Ibikunle Peter O, Rhoda Anthea, Smith Mario R, Useh Ushotanefe
Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Community and Health Sciences, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa.
Department of Medical Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Sciences and Technology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nnewi, Nigeria.
S Afr J Physiother. 2022 Oct 27;78(1):1790. doi: 10.4102/sajp.v78i1.1790. eCollection 2022.
Validation of an instrument consist of three main types: content, criterion and construct. Content validity needs to be determined in order for an instrument to be acceptable for use, validity establishes the fact that an instrument measures exactly what it proposes to measure. The Return-to-work assessment scale (RAS) was developed to measure three aspects of return to work: (Personal factors and/or issues, work issues and contextual factors) in 2021.
To report on the processes followed in establishing the face and content validity of the RAS.
Twenty participants took part in our study, they were selected purposively and conveniently from a pool of professionals and post stroke survivors. The Delphi survey technique was used to arrive at consensus and professional opinion on the items included in the RAS. Consensus was sought on the items, domains and subdomains included in the RAS that was used to assess return-to-work after a stroke. Our study was concluded after the third round.
One item was remove out of the original 86, three (3) domains made up of eleven (11) subdomains were retained. The RAS had consensus of 100% after three rounds of scrutiny for all items.
The RAS was found to be valid, thereby establishing its face and content validity.
The RAS is valid and was recommended for psychometric testing which was the next stage after face and content validity.
一种工具的效度验证主要包括三种类型:内容效度、效标效度和结构效度。为使一种工具可被接受使用,需要确定其内容效度,效度确立了一种工具确实测量了它打算测量的内容这一事实。重返工作评估量表(RAS)于2021年开发,用于测量重返工作的三个方面:(个人因素和/或问题、工作问题和背景因素)。
报告确立RAS表面效度和内容效度所遵循的过程。
20名参与者参与了我们的研究,他们是从专业人员和中风后幸存者群体中有目的地且方便地挑选出来的。采用德尔菲调查技术就RAS中包含的项目达成共识和专业意见。就用于评估中风后重返工作的RAS中包含的项目、领域和子领域寻求共识。在第三轮之后我们的研究结束。
从最初的86个项目中删除了1个项目,保留了由11个子领域组成的3个领域。经过三轮审查,RAS所有项目的共识率均为100%。
发现RAS是有效的,从而确立了其表面效度和内容效度。
RAS是有效的,建议进行心理测量测试,这是表面效度和内容效度之后的下一个阶段。