VALIDATION DATA

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

Core-FM: 0.78

Distress-FM: 0.51

(Poor internal consistency)

 

B. Reliability intraobserver or test-retest Not Tested
Continuous scores: intraclass
correlation coefficient (ICC)
Dichotomus: Cohen kappa (Describe)

Continuous scores: intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC)

Dichotomous: Cohen's kappa

C. Reliability interobserver or Measurement error Not Tested
Standard error of measurement (SEM),
smallest detectable change (SDC) or
Limits of agreement (LoA) (Describe)

Standard Error of Measurement (SEM, Smallest Detectable Change (SDC), Limits of agreement (Bland Altmann plot) or Minimal Detectable Change as % of the maximum score (MDC %)

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

Obtained by principal component analysis form 3 other PROs

B. Construct Validity:
Structural validity
Tested
Hypotheses-testing Tested
Cross-cultural validity Not Tested
Brief Description
Factor loadings
                                     Core     Distress
Pain                             0.66         0.16
General Fatigue          0.80         0.05
Morning Fatigue          0.78         0.00
Stiffness                      0.82        ­0.09
Anxiety                        0.18         0.72
Depression                  0.15         0.71
Trait anxiety                ­0.15        0.93
C. Criterion validity Not Tested
Comparison with a 'gold standard' Continuous scores:
correlations, ROC curves Dichotomus:
Sensitivity & Specificity (Describe)
AUC
Core­FM for discriminating :severe/extreme pain = 0.798  (95% CI 0720­0.875)
Distress­FM:anxiety/depression =0.893  (95% CI 0.836­0.951)