title: Reliability Testing of the Psychosocial Vital Signs Assessment Tool.
abstract: The current article describes preliminary psychometric testing of the Psychosocial Vital Signs (PVS) Assessment Tool, a tool for assessing psychosocial variables of health to enhance holistic patient-centered care. The five psychometric measurements of the PVS Assessment Tool include four patient self-reporting items: (a) perception, (b) support, (c) coping, (d) anxiety, and one clinician observation item of (e) anxiety level. A simple psychometric design was used for testing the PVS Assessment Tool for internal reliability among the five measurement items and interrater reliability of the clinician observation item of anxiety level. A convenience sample of nursing students was used to test the tool. Thirty-two tools were used for testing internal reliability and 29 paired tools were used for interrater reliability testing of the clinician observation item. A Cronbach's alpha of 0.806 determined satisfactory internal reliability and a Cohen's kappa of 0.808 determined satisfactory interrater reliability.
authors.forename: Charlotte M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Spade
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fitzsimmons
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Houser
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D001294:Attitude to Health; D006801:Humans; D015588:Observer Variation; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000379:methods; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D057566:Self Report; D012944:Social Support