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Twelve instruments satisfied our inclusion criteria for the psychometric review (Figure 1).
This conceptual review included all instruments included in the psychometric review as well as individual body awareness-related items from several instruments.
If an instrument that was claimed to measure a construct different from body awareness (i.e. mindfulness) contained items of body awareness-related aspects but did not have a separable subscale, it was excluded from the psychometric review (Table 1).
For lack of a better instrument available today, the conceptual review in conjunction with the psychometric review can aid researchers in selecting currently available measures for particular dimensions of body awareness.
KIMS and FFMQ contain subscales labeled "Observing"; however, these subscales include items for the awareness of thoughts and external stimuli (sights, sounds, smells) that disqualified them from our psychometric review.
197 measures did not meet the inclusion criteria, leaving seven measures to be included in the psychometric review.
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Finally, an expert committee consisted of the translators, the researchers, two rheumatologists, one orthopedics surgeon and one specialist in psychometric reviewed all the translation and cultural adaptation processes.
The psychometric properties reviewed included reliability, validity and responsiveness to change.
In terms of evidence gathered through psychometric testing, the review identified common pitfalls.
He was discharged 2 days post-admission with a follow-up date for psychometric testing and neurological review at the outpatient clinic.
The iterative process used to develop this instrument combined a variety of surveys and their psychometric analyses, literature reviews, and expert consultations in order to ensure the specific features of the sub-Saharan African context were taken into account.
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