Many of his riffs concern the difficulty of being an artist (as compared with what, the reader wants to ask, compared with being a soldier? A factory worker? A farmer?) and the stupidity of ordinary people.
The mean percentage of obligatory questions asked compared with the standard was 21%.
In our study the analysis of variance for obligatory questions asked compared with the standard showed that the overall mean significantly and substantially differed from 100%.
Patients were asked: "Compared with most people, how well informed would you say you are (about CAM)." They were ranked on a 1 5 Lickert scale, with 1 = Much better informed than most and 5 = Much less well informed than most.
Every 7 days, patients responded to a Patient Global Assessment of Change (PGAC) question that asked, 'Compared with last week (7 days ago), how was your shortness of breath today?' on a scale of '1=much worse' to '5=much better', with 3='no change'.
The odds ratio for high smoking cessation attitude was 4.16 (2.87, 5.46) among organizations that almost always ask about interest in quitting, 3.48 (2.4.494.49) among those who often ask and 1.82 (0.84, 2.81) among those who sometimes ask compared with organizations that rarely ask clients about their interest in quitting.
Among people visiting a government health facility since August 2004, men were less likely than women to say they were asked to have an HIV test (164/387 men were asked compared with 447/8 27women. OR 0.63, 95% CI 0.49 0.80) and less likely to say they were actually tested for HIV (146/387 men tested compared with 415/8 27women. OR 0.60, 95% CI 0.47 0.77).
At T2, a structured interview was performed and the patients were asked: "Compared with the last time you filled in the questionnaire (T1, date mentioned to the patients), has your quality-of-life improved, stayed the same or deteriorated?" The response choices ranged on a seven-point scale from 1 = much better to 7 = much worse.
Thus, during the portion of the interview (using the structured questionnaire) that was related to income and expenditures, the interviewers asked: "compared with other families in your village, how is your economic status rated on a 5-degree scale?" We then verified the economic levels by the reported income and expenditures, respectively, and found that the relative levels were similar.
They were then asked, compared with other problems in the past, how stressful this problem was (how much it bothered or troubled them) rated on a 7-point scale where 1 = "not troubled" and 7 = "the most troubled I've ever been".
