| MEASUREMENT PROPERTIES | |
| Limitations | English only |
| Observations | |
| 1. RELIABILITY | |
| A. Internal Consistency | Not Tested |
| Cronbach's (Describe) | |
| B. Reliability intraobserver or test-retest | Tested |
| Continuous scores: intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) Dichotomus: Cohen kappa (Describe) |
Kendall’s tau – three different recall periods: 2 weeks 0.66 3 months 0.75 12 months 0.72 |
| C. Reliability interobserver or Measurement error | Not Tested |
| Standard error of measurement (SEM), smallest detectable change (SDC) or Limits of agreement (LoA) (Describe) |
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| 2. VALIDITY | |
| A. Content validity: face validity | Tested |
| Expert opinion (relevance and comprehensiveness) (Describe) |
Pretest at large company Includes 15 conditions based on informal consultations with employers, physician, and brief literature review
Prevalence and cost-ranking compared to the NHIS provides good evidence for its content validity |
| B. Construct Validity: Structural validity |
Not Tested |
| Hypotheses-testing | Not Tested |
| Cross-cultural validity | Not Tested |
| Brief Description | |
| C. Criterion validity | Tested |
| Comparison with a 'gold standard' Continuous scores: correlations, ROC curves Dichotomus: Sensitivity & Specificity (Describe) |
Association with Medical Claims data and short-term disability program data: 0.58 (limited power – small sample size)
Challenge: no gold standard exists |