For example, for the items concerning delirium, pressure ulcer, urinary collection device, (instrumental) activities of daily living, nutritional intake, treatments, etc., the literal translation did not match the wording of well-known expressions used in Flemish literature and clinical practice.
Agreement was achieved for all items concerning the relevance, as well as the definitions of all items.
As for the items concerning social relations, some persons expressed the desire that a distinction be made between family relationships, relations with neighbours, and social relationships (i.e. with friends) due to the importance of the family in oriental traditions.
The positive rates for the 17 items concerning PTSD symptoms varied from 20.6%to76.2%20.6%to76.2%
Table 3 presents the mean and SD values for the same 19 items concerning their assessed importance in vocational education teachers' work.
For example, the four items concerning comfort and skill in assessing/diagnosing and managing, and effectiveness and skill in managing behavior problems, loaded uniformly highly onto a derived component for "Comfort/skill in dealing with behavior problems".
For the present study only items concerning family climate were analysed, to control for confounders.
For women, both questionnaires contained items concerning general degree of seasonal fluctuations in mood and behaviour (The Global Seasonality Score - GSS), whereas for men, the GSS items were included only in one of the two questionnaires due to space limitations.
Briefly, items concerning preferences for health care were generated during focus group interviews with cancer patients.
