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Table 2 Methodological quality assessment of property measurements from PROMs used in research studies of children receiving manual therapy

From: Patient-centered outcomes used in pediatric focused manual therapies research studies: a secondary data analysis of a systematic review

  Reliability Internal Consistency Content Validity Criterion Validity Structural Validity Responsiveness
Constipation Assessment Scale (n = 1) [10] POOR     POOR  
Satisfaction VAS (n = 1) [10]      POOR  
Crying time diary (n = 2) [11, 12]     POOR (n = 2)   
Sleep diary (n = 1) [11]     FAIR   
Fear Avoidance Back Questionnaire (n = 1) [13]   POOR FAIR   POOR  
Pain VAS (n = 3) [13] FAIR (n = 1)
POOR (n = 1)
  POOR (n = 1)
GOOD (n = 1)
  POOR (n = 1) POOR (n = 1)
Autism Treatment Evaluation Checklist (n = 1) [14]   POOR     
  1. LEGEND: VAS Visual Analog Scale.