Open AccessEvaluation of an Item Bank for a Computerized Adaptive Test of Activity in Children With Cerebral Palsy
Author(s) -
Stephen M. Haley,
Maria Fragala-Pinkham,
Hélène Dumas,
Pengsheng Ni,
George E. Gorton,
Kyle Watson,
Kathleen Montpetit,
Nathalie Bilodeau,
Ronald K. Hambleton,
Carole A. Tucker
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
physical therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.998
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1538-6724
pISSN - 0031-9023
DOI - 10.2522/ptj.20090007
Subject(s) - computerized adaptive testing , cerebral palsy , item bank , functional independence measure , psychology , item response theory , discriminant validity , concurrent validity , quality of life (healthcare) , confirmatory factor analysis , psychometrics , test (biology) , physical medicine and rehabilitation , physical therapy , activities of daily living , developmental psychology , medicine , statistics , structural equation modeling , psychiatry , mathematics , paleontology , internal consistency , psychotherapist , biology
Contemporary clinical assessments of activity are needed across the age span for children with cerebral palsy (CP). Computerized adaptive testing (CAT) has the potential to efficiently administer items for children across wide age spans and functional levels.