Background Moral injury among physicians and other health professionals has attracted attention in the mainstream literature, this study aim to assess the psychometric properties of the 10-item Moral Injury Symptoms Scale-Health Professional (MISS-HP) among healthcare professionals in China. Methods: A total of 583 nurses and 2,423 physicians were recruited from across mainland China. An online survey was conducted from March 27 to April 26, 2020 (during the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic) using the Chinese version of the MISS-HP. Reliability was assessed by internal consistency reliability and test-retest reliability. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were performed to determine scale structure. Results: Cronbach’s α of the scale for both samples was acceptable (0.71 for nurses and 0.70 for physicians), as was test-retest reliability ( ICCs for the individual items ranged from 0.41 to 0.74, with 0.77 for the overall scale in physicians). EFA suggested three factors, and the CFA indicated good fit to the data. Convergent validity was demonstrated with the 4-item Expressions of Moral Injury Scale (r=0.45 for physicians, r=0.43 for nurses). Discriminant validity was demonstrated by correlations with burnout and well-being (r=0.34–0.47), and concurrent validity was suggested by correlations with depression and anxiety symptoms (r=0.37–0.45). Known groups validity was indicated by a higher score in those exposed to workplace violence (B=4.16, 95%CI: 3.21-5.10, p<0.001). Conclusions: The MISS-HP demonstrated acceptable reliability and validity in a large sample of physicians and nurses in mainland China, supporting its use as a screening measure for moral injury symptoms among increasingly stressed health professionals in this country during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Development of a preliminary tool to assess care-giving practices by family members with Schizophrenia: A report from India

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S678-S678
Author(s):  
S. Das
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Face Validity ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Care Giving ◽  
Competing Interest ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

IntroductionCare-giving practices by family members have inherent value and importance in the provision of care for patients with schizophrenia. There is dearth of assessment tools that focus on practices followed by caregivers’ while dealing with their relatives with schizophrenia, especially from India.ObjectiveTo develop a tool for the assessment of ‘care-giving practices’ followed by family members while caring for their patients with schizophrenia.Aims(a) To construct a reliable and valid tool on ‘care-giving practices’ followed by family members while caring for their patients with schizophrenia; (b) To determine the various ‘good’ and ‘bad’ practices within this tool.MethodsInitial detailed literature (Pubmed, Goggle search with input by the caregivers generated a list of 24 commonly used practices; which was shortened to 17 statements whose face validity was tested by 14 mental health professionals. Hindi translation with ‘test-retest’ reliability was conducted. Finally, ‘Consensus based approach’ was adopted by the mental health professionals to arrive at objective (b) i.e. statements reflecting ‘good’ or ‘bad’ practice.ResultsFinal questionnaire comprised 15 statements with adequate face and content validity and high test-retest reliability (Cronbach's alpha = 0.747). 6 items reflected ‘good’ and 9 reflected ‘poor’ practice respectively with maximum score of 15; and categorization from ‘very poor’ to ‘very good’ practices.ConclusionThis preliminary yet simple and easy to use tool will give better understanding about how family members provide ‘care-giving’ practices for patients with schizophrenia. However, this needs further validation, replicability, and possible modifications in a multi-cultural, multi-linguistic country like India.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Measuring “Language Access Profiles” in Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children With the DHH Language Exposure Assessment Tool

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
Matthew L. Hall ◽  
Stephanie De Anda
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Exposure Assessment ◽  
Hard Of Hearing ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Communication Mode ◽  
Developmental Potential ◽  
Language Access ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Language Exposure ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

Purpose The purposes of this study were (a) to introduce “language access profiles” as a viable alternative construct to “communication mode” for describing experience with language input during early childhood for deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) children; (b) to describe the development of a new tool for measuring DHH children's language access profiles during infancy and toddlerhood; and (c) to evaluate the novelty, reliability, and validity of this tool. Method We adapted an existing retrospective parent report measure of early language experience (the Language Exposure Assessment Tool) to make it suitable for use with DHH populations. We administered the adapted instrument (DHH Language Exposure Assessment Tool [D-LEAT]) to the caregivers of 105 DHH children aged 12 years and younger. To measure convergent validity, we also administered another novel instrument: the Language Access Profile Tool. To measure test–retest reliability, half of the participants were interviewed again after 1 month. We identified groups of children with similar language access profiles by using hierarchical cluster analysis. Results The D-LEAT revealed DHH children's diverse experiences with access to language during infancy and toddlerhood. Cluster analysis groupings were markedly different from those derived from more traditional grouping rules (e.g., communication modes). Test–retest reliability was good, especially for the same-interviewer condition. Content, convergent, and face validity were strong. Conclusions To optimize DHH children's developmental potential, stakeholders who work at the individual and population levels would benefit from replacing communication mode with language access profiles. The D-LEAT is the first tool that aims to measure this novel construct. Despite limitations that future work aims to address, the present results demonstrate that the D-LEAT represents progress over the status quo.

Visual-Neural Correlate of Speechreading Ability in Normal-Hearing Adults

1982 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 521-527 ◽  
Author(s):  
David C. Shepherd
Keyword(s):  
Normal Hearing ◽  
Wave Form ◽  
Firing Time ◽  
Neural Firing ◽  
Neural Correlate ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Repeated Word ◽  
Negative Peak ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

In 1977, Shepherd and colleagues reported significant correlations (–.90, –.91) between speechreading scores and the latency of a selected negative peak (VN 130 measure) on the averaged visual electroencephalic wave form. The primary purpose of this current study was to examine the stability, or repeatability, of this relation between these cognitive and neurophysiologic measures over a period of several months and thus support its test-retest reliability. Repeated speechreading word and sentence scores were gathered during three test-retest sessions from each of 20 normal-hearing adults. An average of 56 days occurred from the end of one to the beginning of another speechreading sessions. During each of four other test-retest sessions, averaged visual electroencephalic responses (AVER s ) were evoked from each subject. An average of 49 clays intervened between AVER sessions. Product-moment correlations computed among repeated word scores and VN l30 measures ranged from –.61 to –.89. Based on these findings, it was concluded that the VN l30 measure of visual neural firing time is a reliable correlate of speech-reading in normal-hearing adults.

Test-Retest Reliability of a Self-Report Questionnaire for DSM-IV and ICD-10 Personality Disorders

2000 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans Ottosson ◽  
Martin Grann ◽  
Gunnar Kullgren
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Clinical Sample ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Anxiety State ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Axis I ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

Summary: Short-term stability or test-retest reliability of self-reported personality traits is likely to be biased if the respondent is affected by a depressive or anxiety state. However, in some studies, DSM-oriented self-reported instruments have proved to be reasonably stable in the short term, regardless of co-occurring depressive or anxiety disorders. In the present study, we examined the short-term test-retest reliability of a new self-report questionnaire for personality disorder diagnosis (DIP-Q) on a clinical sample of 30 individuals, having either a depressive, an anxiety, or no axis-I disorder. Test-retest scorings from subjects with depressive disorders were mostly unstable, with a significant change in fulfilled criteria between entry and retest for three out of ten personality disorders: borderline, avoidant and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder. Scorings from subjects with anxiety disorders were unstable only for cluster C and dependent personality disorder items. In the absence of co-morbid depressive or anxiety disorders, mean dimensional scores of DIP-Q showed no significant differences between entry and retest. Overall, the effect from state on trait scorings was moderate, and it is concluded that test-retest reliability for DIP-Q is acceptable.

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