The interview instrument was semi-structured to 1) allow the researcher to focus on the specific categories identified during the literature and document review and refined through our first three cases of consultation with treatment experts and 2) enable respondents to expand the discussion and focus on issues important to them.
These authors state, "Inclusion of the propensity score as a covariate in a multivariable regression accounts for likelihood of 'treatment' (in this case, timing of consultation), and may adjust for unobserved, confounding, and selection bias, thereby refining regression estimates".
In the case of ambiguity, consultation with a cultural linguistic advisor was sought.
GPs register the latter codes in case of a consultation where STI-related questions were discussed and/or an STI test was done, but no STI was diagnosed.
This emphasizes the importance of knowledge about the current state of clinical management and guidelines in care for pregnant women and, in case of doubt, consultation from the GP with the responsible maternity care provider.
Patients were excluded from the study if they were not regulars of the participating practices (i.e. in case of emergency consultation of the GPs), if they were unable to participate in the interviews (especially blindness and deafness), or if they were not able to speak and/or read German.
Patients were excluded from the study if they were no regular patients of the participating practice (i.e. in case of accidental consultation of the GP), if they were unable to participate in interviews (especially blindness and deafness) or if they were not able to speak and read German.
Researchers presented detailed case studies of consultations, taken from their recent research projects.
In that case, there was a public consultation of abuse survivors long before terms of reference and panel members were announced.
