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All three comparative questions sum-scores were significantly better at the end of study compared to baseline in the treatment group: locomotion (P = 0.021), every-day situations (P = 0.011) and skin & hair coat (P = 0.025).
The survey contained comparative questions about the overall satisfaction, taste, numbing effect, presence of numbness after 30 min, personal preference, recommendation for routine use in orthodontic clinics, recommendation for application on adults and children, and the experience of any adverse reactions the following day.
Comparative questions of subjective risk perception for eight health threats were asked using a five-point ordinal scale with anchors at all points: "very low," "low," "intermediate," "high," and "very high".
The advanced annotation enabled us to address comparative questions on genome and gene structure evolution in plants.
For the relative advantages attribute, relevant comparative questions were identified, e.g. whether the CPOE system was easier and faster to manage than paper document.
All questionnaire data collected after the start of trial (W4 to W16) included additional parts: (iv) Questions about possible adverse reactions to treatment; change in appetite, vomiting, diarrhoea and atopic skin reactions and (v) 18 comparative questions summed together under three categories: "locomotion", "every-day situations" or "skin & hair coat".
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10– 12 When comparing the two questions semantically, the comparative question was found to be clearer than the global one, particularly as it gives a frame of reference for the assessment.
The outcome measures might include authentic assessments as well as tests, the experiment might be randomized or matched, but essentially the comparative question demands a comparative design.
Another study in this area, which compared three different single-item questions of self-rated health (two "standard" questions and one "comparative" question) found similar results [ 14].
In the trial, this may simply be a reflection of very small patient numbers treated without electroporation, and a randomized dataset needs to evaluate the comparative question further.
So one item that focus on validity of this comparative question has been added in Risk of Bias part of Domain 2 (Index Test) in QUADAS-2 [ 22] as follows.
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