Standard setting for a novel esophageal conduit questionnaire: CONDUIT Report Card.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The purpose of this study was to establish the clinical thresholds for five domains (dysphagia, reflux, dumping-hypoglycemia, dumping-GI symptoms, pain) to support the use of the CONDUIT questionnaire as a screening tool to identify patients who might benefit from an educational or clinical intervention.

Methods

A panel of 16 experts met to develop descriptions of "poor," "moderate," and "good" conduit performance. They were trained to use the modified and extended Angoff standard-setting method. Each judge provided item ratings that reflected borderline good and borderline moderate patients. The average item ratings were summed and transformed to a 0-100 scale to derive final cut scores. Panelist evaluation of the process and confidence with the rating tasks were

SUBMITTER: Lee MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6200834 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature