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ArticleJournal of rehabilitation medicine2024

Rasch analysis of the forgotten joint score in patients with total hip arthroplasty.

Flavia Stano, Leonardo Pellicciari, Fabio La Porta, Daniele Piscitelli, Domenico Angilecchia, Maria Signorelli, Giuseppe Giovannico, Sanaz Pournajaf, Serena Caselli

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Flavia StanoDepartment of Medicine and Health Science "Vincenzo Tiberio", University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy.
Leonardo PellicciariIRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy. leonardo.pellicciari@gmail.com.
Fabio La PortaIRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Daniele PiscitelliDepartment of Kinesiology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, US.
Domenico AngilecchiaDepartment of Medicine and Health Science "Vincenzo Tiberio", University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy; Rehabilitation service - ASL, Bari, Italy.
Maria SignorelliRehabilitation Service "San Giovanni di Dio", Adelfia, Italy.
Giuseppe GiovannicoDepartment of Medicine and Health Scienze "Vincenzo Tiberio", University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy.
Sanaz PournajafNeurorehabilitation Research Lab, Department of Neurological and Rehabilitation Sciences, IRCCS San Raffaele, Rome, Italy.
Serena CaselliUnità Operativa Complessa di Medicina Riabilitativa, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Modena, Modena, Italy.

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Abstract

objectiveTo assess the internal construct validity, including local independence, unidimensionality, monotonicity, and invariance, reliability, and targeting of the Forgotten Joint Score within the Rasch Measurement Theory framework.

designCross-sectional study. PATIENTS: A total of 111 patients with total hip arthroplasty at least 3 months after surgery.

methodsThe Forgotten Joint Score was submitted to each subject during their rehabilitative treatment in an Italian centre and then to Rasch analysis.

resultsThe base Rasch analysis showed a satisfactory fit to the model with strict unidimensionality and no differential item functioning. However, monotonicity (11 out of 12 items showed disordered thresholds) and local independence were  violated. After rescoring 10 items and creating 5 subtests to account for local dependence, the scale satisfied all the other Rasch model requirements (i.e. invariance, local independence, monotonicity, unidimensionality, and multi-group invariance), with reliability indexes (> 0.850) for measurement at the individual level and proper targeting. A raw-score-to-measure conversion table was provided.

conclusionAfter structural (i.e. collapsing items categories) and non-structural (i.e. creating subtests) strategies, the Forgotten Joint Score satisfied the measurement requirements of the Rasch model, and it can be used in patients with total hip arthroplasty in clinical and research settings.

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Arthroplasty, Replacement, HipCross-Sectional StudiesHumansPatientsReproducibility of Results

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