scholarly journals Validation Assessment of a Pain Interference Questionnaire among Student Pharmacists

Pharmacy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 170
Author(s):  
Megan Whaley ◽  
Nouf Bin Awad ◽  
Terri Warholak ◽  
David Rhys Axon
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Rasch Analysis ◽  
Pharmacy Education ◽  
Model Fit ◽  
Pain Interference ◽  
Response Frequency ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Reliability Assessments ◽  
Item Reliability ◽  
Variance Explained

Validation studies of pain interference instruments used among student pharmacists are rare yet essential for understanding their appropriate use and interpretation in pharmacy education and practice. This study conducted validation and reliability assessments of a five-item Pain Interference Scale previously administered to student pharmacists. Construct validity was assessed using Rasch analysis. Unidimensionality was measured using: point-biserial measure correlations; percent of raw variance explained by items; difference between expected; variance modeled by items; and Rasch model fit. To assess scale functioning, response frequency distribution, observed average and sample expected logit distribution, Andrich logit distribution, item separation, and item reliability were assessed. Visual examination of the Item-Person Map determined content validity. Items explained 64.2% of data raw variance. The difference between raw variance modeled and observed was 0.6. Point-biserial measure correlations were >0.77. Item mean-square infits were 0.7–1.3 while outfit measures were 0.72–1.16. There were >10 responses per response category, response frequency and Andrich thresholds progressively advanced, and observed average and sample expected logits advanced monotonically, Andrich logits = −2.33–1.69, item separation = 2.61, and item reliability = 0.87. Item probability curves indicated response categories were minimally yet adequately distinct. Cronbach’s alpha = 0.93. The Item-Person Map had a ceiling effect indicating content gaps. In conclusion, the pain interference instrument has acceptable construct validity yet contains content gaps. Additional difficult items should be added to the instrument to better capture pain interference among student pharmacists.

scholarly journals RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF PERSON-CENTERED BEHAVIORAL APPROACHES FOR BPSD

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S558-S559
Author(s):  
Kimberly Van Haitsma ◽  
Caroline Madrigal ◽  
Ann M Kolanowski ◽  
Barb Resnick ◽  
Beth Galik ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
Rasch Analysis ◽  
Psychological Symptoms ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Psychometric Testing ◽  
Person Centered Care ◽  
Centered Care ◽  
Behavioral And Psychological Symptoms ◽  
Item Reliability

Abstract How behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) are understood and managed is important to person-centered care. No knowledge tests associated with dementia specifically address staff knowledge of person-centered behavioral approaches to BPSD. The Knowledge of Person-Centered Behavioral Approaches for BPSD Test was developed by our team to fill that gap. We tested the reliability and validity of this measure using a Rasch analysis and additional psychometric testing. 1,071 nurses from 35 nursing homes participated in the study. Reliability was evident based on an item separation of 11.00 and item reliability of 0.99. Construct validity was evident in that all of the items fit the model with INFIT and OUTFIT statistics (0.6-1.4). Associations between test scores and observed positive and negative care interactions (r=.38, p=.03; r=-.26, p=.12), person-centered care approaches (r=-.25, p=.15), and resistance to care (r=-.31, p=.07) will be examined and implications for person-centered care discussed.

scholarly journals Developing and Validating the Narcissistic Personality Scale (NPS) among Older Thai Adults Using Rasch Analysis

Healthcare ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 1717
Author(s):  
Pitchapat Chinnarasri ◽  
Nahathai Wongpakaran ◽  
Tinakon Wongpakaran
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Rasch Analysis ◽  
Measurement Model ◽  
Statistical Manual ◽  
Personality Scale ◽  
Diagnostic And Statistical Manual ◽  
Promising Tool ◽  
Narcissistic Personality ◽  
Item Functioning ◽  
Item Reliability

Background: Being older could be stressful, especially among people with narcissistic personality disorders. Nevertheless, the tool is yet to be available among older Thai individuals. The study aimed to develop a tool to detect symptoms of narcissistic personality, and to validate its psychometric properties among older Thai adults. Methods: The Narcissistic Personality Scale (NPS) was developed based on nine domain symptoms of narcissistic personality disorder from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), consisting of 80 items. The original scale was field-tested using Rasch analysis for item reduction, rendering a final 43 items. NPS was further investigated among 296 seniors aged 60 years old. Rasch analysis was used to assess its construct validity. Result: Of 43 items, 17 were further removed as infit or outfit mean square >1.5. The final 26-item NPS met all necessary criteria of unidimensionality and local independence without differential item functioning due to age and sex, and good targeting with subjects. Person and item reliability were 0.88 and 0.95, respectively. No disordered threshold or category was found. Conclusions: The NPS is a promising tool with a proven construct validity based on the Rasch measurement model among Thai seniors. This new questionnaire can be used as outcome measures in clinical practice.

scholarly journals Uji Validitas Konstruk Work Role Performance pada Karyawan di Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-270
Author(s):  
Bella Saviera ◽  
Hery Susanto ◽  
Anissa Lestari Kadiyono
Keyword(s):  
Content Validity ◽  
Rasch Analysis ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Model Fit ◽  
Work Role ◽  
Sampling Techniques ◽  
Role Performance ◽  
Indonesian Population ◽  
Item Reliability ◽  
Performance Scale

Employee performance is critical to the overall success of the company. In achieving their goals, companies will face many challenges. This can be overcome in several ways, one of which is by improving employee performance. Therefore, it is important to measure the role performance of employee in Indonesia. Work role performance scale was first delevoped in Australia in 2007 and have not been adapted for Indonesian population. This study intends to evaluate the validity and the reliability of the Indonesian version of work role performance scale. Aiken’s V formula was used to evaluate the content validity of the scale. Both CTT and Rasch analysis were employed to evaluate the reliability of the scale. Participants in this study were employees, with a total of 370 (n = 370), collected by using accidental sampling techniques. The results showed Aiken’s V of 0.87 to 0.91 shows that items of the adapted scale were relevant to measure the construct. The adapted scale was found reliable with Cronbach’s alpha of 0.936 and Rasch’s person and item reliability were 0.87 and 0.98. In CFA results, the model fit was acceptable (RMSEA=0.08 and CFI=0.96) shows that the data fit the hypoteshized model.

Mindfulness or Mindlessness?

2011 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Volkmar Höfling ◽  
Helfried Moosbrugger ◽  
Karin Schermelleh-Engel ◽  
Thomas Heidenreich
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Model Fit ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Mindful Attention ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Item Wording ◽  
Method Effects

The 15 items of the Mindful Attention and Awareness Scale (MAAS; Brown & Ryan, 2003 ) are negatively worded and assumed to assess mindfulness. However, there are indications of differences between the original MAAS and a version with the positively rephrased MAAS items (“mirror items”). The present study examines whether the mindfulness facet “mindful attention and awareness” (MAA) can be measured with both positively and negatively worded items if we take method effects due to item wording into account. To this end, the 15 negatively worded items of the MAAS and additionally 13 positively rephrased items were assessed (N = 602). Confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) models with and without regard to method effects were carried out and evaluated by means of model fit. As a result, the positively and negatively worded items should be seen as different methods that influence the construct validity of mindfulness. Furthermore, a modified version of the MAAS (MAAS-Short) with five negatively worded items (taken from the MAAS) and five positively worded items (“mirror items”) was introduced as an alternative to assess MAA. The MAAS-Short appears superior to the original MAAS. The results and the limitations of the present study are discussed.

scholarly journals Psychometric Properties of the 25-Item Connor-Davison Resilience Scale: Preliminary Data for a Romanian Military Population

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-38
Author(s):  
Iulia-Clarisa Giurcă ◽  
Adriana Baban ◽  
Sebastian Pintea ◽  
Bianca Macavei
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Preliminary Data ◽  
Model Fit ◽  
Military Population ◽  
Resilience Scale ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

AbstractThe following study is aimed at investigating the construct validity of the 25-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC 25) on a Romanian military population. The exploratory factor analysis was conducted on 434 male military participants, aged between 24 and 50 years (M = 34.83, S.D. = 6.14) and the confirmatory factor analysis was conducted on a sample of 679 military participants, of 605 men and 74 women, aged between 18 and 59 years (M = 38.37, S.D. = 9.07). Factor analysis of the scale showed it to be a bidimensional, rather than a multidimensional instrument, as the original five-factor structure was not replicated in this military Romanian sample. Moreover, EFAs suggested that a 14-item bidimensional model should be retained and CFA confirmed that this model fit the data best.

scholarly journals Genetic Polymorphisms Associated with Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (12) ◽  
pp. 3879 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi-Chun Chen ◽  
Kuo-Hsuan Chang ◽  
Chiung-Mei Chen
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Variation ◽  
Lipid Metabolism ◽  
Intracerebral Hemorrhage ◽  
Genetic Variants ◽  
Vessel Wall ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Gene Variants ◽  
Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Variance Explained

Differences in the incidence of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) between ethnicities exist, with an estimated 42% of the variance explained by ethnicity itself. Caucasians have a higher proportion of lobar ICH (LICH, 15.4% of all ICH) than do Asians (3.4%). Alterations in the causal factor exposure between countries justify part of the ethnic variance in ICH incidence. One third of ICH risk can be explained by genetic variation; therefore, genetic differences between populations can partly explain the difference in ICH incidence. In this paper, we review the current knowledge of genetic variants associated with ICH in multiple ethnicities. Candidate gene variants reportedly associated with ICH were involved in the potential pathways of hypertension, vessel wall integrity, lipid metabolism, endothelial dysfunction, inflammation, platelet function, and coagulopathy. Furthermore, variations in APOE (in multiple ethnicities), PMF1/SLC25A44 (in European), ACE (in Asian), MTHFR (in multiple ethnicities), TRHDE (in European), and COL4A2 (in European) were the most convincingly associated with ICH. The majority of the associated genes provide small contributions to ICH risk, with few of them being replicated in multiple ethnicities.

Construct Validity and Rasch Reliability of the Conduct Problem Scale (COPS) for School-Age Children: Rasch Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 74 (4_Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 7411500010p1
Author(s):  
Chien-Yu Huang ◽  
Po-Yu Chen ◽  
Ching-Lin Hsieh ◽  
Kuan-Lin Chen
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Rasch Analysis ◽  
Conduct Problem ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
School Age

Staff Self-Efficacy and Staff Outcome Expectations for Function-Focused Care: Rasch Testing

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 589-600
Author(s):  
Kelly Doran ◽  
Barbara Resnick
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Rasch Analysis ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Outcome Expectations ◽  
Care Staff ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Worksite Health ◽  
Pearson Correlations ◽  
Item Reliability

Background and Purpose: The purpose of this study was to test the reliability and validity for two new scales. Methods: We used baseline data from a worksite health promotion project with 98 long-term care staff and Pearson correlations and Rasch analysis testing. Results: For Staff Self-Efficacy for Function Focused Care and Staff Outcome Expectations for Function Focused Care item, reliability was .80 and .83, respectively. All items except one had acceptable INFIT and OUTFIT mean square statistics. Both new scales were significantly correlated (r = .342, p = .007), but neither of the scales were correlated with participants’ baseline exercise levels (r = .014, p = .918; r = .092, p = .454, respectively). Conclusions: There was some evidence of validity and internal consistency for both scales. Suggestions are provided to improve the measures for future use.

Construct validity of two pain behaviour observation measurement instruments for young children with burns by Rasch analysis

Pain ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 153 (11) ◽  
pp. 2260-2266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alette E.E. de Jong ◽  
Wim E. Tuinebreijer ◽  
Marco Bremer ◽  
Rob van Komen ◽  
Esther Middelkoop ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Rasch Analysis ◽  
Measurement Instruments ◽  
Pain Behaviour

scholarly journals THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CURIOSITY TOWARDS PRIMARY STEM EDUCATION QUESTIONNAIRE INSTRUMENT

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (40) ◽  
pp. 274-292
Author(s):  
Jamilah Ahmad ◽  
Nyet Moi Siew
Keyword(s):  
Stem Education ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
High Reliability ◽  
Measurement Model ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
School Students ◽  
Item Fit ◽  
Primary Stem ◽  
Item Reliability ◽  
Variance Explained

The Curiosity towards STEM Education Questionnaire Instrument (CQI-STEM) was developed to measure the level of curiosity towards STEM education among primary school students. CQI-STEM consisted of 10 items measuring the two constructs of curiosity towards STEM, namely stretching, and embracing. A total of 166 years five students aged 10 to 11 years enrolled in five urban schools in the Tawau district, Sabah was involved as a research sample. Rasch Measurement Model was applied to determine the validity and reliability of CQI-STEM. The results of the validity analysis found that the polarity of the items through the PTMEA-CORR values showed that all 10 items were > .00 (+). Through item fit analysis, all items were retained because items meet the requirements of the range in MNSQ outfit, ZSTD outfit, and PTMEA-CORR. The value of Raw Variance Explained by Measures was 63.1% (excellent) and the value of Unexplained variance in the first contrast was below 15%, showing that the instrument had strong dimensionality and high construct validity. The CQI-STEM instrument was found to have high reliability with a Cronbach’s alpha value (KR-20) of .93. Results also showed that CQI-STEM has excellent item reliability and moderate-high item separation value of .96 and 4.83 respectively. CQI-STEM also has high person reliability and person separation value of .92 and 3.48 respectively. In conclusion, CQI-STEM has good validity and high reliability in measuring curiosity towards STEM Education among year five students in primary schools.

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