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To enable comparisons with previous publications, the average item score has also been reported in the current study.
Missing data for the CSI were replaced with individual participants' average item score as long as the respondent answered at least 9 of the 14 items.
For example, for item N1, the average item score climbs consistently as the total subscale score increases, approaching a maximum value of six out of the seven options.
The cut off was derived from conventional practice of considering an average item score of 3 or more to be in the clinical range [ 16].
If responses contained missing values or 'not applicable' we re-calculated total score by calculating the average item score and multiplying by 10.
Up to two not applicable (N/A) responses or missing values are allowed and these are replaced by the average item score.
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Open image in new window Fig. 1 Item-level line plots displaying average item scores for four items over the course of the study, SD standard deviation.
Figure 1 displays the line plot of average item scores for four items: overnight loud or noisy breathing, overnight cough, overnight runny nose, and daytime runny nose.
Sensitivity analysis was performed to explore consensus across the groups of panel members by analysing average item scores.
Missing values on the CSI (8%) were replaced with average item scores for respondents who answered at least 9 of the 14 items.
These profiles are the average item scores for respondents at the cutoffs, showing how the diagnostic groups differentiate at the individual item level.
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