Journal
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
Volume 65, Issue 4, Pages 413-422Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2011.11.005
Keywords
Clinimetrics; Foot; Idiographic; Nomothetic; Patient-reported outcome measure; Rheumatoid arthritis
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Objective: To develop an idiographic and nomothetic patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) for the assessment and evaluation of patients with feet affected by rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Study Design and Setting: The development of the Salford Rheumatoid Arthritis Foot Evaluation (SAFE) Instrument PROM was divided into four stages: establishment of the PROM's conceptual basis and content generation, following a descriptive phenomenological study; clinimetric instrument development; instrument pretesting, involving expert reviews and cognitive interviews; and demonstration of instrument measurement properties, including convergent validity and test-retest reliability of the nomothetic scale. Results: A total of 123 items were initially generated for the SAFE, with 25 of them clinimetrically selected for nomothetic scale (SAFE-Part A) and 80 items initially included in the idiographic scale (SAFE-Part B). The pretesting strategy proved effective for improving and refining the SAFE, with the final draft consisting of 19 items in Part A and 42 items in Part B. The SAFE-Part A has strong evidence for convergent validity and test-retest reliability. Conclusion: The SAFE features a nomothetic and idiographic assessment strategy that, with further development, will prove to be a valuable tool for clinicians involved in managing the foot health problems associated with RA. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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