Characteristics
Domains assessed:
Prose: Pronunciation
Specific context:
Surgery
Validation sample population age:
Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study
:
Face-to-face
Assessment:
Objective
Psychometrics
Number of items:
8
Sample size in validation study:
152
Language of validated version:
English
Main article reference
Wallace, L.S., Ergen, W.F., Cassada, D.C., Freeman, M.B., Grandas, O.H., Stevens, S.L., & Goldman, M.H.
Link to articleCorresponding author
Lorraine Wallace
Description
Word recognition in vascular surgery
Year Measure first Published: 2009
About This Measure
Measure style:
REALM Family
Categorical scoring:
No
Scoring categories:
Sum score
About the Validation of this Measure
Country where validated:
United States of America
Content validity:
Review of Internet-based patient education materials produced by the Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society and the Society of Vascular Surgery noting most commonly used words. Listened to audio recordings of vascular surgeon-patient encounters, then combined both resources for the 100 most common words.
Criterion validity:
Mean scores on the REAL_VSs (4.1 ± 2.7) were highly correlated with both the REALM (p=0.82; p<0.00) and REAL_VS (p=0.94; p<0.00).
Reliability (Cronbach Alpha):
0.86
