Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/17836
Title: Validation of a new tool for the assessment of study quality and reporting in exercise training studies: TESTEX
Contributor(s): Smart, Neil  (author)orcid ; Waldron, Mark  (author); Ismail, Hashbullah (author); Giallauria, Francesco  (author); Vigorito, Carlo (author); Cornelissen, Veronique (author); Dieberg, Gudrun  (author)orcid 
Publication Date: 2015
DOI: 10.1097/XEB.0000000000000020
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/17836
Abstract: Introduction: Several established tools are available to assess study quality and reporting of randomized controlled trials; however, these tools were designed with clinical intervention trials in mind. In exercise training intervention trials some of the traditional study quality criteria, such as participant or researcher blinding, are extremely difficult to implement. Methods: We developed the Tool for the assEssment of Study qualiTy and reporting in EXercise (TESTEX) - a study quality and reporting assessment tool, designed specifically for use in exercise training studies. Our tool is a 15-point scale (5 points for study quality and 10 points for reporting) and addresses previously unmentioned quality assessment criteria specific to exercise training studies. Results: There were no systematic differences between the summated TESTEX scores of each observer [H(₂) = 0.392, P = 0.822]. There was a significant association between the summated TESTEX scores of the three observers, with almost perfect agreement between observers 1 and 2 [intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC) = 0.93, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.82-0.97, P<0.001], observers 1 and 3 (ICC = 0.96, 95% CI 0.89-0.98, P<0.001) and observers 2 and 3 (ICC = 0.91, 95% CI 0.75-0.96, P<0.001). Conclusions: The TESTEX scale is a new, reliable tool, specific to exercise scientists, that facilitates a comprehensive review of exercise training trials.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare, 13(1), p. 9-18
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Place of Publication: United States of America
ISSN: 1744-1609
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 110602 Exercise Physiology
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 420702 Exercise physiology
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 920204 Evaluation of Health Outcomes
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 200202 Evaluation of health outcomes
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
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