VALIDATION DATA

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

Physical activities 0.96
Mental health 0.92
Pain 0.91
Social support 0.81
Social functioning 0.73

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

Intraclass correlation coefficients: 0.70–0.85

C. Reliability interobserver or Measurement error Tested
Standard error of measurement (SEM),
smallest detectable change (SDC) or
Limits of agreement (LoA) (Describe)

Reliability errors of three of these items (Q12, Q16, and Q17) were non-homogeneous along the 0–10 scale range on the Bland and Altman graphic analysis.

2. VALIDITY
A. Content validity: face validity Not Tested
Expert opinion (relevance and
comprehensiveness) (Describe)

Based on one-to-one and group discussions with patients and healthcare professionals.

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

Spearman correlation coefficients with the SF36 0.43–0.75

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