Table 6.
Measures of Validity | Measures of Reliability | |||||
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Instrument | Content | Congruent Construct |
Known Group Construct |
Responsiveness | Internal Consistency |
Test-Retest |
Developed for Dialysis Populations | ||||||
100 Category Checklist | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N |
CHOICE Health Experience Questionnaire | Y | N | Y | N | Y | N |
Curtin, et al.63 | Y | Y | N | N | Y | N |
Dialysis Symptom Index | Y | N | N | N | N | Y |
Fluid management Survey | Y | N | N | N | Y | N |
Hemodialysis Quality of Life Questionnaire | Y | N | N | Y | N | Y |
Kidney Disease Quality of Life Instrument | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
Kidney Disease Questionnaire | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y |
Modified Edmonton Symptom Assessment System |
Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y |
National Kidney Dialysis and Kidney Transplantation Study |
Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Parfrey Symptom Assessment | Y | N | Y | Y | N | N |
Physical Symptom Distress Scale | N | Y | N | N | Y | Y |
Short-Version Checklist | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N |
Developed for Nondialysis Populations | ||||||
Bowel disease questionnaire | N | N | N | N | N | N |
European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire |
N | Y | N | N | Y | N |
McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire | N | Y | N | N | Y | Y |
Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale | N | Y | Y | N | Y | N |
Nottingham Health Profile | N | Y | N | Y | N | Y |
Palliative Care Outcome Symptom Scale | N | Y | N | N | N | Y |
Quality of Life at the End of Life | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y |
Quality of Well Being Self-Administered Scale | N | N | N | N | N | N |
Rotterdam Symptom Checklist | N | Y | N | N | Y | N |
Symptom distress scale | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y |
Note: All psychometric measures except for content validity were deemed present if assessed quantitatively. Content validity was deemed present if a clear description of the measurement aim was provided and if dialysis patients were involved in instrument item development. Responsiveness was deemed present only if analyzed in an end-stage renal disease population.