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Table 5 Internal consistency and test-retest reliability of the DASH, QuickDASH, WORKDASH and SPAMDASH (for those reporting “the same” at Test 2)

From: Linguistic validation, validity and reliability of the British English versions of the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) questionnaire and QuickDASH in people with rheumatoid arthritis

 

Cronbach’s alpha

n for test-retest

Test 1 score (median, IQR)

Test 2 score (median, IQR)

Spearman’s Correlation (rs)

ICC(2,1) (95% CI)

DASH

0.98

170

30.83 (15.83–55.00)

30.00 (12.50–53.33)

0.95**

0.97 (0.96,0.98)

QuickDASH

0.94

180

29.55 (13.63–47.73)

30.00 (13.63–53.41)

0.93**

0.95 (0.94,0.96)

WORKDASH

0.94

53

25.00 (6.25–37.50)

25.00 (0–37.50)

0.74**

SPAMDASH

0.97

19

25.00 (12.50–48.44)

25.00 (18.75–75.00)

0.92**

  1. Key: Spearman’s correlations; ** p < 0.001