Further study will be carried out for enhancing the machine comprehensibility of the concept maps of manufacturing knowledge.
To improve the draft version of the instrument and to adjust it to the needs of CRM practitioners (persons responsible for CRM), we discussed the content, completeness and comprehensibility of the whole instrument with six experienced CRM practitioners in 60-90 minterviewsrvinterviews
Pretesting was performed in 10 cancer patients, and the results revealed adequate content coverage and comprehensibility of the MSAS-Ch.
Because the purpose of the cognitive debriefing interviews was to confirm the relevance and comprehensibility of the SF-36v2, rather than to explore content themes, a formal saturation coding process and analysis was not required.
Completing each interview, respondents compared the three measures based on coverage of QoL aspects (indicator of content validity) and comprehensibility of the items (indicator of feasibility).
A pilot evaluation of the face validity, content validity and comprehensibility of the items, and clarity of instructions, was conducted by the researcher (TS).
As a result, items (a) were eliminated due to irrelevance, redundancy and incomprehensibility and (b) revised to enhance content validity and comprehensibility of the test items.
The questions used for answering the research questions addressed in this paper are shown in Additional file 1. Face validity, content validity and comprehensibility of the draft questionnaire were assessed by the steering committee, which included three scientists in the field of end-of-life care and two GPs.
The second draft of the PONS scale was then presented to young people (aged 5 to 18 years), and their parents for feedback, and to obtain information about comprehensibility and appropriateness of both the content and format of the questions.
