Journal article
Field-testing of the rapid assessment of disability questionnaire
M Marella, L Busija, FM Amirul Islam, A Devine, K Fotis, SM Baker, B Sprunt, TJ Edmonds, NL Huq, A Cama, JE Keeffe
BMC Public Health | Published : 2014
Abstract
Background: The Rapid Assessment of Disability (RAD) questionnaire measures the magnitude and impact of disability and aims to inform the design of disability inclusive development programs. This paper reports the psychometric evaluation of the RAD. Methods: The initial version of the RAD comprised five sections: 1) demographics, 2) functioning, 3) rights awareness, 4) well-being, and 5) access to the community. Item functioning and construct validity were assessed in a population-based study in Bangladesh. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics (sections 2 and 5) and Rasch modelling (sections 3 and 4). A subsequent case-control study in Fiji tested the refined questionnaire in a cr..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The research project was funded by the Australian Government through the Australian Development Research Awards. CERA receives Operational Infrastructure Support from the Victorian Government. The funding bodies did not have any role in the study design; in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data; in the writing of this article; and in the decision to submit it for publication. The research is a collaboration between the University of Melbourne's Nossal Institute for Global Health and the Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA). In-country collaborators include International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR, B) and the Pacific Eye Institute, Fiji. We are particularly grateful to the many people who participated in this study as without their involvement, this stage of the development of the RAD questionnaire would not have been possible.