Data regarding QoL (EroQol-5-D, AQol-8D and FACT-C) will be captured using self-reported questionnaires, at baseline, during treatment period, and safety and survival follow-up visits.
Furthermore, the acceptability of NMES at a group level was captured using the questionnaires at the end of the study.
However, the assessment of activity was captured using an unvalidated questionnaire and the post-PR values are likely to represent peak values given that this measurement reflects the period when patients were undergoing the initial PR programme.
If possible, their self-reported Quality of life was captured using the KIDSCREEN questionnaire [ 5], a modern instrument with excellent psychometric properties assessing children's quality of life on ten dimensions, whose questions were derived from focus group work with children across Europe.
WTP are captured using pre-fixed survey questionnaire.
Responses provided to the questionnaires were captured using the Data Base Management System 4D Server, and data were analysed using the SAS programme, version 8.2.
Data from the questionnaires was captured using Microsoft Excel 2010 and was subsequently imported into Statistical Analysis System (SAS) (Release 9.2) software for data analysis by a statistician.
Patients' views of the checklist, its use in practice, and their involvement in safety improvement more generally were captured using a bespoke 19-item questionnaire.
The focus groups' comments were captured using a field notebook, the annotated questionnaires, flipchart notes capturing the key findings and tape recording of two out of three of the focus groups (one recording failed), which were subsequently transcribed.
Suicidal ideation was captured using three questions adapted from the Suicide Behaviours Questionnaire (SBQ) [ 55].
