VALIDATION DATA

MEASUREMENT PROPERTIES
Limitations >=5 European languages (English)
Observations
1. RELIABILITY
A. Internal Consistency Tested
Cronbach's (Describe)

Cronbach's alpha: range from 0.72 to 0.91. 

B. Reliability intraobserver or test-retest Tested
Continuous scores: intraclass
correlation coefficient (ICC)
Dichotomus: Cohen kappa (Describe)

Test-retest intraclass correlation coefficients range from 0.65 to 0.90 over a 10-day period and from 0.78 to 0.94 over a 3-week period

C. Reliability interobserver or Measurement error Not Tested
Standard error of measurement (SEM),
smallest detectable change (SDC) or
Limits of agreement (LoA) (Describe)
2. VALIDITY
A. Content validity: face validity Not Tested
Expert opinion (relevance and
comprehensiveness) (Describe)

Derived from AIMS but expanded to include arm function, social support, and work giving a 5-factor structure (lower extremity function, upper extremity function, affect, pain, and social interaction). 

B. Construct Validity:
Structural validity
Tested
Hypotheses-testing Tested
Cross-cultural validity Tested
Brief Description

Within-scale principal component factor analysis found that items in the physical function subscale loaded on a single factor, except for mobility items, which loaded on more than one factor among those with OA

C. Criterion validity Not Tested
Comparison with a 'gold standard' Continuous scores:
correlations, ROC curves Dichotomus:
Sensitivity & Specificity (Describe)