VALIDATION DATA

MEASUREMENT PROPERTIES
Limitations
Observations
1. RELIABILITY
A. Internal Consistency Not Tested
Cronbach's (Describe)
B. Reliability intraobserver or test-retest Not Tested
Continuous scores: intraclass
correlation coefficient (ICC)
Dichotomus: Cohen kappa (Describe)
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)
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)

AMDF was examined for its ability to discriminate between subjects according to the decision to change treatment at baseline. In terms of z scores by Mann-Whitney testing and ROC curves, AMDF  performed better than other measures (AUC 0.730 (0.680 to 0.780))