The SPADI is the most frequently evaluated PROM and its measurement properties seem adequate apart from a lack of information regarding its measurement error and content validity .
Dutch users could use either the SDQ or the SST .
In Tamil , Slovene , Spanish and the Danish language s , the evaluated PROMs were not yet of acceptable validity .
None of these PROMs showed strong positive evidence for all measurement properties .
Objective To critically appraise and compare the measurement properties of self-administered patient-reported outcome measures ( PROMs ) focussing on the shoulder , assessing “ activity limitations . ”
Shoulder-specific disability measures showed acceptable construct validity and responsiveness.
OBJECTIVE To compare the construct validity and responsiveness of the Shoulder Pain and Disability Index ( SPADI ) , Croft Index , and disabilities of the arm , shoulder , and h and ( DASH ) for patients with adhesive capsulitis and to compare these with pain on a visual analog scale , the Health Assessment Question naire , and the problem-elicitation technique . STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING Two r and omized double-blind placebo-controlled trials of interventions for adhesive capsulitis were performed . Both trials recruited patients from community-based physiotherapy practice s. Responsiveness at 3 weeks postbaseline was assessed using four responsiveness parameters and three external criteria for improvement . RESULTS Correlations between the shoulder-specific measures ranged from 0.55 to 0.65 at baseline and 0.49 - 0.55 for the 3-week change scores . Greater responsiveness was seen for the SPADI . The effect size for the SPADI ranged from 1.20 to 1.64 , for the Croft Index from 0.87 to 1.21 , and for the DASH from 0.55 to 0.83 . Rankings were similar across the four responsiveness parameters and the three external criteria for improvement . Correlations between the shoulder-specific and generic measures for baseline and 3-week change scores were lower than those among the shoulder-specific measures ( range : 0.17 - 0.60 ) . CONCLUSION The shoulder-specific disability measures showed acceptable construct validity and responsiveness with a small but consistent overall advantage for the SPADI
The SPADI is the most frequently evaluated PROM and its measurement properties seem adequate apart from a lack of information regarding its measurement error and content validity .
Dutch users could use either the SDQ or the SST .
In Tamil , Slovene , Spanish and the Danish language s , the evaluated PROMs were not yet of acceptable validity .
None of these PROMs showed strong positive evidence for all measurement properties .
Objective To critically appraise and compare the measurement properties of self-administered patient-reported outcome measures ( PROMs ) focussing on the shoulder , assessing “ activity limitations . ”