ArticleAmerican journal of speech-language pathology2016
Assessment Fidelity in Aphasia Research.
Article in American journal of speech-language pathology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Standardised data collection from people with dementia over the telephone: A qualitative study of the experience of DETERMIND programme researchers in a pandemic.Dementia (London, England) · 2023Article
- Assessment Fidelity of Parents Implementing a Standardized Telehealth Infant Autism Screener.OTJR : occupation, participation and health · 2023Article
- Assessment of language impairment and function.Handbook of clinical neurology · 2022Review
- Standardizing Assessment of Spoken Discourse in Aphasia: A Working Group With Deliverables.American journal of speech-language pathology · 2021Article
- Videoconference Administration of the Western Aphasia Battery-Revised: Feasibility and Validity.American journal of speech-language pathology · 2020Article
- Developing, Implementing, and Improving Assessment and Treatment Fidelity in Clinical Aphasia Research.American journal of speech-language pathology · 2020Article
- The Relationship Between Confrontation Naming and Story Gist Production in Aphasia.American journal of speech-language pathology · 2018Article
- Treatment Fidelity in a Feasibility Trial of the Aphasia Intervention, Virtual Elaborated Semantic Feature Analysis.International journal of language & communication disordersArticle
- Assessing Functional Communication in Persons With Aphasia: A Scoping Review of Formal and Informal Measures.International journal of language & communication disordersArticle
- Measuring communication as a core outcome in aphasia trials: Results of the ROMA-2 international core outcome set development meeting.International journal of language & communication disordersArticle
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Abstract
Purpose: In aphasia treatment literature, scarce attention is paid to factors that may reduce a study's validity, including adherence to assessment and treatment procedures (i.e., fidelity). Although guidelines have been established for evaluating and reporting treatment fidelity, none exist for assessment fidelity. Method: We reviewed treatment fidelity guidelines and related literature to identify assessment fidelity components. We then examined 88 aphasia treatment studies published between 2010 and 2015 and report the frequency with which researchers provide information regarding the following assessment fidelity components: assessment instruments, assessor qualifications, assessor or rater training, assessment delivery, assessor or rater reliability, and assessor blinding. Results: We found that 4.5% of studies reported information regarding assessment instruments, 35.2% reported information regarding assessor qualifications, 6.85% reported information regarding assessor or rater training, 37.5% reported information regarding assessor or rater reliability, 27.3% reported on assessor blinding, and no studies reported information regarding assessment delivery. Conclusions: There is a paucity of assessment fidelity information reported in aphasia treatment research. The authors propose a set of guidelines to ensure readers will be able to evaluate assessment fidelity, and thus study validity.
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