Replenishing a computerized adaptive test of patient-reported daily activity functioning |
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Authors: | Stephen M. Haley Pengsheng Ni Alan M. Jette Wei Tao Richard Moed Doug Meyers Larry H. Ludlow |
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Affiliation: | (1) Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA;(2) ACT, Inc., Iowa City, IA, USA;(3) CREcare, LLC, Gilford, NH, USA;(4) Meyers Healthcare Solutions, Apopka, FL, USA;(5) Department of Educational Research, Measurement and Evaluation, Boston College, Boston, MA, USA |
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Abstract: | Purpose Computerized adaptive testing (CAT) item banks may need to be updated, but before new items can be added, they must be linked to the previous CAT. The purpose of this study was to evaluate 41 pretest items prior to including them into an operational CAT. Methods We recruited 6,882 patients with spine, lower extremity, upper extremity, and nonorthopedic impairments who received outpatient rehabilitation in one of 147 clinics across 13 states of the USA. Forty-one new Daily Activity (DA) items were administered along with the Activity Measure for Post-Acute Care Daily Activity CAT (DA-CAT-1) in five separate waves. We compared the scoring consistency with the full item bank, test information function (TIF), person standard errors (SEs), and content range of the DA-CAT-1 to the new CAT (DA-CAT-2) with the pretest items by real data simulations. Results We retained 29 of the 41 pretest items. Scores from the DA-CAT-2 were more consistent (ICC = 0.90 versus 0.96) than DA-CAT-1 when compared with the full item bank. TIF and person SEs were improved for persons with higher levels of DA functioning, and ceiling effects were reduced from 16.1% to 6.1%. Conclusions Item response theory and online calibration methods were valuable in improving the DA-CAT. |
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Keywords: | Outcomes assessment Quality of life Item response theory Activities of daily living (ADL) |
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