These interviews also confirmed that the changes made to the items after round 2 of the initial cognitive debriefing interviews were acceptable and appropriate.
This evidence from the open-ended aspects of the initial cognitive debriefing interviews supports the content validity of the HAE PRO.
The demographic and clinical characteristics of the initial cognitive debriefing sample can be found in Table 2.> -wrap-foot> aEducationalevelsls are provided as described for the English interviews.
Second, in the initial round of debriefing interviews we found some resistance to the five-point Likert scale.
7. When initial assessment is complete, debrief on the results and develop advocacy and follow up strategies based on the findings.
For example, trauma debriefing in the initial period was found to possibly increase the risk of PTSD symptoms and certainly did not prevent the onset of PTSD [ 4].
These focus groups were held to better understand the experience of caring for a patient with AD and to conduct a cognitive debriefing of the initial draft of the IADCQ.
All previous focus group participants and subjects previously contacted but unable to attend the focus groups were invited to the centers to participate in the initial pilot test and cognitive debriefing exercise.
Following each FG, study staff debriefed to identify initial themes and impressions.
After the initial questions (items) were drafted, cognitive debriefing interviews with 37 patients assessed this draft pool and provided feedback that was used to update and revise the items.
