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

Author
(year)
Freeman, K., Smyth, C.,
Dallam, L., & Jackson, B.
(2001)
Gallagher, E. J., Bijur, P. E.,
Latimer, C., & Silver, W.
(2002)
Jensen, M. P., Chen, C., &
Brugger, A. M.
(2002)
Setting Sample
(n)
Hospital. Adults who had one or more stage 1
to 4 pressure ulcer, and had some
ability to explain their pain
experience.
(n = 44)
2 urban emergency
departments.
Convenience sample of patients with
the chief complaint of acute
abdominal pain.
(n = 101)
Not specified. 123 patients who had undergone
knee surgery and 124 women who
had undergone a laparatomy .
(n = 227)
Design Reliability Validity
Comparative study: the VAS was
compared with the Faces Rating
Scale (FRS).
Repeated measures design:
VAS measurements 1 minute apart
every 30 minutes over two hours.
Repeated measures design.
Baseline measurement with 16
additional measures up to 24h
following surgery.
CrV
S Sen
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)
Sen
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