12 13 Trial quality was assessed by the components of a six point scale, according to the method of Jadad et al, 14 but with an additional item for the method of allocation concealment.
None of the physical factors (absolute/relative schoolbag weight, carrying an additional item, duration of carriage, method of travel to school) were associated with schoolbag-related discomfort.
Category 2 includes an additional item concerning frequency of drowsiness behind the wheel (item 9) for which no point is assigned.
Note that this French ABCD questionnaire contains an additional item concerning surgery/aesthetic correction of lipodystrophy in Dimension B. Quality of life items were summed to form an overall QoL score (Cronbach's alpha 0.89), t-transformed to range from 0 = worst possible QoL to 100 = best possible QoL.
However, in 2010, an additional item recommending the reporting of trial funding was added to the CONSORT statement following the emergence of evidence that studies sponsored by pharmaceutical companies were more likely to have outcomes favouring the sponsor than studies with other sponsors, with an odds ratio of 4.05, (95 % CI 2.98 to 5.51) [ 10, 11].
For this reason, we propose the use of an additional item that is specially handled according to a level of relaxation handled by the user, as illustrated in Figure 6.
The Awe subscale had a low information function for all levels of the Awe latent trait and may benefit from inclusion of an additional item.
All questions asked concerned the previous four weeks, with the exception of an additional item that assesses change in the respondent's health over the preceding year.
While most subscales were at least adequately informative, the Awe subscale had a low information function for all levels of the Awe latent trait and may benefit either from inclusion of an additional item, or from rewriting.
Major changes were the inclusion of an additional item ("I worry my condition will get worse" – "Me preocupa que mi enfermedad empeore") in the EWB subscale, the removal of the two-item "Relationship with the Doctor" subscale and the rewording of 12 Spanish items to improve their readability.
