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Examination of validity, reliability, and interpretability of a self-reported questionnaire on Occupational Balance in Informal Caregivers (OBI-Care) - A Rasch analysis.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2021
ObjectivesInformal caregivers often experience a restriction in occupational balance. The self-reported questionnaire on Occupational Balance in Informal Caregivers (OBI-Care) is a measurement instrument to assess occupational balance in informal ...
Anna Röschel   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Functional impairment in patients with myotonic dystrophy type 1 can be assessed by an ataxia rating scale (SARA) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is not characterised by ataxia per se; however, DM1 and ataxia patients show similar disturbances in movement coordination often experiencing walking and balance difficulties, although caused by different underlying ...
Atalaia, Antonio   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

Theories and Methods for Labeling Cognitive Workload: Classification and Transfer Learning

open access: yesFrontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2019
There are a number of key data-centric questions that must be answered when developing classifiers for operator functional states. “Should a supervised or unsupervised learning approach be used?
Ryan McKendrick   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Detecting Differential Item and Step Functioning with Rating Scale and Partial Credit Trees [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Several statistical procedures have been suggested for detecting differential item functioning (DIF) and differential step functioning (DSF) in polytomous items.
Abou El-Komboz, Basil   +2 more
core   +1 more source

A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Play-Based, Peer-Mediated Pragmatic Language Intervention for Children With Autism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Purpose: This randomized controlled trial evaluated the effectiveness of a play-based pragmatic language intervention for children with autism. Methods: A sample of 71 children with autism were randomized to an intervention-first group (n = 28 analyzed ...
Cordier, Reinie   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

Modeling Multiple Item Context Effects With Generalized Linear Mixed Models

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2019
Item context effects refer to the impact of features of a test on an examinee's item responses. These effects cannot be explained by the abilities measured by the test. Investigations typically focus on only a single type of item context effects, such as
Norman Rose   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

A generic outcome assessment of mobility capacity in neurorehabilitation: measurement properties of the de Morton Mobility Index

open access: yesBMC Neurology, 2021
Background Mobility capacity is a key outcome domain in neurorehabilitation. The de Morton Mobility Index (DEMMI), an established and generic outcome assessment of mobility capacity in older patients, is promising for use in neurorehabilitation.
Tobias Braun   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Teachers' recognition of school bullying according to background variables and type of bullying [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
How teachers identify and judge school bullying may affect their willingness to intervene in bullying situations and influence their strategies for doing so.
Chen, Li-Ming   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Thresholds for minimum clinically important difference, minimal important change and patient acceptable symptom state for the ACL‐RSI and the K‐SES in patients after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

open access: yesKnee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose The aim of this study was to calculate and provide Patient Acceptable Symptom State (PASS) thresholds, Minimum Clinically Important Difference (MCID), and Minimal Important Change (MIC) values for the ACL‐Return to Sport after Injury (ACL‐RSI) scale and the Knee Self‐Efficacy Scale (K‐SES) in patients treated with ACL reconstruction ...
Ramana Piussi   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Sensory Processing 3-Dimensions Scale: Initial Studies of Reliability and Item Analyses

open access: yesOpen Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2019
Background: The Sensory Processing 3-Dimensions Scale (SP 3D) is a performance-based measure for assessing sensory processing abilities and challenges, including sensory modulation, sensory discrimination, and sensory-based motor disorders.
Shelley Mulligan   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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