Test-retest and inter-rater reliability of the Danish version of the management of everday technology assessment for use with older adults with and without COPDShow others and affiliations
2019 (English)In: Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, ISSN 1103-8128, E-ISSN 1651-2014, Vol. 26, no 6, p. 463-474Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
BACKGROUND: The trend towards telemedicine increasingly requires clients to manage everyday technology (ET) to access and use health services. The Management of Everday Technology Assessment (META) is an observation-based instrument developed to evaluate the ability to manage ET. AIM: To examine test-retest (TRR) and inter-rater reliability (IRR) of the Danish translation of the META for older adults with and without COPD. METHOD AND MATERIALS: 47 older adults with COPD (n = 23) and without (n = 24) were recruited. IRR was examined by four raters paired across 30 participants. TRR was examined for 21 participants by the same rater administering the META twice within four weeks. A rank-based method for paired ordinal data was used to calculate percentage agreement (PA) and measures of systematic disagreement and individual variability. Mann Whitney U tests were used to compare PA to health status (presence/absence of COPD). RESULTS: Inter-rater PA was acceptable across 10 of 11 items and test-retest PA across 8 of 11 items. Systematic disagreement was present for one item in TRR. No significant differences in PA were found regarding health status. CONCLUSION: The Danish META generates reliable scores for this sample. However, conclusive statements cannot be made for all items.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Taylor & Francis, 2019. Vol. 26, no 6, p. 463-474
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Occupational Therapy
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-4995DOI: 10.1080/11038128.2018.1476585ISI: 000466582700007PubMedID: 29969329Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85049575372Local ID: 26639OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-4995DiVA, id: diva2:1401830
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