The case for using the repeatability coefficient when calculating test-retest reliability

The use of standardised tools is an essential component of evidence-based practice. Reliance on standardised tools places demands on clinicians to understand their properties, strengths, and weaknesses, in order to interpret results and make clinical decisions. This paper makes a case for clinicians...

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Main Authors: Vaz, Sharmila, Falkmer, Torbjorn, Passmore, Anne, Parsons, Richard, Andreou, P.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/16638
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author Vaz, Sharmila
Falkmer, Torbjorn
Passmore, Anne
Parsons, Richard
Andreou, P.
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description The use of standardised tools is an essential component of evidence-based practice. Reliance on standardised tools places demands on clinicians to understand their properties, strengths, and weaknesses, in order to interpret results and make clinical decisions. This paper makes a case for clinicians to consider measurement error (ME) indices Coefficient of Repeatability (CR) or the Smallest Real Difference (SRD) over relative reliability coefficients like the Pearson’s (r) and the Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC), while selecting tools to measure change and inferring change as true. The authors present statistical methods that are part of the current approach to evaluate test–retest reliability of assessment tools and outcome measurements. Selected examples from a previous test–retest study are used to elucidate the added advantages of knowledge of the ME of an assessment tool in clinical decision making. The CR is computed in the same units as the assessment tool and sets the boundary of the minimal detectable true change that can be measured by the tool.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-166382017-09-13T15:43:55Z The case for using the repeatability coefficient when calculating test-retest reliability Vaz, Sharmila Falkmer, Torbjorn Passmore, Anne Parsons, Richard Andreou, P. The use of standardised tools is an essential component of evidence-based practice. Reliance on standardised tools places demands on clinicians to understand their properties, strengths, and weaknesses, in order to interpret results and make clinical decisions. This paper makes a case for clinicians to consider measurement error (ME) indices Coefficient of Repeatability (CR) or the Smallest Real Difference (SRD) over relative reliability coefficients like the Pearson’s (r) and the Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC), while selecting tools to measure change and inferring change as true. The authors present statistical methods that are part of the current approach to evaluate test–retest reliability of assessment tools and outcome measurements. Selected examples from a previous test–retest study are used to elucidate the added advantages of knowledge of the ME of an assessment tool in clinical decision making. The CR is computed in the same units as the assessment tool and sets the boundary of the minimal detectable true change that can be measured by the tool. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/16638 10.1371/journal.pone.0073990 Public Library of Science fulltext
spellingShingle Vaz, Sharmila
Falkmer, Torbjorn
Passmore, Anne
Parsons, Richard
Andreou, P.
The case for using the repeatability coefficient when calculating test-retest reliability
title The case for using the repeatability coefficient when calculating test-retest reliability
title_full The case for using the repeatability coefficient when calculating test-retest reliability
title_fullStr The case for using the repeatability coefficient when calculating test-retest reliability
title_full_unstemmed The case for using the repeatability coefficient when calculating test-retest reliability
title_short The case for using the repeatability coefficient when calculating test-retest reliability
title_sort case for using the repeatability coefficient when calculating test-retest reliability
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/16638