Smart Neil A, Waldron Mark, Ismail Hashbullah, Giallauria Francesco, Vigorito Carlo, Cornelissen Veronique, Dieberg Gudrun
1University of New England, School of Science and Technology, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia 2Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Division of Internal Medicine and Cardiac Rehabilitation, Federico II University of Naples, Naples, Italy 3University of Leuven, KU Leuven, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Leuven, Belgium.
Int J Evid Based Healthc. 2015 Mar;13(1):9-18. doi: 10.1097/XEB.0000000000000020.
Several established tools are available to assess study quality and reporting of randomized controlled trials; however, these tools were designed with clinical intervention trials in mind. In exercise training intervention trials some of the traditional study quality criteria, such as participant or researcher blinding, are extremely difficult to implement.
We developed the Tool for the assEssment of Study qualiTy and reporting in EXercise (TESTEX) - a study quality and reporting assessment tool, designed specifically for use in exercise training studies. Our tool is a 15-point scale (5 points for study quality and 10 points for reporting) and addresses previously unmentioned quality assessment criteria specific to exercise training studies.
There were no systematic differences between the summated TESTEX scores of each observer [H(2)=0.392, P=0.822]. There was a significant association between the summated TESTEX scores of the three observers, with almost perfect agreement between observers 1 and 2 [intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC)=0.93, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.82-0.97, P<0.001], observers 1 and 3 (ICC= 0.96, 95% CI 0.89-0.98, P<0.001) and observers 2 and 3 (ICC=0.91, 95% CI 0.75-0.96, P<0.001).
The TESTEX scale is a new, reliable tool, specific to exercise scientists, that facilitates a comprehensive review of exercise training trials.
有几种既定的工具可用于评估随机对照试验的研究质量和报告情况；然而，这些工具是在考虑临床干预试验的情况下设计的。在运动训练干预试验中，一些传统的研究质量标准，如参与者或研究者的盲法，极难实施。
我们开发了运动研究质量与报告评估工具（TESTEX）——一种专门为运动训练研究设计的研究质量和报告评估工具。我们的工具采用15分制（研究质量5分，报告10分），并涉及运动训练研究中以前未提及的质量评估标准。
各观察者的TESTEX总分之间无系统差异[H(2)=0.392，P=0.822]。三位观察者的TESTEX总分之间存在显著关联，观察者1和观察者2之间几乎完全一致[组内相关系数（ICC）=0.93，95%置信区间（CI）0.82 - 0.97，P<0.001]，观察者1和观察者3之间（ICC = 0.96，95%CI 0.89 - 0.98，P<0.001）以及观察者2和观察者3之间（ICC = 0.91，95%CI 0.75 - 0.96，P<0.001）。
TESTEX量表是一种专门为运动科学家设计的新型可靠工具，有助于对运动训练试验进行全面综述。
