This project aimed to assess the consistency of hypnotizability over repeated assessments when measured by Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale: Form C (SHSS:C), and Elkins Hypnotizability Scale (EHS) contrast score distribution pleasantness these scales. University students were administered either SHSS:C or EHS twice with a one-week delay separate experimenters. Test–retest reliability was ...

Both the interrater and test-retest-retest reliability of axis I and axis II disorders were assessed using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders (SCID-I) and the Diagnostic Interview for DSM-IV Personality Disorders (DIPD-IV). Fair-good median interrater kappa (.40-.75) were found for all axis II disorders diagnosed five times or more, except antisocial personality disor...

The purpose of this study was to determine the level of interobserver and test-retest reliability of the Milani-Comparetti Motor Development Screening Test. Sixty healthy children, aged 1 through 16 months, were videotaped during administration of the Milani-Comparetti test. Four pediatric physical therapists independently viewed each videotape and scored the responses. Interobserver reliabilit...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to determine the feasibility and reliability of the modified Berg Balance Scale (mBBS) in persons with severe intellectual and visual disabilities (severe multiple disabilities, SMD) assigned Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) grades I and II. METHOD Thirty-nine participants with SMD and GMFCS grades I and II performed the mBBS twice wi...

Twenty-seven volunteers completed three simulated driving tests to determine test-retest reliability of performance on a low-cost, fixed-base computerized driving simulator. One retest was completed a few hours after the initial drive, and the final retest was completed 7 days following the initial test drive. Driving performance was compared using measures of vehicle control, speed, and reacti...

The retest effect-improvement of performance on second exposure to a task-may impede the detection of cognitive decline in clinical trials for neurodegenerative diseases. We assessed the impact of the retest effect in Huntington's disease trials, and investigated its possible neutralization. We enrolled 54 patients in the Multicentric Intracerebral Grafting in Huntington's Disease (MIG-HD) tria...

objectives: the value of the client-centered approach for treating patients with various disabilities has been increasingly acknowledged. the aim of this study was to determine the test-retest reliability of the persian version of the canadian occupational performance measure (copm) as an individual outcome measure among iranian elderly population. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 60 old...

BACKGROUND Children's health and health behaviour are essential for their development and it is important to obtain abundant and accurate information to understand young people's health and health behaviour. The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study is among the first large-scale international surveys on adolescent health through self-report questionnaires. So far, more than 40 ...