VALIDATION DATA

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

ICC = 0.83 (joint pain), 0.85 (spinal pain), 0.91 (mRAI), 0.93 (CASQ-QoL) and 0.94 (CASQ-FI).

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 Tested
Expert opinion (relevance and
comprehensiveness) (Describe)

Questionnaire developed by experts in the field, combining existing measures assessing various disease domains.

B. Construct Validity:
Structural validity
Not Tested
Hypotheses-testing Tested
Cross-cultural validity Not Tested
Brief Description
C. Criterion validity Not Tested
Comparison with a 'gold standard' Continuous scores:
correlations, ROC curves Dichotomus:
Sensitivity & Specificity (Describe)

Compared with those unable to work due to ill health, working patients had significantly better levels of functional ability and quality of life (p < 0.001).