Based on this line of thinking, we can suggest that in an "entrepreneurially supportive" national culture where entrepreneurial activities are valued and considered to be worthwhile (despite the risks), potential entrepreneurs may develop an intention to start their own business.
The concept of the minimal important difference (MID) refers to the smallest difference in a score that is considered to be worthwhile or important [ 10].
In patients with an elevated PSA (>10 ng/ml) or with locally advanced tumours, bone scans are considered to be worthwhile for detecting both asymptomatic and symptomatic metastasis.
Non-parametric bootstrap methods 10 will be used to generate 95% CIs for effects that are considered to be worthwhile by 20, 50 and 80% of participants.
An organisation that shares responsibilities increases patient safety because high-level performance is assured when work is considered to be worthwhile.
For routine adjuvant systemic chemotherapy in colon cancer, an absolute survival benefit as low as 5%% is considered to be worthwhile despite duration of treatment for six months with treatment related toxicity such as hand-foot syndrome.
Overall, the treatment was considered to be worthwhile by the patients, with 32 (2/3 of the valid 48 responses to this question) responding that it was very worthwhile, 6 (1/8) responding that it was quite worthwhile, 6 responding that it was adequate and only 4 (8%) responding that it was not worthwhile.
Overall, the treatment was considered to be worthwhile by the patients, with 26 (74% of the valid 35) responding that it was very worthwhile, 5 (14%) responding that it was quite worthwhile, 3 (9%) responding that it was adequate and only 1 (3%) responding that it was not worthwhile.
Effect sizes of approximately 0.4 are considered to be clinically worthwhile for back pain interventions [ 23].
