Open AccessValidation of an Item Bank in a Sample of Community-Dwelling Survivors of a Stroke
Author(s) -
Chad Cook,
Adam Goode,
Daniel Erb,
Julie Richardson,
Ricardo Pietrobon
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of geriatric physical therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.185
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 2152-0895
pISSN - 1539-8412
DOI - 10.1519/00139143-200612000-00005
Subject(s) - activities of daily living , stroke (engine) , gerontology , item response theory , sample (material) , scale (ratio) , internal consistency , psychology , consistency (knowledge bases) , medicine , psychometrics , clinical psychology , physical therapy , geography , mechanical engineering , chemistry , geometry , cartography , mathematics , chromatography , engineering
The purpose of this study was to validate an item bank of questions associated with activities of daily living (ADL), using graded item response theory (G-IRT), in a sample of community-dwelling survivors of a stroke.