Finally, instrument selection for Chinese cervical cancer survivors also needs to consider the comprehensiveness of the instruments.
Face and content validity were established in our pilot study by asking participants about the comprehensiveness of the instruments, which had already been approved by a panel of experts.
Furthermore, there is always a tension between the comprehensiveness of the instrument and the burden that a lengthy instrument will place on respondents.
For hospitalized patients, interviews included a brief concept elicitation discussion to confirm comprehensiveness of the instrument prior to cognitive debriefing.
Then, the moderator (JR) or interviewer (JN) would ask questions about the general comprehensiveness of the instrument.
This process resulted in modifications to the glossary to address their concerns regarding the comprehensiveness of the instrument for older consumers [ 70].
Then the Brief Fatigue Inventory (BFI) [ 10] was administered to patients after which cognitive debriefing interviews were conducted to assess the clarity, relevance, and comprehensiveness of that instrument, specifically the fatigue severity subscale.
Then, participants were asked to complete the EQ-5D-5L, and a cognitive interview was conducted, focusing primarily on the relevance and comprehensiveness of the instrument for patients with T2D.
Overall, the test performance as reported above proved our approach to be successful, with some minor restrictions: Comprehensiveness of the instrument was critically assessed by some IBD test persons during the pilot study.
Negative comments about the comprehensiveness of the instrument related to the lack of relevance for many items: " … the questions were too vague in scope" (FG1); " Well, you know, ninety percent of the time I'm like, 'Oh yeah, this is an irrelevant question'" (FG3).
