Indeed, we and others have previously shown that the brain, particularly the hypothalamus, can sense ongoing immune responses (Besedovsky et al., 1983; Furukawa et al., 2004; for review see Besedovsky and del Rey, 1996) and, when the immune response is of sufficient magnitude, a neuro-endocrine immuno-regulatory "answer" is elicited.
The discrepancy between the instruments may be due to the way answers are elicited from respondents.
Answers were elicited on a 5-point Likert scale (very happy, happy, neither happy nor unhappy, unhappy, very unhappy).
The data were coded in a series of iterative steps, and the code structure was revised and refined multiple times as new insights were developed and new relationships between the themes present in the answers were elicited.
As a first step, principal component analysis was performed as for the intern doctors' answers (multiple choice) to the question "Why do you think disclosure of medical records is required?" The characteristics of the three components extracted from the answers were elicited in reference to question items.
However, in order for telephone administration to be employed, it is important to demonstrate that equivalent answers would be elicited from respondents regardless of whether the mode of survey administration was face-to-face or via the telephone.
Probes address the meaning of the question for the patient (e.g., meaning of words, concepts, item frame of reference); the relevant information patients are retrieving from memory to answer the item; the thought process implied in formulating his/her answer (recalling, formulating or reporting answer); or further thoughts/interpretations that are elicited by the item.
Comorbidity was elicited by summing up answers from self-administered questionnaire, awarding a score of one per morbidity, so that the maximum score could be ten.
If participants answered "yes", location of the joint replacement, year of joint replacement, and reason of joint replacement was elicited.
More than 12,000 warnings were elicited.
When should values be elicited?
