VALIDATION DATA

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

Internal consistency was high for all dimensions of the Mini-OAKHQOL

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

Reproducibility was moderate for the social support and social functioning dimensions and was excellent for the other three dimensions

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)

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

Findings for the shortened physical activities dimension were satisfactory: the scale was unidimensional (total-item chi-square test for item-trait interaction, p=0.40, all item fit tests were non-significant after Bonferroni correction) and not affected by DIF for any item. Conversely, the analysis of the mental health showed a lack of fit to the partial credit model (total-item chi-square test for item-trait interaction, p = 0.0002) and two items with significant DIF for age and gender.

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