Self-reported use of nine smoking cessation interventions was scored.
Therefore, studies in which blood samples were collected before intervention were scored "yes".
Studies in which blood samples were collected after intervention were scored "no".
Studies that reported control groups but did not provide sufficient detail to allow comparison with the intervention group were scored as 1 [ 32, 35, 36].
It is used to evaluate the effects of medications and other therapeutic interventions and is scored from 0 ("not at all a problem") to 3 ("problem is severe in degree").
It is used to evaluate the effectiveness of medications and other therapeutic interventions and is scored from 0 ("not at all a problem") to 3 ("problem is severe in degree").
Item 12 (actual/extent of intervention fidelity) was scored as not applicable if item 11 (planning/assessment of intervention fidelity) was scored as inadequate.
The success of the developmental modules and intervention will be scored on the same visual analogue scale of 1 to 7. The success of the intervention will be rated for rapport, parental emotional availability, child's response to intervention and overall success of the intervention.
The audiotaped consultations in the intervention group will be scored with the IMPALA Practice nurses Scoring list (IPS), a scoring list based on the IMPALA training programme and on other existing scoring lists [ 53, 54], to determine the extent to which the motivational interviewing technique was implemented.
If, for instance, Bain Capital had invested in a company and reorganized it, trimming 2,000 jobs in the process, but the company might have shuttered entirely and shed 6,000 jobs without Bain Capital's intervention, how should that be scored?
