Reliability assessment was based on reported kappa (kappa) statistics or intraclass correlation coefficients as appropriate.
Our outcome assessment was based on reported doctor-diagnosed asthma, as in the vast majority of the previous studies, rather than clinical examination for the purposes of the study.
A range of open source and commercial alignment tools were selected for assessment based on their reported ability to facilitate detection of both SNPs and INDELs as well as frequency of citation in both scientific and commercial literature.
A review by a RN (nurse) case manager also provided an assessment based on patient report, provider report and chart review.Results: Patients were more likely to view a readmission as preventable compared with physicians (p<0.0001).
Food frequency assessment based on self-reporting has several limitations [ 52]: Healthy food intake may be over reported and unhealthy food intake may be under reported due to social desirability bias.
For just under half (46%) of the non-Cochrane reviews, it was not possible to evaluate the individual results of the risk of bias assessment based on the information reported in the systematic review.
Physical activity assessment based on self-reporting has limitations [ 53], which can cause type 2 bias, where a true association is not detected (false negative).
Like our study, most studies used indirect methods of adherence assessment based on self-reports, rather than electronic medication monitoring which is expensive and intrusive, although provides qualitatively and quantitatively different information about adherence behaviours [ 10].
However, Tripura government's independent assessment, based on consumption distribution data, reported that, in 2001, 55 per cent of the rural population was below the poverty line.
For example, differences of 2.5 days between male and female with regard to gestational age assessment based on ultrasound, have been reported [ 12].
