VALIDATION DATA

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

 

Correlation coefficient 0.89 to0.91

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

Reliability coefficient 0.97 with 15 patients and 13 health subjects

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)

Authors said yes but I didn’t find details in original paper

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

Indicated by  factor structure analysis in addition to the significant correlations between items ‘scores and the percentages of each category n the Dallas questionnaire

C. Criterion validity Tested
Comparison with a 'gold standard' Continuous scores:
correlations, ROC curves Dichotomus:
Sensitivity & Specificity (Describe)

Pain is correlated with daily and work-leisure activities, anxiety-depression, and social interest

Schober index wasn’t correlated with Dallas

Correlation between psychological variables of the Dallas questionnaire and five clinical scales of the MMPI

Correlation negative between functional capacities (physical demands characteristics of work) and aspects of the Dallas questionnaire (daily and work-leisure activities)