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  • Ophthalmology and Vision Science
  • Psychometrics
  • Health Measurement

Background:

  • Evaluating reading acuity and performance tests is crucial.
  • Limited research exists on the measurement properties of continuous text reading tests.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To provide a literature overview of available continuous text reading tests.
  • To assess the measurement properties of these reading tests.

Main Methods:

  • Literature search conducted in PubMed, Embase, and PsycInfo.
  • Extracted data on test design, content, study design, and measurement properties.
  • Systematically assessed the quality of studies, tests, and measurement properties.

Main Results:

  • 20 articles identified, focusing on IReST, MNread, and Radner Reading Charts.
  • All tests demonstrated high content validity.
  • Reproducibility data for IReST and MNread in different languages were lacking; IReST excelled in inter-language comparison, MNread in repeatability, and Radner in reproducibility.

Conclusions:

  • Scientific data on measurement properties are limited to three tests, despite other available options.
  • Study quality and methodology varied significantly.
  • Recommendations for future research include detailed patient characteristics, controlled lighting and working distance, rater documentation, clear scoring rules, and appropriate statistical analyses for reproducibility and repeatability.