Self-Report Outcome Measures

Question 1

Assessment of _____ provide indications of progress over an episode of care.

Answer 1

outcomes

Question 2

Outcome measures benchmark the ____ of physical therapists services for specific conditions.

Answer 2

quality

Question 3

This refers to the PT’s objective examination.

Answer 3

Performance-based measures

Question 4

This refers to the patient’s perception of his or her status.

Answer 4

Self-report measures

Question 5

T or F

Fear Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire (FABQ) is a type of performance based outcome measure that measures fear of pain and resulting avoidance of physical activity.

Answer 5

F (self-report, condition specific)

Question 6

Lower Extremity Functional Scale (LEFS) is a type of self-report outcome measure (______).

Answer 6

body region specific

Question 7

Studies pertaining to any type of measure.

Answer 7

Methodologic research (nonexperimental design)

Question 8

What is the goal of methodologic research?

Answer 8

Document how an instrument was developed and/or establish its measurement properties

Question 9

Used to describe the measurement characteristics of surveys or other indexes used to obtain
individuals’ perspectives about an aspect (or aspects) of their condition or situation.

Answer 9

Standard error of measurement

Question 10

Self-report outcome measures are also known as?

Answer 10

Patient reported outcomes (PROs)

Question 11

Appraisal of PROs are done through?

Answer 11

Instrument development and performance

Question 12

This is the first question to be answered in appraising PROs.

Answer 12

Did the investigators provide an adequate description of the survey development process, including identification of participants and methods for item development and selection?

Question 13

What factors pertain to person-level outcomes?

Answer 13

Disability, health status, and health-related quality of life

Question 14

Person-level outcomes include?

Answer 14

Disability, health status, and health-related quality of life

Question 15

T or F

In self-reported outcome measures, the instrument scope should also be described.

Answer 15

T

Question 16

____ should describe characteristics of participants and criteria used.

Answer 16

Investigators

Question 17

Style of ____ should be reported.

Answer 17

question

Question 18

T or F

The type and method for scoring individual items, subsets of items (subscales), and the entire instrument is not necessarily described.

Answer 18

F (should be described)

Question 19

T or F

The type and method for scoring individual items, subsets of items (subscales), and the entire instrument is not necessarily described.

Answer 19

F (should be described)

Question 20

This is the second question to be answered in appraising PROs.

Answer 20

Is the self-report instrument of interest easy to administer?

Question 21

Balance the need for ____ of the phenomenon

with the practical realities of the clinical environment.

Answer 21

adequate measurement

Question 22

The comprehension level needed to understand the questions should be as accessible as possible to the widest range of individual ____.

Answer 22

cognitive abilities

Question 23

T or F

One of the guide questions to determine the eligibility of the PRO is the resources required to complete the instrument.

Answer 23

T

Question 24

T or F

One of the guide questions to determine the eligibility of the PRO is the resources required to complete the instrument.

Answer 24

T

Question 25

T or F A self report instrument is considered easy to administer if there are required administrative demands.

Answer 25

T

Question 26

``` #3 Is the self-report instrument of interest ____? ```

Answer 26

reliable

Question 27

This reflects the degree to which subsections of a survey measure the same concept or construct (highly correlated).

Answer 27

Internal consistency

Question 28

This reflects the stability of repeated scores from (3) | respondents presumed to be unchanged over a specified period of time.

Answer 28

Reproducibility:

Question 29

Indicates how close repeated measures are to one another.

Answer 29

Agreement

Question 30

T or F A detailed description of the methods used, characteristics of subjects and conditions under which they were tested is needed for the PROs to be considered reliable.

Answer 30

T

Question 31

``` #4 Is the self-report instrument of interest ___? ```

Answer 31

valid

Question 32

This is the degree to which items in an instrument represent all of the facets of the variable being measured. (e.g. content experts such as clinicians, patients, caregivers or combination to help develop and/or comment)

Answer 32

Content validity

Question 33

This is the degree to which a measure matches the operational definition of the concept or construct it is said to represent. (e.g. vis-a-vis discriminant validity)

Answer 33

Construct validity

Question 34

The degree to which a measure of interest relates to an external criterion measure. (e.g. gold standard or reference standard)

Answer 34

Criterion validity