And indeed, those who had to work harder to comprehend the questionnaire rated their religious beliefs lower.
All participants comprehend the questionnaire and found it easy to complete.
The patients who were unable to comprehend the questionnaire were excluded from the study to avoid unreliable answers.
Patients with organic diagnoses including mental retardation, dementia or organic brain diseases were excluded due to the lack of mental capability to give consent to the study and to comprehend the questionnaire.
Men and women who had lived at their address for < 5 years or lived at their address < 6 months each year were excluded from the main study, as were subjects who were too ill to participate or could not comprehend the questionnaire.
Inclusion criteria were: diagnosis of SSc as established by their treating rheumatologist according to ACR criteria [ 1], current treatment in the Leiden University Medical Center, being able to comprehend the Dutch questionnaire and age 18 years or older.
Patients were excluded if they were ≤ 18 years old, could not comprehend English-based questionnaire, lived > 150 kilometers from Edmonton, Alberta, had hemorrhagic or lower brain stem stroke, coma, global or Wernicke's aphasia, or life expectancy was less than 6 months for any medical reason.
Pilot tests on a group of 800 undergraduates from various grades, disciplines, both genders were randomly selected in Wuhan to determine whether the concepts and expressions used in the questionnaire could be easily comprehended.
Inconsistent responding occurs when respondents complete a questionnaire without comprehending the items, typically in self-reported questionnaires when the participants are unmotivated or the questions are sensitive [ 2].
Martin-Jenkins never fully comprehended modern electronics.
This I have never fully comprehended.
