Psychometric properties of the International Society of Wheelchair Professionals' basic manual wheelchair-service-provision knowledge Test Version 1 and development of Version 2.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Valid and reliable scores from measurement tools to test competency in basic manual wheelchair-service-provision are needed to promote good practice and support capacity building. The International Society of Wheelchair Professionals' (ISWP) Basic Test Version 1 in English, launched in 2015, is the most frequently used outcome measure tool to test basic manual wheelchair-service-provision knowledge and is part of an international certification process. Despite the wide acceptance and use of the test, its psychometric properties have not yet been established. The objectives of this study were 1) to evaluate the test's psychometric properties, 2) to develop the test's Version 2, and 3) to evaluate the content validity of the new version.

Methods

For Objective 1, m

SUBMITTER: Burrola-Mendez Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10035907 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature