The Keller Index of Nausea (KIN) - FOD Volksgezondheid ...

Author
(year)
Puntillo, K. A. & Neighbor, M.
L.
(1997)
Wong, D. L. & Baker, C. M.
(1988)
Setting Sample
(n)
A level 1 trauma
center emergency
department in San
Francisco.
Pediatric units of
two general
hospitals in the
South-Central
United States.
Ninety-five English-speaking patients
(67 male and 28 female) and 21
Spanish-speaking patients (16 male
and 5 female) participated in the
study. Study patients were treated in
the emergency department for sprains
or strains (35%), fractures (19%),
contusions (14%), cellulitis or
abscesses (12%), or other
miscellaneous conditions such as
headaches or abdominal/flank pain
(20%).
(n = 59)
Hospitalized children in three age
groups: 3 to 7 (n = 52), 8 to 12 (n =
52), and 13 to 18 years (n = 46).
(n = 150)
Design Reliability Validity
Repeated measures design:
Patients were asked to use the
NRS and VRS (English or Spanish
version according the language of
the patient) seven times over a 2-
hour period, once immediately
before and six times after receiving
an analgesic.
Comparative study.
The following six scales were
compared on reliability and validity:
Simple Descriptive Scale (SDS),
NRS, FPS, the Glasses Scale, the
Chips Scale, and the Color Scale.
CrV
S CrV
Reliability: Stability (S), Internal consistency (IC), Equivalence (E)
Validity: Face validity (FV), Content validity (CtV), Criterion validity (CrV), Construct validity (CsV)
Sensitivity (Sen), Specificity (Sp), Positive Predictive Value (PPV), Negative Predictive Value (NPV), Receiver Operating Curve (ROC), Likelihood
Ratio (LR), Odds Ratio (OR)
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