[PDF] Top 20 Psychometric properties of the Late-Life Function and Disability Instrument: a systematic review

... Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) ...and disability (inability to participate in major life tasks and social ...The Function component evaluates difficulty in performing 32 physical ... See full document

... of function and disability and are criticized for lacking a theoretical framework and for poor psychometric properties ...[9-11].The Late- Life Function and ... See full document

... of life for a child with cerebral ...motor function abil- ity and not a QOL measure, thus correlations between QOL outcome measures and the GMFCS do not neces- sarily result in a valid QOL measure, but ... See full document

... a life situation [3]. In upper limb rehabilitation, function is an important and debated term—because impairments can affect function and it is through function that activity and participation ... See full document

... The BCTQ was compared with 12 other outcome meas- ures for carpal tunnel syndrome to assess construct valid- ity (see Table 2). The hypothesized relationships between the BCTQ and the other outcome measures were assessed ... See full document

... Despite the necessity for further research in various areas, this review establishes an important foundation for future investigations. Additionally, direct implications for studies determining effectiveness of ... See full document

... Another relevant point is the use of testing-retesting before construct validation. It is probable that items are discarded with the use of more adequate and robust techniques by not saturating and/or not conforming to ... See full document

... Despite the advisability of early assessment and identi- fication [16, 24, 26] and the development of many screening instruments, there are no gold standard obser- vational tools available either. Indeed, although the ... See full document

... of LIFE-P participants was compromised somewhat, these individuals did live inde- pendently in the ...Third, LIFE-P collected the LLDI at three different time points: appli- cation of factor analysis to ... See full document

... used systematic sampling, which relies on arranging the target population according to some ordering scheme and then selecting elements at regular intervals through that ordered ...makes systematic sampling ... See full document

... of Life (SQoL) Instru- ment for inpatient and community mental health settings was developed by the interRAI research collaborative to support evaluation of quality in mental health settings from the person’s per- ... See full document

... The findings of the review also support the need for further consideration of instrument design when attempting to measure social inclusion. All identified instruments were self- report measures. While ... See full document

... and systematic process, which consists of different phases (capture, creation, organization, storage, distribution and effective use of knowledge) in relation to knowledge (not information), which do not ... See full document

... The primary outcome in the CORKA trial is the LLFDI overall function score at 12 months. No existing infor- mation was available about the minimum clinically im- portant difference for this scale; however, it was ... See full document

... reviewing psychometric resilience scales is the assumption that re- silience is consistent across demographic and disease states, an area that has not been fully investigated in the literature to ... See full document

... Previous QoL studies have sought to find evidence of construct validity by correlating with other established measures such as the SF-36, self-rated health status, and satisfaction with life scales (Bowling, 2009; ... See full document

... A total of 147 studies were identified from the search in the databases [Embase (n = 29), Medline (n = 19), Psy- cInfo (n = 1), PubMed (n = 58) and Google Scholar (n = 40)], of which 61 studies were considered relevant. ... See full document

... F. carica stems have been shown to exert anti-oxidative effects. Saoudi and El Feki (2012) reported that supplementation with aqueous ex- tract of F. carica stems significantly restored SOD, CAT and GPX level. The ... See full document

... the instrument was developed based on concept elicita- tion from COPD patients (four focus groups; n = 27) about their experiences of nighttime symptoms of COPD, with clinical validity supported by the literature, ... See full document

... RMSEA) showed a good fit of the model for an Iranian sample. Moreover, the results of this study were similar to original PMOS, however, only the items of the eighth domain (33rd and 37th items) had small loading domains ... See full document