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2nd Edition of Instruments for Measuring Health

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Health Care Sciences & Services".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (26 June 2023) | Viewed by 2328

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Desirée Valera-Gran

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Department of Surgery and Pathology, Occupational Therapy, Miguel Hernandez University, 03550 Alicante, Spain
Interests: development, adaptation and validadtion of assessment tools; evidence-based healthcare practice; health determinants; occupation-based health promotion; occupation based epidemiology
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Dr. Eva Maria Navarrete-Munoz

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Department of Surgery and Pathology, Occupational Therapy, Miguel Hernandez University, 03550 Alicante, Spain
Interests: child and adolescent health; neuropsychology development; community health; sensory reactivity; obesity; psychometrics; occupational therapy; environmental factors; daily activity living; nutritional epidemiology; social factors
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue is a continuation of the Special Issue on “Instruments for Measuring Health” published in the International Journal of Public Health and Environmental Research. One of the most important aspects in the assessment of health is to guarantee the quality of the measurements. Ideally, the use of accurate instruments for measuring health should positively contribute to improve the health of populations and increase the opportunities for comparability. In this sense, it is becoming increasingly obvious that more valid, comprehensive, transparent, and standardized ways of measuring and reporting on population health are necessary in clinical practice and research. For these purposes, it is essential that measurement instruments should be subjected to a process of validation to ensure and verify their accuracy.

This Special Issue will focus on describing the development and/or process of validation of instruments used for measuring health status, including general health measures, measures of physical function, pain measures, social health measures, psychological measures, quality of life measures, and specific disease measures, among others. We welcome different types of manuscript submissions, including original research articles and up-to-date reviews (systematic reviews and meta-analyses).

Dr. Desirée Valera-Gran
Dr. Eva Maria Navarrete-Munoz
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2500 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • health measurements
  • assessment tools
  • validation
  • normative values
  • instrument development
  • accuracy
  • reproducibility
  • reliability
  • psychometric assessment
  • questionnaires 
  • survey
  • tests
  • scales
  • translation
  • adaptation
  • patient-reported outcome measures

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The Intra- and Inter-Rater Reliability of a Variety of Testing Methods to Measure Shoulder Range of Motion, Hand-behind-Back and External Rotation Strength in Healthy Participants
by Peter Beshara, Ingrid Davidson, Matthew Pelletier and William R. Walsh
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(21), 14442; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijerph192114442 - 04 Nov 2022
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This study determined the intra- and inter-rater reliability of various shoulder testing methods to measure flexion range of motion (ROM), hand-behind-back (HBB), and external rotation (ER) strength. Twenty-four healthy adults (mean age of 31.2 and standard deviation (SD) of 10.9 years) without shoulder [...] Read more.
This study determined the intra- and inter-rater reliability of various shoulder testing methods to measure flexion range of motion (ROM), hand-behind-back (HBB), and external rotation (ER) strength. Twenty-four healthy adults (mean age of 31.2 and standard deviation (SD) of 10.9 years) without shoulder or neck pathology were assessed by two examiners using standardised testing protocols to measure shoulder flexion with still photography, HBB with tape measure, and isometric ER strength in two abduction positions with a hand-held dynamometer (HHD) and novel stabilisation device. Intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) established relative reliability. Standard error of measurement (SEM) and minimum detectable change (MDC) established absolute reliability. Differences between raters were visualised with Bland–Altman plots. A paired t-test assessed for differences between dominant and non-dominant sides. Still photography demonstrated good intra- and inter-rater reliability (ICCs 0.75–0.86). HBB with tape measure demonstrated excellent inter- and intra-rater reliability (ICCs 0.94–0.98). Isometric ER strength with HHD and a stabilisation device demonstrated excellent intra-rater and inter-rater reliability in 30° and 45° abduction (ICCs 0.96–0.98). HBB and isometric ER at 45° abduction differed significantly between dominant and non-dominant sides. Standardised shoulder ROM and strength tests provide good to excellent reliability. HBB with tape measure and isometric strength testing with HHD stabilisation are clinically acceptable. Full article
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