Cognitive interviews on the Swedish occupational balance questionnaire by Petra Wagman, Linnea Karlsson, Nina Ekblad, Carita Håkansson

“…One aspect of this is studying the interpretations and reasoning of people responding to the items/instrument.Aim The aim of this study was to explore and describe how adults interpret and reason in relation to OBQ11 overall, the individual items in the instrument as well as the new tentative items.Method Cognitive interviews were conducted with eight participants varying in age, gender, living situation, education, native language, and self-reported disability. …”
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Use of Cognitive Interviews to Adapt PROMIS Measurement Items for Spanish Speakers Living with HIV by R. Solorio, N. C. Ayala, E. Paez, A. M. Skalicky, L. S. Morales

“…The assessments from the cognitive interviews identified areas for improvement in each domain. …”
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Content Validity and Cognitive Interview Process of Semistructured Interview to Evaluate Psychosocial Factors Associated with Mental Health among Undergraduate University Students by Fayaz Ahmad Paul, Indrajeet Banerjee, Arif Ali, Danishwar Rasool Dar, Aadil Bashir, Priyanka Saikia

“…Background: Content validity and cognitive interviewing are crucial elements in the development of measurement tools, impacting the psychometric properties and functionality of the instrument. …”
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Cognitive Interviewing during Pretesting of the Prefinal Afrikaans for the Western Cape Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand Questionnaire following Translation and Cross-Cultural Adaptation by Susan de Klerk, Christina Jerosch-Herold, Helen Buchanan, Lana van Niekerk

“…This qualitative component of a clinical measurement, longitudinal study was aimed at the pretesting and cognitive interviewing of the prefinal Afrikaans (for the Western Cape) DASH questionnaire highlighting the iterative nature thereof. …”
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Cultural validation of the Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination Version III Urdu for the British Urdu-speaking population: a qualitative assessment using cognitive interviewing by Nadine Mirza, Maria Panagioti, Waquas Waheed

“…Participants were administered the ACE-III Urdu, and cognitive interviews were conducted, which involve obtaining verbal data on the individual’s perception of the assessment overall, their understanding of the mental processes behind how they interpreted questions within the assessment and how they produced appropriate responses. …”
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Adaptación y dimensionalidad de la escala DOCS en el contexto organizacional costarricense: aplicación de la entrevista cognitiva y el análisis factorial confirmatorio/ Adaptation and Dimensionality of the DOCS Scale in the Costa Rican Organizational Context: An Application of the Cognitive Interview and of Confirmatory Factor Analysis by Tómas Vargas-Halabí, Ronald Mora-Esquivel

“…English The present study aims to present the Cognitive Interview as a useful pre-test tool for adapting the Denison Organizational Culture Survey (DOCS) to the Costa Rican business context, it was previously adapted in Valencia, Spain by Bonavia, Prado & Barberá (2009). …”
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Development of a Japanese version of the patient perceptions of deprescribing – Short form by Mio Kushibuchi, Kenya Ie, Masaki Takahashi, Amy M. Linsky, Steven M. Albert

“…Methods The SF‐PPoD was translated, back‐translated, and assessed in a cognitive interview. We conducted a cross‐sectional survey with 196 patients aged 65 years or older with five or more medications using the Japanese version to test for reliability and validity. …”
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Impact of glucocorticoids on patients’ quality of life: a qualitative study assessing face validity and feasibility of the Steroid PRO in patients with inflammatory gastroenterolog... by Shaney L Barratt, Emma Dures, Mwidimi Ndosi, Michelle Sharp, Sebastian E Sattui, Jill Dawson, Susan M Goodman, Sarah L Mackie, Tom Creed, Catherine L Hill, Joanna C Robson, Pamela Richards, Susan Bridgewater, Christine A Silverthorne, Jen Orme, Anne-Marie T Sweeney, Elizabeth Arthurs, Genevieve Osborne, Giles Dunhill, Richard P Ramonell, Timothy Patton

“…The objective of this study was to assess face validity, content validity and feasibility of the Steroid PRO in (1) patients treated with glucocorticoids for inflammatory respiratory, dermatological and gastroenterological conditions and (2) clinicians working within these specialties in the UK and USA.Design Qualitative study with semistructured cognitive interview methods.Setting Online or face-to-face interviews with participants from seven departments across three secondary care hospitals in the UK and USA.Participants Inclusion criteria: (1) Adult patients with inflammatory respiratory, gastroenterological and dermatological conditions treated with glucocorticoids and (2) healthcare professionals (HCPs) working in respiratory, dermatology and gastroenterology departments in the UK and USA.Results Purposive sampling to ensure a range of patient and HCP participants. …”
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Translation and validation of the meat attachment questionnaire (MAQ) in a French general practice population by Bruno Delaunay, Benoit Tudrej, Augustin Bernard, Alexandra Dupuy, Claire Malavergne, Trystan Bacon, Paul Sebo, Hubert Maisonneuve

“…Face validity was confirmed by cognitive interviews. The RMSEA and CFI were 0.06 and 0.92 respectively, showing acceptable goodness-of-fit. …”
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Development, validation, and reliability testing of the College Perspectives around Food Insecurity survey. by Jennette Kilgrow, Elyce Gamble, Amanda Meier, Kyle Lyman, Andrea Barney, Cade Kartchner, Paola Martinez, Kanae Lee, Carol Mathusek, Kelly Ang, Brooke M Green, Jinan Banna, Dennis L Eggett, Stephanie Grutzmacher, Jennifer A Jackson, Kendra OoNorasak, Nathan Stokes, Rickelle Richards

“…After feedback from expert reviewers and cognitive interviews, the final survey contained 99 items. …”
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Psychometric Assessment of a Physician-Patient Communication Behaviors Scale: The Perspective of Adult HIV Patients in Kenya by Juddy Wachira, Susan Middlestadt, Michael Reece, Chao-Ying Joanne Peng, Paula Braitstein

“…Of these 400, eight also participated in cognitive interviews, and 200 were invited to return after one week for follow-up interviews; 134 (67%) returned and were interviewed. …”
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Cultural and contextual adaptation of the Solastalgia subscale of the Environmental Distress Scale in drought-affected Kilifi, Kenya by Syed Shabab Wahid, Linda Norah Khakali, Felix Agoi, Benjamin Oestericher, Emily Mendenhall, Edna N. Bosire

“…Methods We conducted 5 expert interviews, 2 Focus Group Discussions (n = 22) and 10 cognitive interviews to solicit feedback on the EDS along the following cultural equivalency domains: Comprehensibility (Semantic equivalence); Relevance (Content equivalence); Response set (Technical equivalence) and Completeness (Semantic, criterion and conceptual equivalence). …”
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Developing and validating a HEalthCare NAvigation Competency (HECNAC) Scale for refugees in the United States. by Sarah Yeo, Inseok Lee, John Ehiri, Priscilla Magrath, Kacey Ernst, Yu Ri Kim, Halimatou Alaofè

“…After conducting cognitive interviews with 4 Afghan refugees, the scale was finalized with ten domains and 35 items. …”
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The questions on violence (FOV) tool for interpersonal violence inquiry in Swedish healthcare settings – evaluation of content validity, face validity and test-retest reliability by Solveig Lövestad, Karin Sjöström, Josefin Björk, Karin Örmon

“…The results based on the cognitive interviews revealed that participants found the seven items to be relevant and easy to understand. …”
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Development and validation of the Multimorbidity Treatment Burden Questionnaire (MTBQ) by Daisy Gaunt, Chris Salisbury, Mei-See Man, Katherine Chaplin, Polly Duncan, Mairead Murphy

“…Face validity was assessed through cognitive interviews. The scale was piloted and the final version was tested in 1546 adults with multimorbidity (mean age 71 years) who took part in the 3D Study, a cluster randomised controlled trial. …”
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Development of a Brief Client Satisfaction and Quality Improvement Tool for Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Programs: Opportunities for Enhancing Client Perspectives by Rachel K. Myers PhD, MS, Hillary M. Kapa MPH, Stephanie M. Garcia MPH, Laura Vega DSW, LCSW, Joel A. Fein MD, MPH

“…Four former adolescent clients and 5 caregivers who received services participated in cognitive interviews to share interpretation of questionnaire items, improvements to response options, comfort responding, and missing topics. …”
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Development and cognitive testing of a food-frequency questionnaire to assess intake of plant-based protein foods among older adults by Virginie Drolet-Labelle, Alexandra Bédard, Simone Lemieux, Vicky Drapeau, Lana Vanderlee, Danielle Laurin, Sophie Desroches

“…Results: The expert panel found the twenty-eight-item questionnaire to be a comprehensive measure of PBP intake and suggested minor changes to improve its clarity. The cognitive interviews showed that our PBP-FFQ was generally well understood and identified issues requiring modifications to improve comprehension and accuracy. …”
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The Arabic adaptation and validation of the Partners in Health scale among patients with chronic diseases by Hayfa Almutary

“…Translation and adaption followed published recommendations (Beaton et al., 2000). Cognitive interviews were then conducted, initially with 8 expert participants to assess content validity, then with a further 225 chronically ill patients. …”
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Investigating the Perceived Impact of Surgeons' Burnout on Surgical Physician Associates' Wellness in United States Ambulatory Surgery Centers by Rhionna Smith, Lihua Dishman, John Fick, Kathleen Thomas

“…To ensure validity and reliability, we individually reviewed the survey instrument to ensure it be formative of the two study constructs, two retired newspaper editors completed the cognitive interviews, and four subject matter experts critically reviewed it. …”
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Protocol for the development and multisite validation of the Quality of Dying and Death-Revised Global Version scale by Camilla Zimmermann, Ekaterina An, Sarah Hales, Gary Rodin, Eve Namisango, Kenneth Mah, Lameck Thambo, Christian Ntizimira, Alyssa Tilly, Warren Lewin, Mano Chandrakumar, Arnell Baguio, Nazira Jaffer, Maria Chikasema, Kayla Wolofsky, Mary Goombs

“…Bereaved caregivers and healthcare providers of patients who died at a participating North American hospice and bereaved caregivers of patients who died of cancer at the Malawian palliative care site will complete the QODD-RGV and validation measures. Cognitive interviews with subsets of North American and Malawian caregivers will assess the perceived relevance of the scale items. …”
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