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. 2011 Nov 7;9:99. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-9-99

Table 2.

Content validity and measurement properties of included questionnaires

Questionnaire* Relevance Comprehen-siveness Construct validity Internal consistency Test-retest reliability Agree-ment Respon-siveness MIC Ceiling/floor effects Score distribution
Generic scales
 BI [56] - - - ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
 GARS [26,57] + + + + ? ? 0 ? ? ?
 MHIQ [58] + + + 0 0 ? 0 ? ? ?
 NHP [59-63] + - + ? 0 ? 0 ? ? +
 SF-36 [64-69] + - + 0 0 0 + + - +
 SIP [70-72] - - - ? 0 ? 0 ? ? +
 WHODAS-II [73,74] - + 0 0† 0 ? 0 ? - ?
Disease-specific scales
 FSI [75] + + ? 0† 0 ? ? ? ? ?
 AIMS [76,30,59-81] - + + - 0 ? + ? ? ?
 Short AIMS [76] + + + 0† 0 ? 0 ? ? ?
 Shortened AIMS [77] + + - 0† 0 ? ? ? ? ?
 AIMS2 [82] + + + + 0 ? ? ? ? ?
 AIMS2-SF [83] + - + 0 + ? + ? ? ?
 CSHQ-RA [28,29,84] - + + + + ? 0 + ? +
 CSHQ-RA, revised [27] + + + + + ? 0 + ? +
 CSSRD-FAS [85] - + + ? - ? ? ? ? ?
 FFbH [86] + - + 0 ? ? 0 ? + ?
 HAQ [40,87,32,41,66,79-94] + + + + + 0 + + - +
 HAQ-II [41] + + + 0 ? ? 0 ? + ?
 MDHAQ (10-ADL) [40] + - ? 0 ? ? ? ? + ?
 MDHAQ (14-ADL) [40] + + ? 0 ? ? ? ? + ?
 MHAQ [40,41,93-95] + - + + 0 0 + ? - +
 ROAD [31,96] - + - + + 0 + ? + ?
 IRGL [97,98] + + - 0 0 ? ? ? ? ?
 TFCQ [99] ? ? ? 0 ? ? ? ? ? ?
 SIP-RA [100] - - 0 0 ? ? 0 ? ? ?

+ = good measurement properties with adequate methodological quality; - poor measurement properties with adequate methodological quality; 0 = indeterminate quality of measurement properties because of inadequate methodological quality; ? = no information found. * For the full names of the questionnaires see legend of table 1. † No factor analysis was applied, but Cronbach's α < 0.70.