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Construct validity and test-retest reliability of the questionnaire rising and sitting down in lower-limb amputees
Authors:de Laat Fred A  Rommers Gerardus M  Geertzen Jan H  Roorda Leo D
Affiliation:aRehabilitation Center Leijpark, Libra Zorggroep, Tilburg, the Netherlands;bRehabilitation Center Tolbrug, Jeroen Bosch Hospital, 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands;cDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, University Medical Center of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands;dDepartment of Rehabilitation Research, Reade, Center of Rehabilitation and Rheumatology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Abstract:
de Laat FA, Rommers GM, Geertzen JH, Roorda LD. Construct validity and test-retest reliability of the Questionnaire Rising and Sitting Down in lower-limb amputees.

Objective

To investigate the construct validity and test-retest reliability of the Questionnaire Rising and Sitting Down (QR&S), a patient-reported measure of activity limitations in rising and sitting down, in lower-limb amputees.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

Outpatient department of a rehabilitation center.

Participants

Lower-limb amputees (N=171; mean age ± SD, 65±12y; 71% men; 83% vascular cause) participated in the study, 33 of whom also participated in the reliability study.

Interventions

Not applicable.

Main Outcome Measures

Construct validity was investigated by testing 8 hypotheses: limitations in rising and sitting down according to the QR&S would be: (1) greater in lower-limb amputees who are older, (2) independent of level of amputation, (3) greater in lower-limb amputees with a bilateral amputation, and (4) greater in lower-limb amputees who had rehabilitation treatment in a nursing home. Furthermore, limitations in rising and sitting down will be positively related to activity limitations according to (5) the Locomotor Capabilities Index (LCI), (6) the questions about rising and sitting down in the LCI, (7) the Climbing Stairs Questionnaire, and (8) the Walking Questionnaire. Construct validity was quantified with an independent t test and Pearson correlation coefficient. Test-retest reliability was assessed with a 3-week interval and quantified with the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), standard error of measurement, and smallest detectable difference (SDD).

Results

Construct validity (7 of 8 null hypotheses not rejected) and test-retest reliability were good (ICC=.84; 95% confidence interval, .65–.93; standard error of the measurement=6.7%; SDD=18.6%).

Conclusions

The QR&S has good construct validity and good test-retest reliability in lower-limb amputees.
Keywords:Amputation   Disability evaluation   Questionnaires   Rehabilitation
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