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Validation Assessment of a Pain Interference Questionnaire among Student Pharmacists
Validation studies of pain interference instruments used among student pharmacists are rare yet essential for understanding their appropriate use and interpretation in pharmacy education and practice. This study conducted validation and reliability assessments of a five-item Pain Interference Scale...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8544710/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34698288 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy9040170 |
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author | Whaley, Megan Awad, Nouf Bin Warholak, Terri Axon, David Rhys |
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description | Validation studies of pain interference instruments used among student pharmacists are rare yet essential for understanding their appropriate use and interpretation in pharmacy education and practice. This study conducted validation and reliability assessments of a five-item Pain Interference Scale previously administered to student pharmacists. Construct validity was assessed using Rasch analysis. Unidimensionality was measured using: point-biserial measure correlations; percent of raw variance explained by items; difference between expected; variance modeled by items; and Rasch model fit. To assess scale functioning, response frequency distribution, observed average and sample expected logit distribution, Andrich logit distribution, item separation, and item reliability were assessed. Visual examination of the Item-Person Map determined content validity. Items explained 64.2% of data raw variance. The difference between raw variance modeled and observed was 0.6. Point-biserial measure correlations were >0.77. Item mean-square infits were 0.7–1.3 while outfit measures were 0.72–1.16. There were >10 responses per response category, response frequency and Andrich thresholds progressively advanced, and observed average and sample expected logits advanced monotonically, Andrich logits = −2.33–1.69, item separation = 2.61, and item reliability = 0.87. Item probability curves indicated response categories were minimally yet adequately distinct. Cronbach’s alpha = 0.93. The Item-Person Map had a ceiling effect indicating content gaps. In conclusion, the pain interference instrument has acceptable construct validity yet contains content gaps. Additional difficult items should be added to the instrument to better capture pain interference among student pharmacists. |
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spelling | pubmed-85447102021-10-26 Validation Assessment of a Pain Interference Questionnaire among Student Pharmacists Whaley, Megan Awad, Nouf Bin Warholak, Terri Axon, David Rhys Pharmacy (Basel) Article Validation studies of pain interference instruments used among student pharmacists are rare yet essential for understanding their appropriate use and interpretation in pharmacy education and practice. This study conducted validation and reliability assessments of a five-item Pain Interference Scale previously administered to student pharmacists. Construct validity was assessed using Rasch analysis. Unidimensionality was measured using: point-biserial measure correlations; percent of raw variance explained by items; difference between expected; variance modeled by items; and Rasch model fit. To assess scale functioning, response frequency distribution, observed average and sample expected logit distribution, Andrich logit distribution, item separation, and item reliability were assessed. Visual examination of the Item-Person Map determined content validity. Items explained 64.2% of data raw variance. The difference between raw variance modeled and observed was 0.6. Point-biserial measure correlations were >0.77. Item mean-square infits were 0.7–1.3 while outfit measures were 0.72–1.16. There were >10 responses per response category, response frequency and Andrich thresholds progressively advanced, and observed average and sample expected logits advanced monotonically, Andrich logits = −2.33–1.69, item separation = 2.61, and item reliability = 0.87. Item probability curves indicated response categories were minimally yet adequately distinct. Cronbach’s alpha = 0.93. The Item-Person Map had a ceiling effect indicating content gaps. In conclusion, the pain interference instrument has acceptable construct validity yet contains content gaps. Additional difficult items should be added to the instrument to better capture pain interference among student pharmacists. MDPI 2021-10-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8544710/ /pubmed/34698288 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy9040170 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Whaley, Megan Awad, Nouf Bin Warholak, Terri Axon, David Rhys Validation Assessment of a Pain Interference Questionnaire among Student Pharmacists |
title | Validation Assessment of a Pain Interference Questionnaire among Student Pharmacists |
title_full | Validation Assessment of a Pain Interference Questionnaire among Student Pharmacists |
title_fullStr | Validation Assessment of a Pain Interference Questionnaire among Student Pharmacists |
title_full_unstemmed | Validation Assessment of a Pain Interference Questionnaire among Student Pharmacists |
title_short | Validation Assessment of a Pain Interference Questionnaire among Student Pharmacists |
title_sort | validation assessment of a pain interference questionnaire among student pharmacists |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8544710/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34698288 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy9040170 |
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