Objectives To compare the construct validity, including discrimination between known groups, of three pain and three morning stiffness (MS) measurement instruments. Methods Patients with radiographic ...

All health care practitioners should be facile in the digital rectal exam (DRE) as it provides prostate, rectal and neurological information. The purpose of this study was first to justify our ...

Have you ever taken a personality quiz and wondered if it truly captured who you are? Or have you read a news article about a study and questioned the measurements used? These are situations where ...

測定しようとしている心理的特性をどれくらい的確に測定しているかを表す概念である。 測定したい状態等を測定するために十分な質問項目が質問紙に用いられているかが問題となる。 信頼性のように特定の指標があるわけではなく、様々な視点で妥当性 ...

Introduction: The Post-COVID-19 Functional Status (PCFS) scale was quickly adopted into COVID-19 research and clinical practice worldwide to monitor functional status and recovery. The scale has been ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Purpose To examine the construct validity of the Health Utilities Index Mark 3 (HUI3) by exploring relationships among several well-recognized ...

OBJECTIVE: The Obesity-related Problems scale (OP) is a self-assessment module developed to measure the impacts of obesity on psychosocial functioning. Our principal aim was to evaluate the construct ...

Abstract: Empirical research aims to establish generalizable claims from data. Such claims may involve concepts that must be measured indirectly by using indicators. Construct validity is concerned ...