ArticleQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2018
The reliability of end of day and ecological momentary assessments of pain and pain interference in individuals with spinal cord injury.
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- An app-based just-in-time-adaptive self-management intervention for care partners: The CareQOL feasibility pilot study.Rehabilitation psychology · 2022Trial
- Understanding the biopsychosocial knee osteoarthritis pain experience: an ecological momentary assessment.Pain reports · 2024Article
- Activity-related pain and sensitization predict within- and between-person pain experience in people with knee osteoarthritis: An ecological momentary assessment study.Osteoarthritis and cartilage open · 2024Article
- Evaluation of Pressing Issues in Ecological Momentary Assessment.Annual review of clinical psychology · 2023Review
- Trajectories and biopsychosocial predictors of daily acute pain in adolescents receiving treatment for pain: a daily diary study.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2022Article
- Reliabilities of Intra-Individual Mean and Intra-Individual Variability of Self-Reported Pain Derived From Ecological Momentary Assessments: Results From the Einstein Aging Study.The journal of pain · 2022Article
- How Do Fluctuations in Pain, Fatigue, Anxiety, Depressed Mood, and Perceived Cognitive Function Relate to Same-Day Social Participation in Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury?Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2022Observational
- Daily Variation in Sleep Quality is Associated With Health-Related Quality of Life in People With Spinal Cord Injury.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2022Article
- Automated Smart Home Assessment to Support Pain Management: Multiple Methods Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Article
- Assessing Change Over Time in Voice Handicap and Voice-Related Perceived Control Using Ecological Momentary Assessment.The Annals of otology, rhinology, and laryngology · 2019Article
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Abstract
purposeThis study investigated the most efficient means of measuring pain intensity and pain interference comparing ecological momentary assessment (EMA) to end of day (EOD) data, with the highest level of measurement reliability as examined in individuals with spinal cord injury.
methodsEMA (five times throughout the day) and EOD ratings of pain and pain interference were collected over a 7-day period. Multilevel models were used to examine the reliability for both EOD and EMA assessments in order to determine the amount of variability in these assessments over the course of a week or the day, and a multilevel version of the Spearman-Brown Prophecy formula was used to estimate values for reliability.
resultsFindings indicate the minimum of number of EOD and EMA assessments needed to achieve different levels of reliability ("adequate" > 0.70, "good" > 0.80 and excellent > 0.90). In addition, the time of day (either morning, midday or evening) did not impact the estimated reliability for the EMA assessments.
conclusionsThese findings can help researchers and clinician balance the cost/benefit tradeoffs of these different types of assessments by providing specific cutoffs for the numbers of each type of assessment that are needed to achieve excellent reliability.
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