CONTEXT High-quality fatigue rating scales are needed to advance the understanding of fatigue and determine the efficacy of interventions. Several fatigue scales are used in Parkinson's disease, but few have been tested using modern psychometric methodology (Rasch analysis). OBJECTIVES To examine the measurement properties of the generic Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigu...

The application of Multifaceted Rasch Measurement (MFRM) in rating test takers’ oral language proficiency has been investigated in some previous studies (e.g., Winke, Gass, & Myford, 2012). However, little research so far has ever documented the effect of test takers’ genders on their oral performances and few studies have investigated the relationship between the impact of raters’ gender on th...

PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF THE COPING INVENTORY FOR STRESSFULSITUATIONS IN INDIVIDUALS WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURYby HILLARY A. GREENEMay 2013Advisor: Dr. Lisa J. RapportMajor: Psychology (Clinical)Degree: Master of ScienceAlthough research suggests that coping style affects recovery from traumatic brain injury(TBI), research on assessment of coping style aft...

Penelitian ini menekankan pentingnya eksplorasi prinsip-prinsip komunikasi dalam perspektif Islam untukmemperkaya teori-teori komunikasi. Tujuan penelitian adalah untuk mengembangkan dan memvalidasiinstrumen yang dinamakan Indeks Komunikasi Verbal Qur’ani (Qur’anic CommunicationIndex/QVCI). Instrumen dapat digunakan mengukur kualitas praktik verbal berdasarkannilai-nilai ada Al-Qur’an. Item pen...

BACKGROUND The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) is a 10 item self-rating post-natal depression scale which has seen widespread use in epidemiological and clinical studies. Concern has been raised over the validity of the EPDS as a single summed scale, with suggestions that it measures two separate aspects, one of depressive feelings, the other of anxiety. METHODS As part of a large...

METHODS. A pilot questionnaire was created by consulting the literature, clinicians, and video display terminal (VDT) workers. The replies of 636 subjects completing the questionnaire were assessed using the Rasch model and conventional statistics to generate a new scale, designated the Computer-Vision Symptom Scale (CVSS17). Validity and reliability were determined by Rasch fit statistics, pri...

The objective of this study was to describe the development and initial psychometric analysis of the UK English version of the Duchenne muscular dystrophy Functional Ability Self-Assessment Tool (DMDSAT), a patient-reported outcome (PRO) scale designed to measure functional ability in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Item selection was made by neuromuscular specialists and a Ras...

PURPOSE To explore the psychometric properties of the Impact of Vision Impairment scale (IVI) by using Rasch analysis. METHODS Three hundred fourteen first-time referrals to low-vision clinics completed the 32-item IVI. The data were Rasch-analyzed with a partial credit model using RUMM2020 software (RUMM Laboratory, Perth, WA, Australia). The overall fit of the model, response scale, individ...