VALIDATION DATA

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

α = 0.84-0.87

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

ICC = 0.94 (0.91–0.95)

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

SDD = 1.96

95% CI of 95% limits of agreement = -2.32 to 2.23

2. VALIDITY
A. Content validity: face validity Tested
Expert opinion (relevance and
comprehensiveness) (Describe)

Developed by experts in the field with patient input (however the role of patients is not made explicit).

B. Construct Validity:
Structural validity
Not Tested
Hypotheses-testing Tested
Cross-cultural validity Tested
Brief Description

Evidence using principal component analysis supports structural validity of the single domains of the BASDAI.

 

BASDAI correlated well with the earlier Bath Disease Activity Index with no significant differences in score distribution, reproducibility, or sensitivity.

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