Applying modern measurement approaches to constructs relevant to evidence-based practice among Canadian physical and occupational therapists

Table 8 Results of Rasch analysis for the original items of the construct knowledge of EBP

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Item #	Description of item		Response option rescored	Result
Item #	Description of item		Response option rescored	Item misfit	Local item dependency	DIF
1	E	Reliability of outcome measures	✓	No	No	No
1	F	Fidélité de la mesure des résultats	✓	No	No	No
2	E	Validity of outcome measures		No	Yes with item 10 (item 2 deleted)	No
2	F	Validité de la mesure des résultats		No	Yes with item 10 (item 2 deleted)	No
3	E	Sensitivity/specificity of outcome measures		No	No	No
3	F	Sensibilité/spécificité de la mesure des résultats		No	No	No
4	E	Meta-analysis		No	No	Profession (left)
4	F	Méta-analyse		No	No	Profession (left)
5	E	Confidence interval		No	No	No
5	F	Intervalle de confiance		No	No	No
6	E	Systematic review		No	No	No
6	F	Revue systématique		No	No	No
7	E	Number needed to treat	✓	No	No	Language (item split, French item deleted)
7	F	Nombre de sujets à traiter	✓	No	No	Language (item split, French item deleted)
8	E	Statistical significance		No	Yes	No
8	F	Signification statistique		No	Yes	No
9	E	Minimally important change (MIC)	✓	No	No	Profession (left)
9	F	Différence minimale cliniquement importante (DMCI)	✓	No	No	Profession (left)
10	E	Treatment effect size	✓	No	Yes	No
10	F	Ampleur de l’effet du traitement	✓	No	Yes	No
11	E	Randomized controlled trial (RCT)		No	Yes with item 8 (item 11 deleted)	No
11	F	Essai clinique randomisé		No	Yes with item 8 (item 11 deleted)	No

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