In items three and four, LT.
Elsewhere, an extreme dissatisfaction was noted in items five six and sevenn (32.2%, 21.5% and 35% respectively).
If we were the fantasy mentioned in item two would crumble fast, because "The Lean Belly Prescription" would probably be revealed to have sold a thousand times as many copies as "The Autobiography of Mark Twain: Vol. 1".
In item three, dealing with swelling, the response alternatives in the original version were "none", "only evenings" and "constant".
In item four, dealing with stair-climbing, the response alternatives in the original version were "no problems", "impaired" and "impossible".
In item seven, respondents were required to list four characteristics of randomised controlled trials that would increase their confidence that the research was methodologically sound.
In 'recommended' items, five of eight were present but three of them did not include full information (table 1).
The process would result in items with three or more response options.
In addition to BISOC items, three more items were added to the scale.
Four items in two constructs exhibited model-to-data misfit and/or a low score-measure correlation.
The administered version, completed by 186 UK patient caregivers pairs, included eight items in four domains: Arm function, Mobility, Transfers, and Ventilation status.
