A Guide for Instrument Development and Validation

Benson, Jeri; Clark, Florence

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“…Diverse stages must be accomplished in order to, at the end of the work, count on a clinically useful instrument, which can be reliably used by the professional community. The present study described aspects of the rigor needed to develop a questionnaire, in accordance with the related literature 10,17,19 . A comprehensive literature review was combined with informal interviews and judges assessment in order to refine the SICOBE and improve its potential to be clinically used.…”

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“…The data were analyzed in accordance with the procedures described in the literature [17][18][19]21 . The score of each item was registered and the number of answers for each criterion was calculated, allowing for the calculation of the percent of agreement related to the positive or negative features of each item.…”

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“…The scores 1 and 2 were accounted as negative or indicative of a poor quality item, and the scores 3 and 4 were considered as positive or indicative of a good quality item. The percents of the scores 3 and 4 for each criterion were summed in order to calculate the final averaged percent for the item 17,19 . Items which obtained lesser than 80% positive scores in two or more of the four criteria were discarded from the test; items which achieved lesser than 80% positive score in one of the four criteria were revised.…”

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“…The present study followed the recommendations of Benson and Clark 17 , who suggested a sequence of four stages to guide the process of developing and validating assessment instruments: planning (objective definition, target population, type of the items and format of the test); construction (description of the specific aims and delineation of the content, with items development based on the review of already existent tests and evaluation of the content validity by a panel of experts); quantitative evaluation (application of the pilot version in an appropriate experimental group and testing the reliability and validity of the items); validation (application of the test in a significant number of individuals in order to define norms, test its concurrent, criterion-related and construct validities).…”

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Criação de questionário para detecção de comportamentos atípicos em bebês

Habib

Magalhães

2007

Rev. bras. fisioter.

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Introduction: Regulatory disorders (RDs) are manifested by sensorimotor, sleep, feeding and adaptation abnormalities in the first three years of life, which seem to indicate future child development problems. There is evidence that RDs are related to attention, learning and behavioral problems that are observed at school age. Therefore, it is important to invest in resources that enable their early detection. The objective of this study was to describe the process of creating a questionnaire to detect atypical behavior suggestive of RDs, among 6 to 12-month-old infants. Method: The instrument was developed in two stages: (a) planning and constructing the test and (b) content validity examination through an expert panel consisting of researchers and professionals with recognized experience in the field. Results: The data indicated that the topic is relevant and that, according to the scores from the panel, the items in the questionnaire are easily observed (96.8%), clearly written (94.5%), assess important aspects of behavior (89.6%) and can potentially detect atypical behavior in 6 to 12-month-old infants (85.4%). Conclusion: Based on this study, the items were reviewed, resulting in a questionnaire with 50 items that will be applied experimentally in future work. It is expected that the questionnaire will be useful for early detection of problems that affect a great number of children.

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Magalhães

2007

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“…The study was conducted in three phases, namely planning phase, construction phase and quantitative evaluation phase. 5 …”

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Development, validity and reliability of the ‘Sitting Balance Measure’ (SBM) in spinal cord injury

Wadhwa

Aikat

2015

Spinal Cord

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Study design: This is a methodological research design. Objectives: Spinal cord injury (SCI) may result in the inability to sit unsupported. This may lead to difficulty performing daily living activities. To make the subjects with SCI independent in their daily living to the maximum possible extent, therapists provide them balance training for which they may require to assess the sitting balance. This study aims to develop an objective measure 'Sitting Balance Measure' (SBM) for the assessment of sitting balance of the subjects with SCI, and to determine its content validity and internal consistency reliability. Setting: This study was conducted in New Delhi, India. Methods: The study was conducted in three phases, namely planning, construction and quantitative evaluation phase. Thirty-six items were generated through the review of literature and semistructured interviews. Qualitative and quantitative content validation through the expert opinion and the content validity ratio (CVR) method resulted in the 24-item scale, which was pilot-tested on a purposive sample of 30 subjects with SCI. Item analysis was conducted to determine internal consistency reliability. Results: CVR method and qualitative review by the experts validated the content of SBM. The SBM has high internal consistency reliability (Cronbach's alpha = 0.96). Conclusion: SBM is a valid scale for the assessment of sitting balance in subjects with SCI. Internal consistency reliability of SBM is high. This may be indicative of item redundancy, which necessitates the need for the second pilot test to refine the scale further.

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Religious Occupations and Stress Questionnaire (ROS): Instrument Development

Birk

Rayburn²,

Richmond

2001

Counseling and Values

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The authors describe the development of the Religious Occupations and Stress Questionnaire (ROS), which attempts to fill the need for an appropriate measure of the stress experienced b y individuals in religious occupations. The ROS has 4 stress-related subscales (General Stress. Occupational Stress, Identity/lmage Stress, and Gender Issues Stress) and a Coping subscale. Results of reliability and validity studies of the ROS with male and female Protestants, Catholics, and Jews who were in religious occupations indicated high internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and construct validity.lthough clergy often are among the first professional counselors to whom troubled people go for relief, clergy also experi-A ence stress. Bell and Koval (1971), in a study of collegiality among Roman Catholic priests, analyzed role stress among priests who were hierarchical (supporting the fundamental church structure as reflected in Vatican I documents), clerical (supporting greater participation by the clergy), and egalitarian (supporting church-related decision making with equality and democracy while also demonstrating firm commitment to church, faith, and the priesthood). Egalitarians, who were younger and less institutionally powerful than the other two groups of priests, showed higher role stress.Perring-Mulligan (1994) studied midlife Roman Catholic brothers who served as educators and found them to be stressed by attrition in membership but found that they were not as stressed if they had a well-developed ego identity. Dewe (1987), in a study of New Zealand ministers, found that existing measures provided a good assessment of general perceptions of occupational stress and response to stress but that these measures inadequately evaluated specific role relationships.

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A Guide for Instrument Development and Validation

Cited by 300 publications

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Criação de questionário para detecção de comportamentos atípicos em bebês

Criação de questionário para detecção de comportamentos atípicos em bebês

Development, validity and reliability of the ‘Sitting Balance Measure’ (SBM) in spinal cord injury

Religious Occupations and Stress Questionnaire (ROS): Instrument Development

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