Hammond, A and Lincoln, N 1999, 'The joint protection knowledge assessment: reliability and validity' , British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 62 (3) , pp. 117-122.

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to design and test a multiple-choice questionnaire to assess the joint protection knowledge of people with rheumatoid arthritis. The questionnaire content was generated from a literature review and face validity was established. The correct answers for the items included in the Joint Protection Knowledge Questionnaire (JPKA) were identified in an inter-rater agreement study with 31 rheumatology occupational therapists. All the questions achieved significant agreement using Kendall's coefficient of concordance (p<0.0l for all items). The content validity was partially established using a panel of 18 rheumatology occupational therapists. A test-retest reliability study with 20 people with rheumatoid arthritis showed no significant difference on two tests at 2 month intervals (median JPKA score test 1 = 78.75%; test 2 = 85%: z = 1.39; P = 0.16). The JPKA is a reliable and valid assessment which can be used to evaluate the effectiveness of joint protection education programmes.

Item Type:	Article
Themes:	Subjects / Themes > R Medicine > R Medicine (General) Health and Wellbeing
Schools:	Colleges and Schools > College of Health & Social Care > School of Health Sciences > Centre for Health, Sport & Rehabilitation Sciences Research Colleges and Schools > College of Health & Social Care Colleges and Schools > College of Health & Social Care > School of Health Sciences
Journal or Publication Title:	British Journal of Occupational Therapy
Publisher:	College of Occupational Therapists
Refereed:	Yes
ISSN:	0308-0226
Depositing User:	Users 29196 not found.
Date Deposited:	29 Oct 2010 14:25
Last Modified:	27 Sep 2011 11:44
URI:	http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/11411

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