Measurement properties of self-report questionnaires on health-related quality of life and functional health status in dysphonia: a systematic review using the COSMIN taxonomy

Glottic insufficiency caused by vocal fold atrophy with or without sulcus: systematic review of outcome measurements

PURPOSE

Identifying outcome measurements instruments (OMIs) to evaluate treatment efficacy in patients with vocal fold atrophy and/or sulcus.

METHODS

Systematic review of records published before March 2021 by searching Pubmed and EMBASE. Included studies reported on adults (> 18 year) with dysphonia caused by glottic insufficiency due to vocal fold atrophy with or without sulcus, who were enrolled into a randomized controlled trial, a non-randomized controlled trial, a case-controlled study or a cohort study. All included studies described an intervention with at least one outcome measurement.

RESULTS

A total of 5456 studies were identified. After removing duplicates, screening title and abstract and full text screening of selected records, 34 publications were included in final analysis. From these 50 separate OMIs were recorded and categorized according to the ELS protocol by DeJonckere et al. (Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 258: 77-82, 2001). With most OMIs being used in multiple studies the total number of OMIs reported was 265. Nineteen (19) individual OMIs accounted for 80% of reports. The most frequently used OMIs according to category were: VHI and VHI-10 (subjective evaluation); G of GRBAS (perceptual evaluation); F0, Jitter and Shimmer (acoustic evaluation); MPT and MFR (aerodynamic evaluation) and glottic closure and mucosal wave (endoscopic evaluation). Of these OMIs VHI had a high percentage of significance of 90%.

CONCLUSION

This systematic review identifies the most used OMIs in patients with glottic incompetency due to vocal fold atrophy and/or sulcus as a step toward defining a Core Outcome Set (COS) for this population.

PROSPERO REGISTRATION

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Measuring Nurses' Organizational Well-Being: A Systematic Review of Available Instruments

This systematic review aimed to identify and compare instruments measuring nurses' organizational well-being, summarise the dimensions measured by these instruments, the statistical analysis performed for validity evidence and identify an instrument that comprehensively investigates nurses' organizational well-being. The JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis and the PRISMA checklist were used as guidelines. The search was conducted on Medline, CINAHL, Cochrane Library and Scopus. Critical appraisal and data extraction were drawn on the COSMIN checklist. Dimensions were conceptually synthesized by the measurement concepts' similarity. Twenty-two articles were retrieved and they included 21 instruments that measured nurses' organizational well-being. The instruments vary by dimension number (range 2-19), items (range 12-118) and concept elicitation. A plurality of methodologies has been used in instrument development and assessments of evidence for validity. Only four instruments reported a concurrent criterion validity or a measurement comparison with an already tested-for-validity instrument. Similar dimensions were leadership and support, relationships and communication, work-family balance, work demands, violence, control and autonomy, satisfaction and motivation, work environment and resources, careers, and organizational policy. This review underlines the core areas of the instruments that measure nursing organizational well-being. It allows administrators and researchers to choose the appropriate instruments for monitoring this multidimensional concept.

A Psychometric Evaluation of the Dysphagia Handicap Index Using Rasch Analysis

Background/Objectives: The Dysphagia Handicap Index (DHI) is commonly used in oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD) research as a self-report measure of functional health status and health-related quality of life. The DHI was developed and validated using classic test theory. The aim of this study was to use item response theory (Rasch analysis) to evaluate the psychometric properties of the DHI. Methods: Prospective, consecutive patient data were collected at dysphagia or otorhinolaryngology clinics. The sample included 256 adults (53.1% male; mean age 65.2) at risk of OD. The measure's response scale, person and item fit characteristics, differential item functioning, and dimensionality were evaluated. Results: The rating scale was ordered but showed a potential gap in the rating category labels for the overall measure. The overall person (0.91) and item (0.97) reliability was excellent. The overall measure reliably separated persons into at least three distinct groups (person separation index = 3.23) based on swallowing abilities, but the subscales showed inadequate separation. All infit mean squares were in the acceptable range except for the underfitting for item 22 (F). More misfitting was evident in the Z-Standard statistics. Differential item functioning results indicated good performance at an item level for the overall measure; however, contrary to expectation, an OD diagnosis presented only with marginal DIF. The dimensionality of the DHI showed two dimensions in contrast to the three dimensions suggested by the original authors. Conclusions: The DHI failed to reproduce the original three subscales. Caution is needed using the DHI subscales; only the DHI total score should be used. A redevelopment of the DHI is needed; however, given the complexities involved in addressing these issues, the development of a new measure that ensures good content validity may be preferred.

The Communicative Participation Item Bank-Gender-Diverse Version: Item Bank Calibration and Short Form

PURPOSE

The purpose of this study was to calibrate an item set for a new version of the Communicative Participation Item Bank (CPIB) specifically for use with gender-diverse clients. This new version contains a new item stem as well as other minor wording changes from the original CPIB in order to be acceptable to gender-diverse respondents.

METHOD

Survey data on 47 candidate items were collected from 434 transgender individuals: 219 assigned female at birth (AFAB) and 215 assigned male at birth (AMAB). Item response theory analyses included evaluation of unidimensionality, local dependence, fit to a graded response model, and differential item functioning (DIF) between AFAB and AMAB respondents.

RESULTS

The original set of 47 items was unidimensional, but 16 items were removed due to local dependence, resulting in a final item bank of 31 items. There was no evidence of DIF between AFAB and AMAB participants. Reliability of the full item bank is good (i.e., > 0.8) between T scores of 20 and 76 and high (i.e., > 0.9) between T scores of 20 and 68. The short form had good reliability (i.e., > 0.8) between T scores of 24 and 64.

CONCLUSIONS

The Communicative Participation Item Bank-Gender-Diverse (CPIB-GD) version provides a new option for person-reported outcome measurement with gender-diverse clients. Clinicians are cautioned to use only the new CPIB-GD with gender-diverse clients, and not the original CPIB due to unacceptable wording in the original version for this population. The original CPIB remains valid and appropriate for the populations for which it was developed.

SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL

https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.24993309.

A Systematic Review of Voice-Related Patient-Reported Outcome Measures for Use with Adults

PURPOSE

This paper's purpose is to provide a resource for clinicians and researchers of select voice-related patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) available in the English language.

METHOD

A systematic search for voice-related PROMs was conducted between September 2020 and July 17, 2021. Databases included APA PsychInfo, Nursing and Allied Health Source, MEDLINE via the EBSCO interface, and Science Direct. Reference lists for PROMs-related articles were mined for reference to PROMs protocols.

RESULTS

Thirty voice-related PROMs were identified and categorized as either developed primarily for use in the clinic (n = 12), developed primarily for use in a specific research study (n = 6), or translated into English for publication (n = 12). Twelve PROMs were summarized: Aging Voice Index, Disease Specific Self-Efficacy in Spasmodic Dysphonia, Evaluation of the Ability to Sing Easily, Evaluating Voice Disability - Quality of Life Questionnaire, Glottal Function Index, Linear Analog Scale of Assessment of Voice Quality, Quality of Life in Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis, Speech Disability Questionnaire, Trans Woman Voice Questionnaire, Vocal Cord Dysfunction Questionnaire, Vocal Fatigue Index, and the Vocal Tract Discomfort Scale.

CONCLUSION

The PROMs can be categorized into English-language voice-related PROMs developed primarily for clinical use, English-language PROMs developed primarily for research use, and English-language PROMs translated into English. The extent of reliability and validity testing completed varies in the PROMs developed primarily for clinical use. A PROM's psychometric properties as well as the language in which the PROM was tested, should guide clinicians and researchers as they consider which instrument(s) to use.

Instruments for measuring nursing research competence: a COSMIN-based scoping review

AIM

The aim of this scoping review was to evaluate and summarise the measurement properties of nursing research competence instruments and provide a summary overview of the use of nursing research competence instruments.

BACKGROUND

Increasing nursing research competence instruments have been developed. However, a systematic review and evaluation of nursing research competence instruments is lacking.

METHOD

This scoping review was conducted following the Joanna Briggs Institute updated methodology for scoping reviews and reported according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews checklist. Reviewers searched articles in Eight English databases and two Chinese databases between April 1st, 2022, and April 30th, 2022. An updated literature search was conducted between March 1st and March 4th, 2023. The literature screening and data extraction were conducted by two reviewers, independently. A third reviewer was involved when consensus was needed. The COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement Instruments methodology was used to evaluate the methodological quality and measurement properties of the nursing research competence instruments.

RESULTS

Ten studies involving eight nursing research competence instruments were included. None of the existing instruments have assessed all measurement properties. A total of 177 empirical studies have utilized a nursing research competence instrument with tested measurement properties.

CONCLUSION

'Self-evaluated Nursing Research Capacity of Questionnaire (refined)' was identified as the most appropriate nursing research competence instrument in existing instruments. However, reviewers need to conduct further measurement properties studies on the existing nursing research competence instruments.

IMPLICATIONS FOR THE NURSING POLICY

This study could guide the selection of appropriate nursing research competence instruments which could help to evaluate the nursing research competence of nurses and inform the development of intervention plans to enhance nursing research competence.

Psychometric Properties of the Voice Handicap Index-10 in Kannada

OBJECTIVES

This study aimed to derive the 10-item voice handicap index in the Kannada language (VHI-K10) from the existing VHI-30 in Kannada (VHI-K30). We also aimed to examine several psychometric properties of the newly derived VHI-K10, such as internal consistency, reliability, concurrent validity, discriminant validity, and diagnostic accuracy.

METHODS

Initially, VHI-K10 was derived from the existing VHI-K30 through item reduction, consistent with the recommendations for item reduction of the voice handicap index. This newly derived VHI-K10 was administered to 273 individuals (199 individuals with dysphonia and 74 individuals with normal voice quality). We also obtained phonation and reading samples from the participants. The obtained data were subjected to appropriate statistical analysis to determine several psychometric properties.

RESULTS

The newly derived VHI-K10 was found to have a strong internal consistency (Cronbach's α = 0.93). We also found strong test-retest reliability for VHI-K10, with an intraclass correlation coefficient of 0.933. There was a strong statistically significant correlation between the VHI-K10 and the existing VHI-K30 for both individuals with dysphonia (ρ = 0.924, P < 0.001) and individuals with normal voice quality (ρ = 0.798, P < 0.001). However, the correlation of VHI-K10 with the auditory-perceptual measure of GRBAS was fair (ρ = 0.353, P < 0.001) for individuals with dysphonia and was not statistically significant for individuals with normal voice quality. Further, the diagnostic accuracy of VHI-K10 was found to be excellent, with an area under the curve (AROC) value of 0.926 with a cut-off point of ≥6.5, which was slightly superior to that of VHI-K30 (AROC = 0.909, cut-off point ≥21.5).

CONCLUSIONS

The shortened 10-item version of the voice handicap index in Kannada is consistent with versions of the VHI-10 in other languages. This version of the VHI-10 in Kannada is found to be a robust tool with strong psychometric properties.

Voice Handicap Index: Cut-Off Points for Screening European Portuguese With Voice Disorders

OBJECTIVES

To determine cut-off values of the Voice Handicap Index (VHI) and the shortened version (VHI-10) for European Portuguese (EP) with voice disorders. In addition, to analyze the discriminatory power of individual items of the VHI-10 and the ability to detect differences in various Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) diagnoses.

STUDY DESIGN

Cross-sectional cohort study.

METHODS

All participants completed the EP VHI and a 4-point self-assessment of voice disorder severity. The case group (subjects with voice disorders) underwent assessment through strobovideolaryngoscopy examinations by ENT surgeons and perceptual analyses by speech-language pathologists (SLPs). In contrast, the control group was evaluated solely by SLPs. Data were analyzed using a receiver-operating characteristic curve to determine the accuracy and cut-off values of the VHI and VHI-10.

RESULTS

The study involved a sample of 350 adults (171 cases and 179 controls), predominantly women aged 18-88 years. The area under curve (AUC) for VHI and VHI-10 was 0.997 [95% confidence interval (CI): 0.992-1] and 0.998 [95% CI: 0.995-0.999], respectively. Optimal cut-off values were identified as 13.5 for VHI (0.994 sensitivity and 0.989 specificity) and 5.5 for VHI-10 (0.977 sensitivity and 0.955 specificity). Each individual item within the VHI-10 significantly contributed to the overall assessment, exhibiting varying discriminatory power ranging from excellent (AUC = 0.937) to poor (AUC = 0.637). Significant differences were found in the case group between neurogenic disorders and healthy larynx (P = 0.014), structural and physiologic minor laryngeal abnormalities (P = 0.006), and inflammatory disorders (P = 0.043).

CONCLUSIONS

The VHI and the VHI-10 exhibited accurate screening properties for predicting EP speakers with voice disorders.

Quantifying and Improving the Performance of Speech Recognition Systems on Dysphonic Speech

OBJECTIVE

This study seeks to quantify how current speech recognition systems perform on dysphonic input and if they can be improved.

STUDY DESIGN

Experimental machine learning methods based on a retrospective database.

SETTING

Single academic voice center.

METHODS

A database of dysphonic speech recordings was created and tested against 3 speech recognition platforms. Platform performance on dysphonic voice input was compared to platform performance on normal voice input. A custom speech recognition model was trained on voice from patients with spasmodic dysphonia or vocal cord paralysis. Custom model performance was compared to base model performance.

RESULTS

All platforms performed well on normal voice, and 2 platforms performed significantly worse on dysphonic speech. Accuracy metrics on dysphonic speech returned values of 84.55%, 88.57%, and 93.56% for International Business Machines (IBM) Watson, Amazon Transcribe, and Microsoft Azure, respectively. The secondary analysis demonstrated that the lower performance of IBM Watson and Amazon Transcribe was driven by performance on spasmodic dysphonia and vocal fold paralysis. Thus, a custom model was built to increase the accuracy of these pathologies on the Microsoft platform. Overall, the performance of the custom model on dysphonic voices was 96.43% and on normal voices was 97.62%.

CONCLUSION

Current speech recognition systems generally perform worse on dysphonic speech than on normal speech. We theorize that poor performance is a consequence of a lack of dysphonic voices in each platform's original training dataset. We address this limitation with transfer learning used to increase the performance of these systems on all dysphonic speech.

Sensitivity of the Communicative Participation Item Bank for Measuring Patient-Reported Outcomes After Treatment of Unilateral Vocal Fold Immobility

Importance

The Communicative Participation Item Bank (CPIB) is a patient-reported outcome measure assessing the association between communication disorders and participation in daily communication. To our knowledge, no prior research has examined whether CPIB scores change after treatment of unilateral vocal fold immobility (UVFI).

Objective

To compare CPIB scores before and after treatment of UVFI and with patient-defined target treatment outcomes and other common clinical outcomes after UVFI intervention.

Design, Setting, and Participants

This single-group case series recruited a convenience sample of community-dwelling patients aged 18 years or older from an urban academic medical center who had a diagnosis of UVFI and planned to receive intervention for UVFI. The study was conducted from March 2014 to March 2019.

Exposures

Intervention for UVFI according to clinicians' recommendations. The treatment type was not controlled for this study.

Main Outcomes and Measures

Patients' self-reported communicative participation was assessed by obtaining CPIB scores before and after treatment of UVFI, with scores calibrated to the standardized T scale. Pearson correlations between the CPIB general short form and computerized adaptive format, the Voice Handicap Index-10 (VHI-10), and self-rated and clinician-rated voice severity were also evaluated.

Results

The sample included 25 participants, of whom 17 (68%) were male, 8 (32%) were female, and the mean (SD) age was 54.9 (17.0) years. Significant changes after treatment were observed in all quantitative outcomes including the primary outcome of the CPIB; the mean T score before treatment was 40.95 (95% CI, 37.49-44.41) and after treatment was 53.23 (95% CI, 48.41-58.04) (mean difference, -13.04 [95% CI, -7.30 to -18.79]; Cohen d, 0.96). The Pearson correlation between the CPIB general short form and computerized adaptive testing scores at pretreatment was r = 0.93 and at posttreatment, r = 0.95. Computerized adaptive testing showed efficiency advantages, with typically 5 to 6 items required for administration compared with 10 items for the short form. The correlation between the CPIB and VHI-10 was moderate before treatment (r = -0.70) and strong after treatment (r = -0.91). Moderate correlations were observed between the CPIB and clinician-rated voice quality before (r = -0.52) and after (r = -0.46) treatment and between CPIB and self-rated voice quality before (r = -0.56) and after (r = -0.62) treatment.

Conclusions and Relevance

The results of this case series suggest that the CPIB is relevant for clinical use to assess changes in communicative participation among patients with UVFI before and after they receive treatment.

The Communicative Participation Item Bank: Evaluating, and Reevaluating, Its Use across Communication Disorders in Adults

Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are essential in patient-centered, evidence-based practice in speech-language pathology. PROs respect individuals who live with communication disorders as key stakeholders providing a critically unique perspective on consequences of communication disorders, and whether interventions bring about meaningful changes. Some PROs focus on specific communication symptoms such as voice or language symptom severity, while others focus on broader constructs such as quality of life. Many PROs target specific diagnostic groups. This article presents the Communicative Participation Item Bank (CPIB), a PRO that measures communicative participation restrictions. The CPIB was based on the concept of participation, or engagement in life situations, as defined in the World Health Organization's International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health. It was designed to be relevant for adults across different communication disorders to facilitate clinical and research activities that may involve either comparing or aggregating data across communication disorders. The CPIB follows current PRO development protocols including systematic guidance from stakeholders through cognitive interviews, and the measurement methods of Item Response Theory that allow precise and adaptive assessment. This article reviews use of the CPIB across different diagnostic groups, and identifies needs for future efforts to expand the relevance of the CPIB further.

An overview & critical review of the Sensory Profile - second edition

BACKGROUND

The Sensory Profile-2 (SP-2) is the recently revised set of scales that provide information about a child's responses to different types of sensory stimuli.

AIM

To examine the methodological quality and psychometric properties of the SP-2 using the Consensus-based Standards for the Selection of Health Measurement Instruments (COSMIN) and Quality Criteria for Health Status Questionnaires (QCHSQ).

MATERIALS AND METHODS

The methodological quality and psychometric properties for each of the SP-2 scales were examined by two assessors using the COSMIN and QCHSQ.

RESULTS

The COSMIN revealed that the SP-2 demonstrated strengths in patient-related outcome measure design and internal consistency. However, hypothesis testing, cross-cultural validity and structural validity (construct validity) were notable shortcomings. The QCHSQ indicated the SP-2 has merits in its content validity and construct validity. The SP-2 manual reported insufficient evidence of its responsiveness, interpretability and criterion validity.

CONCLUSION

Informed assessment selection is fundamental for evidence-based and quality occupational therapy practice provision. Overall, the SP-2 is considered to have adequate psychometric properties, however users should be mindful of the identified shortcomings.

SIGNIFICANCE

The review and critique of the SP-2 adds to the body of knowledge about the revised instrument and provides an objective perspective about its strengths and weaknesses.

Self-reported questionnaires for lymphoedema: a systematic review of measurement properties using COSMIN framework

INTRODUCTION

Lymphoedema may develop as a result of numerous genetic and traumatic causes; however, treatment for cancer is the most common cause of its development in more economically developed nations. This systematic review critically appraised, compared and summarised the measurement properties of lymphoedema-specific self-reported questionnaires (SRQs) measuring various patient-reported outcomes including quality of life (QOL), function, morbidity, and symptoms.

METHODS

Seven databases were searched to identify studies of the measurement properties of SRQs. Two review teams independently evaluated the quality of the individual studies using the risk of bias tool from the Consensus-based Standards for the Selection of Health Measurement Instruments (COSMIN). Measurement properties of the SRQs presented in the studies were then rated. Study level ratings were summarised for an SRQ if they were reported in multiple studies, and their overall quality of the evidence were then graded.

RESULTS

Forty articles, reporting on 19 SRQs were identified from 8615 records. The focus of the 19 SRQs included eight on QOL, four on symptoms, two on function, and two on impairment. The other three SRQs were on illness perception, self-efficacy, and patient-relevant treatment benefit, respectively. Eight and three SRQs were upper limb and lower limb-specific, respectively, whereas seven questionnaires were for both upper and lower limb lymphoedema. One SRQ was developed for head and neck lymphoedema. According to the COSMIN framework, none of the SRQs reviewed had sufficient evidence to support all nine measurement properties. In lower limb questionnaires, the LYMQOL-leg has sufficient content, structural, and construct validity as well as internal consistency and reliability. For upper limb lymphoedema questionnaires, the Lymph-ICF-UL had sufficient content and construct validity as well as reliability.

CONCLUSION

LYMQOL-leg SRQ is recommended with confidence for evaluation of QOL of people with lower limb lymphoedema while the Lymph-ICF-UL is recommended for evaluation of the QOL of the breast cancer-related lymphoedema with some confidence. In view of the high level of the indeterminate ratings of the measurement properties of the existing SRQs, further research is desirable.

Tools to measure HIV knowledge, attitudes & practices (KAPs) in healthcare providers: a systematic review

Healthcare providers' knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAPs) related to HIV are important determinants of quality of care provided to HIV/AIDS patients. Most studies have focussed on low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) with far fewer conducted within high-income countries, where the epidemiology of HIV is typically distinct from low- and middle-income countries. As part of a larger study, we wanted to measure HIV-KAPs in healthcare providers in Australia. A systematic search was conducted to identify and evaluate existing tools designed to measure HIV-related KAPs among healthcare providers in higher-income countries. In total, eight instruments were identified. The instruments drew upon adapted forms of existing HIV-related KAPs and stigma theories and were developed based on a range of methodological designs and for different cadre of healthcare workers. The extent to which psychometric properties for each tool were evaluated varied widely. Further research with more robust methodological and psychometric rigour is required for adequate measurement of KAP among health professionals specific to HIV, so associated training needs, patient experiences and health outcomes can potentially be enhanced.

Study protocol to develop a patient-reported outcome measuring disability associated with unilateral vocal fold paralysis: a mixed-methods approach with the CoPE collaborative

INTRODUCTION

Patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures are increasingly developed with multisite, representative patient populations so that they can serve as a primary endpoint in clinical trials and longitudinal studies. Creating multisite infrastructure during PRO measure development can facilitate future comparative effectiveness trials. We describe our protocol to simultaneously develop a PRO measure and create a collaborative of tertiary care centres to address the needs of patients with unilateral vocal fold paralysis (UVFP). We describe the stakeholder engagement, information technology and regulatory foundations for PRO measure development and how the process enables plans for multisite trials comparing treatments for this largely iatrogenic condition.

METHODS AND ANALYSIS

The study has three phases: systematic review, measure development and measure validation. Systematic reviews and qualitative interviews (n=75) will inform the development of a conceptual framework. Qualitative interviews with patients with UVFP will characterise the lived experience of the condition. Candidate PRO measure items will be derived verbatim from patient interviews and refined using cognitive interviews and expert input. The PRO measure will be administered to a large, multisite cohort of adult patients with UVFP via the CoPE (vocal Cord Paralysis Experience) Collaborative. We will establish CoPE to facilitate measure development and to create preliminary infrastructure for future trials, including online data capture, stakeholder engagement, and the identification of barriers and facilitators to participation. Classical test theory psychometrics and grounded theory characterise our approach, and validation includes assessment of latent structure, reliability and validity.

ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION

Our study is approved by the University of Wisconsin Health Sciences Institutional Review Board. Findings from this project will be published in open-access journals and presented at international conferences. Subsequent use of the PRO measure will include comparative effectiveness trials of treatments for UVFP at CoPE Collaborative sites.

Systematic review of body image measures

This systematic review synthesizes and critically appraises measurement properties of influential body image measures. Eight measures that met the definition of an assessment of body image (i.e., an individual's cognitive or affective evaluation of their body or appearance with a positive or negative valence), and scored high on systematic expert priority ranking, were included. These measures were: the Body Appreciation Scale (original BAS and BAS-2), the Body Esteem Scale for Adolescents and Adults, the Body Shape Questionnaire, the Centre for Appearance Research Valence Scale, the Drive for Muscularity Scale, two subscales of the Eating Disorders Examination Questionnaire, one subscale of the Eating Disorder Inventory 3, and two subscales of the Multidimensional Body Relations Questionnaire. Articles assessing these scales' psychometric properties (N = 136) were evaluated for their methodological quality using the Consensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement Instruments (COSMIN) checklist, and a best evidence synthesis was performed. The results supported the majority of measures in terms of reliability and validity; however, suitability varied across populations, and some measurement properties were insufficiently evaluated. The measures are discussed in detail, including recommendations for their future use in research and clinical practice.