Criteria for evidence-based assessment

Category	Criteria
Well-established assessment	The measure must have been presented in at least two peer-reviewed articles by different investigators or investigatory teams.
	Sufficient detail about the measure to allow critical evaluation and replication (eg, measure and manual provided or available upon request)
	Detailed information (eg, statistics presented) indicating good validity and reliability in at least one peer-reviewed article.
Approaching well-established assessment	The measure must have been presented in at least two peer-reviewed articles, which may be by the same investigator or investigatory team.
	Sufficient detail about the measure to allow critical evaluation and replication (eg, measure and manual provided or available upon request).
	Validity and reliability information presented in either vague terms (eg, no statistics presented) or moderate values.
Promising assessment	The measure must have been presented in at least one peer-reviewed article.
	Sufficient detail about the measure to allow critical evaluation and replication (eg, measure and manual provided or available upon request).
	Validity and reliability information presented in either vague terms (eg, no statistics presented) or moderate values.

Adapted from Cohen et al (25)