In addition to questions regarding brevity and ease of administration of instruments, it is also important to consider interpretability of results obtained using HrQoL instruments.
Table 3 provides a summary of the studies including information regarding sample size, survivor's age, number of years of post-diagnosis, inclusion/exclusion criteria of the study, survivorship, QoL instruments used, administration of QoL instrument, and survivor's QoL.
Although using the same method of administration of instruments over time is desirable, using alternate methods is preferable to forgoing data collection entirely.
Flannelgrams were available at CAA. 3.4 Study instruments and administration All study instruments were pre-tested during training of fieldworkers and minor adaptations were made.
Based on the feedback from pilot administrations, the instruments and the items were finalized.
We also collected information about the purpose of instrument administration, whether treatment was altered as a result of this information and whether there were difficulties with administration for studies in which child self-report was used.
Conclusion: After initial testing and revision of the PTHSI, final instrument administration and analysis reveal the instrument to be valid and reliable.
After that, we distributed the survey to a small sample of 50 recipients to verify smooth administration of the instrument before inviting additional respondents.
Two applications were used for each patient: one involving administration of TENS instrument for ESWL treatment and the other without TENS.
Another strength is the standardized instrument administration procedures.
