Psychometric analysis of the behavioral assessment screening tool (BAST) in adults with stroke

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 Psychometric analysis of the behavioral assessment screening tool (BAST) in adults with stroke

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation , Volume 29(5) , Pgs. 321-330.

NARIC Accession Number: J89488.  What's this?
ISSN: 1074-9357.
Author(s): Osborne, Candice; Wong, Alex; Vo, Willa; Juengst, Shannon.
Publication Year: 2022.
Number of Pages: 10.

Abstract: 

Study examined the initial psychometric properties of the Behavioral Assessment Screening Tool (BAST), a self-reported measure of neurobehavioral symptoms, in adults with stroke. The subscale and item-level reliabilities of the five BAST subscales were assessed in 75 community-dwelling adults with stroke. In addition, the known-groups validity of the BAST were assessed to differentiate 47 individuals with stroke and 1,843 neurologically healthy controls. Results showed Cronbach’s alpha coefficients of all subscales were >0.7, demonstrating acceptable-to-good internal consistency reliabilities, and corrected item-total correlations were all >.30 demonstrating good item-level reliabilities. Receiver operating characteristic curves demonstrated strong known-groups validity of the negative affect, executive function, and fatigue subscales for classifying stroke versus healthy controls (area under the curve = .669-.758). The BAST demonstrates good initial psychometric properties as a screening tool to identify neurobehavioral symptoms in community-dwelling adults with stroke. Future work will add stroke-specific items, further assess the validity of the BAST, and employ item response theory or Rasch analyses to identify highly discriminative items for potential smart device-based ecological momentary assessments.
Descriptor Terms: MEASUREMENTS, OUTCOMES, PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION, STROKE.


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Citation: Osborne, Candice, Wong, Alex, Vo, Willa, Juengst, Shannon. (2022). Psychometric analysis of the behavioral assessment screening tool (BAST) in adults with stroke.  Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation , 29(5), Pgs. 321-330. Retrieved 9/27/2022, from REHABDATA database.