Introduction to Psychometric Evaluation

METHODS A four-phased validation procedure was conducted (January 2016-April 2019): defining the construct measured by the tool, tool development, content validation and psychometric evaluation.

This chapter describes the content of generic and SLE-specific measures and presents evidence for the quality of the scale development and psychometric evaluation of the SLE-specific HRQoL scales.

This paper describes the development and psychometric evaluation of the Decision Tool Anxiety Disorders, OCD and PTSD (DTAOP), which aims to aid clinicians in the early identification of patients with an anxiety disorder, OCD, or PTSD in need of highly specialized mental healthcare.

Objective To report the results of the adaptation process and psychometric evaluation of two scales to measure solastalgia in contexts related to the construction of dams.

Conclusions The psychometric evaluation supports a model consisting of activities (demands, unnecessary tasks, and role clarity), needs support and goal orientation that can be reliably measured with the DoCCA scale.

However, psychometric evaluation of mood in acute stroke patients may be challenging due to cognitive deficits.

We present results of initial steps of the psychometric evaluation of a proposed modified version of the Brazilian Household Food Insecurity Measurement Scale aimed at assessing adults' recall of food insecurity at age 12.

Methods We made a cross-sectional study of psychometric evaluation conducted between January 2019 and February 2020.

METHODS One year after the patient was discharged from the ICU, eligible adolescent relatives completed a satisfaction survey, anxiety history questionnaire, and psychometric evaluations (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and 8-item Children's Revised Impact of Event Scale).

Psychometric evaluation used the MINI criteria for different psychiatric disorders, personality disorders and suicidality, the Hamilton anxiety scale, the Beck depression scale and the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire.

This research aimed, first, to identify, summarize, and synthesize the studies reporting the development, translation, and/or psychometric evaluation of PROMs in Arabic-speaking populations and, second, to evaluate the psychometric properties and the translation process of a sample 26 PROMs.

CONCLUSIONS Overall, the findings indicate the psychometric evaluation of A-QUEST 2.

Additionally, psychometric evaluation of the ESICI with our sample recommends the revision of several questions to improve the validity of this assessment.

The Hamilton Program for Schizophrenia Voices Questionnaire (HPSVQ) is a brief self-report measure which requires further psychometric evaluation.

Two independent reviewers identified all studies published in English, that report on the validation, psychometric evaluation or use of an instrument for screening PsA.

Structured Clinical Interview DSM-IV (SCID-I) and (SCID-II) were applied for psychometric evaluation.

ICF was used to categorise the content of the questionnaires, and the COSMIN checklist was used to assess the psychometric evaluations.

Psychometric evaluation of the MHLS–Arabic version was conducted, and correlation and regression analyses were performed.

Psychometric evaluations of the Spanish EPIC-16 were conducted.

The main objective of the current investigation was to conduct a psychometric evaluation of the ability of the Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS-2), the Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ), the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R) and the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) to capture different RRB constructs.

This paper presents the validation and psychometric evaluation of the PHS in the Portuguese context.

Also, the dataset might be used as a platform for future research on psychometric evaluation using the above scales.

Cronbach alpha coefficient, content validity ratio (CVR) and content validity index (CVI) were used for psychometric evaluation of questionnaire and paired/independent sample t-test was used for data analysis.

Encompassing both social consequences and value implications, Messick's unified validity contends that psychometric evaluation alone is insufficient to justify instrument use or ensure social resonance of findings.

Psychometric evaluation of score reliability, validity, and clinical interpretation was conducted using the trial data.

Method We conducted a psychometric evaluation of the Barriers to Treatment Questionnaire - Latina/o/x Caregivers (BTQ-LC) with a sample of 598 Latina/o/x caregivers from across the United States.

Clinical examinations of 60 patients with erectile dysfunction, which also included psychosocial stress, focussed on patient history, comprehensive sexological examination, biochemical analyses of serum prolactin, total testosterone and thyroid‐stimulating hormone with psychometric evaluation of erectile function and a checklist of trauma symptoms (TSC‐40).

We conclude with general recommendations for the psychometric evaluation of emotion perception measures and provide recommendations for best measurement practices.

Following descriptive and psychometric evaluation of measures used, multiple linear regression was used to assess the relationships between predictor variables and boredom, anxiety and psychological well-being scores during the pandemic.

RESULTS Following the development process, 94 items were removed and a provisional version of the questionnaire with 32 items was subjected to psychometric evaluation.

The aim of this study was to translate into Swedish and culturally adapt the BREAST-Q LD questionnaire’s two subscales, appearance and function, and perform a psychometric evaluation of the subscales in a Swedish population of patients.

The Chinese NFA scale was developed following the translation-back translation procedure, and the psychometric evaluation was performed by applying confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM), correlation analysis and multigroup invariance test.

The aim of this study was the development and psychometric evaluation of the Mental Health Nurse-Sensitive Patient Outcome Scale (MH-NURSE-POS) for inpatient psychiatric hospital settings.

Our associated paper presented a psychometric evaluation of the Wender Utah Rating Scale (WURS) and its abbreviated version, the WURS-25.

Psychometric evaluation included assessment of scale dimensionality using Classical Test Theory and hypothesis testing for evidence of construct validity.

For the psychometric evaluation, a sample of 266 patients with diabetes mellitus, aged 21–64 years old were examined.

In our study, following recommendations for cultural adaptation, an Indigenous Reference Group indicated the EQ-5D-5L as a potentially valid instrument to measure aspects of HRQoL and endorsed further psychometric evaluation.

Methods: The AC-PROM Tamil was developed in 3 steps: item generation, item reduction and psychometric evaluation as guided by the USA Food and Drug Administration.

We report the development and psychometric evaluation of the self-report COVID-19 Pandemic Mental Health Questionnaire (CoPaQ), which assesses COVID-19 contamination anxiety, countermeasure necessity and compliance, mental health impact, stressor impact, social media usage, interpersonal conflicts, paranoid ideations, institutional & political trust, conspiracy beliefs, and social cohesion.

This report describes a Swedish translation and psychometric evaluation of the Experience of Embodiment Scale (EES; Piran, Teall, & Counsell, 2020), an instrument for assessing a wide range of positive and negative experiences of living in the body.

After a standardized cross-cultural adaption process, a psychometric evaluation was performed of the Chinese version of the PROMIS social function short forms.

In the quantitative (psychometric evaluation) phase, face, content, construct, convergent, and discriminant validity and reliability of the scale were tested.

The purpose of this study was translation, cross-cultural adaptation, and psychometric evaluation of the original ULFI into Persian (ULFI-Pr).

This article presents the concept of questionnaire experience (QX), intending to add a new element to the psychometric evaluation of questionnaires, which may eventually help increase the validity and reliability of instruments.

Following further psychometric evaluation, the GOAL-LD may serve as a much needed patient and parent reported outcome measure for this population.

Given the importance of cloud computing technology and the lack of tools to investigate the factors affecting cloud computing acceptance in academic libraries; therefore, the aim of present study was to perform the development and psychometric evaluation of the cloud computing technology acceptance questionnaire for academic libraries.

Method: The PB-UE-MCT was developed in three phases, including planning, construction, and psychometric evaluation.

DESIGN Instrument development and psychometric evaluation study.

Patient evaluation before the device implantation should be based on clinical examination, medical records assessment and psychometric evaluation.

METHODS This study describes the development of a novel scale, the Everyday Ageism Scale, and its psychometric evaluation using a nationally representative sample of US adults age 50-80 from the December 2019 National Poll on Healthy Aging (N = 2012).

METHODS The following steps were performed: preparation, translation, reconciliation, back-translation, revision, harmonization, pretesting, and psychometric evaluation.

Psychometric evaluation revealed that the CMAS scales had good internal consistency, and satisfactory construct and concurrent validity with other psychometrically valid measures of compassion and mental health.

DESIGN Psychometric evaluation of the scale using cross-sectional data.

This study provides a replication of the psychometric evaluation of the Semi-Structured Interview for Personality Functioning DSM-5 (STiP-5.

The objective of this study was the development and psychometric evaluation of the quality of life questionnaire for patients with progressive neurological diseases in the advanced stage of the disease.

CONCLUSIONS This is the first review evaluating the use of child maltreatment measurement instruments by PCPs and it highlights the combination of psychometric evaluation and other pertinent feasibility criteria to recommend several instruments for use by PCPs.

The NAFLD self-management questionnaire was developed after a theoretical and literature review and focus group interviews in three phases: (1) item generation, (2) item evaluation, and (3) psychometric evaluation.

The research was conducted in two main phases of production on items based on hybrid model and the psychometric evaluation of the tool.

Psychometric evaluation was performed with the EDI-2 and SCL-90R questionnaires.

Methods Data from a non-interventional, observational study ( N  = 300) and a Phase 2 clinical trial ( N  = 59) were used in the psychometric evaluation.

The psychometric evaluation included factor analysis, divergent validity, convergent validity, and analysis of floor and ceiling effects.

This study aimed to describe the development and psychometric evaluation of the Nighttime Fears Scale (NFS), a new standardized self-report for assessing nighttime fears in school-aged children.