Table 1.
Study Design Indicating Raters, Trials, Test Occasions, Outcome Measures, and Origin of Data Used in Reliability and Validity Calculations
| Reliability |
Validity |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test Day 1 (n = 16 LTC) |
Test Day 2 (n = 16 LTC) |
Test Day 3 (n = 16 LTC: concurrent validity) |
Test Day 4 (n = 5 RR: known-groups validity) |
Test Day 5 (n = 5 RR) |
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| Trial 1 | Trial 2 | Trial 1 | Trial 2 | ||||
| Rater A | 2MWT | 2MWT | 2MWT | 2MWT | BBS, TUG, 6MWT | 2MWT | 2MWT |
| Rater B | 2MWT | 2MWT | 2MWT | 2MWT | |||
2MWT = 2-minute walk test; 6MWT = 6-minute walk test; BBS = Berg Balance Scale; LTC = long-term care residents; RR = retirement residents; TUG = timed up-and-go