Validity and reliability of instruments aimed at measuring Evidence-Based Practice in Physical Therapy: A systematic review of the literature

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 767-778

  Fernández Domínguez, Juan Carlos ^a   Sesé Abad, Albert ^a   Morales Asencio, Jose Miguel ^b   Oliva Pascual Vaca, Angel ^c   Salinas Bueno, Iosune ^a   De Pedro Gómez, Joan Ernest ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

evidence based medicine; evidence based practice; health care surveys; physical therapy (specialty); questionnaires; weights and measures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTENT VALIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PHYSIOTHERAPY PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE DATABASE; RELIABILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDITY; DEVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICAL THERAPY SPECIALTY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84922853787     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jep.12180     Document Type: Article

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