Psychiatry Advisor

How Reliability Are Test-Retests for Standardized Psychiatric Interviews?

Standardized diagnostic interviews show moderate-to-substantial test-retest reliability for adult psychiatric and substance use disorders.
Plant Services

Maintenance Mindset: How to choose the right statistical test for maintenance and reliability data

Proper statistical analysis begins with understanding the specific comparison being made. Common mistakes often stem from ...
BMJ

Clinical assessment of pelvic floor and abdominal muscles 3 months post partum: an inter-rater reliability study

Objectives Evaluation of the inter-rater reliability of clinical assessment methods for pelvic floor muscles and diastasis recti abdominis post partum. Design A multicentre inter-rater reliability ...
IEEE

Validity and Reliability of a New Developed Digital Version of Nine Hole Peg Test

Abstract: In healthcare, the Nine Hole Peg Test (NHPT) is considered a standard for assessing hand dexterity. A digital version of the classic Nine-Hole Peg Test – the dNHPT - has been developed that ...
BMJ

2.15 Reliability of the standardized assessment of reaction time (StART): translating functional reaction time from the lab to the clinic

Objective Reaction time is commonly impaired following concussion, but recent work indicates current clinical reaction time measures lack sport-related applicability. We aimed to determine the ...
SciELO

Reliability of quantitative sensory testing on myofascial trigger points in the upper trapezius muscle of individuals with chronic neck pain

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to measure the intra- and inter-rater reliability of the quantitative sensory testing for measuring the thermal pain threshold on myofascial trigger points ...
qualitysafety.bmj

CheckPOINT: a simple tool to measure Surgical Safety Checklist implementation fidelity

Introduction The WHO Surgical Safety Checklist (SSC) is a communication tool that improves teamwork and patient outcomes. SSC effectiveness is dependent on implementation fidelity. Administrative ...
Chartered Society of Physiotherapy

Reliability and validity of the Six-Spot Step Test in patients with total hip arthroplasty

To assess the validity and reliability of the Six-Spot Step Test (SSST) in total hip arthroplasty (THA) patients. The SSST was performed twice on the same day by Rater 1, along with the Timed Up and ...
BMJ

Single leg balance test to identify risk of ankle sprains

2 IU Center for Sports Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA Correspondence to: Dr Thomas H Trojian University of Connecticut Health Center/Saint Francis Hospital ...
BMJ

A new MRI rating scale for progressive supranuclear palsy and multiple system atrophy: validity and reliability

3 Département de Pharmacologie Clinique, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de la Pitié-Salpétrière, Assistance publique hôpitaux de Paris and UPMC Univ, Paris, France 4 Department of Radiology and Robert ...
qualitysafety.bmj

The Healthcare Complaints Analysis Tool: development and reliability testing of a method for service monitoring and organisational learning

Correspondence to Dr Alex Gillespie, Department of Social Psychology, London School of Economics, London WC2A 2AE, UK; A.T.Gillespie{at}lse.ac.uk Background Letters of complaint written by patients ...