A comparative analysis of multidimensional computerized adaptive testing for the DASH and QuickDASH scores in Dupuytren's disease
J Hand Surg Eur Vol. 2022 Feb 28:17531934221081803. doi: 10.1177/17531934221081803. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe QuickDASH is a short-form version of the DASH questionnaire, the most widely used patient-reported outcome measure in hand surgery. Multidimensional computerized adaptive testing (MCAT) can produce shorter and more precise testing than static short forms, like QuickDASH. We used DASH responses from 507 patients with Dupuytren's disease to develop a MCAT. The algorithm was evaluated in a Monte Carlo simulation, where the standard error of measurement (SEm) of scores obtained from the 11-item QuickDASH was co...
Source: Hand Surgery - February 28, 2022 Category: Surgery Authors: Conrad Harrison Andrew D Clelland Tim R C Davis Brigitte E Scammell Weiya Zhang Peter Russell Sue Fullilove Indranil Chakrabarti Dominique Davidson Jeremy Rodrigues Source Type: research
The Performance and Trajectory of Medical Students With Disabilities: Results From a Multisite, Multicohort Study
Purpose
To conduct a post–Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 multisite, multicohort study called the Pathways Project to assess the performance and trajectory of medical students with disabilities (SWDs).
Method
From June to December 2020, the authors conducted a matched cohort study of SWDs and nondisabled controls from 2 graduating cohorts (2018 and 2019) across 11 U.S. MD-granting medical schools. Each SWD was matched with 2 controls, one from their institution and, whenever possible, one from their cohort for Medical College Admission Test score and self-reported gender. Outcome measure...
Source: Academic Medicine - February 27, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Research Reports Source Type: research
GSE189279 Expression data from mouse thymus
Contributors : Ann Griffith ; Thomas VenablesSeries Type : Expression profiling by arrayOrganism : Mus musculusPrevious studies have shown that extensive transciptional changes occur in the thymus as the tissue atrophies during aging, and that atrophy is delayed in catalase transgenic (mCat Tg, tg) mice. These studies address whether the transciptional profile of medullary thymic tissue in aged mCat Tg mice retains characteristics of the young medullary tissue or not.We used microarrays to detail transciptional profiles in aged mCat Tg mouse thymus to compare to gene expression in aged wild type mice. (Source: GEO: Gene Expression Omnibus)
Source: GEO: Gene Expression Omnibus - February 15, 2022 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Tags: Expression profiling by array Mus musculus Source Type: research
' Chipping away' at the iceberg of health disparities
'Chipping away' at the iceberg of health disparities
Kelly Palmer joined the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health faculty in January, not long after earning her doctorate from the college. As a researcher studying diseases that disproportionately affect Black women, Palmer says her work is a team effort – and incredibly personal.
Kyle Mittan
Today
University CommunicationsPalmer-web.jpg"Black women are my mother, my sister, my cousin, the members of my sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha," said Kelly Palmer, an assistant professor in the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of P...
Source: The University of Arizona: Health - February 14, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: mittank Source Type: research
Can achievement at medical admission tests predict future performance in postgraduate clinical assessments? A UK-based national cohort study
Conclusions
Our results imply that the abilities assessed by aptitude and skills and verbal reasoning may be the most important cognitive attributes, of those routinely assessed at selection, for predicting future clinical performance. Selectors may wish to consider placing particular weight on scales assessing these attributes if they wish to select applicants likely to become more competent clinicians. These results are potentially relevant in an international context too, since many admission tests used globally, such as the Medical College Admission Test, assess similar abilities. (Source: BMJ Open)
Source: BMJ Open - February 8, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Paton, L. W., McManus, I. C., Cheung, K. Y. F., Smith, D. T., Tiffin, P. A. Tags: Open access, Medical education and training Source Type: research
A Learning Theory Approach to Attachment Theory: Exploring Clinical Applications
Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev. 2022 Jan 30:1-22. doi: 10.1007/s10567-021-00377-x. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAlthough clinicians typically acknowledge the importance of insecure attachment as one factor that can contribute to children's psychopathology, translating attachment theory into clinical practice has proved a challenge. By specifying some of the mechanisms through which the child's attachment develops and changes, learning theory can enhance attachment based approaches to therapy. Specifically, interventions building on operant (parent management training) and classical (exposure therapy) learning can be used to s...
Source: Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review - January 31, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Guy Bosmans Leen Van Vlierberghe Marian J Bakermans-Kranenburg Roger Kobak Dirk Hermans Marinus H van IJzendoorn Source Type: research
A Learning Theory Approach to Attachment Theory: Exploring Clinical Applications
Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev. 2022 Jan 30. doi: 10.1007/s10567-021-00377-x. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAlthough clinicians typically acknowledge the importance of insecure attachment as one factor that can contribute to children's psychopathology, translating attachment theory into clinical practice has proved a challenge. By specifying some of the mechanisms through which the child's attachment develops and changes, learning theory can enhance attachment based approaches to therapy. Specifically, interventions building on operant (parent management training) and classical (exposure therapy) learning can be used to stimul...
Source: Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review - January 31, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Guy Bosmans Leen Van Vlierberghe Marian J Bakermans-Kranenburg Roger Kobak Dirk Hermans Marinus H van IJzendoorn Source Type: research
Non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae-Moraxella catarrhalis vaccine for the prevention of exacerbations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a multicentre, randomised, placebo-controlled, observer-blinded, proof-of-concept, phase 2b trial
Lancet Respir Med. 2022 Jan 10:S2213-2600(21)00502-6. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(21)00502-6. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) are associated with changes in the sputum microbiome, including an increased prevalence of pathogenic bacteria. Vaccination against the most frequent bacteria identified in AECOPD might reduce exacerbation frequency. We assessed the efficacy, safety, and immunogenicity of a candidate vaccine containing surface proteins from non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) and Moraxella catarrhalis (Mcat) in patients with COPD.METH...
Source: Respiratory Care - January 13, 2022 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Stefan Andreas Marco Testa Laurent Boyer Guy Brusselle Wim Janssens Edward Kerwin Alberto Papi Bonavuth Pek Luis Puente-Maestu Dinesh Saralaya Henrik Watz Tom M A Wilkinson Daniela Casula Gennaro Di Maro Maria Lattanzi Luca Moraschini Sonia Schoonbroodt A Source Type: research
An application for classifying perceptions on my health bank in Taiwan using convolutional neural networks and web-based computerized adaptive testing: A development and usability study
Conclusions:
The PMHB26 CNN model, combined with the Rasch online MCAT, is recommended for improving the accuracy and efficiency of classifying patients’ perceptions of MHB utility. An application developed for helping respondents self-assess the MHB cocreation of value can be applied to other surveys in the future. (Source: Medicine)
Source: Medicine - December 30, 2021 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Research Article: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Source Type: research
Improving test efficiency for a grid multidimensional computerized classification test by the application of a conditional latent-trait distribution to a sequential probability ratio test
Behav Res Methods. 2021 Dec 16. doi: 10.3758/s13428-021-01757-5. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe measurement efficiency of a multidimensional computerized adaptive testing (MCAT) can be improved by taking the correlations between the dimensions into account during the item selection and latent-trait estimation procedures (Segall, 1996; Wang & Chen, 2004). Although a multidimensional computerized classification test (MCCT), which was based on a multidimensional itemresponse model, was previously found more efficient than its unidimensional counterpart, the difference was negligible (Seitz & Frey, 2013); the resear...
Source: Behavior Research Methods - December 17, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tien-Hsiang Liu Cheng-Te Chen Chung-Ping Cheng Ching-Lin Shih Source Type: research
Improving test efficiency for a grid multidimensional computerized classification test by the application of a conditional latent-trait distribution to a sequential probability ratio test
Behav Res Methods. 2021 Dec 16. doi: 10.3758/s13428-021-01757-5. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe measurement efficiency of a multidimensional computerized adaptive testing (MCAT) can be improved by taking the correlations between the dimensions into account during the item selection and latent-trait estimation procedures (Segall, 1996; Wang & Chen, 2004). Although a multidimensional computerized classification test (MCCT), which was based on a multidimensional itemresponse model, was previously found more efficient than its unidimensional counterpart, the difference was negligible (Seitz & Frey, 2013); the resear...
Source: Behavior Research Methods - December 17, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tien-Hsiang Liu Cheng-Te Chen Chung-Ping Cheng Ching-Lin Shih Source Type: research
Improving test efficiency for a grid multidimensional computerized classification test by the application of a conditional latent-trait distribution to a sequential probability ratio test
Behav Res Methods. 2021 Dec 16. doi: 10.3758/s13428-021-01757-5. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe measurement efficiency of a multidimensional computerized adaptive testing (MCAT) can be improved by taking the correlations between the dimensions into account during the item selection and latent-trait estimation procedures (Segall, 1996; Wang & Chen, 2004). Although a multidimensional computerized classification test (MCCT), which was based on a multidimensional itemresponse model, was previously found more efficient than its unidimensional counterpart, the difference was negligible (Seitz & Frey, 2013); the resear...
Source: Behavior Research Methods - December 17, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tien-Hsiang Liu Cheng-Te Chen Chung-Ping Cheng Ching-Lin Shih Source Type: research
Improving test efficiency for a grid multidimensional computerized classification test by the application of a conditional latent-trait distribution to a sequential probability ratio test
Behav Res Methods. 2021 Dec 16. doi: 10.3758/s13428-021-01757-5. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe measurement efficiency of a multidimensional computerized adaptive testing (MCAT) can be improved by taking the correlations between the dimensions into account during the item selection and latent-trait estimation procedures (Segall, 1996; Wang & Chen, 2004). Although a multidimensional computerized classification test (MCCT), which was based on a multidimensional itemresponse model, was previously found more efficient than its unidimensional counterpart, the difference was negligible (Seitz & Frey, 2013); the resear...
Source: Behavior Research Methods - December 17, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tien-Hsiang Liu Cheng-Te Chen Chung-Ping Cheng Ching-Lin Shih Source Type: research
Improving test efficiency for a grid multidimensional computerized classification test by the application of a conditional latent-trait distribution to a sequential probability ratio test
Behav Res Methods. 2021 Dec 16. doi: 10.3758/s13428-021-01757-5. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe measurement efficiency of a multidimensional computerized adaptive testing (MCAT) can be improved by taking the correlations between the dimensions into account during the item selection and latent-trait estimation procedures (Segall, 1996; Wang & Chen, 2004). Although a multidimensional computerized classification test (MCCT), which was based on a multidimensional itemresponse model, was previously found more efficient than its unidimensional counterpart, the difference was negligible (Seitz & Frey, 2013); the resear...
Source: Behavior Research Methods - December 17, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tien-Hsiang Liu Cheng-Te Chen Chung-Ping Cheng Ching-Lin Shih Source Type: research
Improving test efficiency for a grid multidimensional computerized classification test by the application of a conditional latent-trait distribution to a sequential probability ratio test
Behav Res Methods. 2021 Dec 16. doi: 10.3758/s13428-021-01757-5. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe measurement efficiency of a multidimensional computerized adaptive testing (MCAT) can be improved by taking the correlations between the dimensions into account during the item selection and latent-trait estimation procedures (Segall, 1996; Wang & Chen, 2004). Although a multidimensional computerized classification test (MCCT), which was based on a multidimensional itemresponse model, was previously found more efficient than its unidimensional counterpart, the difference was negligible (Seitz & Frey, 2013); the resear...
Source: Behavior Research Methods - December 17, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tien-Hsiang Liu Cheng-Te Chen Chung-Ping Cheng Ching-Lin Shih Source Type: research
