The Methodological Quality Scale (MQS) for intervention programs: validity evidence

dc.creatorChacón-Moscoso, Salvador
dc.creatorSanduvete-Chaves, Susana
dc.creatorLozano-Lozano, José Antonio
dc.creatorHolgado-Tello, Francisco Pablo
dc.date2024-04-10T01:37:10Z
dc.date2024-04-10T01:37:10Z
dc.date2023
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-17T21:14:34Z
dc.date.available2024-07-17T21:14:34Z
dc.identifier10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1217661
dc.identifier16641078
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12728/10643
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/9509702
dc.descriptionIntroduction: A wide variety of instruments are used when assessing the methodological quality (MQ) of intervention programs. Nevertheless, studies on their metric quality are often not available. In order to address this shortcoming, the methodological quality scale (MQS) is presented as a simple and useful tool with adequate reliability, validity evidence, and metric properties. Methods: Two coders independently applied the MQS to a set of primary studies. The number of MQ facets was determined in parallel analyses before performing factor analyses. For each facet of validity obtained, mean and standard deviation are presented jointly with reliability and average discrimination. Additionally, the validity facet scores are interpreted based on Shadish, Cook, and Campbell’s validity model. Results and discussion: An empirical validation of the three facets of the MQ (external, internal, and construct validity) and the interpretation of the scores were obtained based on a theoretical framework. Unlike other existing scales, MQS is easy to apply and presents adequate metric properties. In addition, MQ profiles can be obtained in different areas of intervention using different methodologies and proves useful for both researchers doing meta-analysis and for evaluators and professionals designing a new intervention. Copyright © 2023 Chacón-Moscoso, Sanduvete-Chaves, Lozano-Lozano and Holgado-Tello.
dc.descriptionFondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico, FONDECYT; Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, MICINN, (MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033, PID2020-114538RB-I00); Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo, ANID, (1190945, PID2020-115486GB-I00)
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.languageen
dc.publisherFrontiers Media SA
dc.subjectmeta-analysis
dc.subjectmethodological quality
dc.subjectprogram evaluation
dc.subjectreliability
dc.subjectscale
dc.subjectvalidity
dc.titleThe Methodological Quality Scale (MQS) for intervention programs: validity evidence
dc.typeArticle


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