Sentence examples for instrument and whether from inspiring English sources

To evaluate how the utility (reliability, validity, acceptability, feasibility, cost and educational impact) of a communication-OSCE was influenced by whether or not station-specific (StSp) checklists were used together with a generic instrument and whether or not narrative feedback was provided to students.

The magnitude of the deficit depended on the valuation instrument and whether the respondents considered the most severe state worse or better than dead.

Estimated prevalence rates of undifferentiated somatoform disorders vary between 8.6%-25.6% in primary care, depending on the chosen screening instrument and whether pain is taken into account or not [ 8, 11- 13].

There is a role for future research to evaluate whether relevant aspects of food insecurity are neglected by the instrument, and whether the sensitivity and specificity of the resulting classification can be enhanced.

8 10 The decision when to intervene, where to deliver, which instrument to use, when to abandon the chosen instrument and whether to seek senior support are challenging elements of OVD. 5 Doctors in training rely primarily on senior obstetricians to support their learning needs in terms of decision-making, and on the acquisition of technical and non-technical skills on the labour ward.

The question of which competencies should be included for each of the steps in EBP evaluation instruments and whether this differs between professions or levels of training (eg undergraduate or postgraduate) warrants further exploration.

However, it is not always clear whether a strong relationship exists between population-specific and the more widely used generic instruments and whether the latter are as valid as the former when used in specific populations or people living with a particular condition.

Our goal was to determine if the concepts we identified through the literature as providing insight into the perspective of CHC patients had been translated into PRO instruments, and whether the published clinical trials reported PRO data that reflect clinical changes, ideally within the concepts that were identified as important to CHC patients.

The content validity index (CVI) is a method to enhance the construct validity of an instrument, and measures whether the construct is appropriately represented by the items.

We also collected information about the purpose of instrument administration and whether treatment was altered as a result of this information.

However, the problem in these situations is that the composite reference standard is also a new instrument, and it is unknown whether it correctly covers the right construct.