Use of both scores throughout the follow-up would have increased the reliability and validity of the result, but would be less pragmatic, and may lead to increased loss to follow-up along with the aforementioned bias issues associated with questionnaire use [34, 39, 40].
However, since the exact proportion in the affected population is unavailable, it is less pragmatic to make the association.
13 14 They were less pragmatic in design with fewer participants (217 13 and 104 14), centres (two 13 and one 14), and surgeons (two 13 and four 14) and reported postoperative 24 hour pH measurement.
However, enzymes are less appreciated for pragmatic applications due to their instability, high cost and complex immobilization process.
I have found it easier to move ahead with people who are less emotional and more pragmatic and who put the task in the centre of their motivation and not themselves.
Given the church's continued infatuation with complementarity, it's not surprising that in this sex education guidance, boys and girls are taught that men are less dependent on relationships and more pragmatic, and women are, you know, wimps.
The dependence on assumptions for model parameters has motivated research to suggest pragmatic solutions, which are less susceptible to parameter misspecification.
It is also possible that delivering treatment in patients' homes subtly changes the relationship between patients and therapists so that patients are less likely to adhere to the pragmatic rehabilitation programme when at home than when in a hospital setting.
The government is more pragmatic, the military is less involved in politics, the economy is more diverse and political schisms are less violent.
Most rappers are no less pragmatic: they use the language that works, which is sometimes ornate, but more often plainspoken, even homely.
