Measurement Responsiveness Flashcards

1
Q

The ability of an instrument to detect change over time in the construct to be measures is the definition of…

A. change score
B. interpretability
C. responsiveness

A

C. responsiveness

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2
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The degree to which one can assign qualitative meaning to an instrument’s quantitive scores or change in scores is the definition of…

A. change score
B. interpretability
C. responsiveness

A

B. interpretability

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3
Q

A change score is calculated by…

A

subtracting a client’s baseline score from discharge score

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4
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A mean difference between groups that is large enough for patients to consider the difference as important is the definition of…

A. change score
B. interpretability
C. responsiveness
D. clinically meaningful difference

A

D. clinically meaningful difference

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5
Q

T/F: treatment effect is a comparative effect

A

True

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6
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If a confidence interval, crosses the line of no effect…

A. treatment is NOT more effective than the control
B. the treatment is more effective than the control

A

A. treatment is NOT more effective than the control

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7
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What does MCID stand for?

A

Minimal Clinically Important Difference

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8
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T/F: a treatment effect should be used when talking about change within a group

A

False!

  • it should be reserved for talking about between-group differences
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9
Q

Precision of a treatment effect is reported with…

A. Standard deviation
B. PROMIS
C. confidence intervals

A

C. confidence intervals

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10
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If a difference between two groups is larger than the threshold, the treatment is considered ____

A. meaningful or “effective”
B. insignificant or “ineffective”

A

meaningful or “effective”

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11
Q

MCID is the…

A. biggest clinically worthwhile effect
B. smallest clinically worthwhile effect

A

smallest clinically worthwhile effect

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12
Q

The two most common ways to establish a minimally clinically important difference are… (select two)

A. responsiveness
B. change score
C. SEM
D. standard deviation

A

C. SEM
D. standard deviation

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13
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SEM uses _________ reliability to calculate MCID

A

Test-retest

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14
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Anchor-based methods are used to establish MCID by comparing ______ scores & how patients score on a second metric

A

PROM

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15
Q

Anchor-based methods use a explicit scape for patients to ______

A. determine effectiveness
B. rate the change in outcome
C. determine reliability

A

B. rate the change in outcome

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16
Q

T/F: anchor-based methods can be performed cross sectionally or longitudinally

A

True

17
Q

T/F: a study with a wide confidence interval DOES NOT provide useful information about effectiveness of a treatment

A

True