Browsing ODA Open Digital Archive by Subject "Validity"
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An analysis of the validity and reliability of handheld ultrasound device for measuring rectus femoris muscle size
(Peer reviewed; Chapter, 2016)Background: Previous studies show that ultrasound is valid and reliable when measuring muscle size. A Philips handheld ultrasound device was released in April 2015. The aim of this study was to investigate the validity ... -
Comparability of the social skills improvement system to the social skills rating system: A norwegian study
(Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research;2014, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-10-21)The Social Skills Improvement System-Rating Scales (SSIS-RS) is a multi-informant instrument assessing social skills and problem behavior in children and adolescents. It is a revised version of the Social Skills Rating ... -
Development of family and dietary habits questionnaires: the assessment of family processes, dietary habits and adolescents impulsiveness in Norwegian adolescents and their parents
(International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity;11(1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-10-15)Background There is a need for valid and comprehensive measures of parental influence on children's energy balance-related behaviours (EBRB). Such measures should be based on a theoretical framework, acknowledging the ... -
Evaluation of the EQ-5D-3L and 5L versions in low back pain patients
(Health and Quality of Life Outcomes;19:155, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-05-28)Background: The EuroQol EQ-5D is one of the most widely researched and applied patient-reported outcome measures worldwide. The original EQ-5D-3L and more recent EQ-5D-5L include three and five response categories respectively. ... -
How do Patients with Schizophrenia Perceive Relatives’ Levels of Expressed Emotions? A Brief Patient Rated Scale
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background: Patients’ perspective on relatives’ attitude and behaviour towards them (Expressed emotion―EE) may be an important addition to the current focus on relatives’ perspective only, as measured by Camberwell Family ... -
Individualized quality of life in patients with low back pain: reliability and validity of the Patient Generated Index
(Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine;46(8), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Objective: To evaluate the reliability and validity of the improved version of the Patient Generated Index (PGI) in patients with low back pain. Methods: The PGI was administered to 90 patients attending care in 1 of ... -
Interrater and test-retest reliability and validity of the Norwegian version of the BESTest and mini-BESTest in people with increased risk of falling
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background The Balance Evaluation Systems Test (BESTest) was developed to assess underlying systems for balance control in order to be able to individually tailor rehabilitation interventions to people with balance ... -
Measurement properties of the Norwegian version of the Physical Workload Questionnaire (PWQ)
(MAFYS;2020, Master thesis, 2020)Background: The Physical Workload Questionnaire (PWQ) is a questionnaire based on an item pool of 26 items related to physical workload. The PWQ has recently been translated into Norwegian, but its measurement properties ... -
The Norwegian General Motor Function assessment as an outcome measure for a frail elderly population: A validity study
(Geriatrics & Gerontology International;16(4), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-05-08)Aim To establish the validity of the Norwegian General Motor Function (NGMF) assessment scale. Method To establish construct and criteria validity, Spearman's rank correlation coefficients were calculated for the NGMF, and ... -
The Norwegian Occupational Wholeness Questionnaire (N-OWQ): Scale development and psychometric properties
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background: Occupational therapy has long emphasized the concepts doing, being, becoming and belonging, and a notion of balance between them. Measures of these concepts are in a developing stage. Aim: This study aimed ... -
On the utility of within-participant research design when working with patients with neurocognitive disorders.
(Clinical Interventions in Aging;10, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Within-participant research designs are frequently used within the field of behavior analysis to document changes in behavior before, during, and after treatment. The purpose of the present article is to show the utility ... -
Rasch analysis of the sense of coherence scale in a sample of people with morbid obesity – a cross-sectional study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Background: The prevalence of morbid obesity is an increasing health problem in most parts of the world and is related to lower quality of life. Sense of coherence, or the perception that the world is meaningful and ... -
Use of multidimensional item response theory methods for dementia prevalence prediction: an example using the Health and Retirement Survey and the Aging, Demographics, and Memory Study
(BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making;21, Article number: 241 (2021), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-08-11)Background: Data sparsity is a major limitation to estimating national and global dementia burden. Surveys with full diagnostic evaluations of dementia prevalence are prohibitively resource-intensive in many settings. ...