There were four stages; conceptualisation and item generation, item reduction and development of the first version of a new tool, content validity and development of a revised version and construct validation using factor analysis.
The questionnaire consists of eight multi-item scales and two single items: the child scales include physical abilities (six items), growth and development (five), bodily pain (two), temperament and moods (six), behaviour (12), general health (six), and change in health (one); the parent scales include parental-impact emotional (four items), parental-impact time (four), and family cohesion (one).
Creation of the ODCA involved removal of six DODT item pairs, modification of another six DODT item pairs, and development of three new item pairs addressing basic osmosis and diffusion concepts.
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Although the qualitative methods employed to develop the EMS items were not clearly reported by the test developer [ 22], item generation and development based on expert opinion and the existing literature provides evidence of face and content validity.
It is important to note that the item pool evaluation used to achieve the 13-item questionnaire, and development of the questionnaire scoring were both conducted empirically to optimize the balance between patient burden in completing a daily questionnaire and measurement validity.
In many ways, PIAAC represented the culmination of all that was learned over the several preceding decades in terms of instrument design, translation and adaptation procedures, scoring of open-ended items, and the development of interpretive schemes for large-scale assessments.
These findings indicated that it was possible to greatly reduce the number of items, and the development team decided to select several items and arrange a scale.
More research is needed to develop an appropriate generic theoretical framework, such as a literature review to identify existing items/measurement domains, a theoretical review and classification of items and consensus development with stakeholders to identify what is important to include.
This qualitative phase led to the item generation and development of the pilot questionnaire.
All item modification and development were conducted via an iterative process that was conducted at the beginning of the tool pilot stage (e.g., after a pilot run some items were modified if they caused confusion for observers) and the final items were agreed upon through discussion and consensus by the study team.
