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Validity and reliability of instruments aimed at measuring E vidence‐ B ased P ractice in P hysical T herapy: a systematic review of the literature
Author(s) -
FernándezDomínguez Juan Carlos,
SeséAbad Albert,
MoralesAsencio Jose Miguel,
OlivaPascualVaca Angel,
SalinasBueno Iosune,
PedroGómez Joan Ernest
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of evaluation in clinical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.737
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1365-2753
pISSN - 1356-1294
DOI - 10.1111/jep.12180
Subject(s) - reliability (semiconductor) , food science , chemistry , physics , thermodynamics , power (physics)
Rationale, aims and objectives Our goal is to compile and analyse the characteristics – especially validity and reliability – of all the existing international tools that have been used to measure evidence‐based clinical practice in physiotherapy. Methods A systematic review conducted with data from exclusively quantitative‐type studies synthesized in narrative format. An in‐depth search of the literature was conducted in two phases: initial, structured, electronic search of databases and also journals with summarized evidence; followed by a residual‐directed search in the bibliographical references of the main articles found in the primary search procedure. The studies included were assigned to members of the research team who acted as peer reviewers. Relevant information was extracted from each of the selected articles using a template that included the general characteristics of the instrument as well as an analysis of the quality of the validation processes carried out, by following the criteria of T erwee. Results Twenty‐four instruments were found to comply with the review screening criteria; however, in all cases, they were found to be limited as regards the ‘constructs’ included. Besides, they can all be seen to be lacking as regards comprehensiveness associated to the validation process of the psychometric tests used. Conclusion It seems that what constitutes a rigorously developed assessment instrument for EBP in physical therapy continues to be a challenge.