To establish evidence of clinical validity and reliability of the Neonatal Pain, Agitation, and Sedation Scale (N-PASS) in neonates with acute heelstick pain. Prospective psychometric evaluation ...

Eligible patients were ≥ 65 years old, had a cancer diagnosis, and were fluent in English. Patients were randomly assigned to one of four arms, in which they completed the geriatric assessment twice: ...

Objective: To evaluate the reliability and validity of a brief physical activity assessment tool suitable for doctors to use to identify inactive patients in the primary care setting. Methods: ...

Additional validity and reliability data were obtained from a larger sample (n = 295). The alpha coefficient (internal consistency) for the FACT-B total score was high (alpha = .90), with subscale ...

The validity of a pre-employment assessment relies on the strength of the correlations between a job candidate's performance during evaluation and their future success in the corporation. To ensure a ...

Background The clinical assessment of chronic proximal hamstring tendinopathy (PHT) in athletes is a challenge to sports medicine. To be able to compare the results of research and treatments, the ...

Using community-based participatory research, we recruited 54 participants from five cities to assess the SWAN tool’s inter-rater reliability, construct validity, and internal consistency. The results ...

Validity. Convergent/Divergent Construct Validity. This was determined by assessing the relationship between the CAP and the Dimeglio score in the new-born phase and at 2 years of age.