scholarly journals Rapid and Accurate Behavioral Health Diagnostic Screening: Initial Validation Study of a Web-Based, Self-Report Tool (the SAGE-SR)

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. e108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Brodey ◽  
Susan E Purcell ◽  
Karen Rhea ◽  
Philip Maier ◽  
Michael First ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Health ◽  
Validation Study ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Diagnostic Screening ◽  
Initial Validation

scholarly journals Rapid and Accurate Behavioral Health Diagnostic Screening: Initial Validation Study of a Web-Based, Self-Report Tool (the SAGE-SR) (Preprint)

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Brodey ◽  
Susan E Purcell ◽  
Karen Rhea ◽  
Philip Maier ◽  
Michael First ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Expert Panel ◽  
Mental Health Center ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Cognitive Interviewing ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Diagnostic Screening ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Dsm 5 ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

BACKGROUND The Structured Clinical Interview for DSM (SCID) is considered the gold standard assessment for accurate, reliable psychiatric diagnoses; however, because of its length, complexity, and training required, the SCID is rarely used outside of research. OBJECTIVE This paper aims to describe the development and initial validation of a Web-based, self-report screening instrument (the Screening Assessment for Guiding Evaluation-Self-Report, SAGE-SR) based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) and the SCID-5-Clinician Version (CV) intended to make accurate, broad-based behavioral health diagnostic screening more accessible within clinical care. METHODS First, study staff drafted approximately 1200 self-report items representing individual granular symptoms in the diagnostic criteria for the 8 primary SCID-CV modules. An expert panel iteratively reviewed, critiqued, and revised items. The resulting items were iteratively administered and revised through 3 rounds of cognitive interviewing with community mental health center participants. In the first 2 rounds, the SCID was also administered to participants to directly compare their Likert self-report and SCID responses. A second expert panel evaluated the final pool of items from cognitive interviewing and criteria in the DSM-5 to construct the SAGE-SR, a computerized adaptive instrument that uses branching logic from a screener section to administer appropriate follow-up questions to refine the differential diagnoses. The SAGE-SR was administered to healthy controls and outpatient mental health clinic clients to assess test duration and test-retest reliability. Cutoff scores for screening into follow-up diagnostic sections and criteria for inclusion of diagnoses in the differential diagnosis were evaluated. RESULTS The expert panel reduced the initial 1200 test items to 664 items that panel members agreed collectively represented the SCID items from the 8 targeted modules and DSM criteria for the covered diagnoses. These 664 items were iteratively submitted to 3 rounds of cognitive interviewing with 50 community mental health center participants; the expert panel reviewed session summaries and agreed on a final set of 661 clear and concise self-report items representing the desired criteria in the DSM-5. The SAGE-SR constructed from this item pool took an average of 14 min to complete in a nonclinical sample versus 24 min in a clinical sample. Responses to individual items can be combined to generate DSM criteria endorsements and differential diagnoses, as well as provide indices of individual symptom severity. Preliminary measures of test-retest reliability in a small, nonclinical sample were promising, with good to excellent reliability for screener items in 11 of 13 diagnostic screening modules (intraclass correlation coefficient [ICC] or kappa coefficients ranging from .60 to .90), with mania achieving fair test-retest reliability (ICC=.50) and other substance use endorsed too infrequently for analysis. CONCLUSIONS The SAGE-SR is a computerized adaptive self-report instrument designed to provide rigorous differential diagnostic information to clinicians.

Quantitative Methods for Measuring Neighborhood Characteristics in Neighborhood Health Research

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dustin T. Duncan ◽  
William C. Goedel ◽  
Rumi Chunara
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Neighborhood Characteristics ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Neighborhood Characteristic ◽  
Social Observation ◽  
Gis Methods ◽  
Information Retrieval Methods ◽  
Online Sources

Research connecting neighborhoods and health has characterized neighborhood factors in multiple ways. This chapter discusses standard and emerging methods to measure and study neighborhood characteristics. In particular, this chapter provides an overview of neighborhood characteristic assessment methods, including self-report, systematic social observation, geographic information system (GIS) methods, Web-based geospatial methods, real-time geospatial methods, crowd-sourced geospatial methods, and information retrieval methods from online sources such as Instagram and Twitter. This chapter also discusses the strengths and limitations of each neighborhood characteristic assessment method (e.g., ease of administration, validity), and readers are provided with examples of each neighborhood assessment method applied in the epidemiology and population health literature.

The Development and Initial Validation of the Empathy Scale for Social Workers

2011 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 174-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve King ◽  
Michael J. Holosko
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Empirical Evaluation ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Master Of Social Work ◽  
Initial Validation ◽  
Social Work Practitioners ◽  
Student Training ◽  
Empathy Scale ◽  
Work Knowledge

Empathy is a core principle essential to social work. Despite this emphasis, minimal empirical research of empathy has been undertaken by social work researchers. The purpose of this study was to develop and initially validate the Empathy Scale for Social Workers (ESSW). The ESSW is a 41-item self-report inventory designed to assess empathy in social work practitioners. The sample ( N = 271) consisted of social workers who had attained the Master of Social Work (MSW) degree. Findings revealed promising psychometric properties for the ESSW, and exploratory factor analysis (EFA) demonstrated content, construct, and factorial validity. Results were encouraging and they lay the ground work for the continued development of the ESSW. This scale addresses a gap in social work knowledge regarding the empirical evaluation of empathy. Results have implications for social work as the scale may be used to assess student training needs and/or as a screening tool for social work supervisors and practitioners.

scholarly journals A Web-Based Cardiovascular Risk Assessment via Pharmacists: A Feasibility and Validation Study

2015 ◽  
Vol 05 (08) ◽  
pp. 348-358
Author(s):  
Alexandra de Toledo ◽  
Pascal Bonnabry ◽  
Jean-Michel Gaspoz ◽  
Jean-Philippe de Toledo ◽  
Idris Guessous
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Validation Study ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk Assessment ◽  
Web Based

scholarly journals The Faces Emotional Coping Scale as a self-reporting instrument for coping with needle-related procedures: An initial validation study with children treated for type 1 diabetes

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 392-403 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Nilsson ◽  
Lena Hanberger ◽  
Anna Lindholm Olinder ◽  
Maria Forsner
Keyword(s):  
Type 1 Diabetes ◽  
Validation Study ◽  
Analogue Scale ◽  
Older Children ◽  
Initial Validation ◽  
Emotional Coping ◽  
Coping Scale ◽  
Short Narrative ◽  
Good Agreement

The aim of this study was to determine the concurrent and content validity, sensitivity and inter-rater reliability of the Faces Emotional Coping Scale (FECS) to evaluate the children’s anticipation of the level of emotional coping in conjunction with a venepuncture. A total of 153 children with type 1 diabetes and 86 of their parents participated in the study. The age of the children, 76 of whom were boys, ranged from 7 to 18 years. The child and his or her parent reported the child’s coping ability, and the child reported the pain intensity and unpleasantness of a venepuncture. The child also wrote a short narrative about his or her experience of the needle procedure. The FECS correlated negatively with the Coloured Analogue Scale and the Facial Affective Scale and positively with the FECS by proxy. The narratives of 90 children correlated negatively with the FECS. Younger children reported significantly lower scores than older children did regarding their ability to cope with a venepuncture. The children’s scores on the FECS showed good agreement with the parents’ scores. In this study, the FECS was deemed valid for measuring children’s ability to cope with their emotions when undergoing needle-related procedures like venepuncture.

Psychosis risk screening in youth: A validation study of three self-report measures of attenuated psychosis symptoms

2012 ◽  
Vol 141 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Kline ◽  
Camille Wilson ◽  
Sabrina Ereshefsky ◽  
Danielle Denenny ◽  
Elizabeth Thompson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Validation Study ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Risk Screening ◽  
Psychosis Risk

scholarly journals Patient self-report section of the ASES questionnaire: a Spanish validation study using classical test theory and the Rasch model

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kalliopi Vrotsou ◽  
Ricardo Cuéllar ◽  
Félix Silió ◽  
Miguel Ángel Rodriguez ◽  
Daniel Garay ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rasch Model ◽  
Validation Study ◽  
Classical Test Theory ◽  
Test Theory ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Classical Test ◽  
Spanish Validation ◽  
The Rasch Model

Development and psychometric evaluation of the motivation for nursing student scale (MNSS): a cross sectional validation study

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Giampiera Bulfone ◽  
Sondra Badolamenti ◽  
Valentina Biagioli ◽  
Massimo Maurici ◽  
Loreana Macale ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Hypothesis Testing ◽  
Validation Study ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Nursing Student ◽  
Academic Motivation ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Academic Self Efficacy

Abstract Objectives To develop a self-report scale to measure academic motivation among nursing students and to test its psychometric properties. Methods a cross-sectional validation study with a convenience sample of nursing students (n=1,635) was performed. The Motivation Nursing Students Scale was developed; content, face, construct validity, hypothesis testing and reliability were evaluated. Results The validity structure revealed a four-factor solution and the model reached a satisfactory fit (χ2=622.835 df=160, p<0.01, CFI=0.90, TLT=0.83, RMSEA=0.060 (90% [CI] 0.055–0.064, p=0.001, SRMR=0.067). The hypothesis testing was confirmed with a positive correlation of the academic self-efficacy with Introjected, Intrinsic motivation and a negative correlation with Amotivation. Conclusions We verified a link between academic self-efficacy and motivation. Both motivation and self-efficacy may increase academic achievement and the possibility for HEIs to degrees a number of students in line with demands.

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