The results of a primary informal caregiver of an individual in a category of moderate dependence or severe dependence, relative to the reference category, would be interpreted the same way.
Using an adaptation of the model developed by Johnson et al., [ 16], a score of 0 33 indicated "severe dependence", 34 66 indicated "moderate dependence", and a score of 66 or above indicate "no to mild dependence".
According to Liu et al. (2006), a variable is considered to have strong spatial dependence if the nugget-to-sill ratio is less than 0.25, and has a moderate spatial dependence if the ratio is between 0.25 and 0.75; otherwise the variable has a weak spatial dependence.
Experimental semivariograms were developed and a moderate spatial dependence was observed for all selected parameters.
Nugget ratios for STN showed a moderate spatial dependence and decreased in the order: farmland > grassland > shrubland, whereas STP increased in that order and showed strong, moderate, and weak spatial dependence, respectively.
On average, participants smoked 20 cigarettes a day and scored 5.4 on the Fagerström test for nicotine dependence, indicating moderate dependence.
Schedule III includes those drugs such as certain stimulants, depressants, barbiturates, and preparations containing limited amounts of codeine that cause moderate dependence.
Another recent study found that smokers who were white, had low to moderate dependence on cigarettes and were not obese responded better to patches, while people who were members of minorities, were heavily dependent on cigarettes or were obese did better with a nasal spray.
This scale does not indicate whether consumption is of a risky level and it was used to monitor changes during the various phases of the study (0 = no dependence; 1 10 = low to moderate dependence; 11 20 = moderate to high dependence; 21 30 = high dependence) [29].
