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Participants were asked to evaluate the extent to which each item applied to them on a seven-point scale (1 = definitely false; 7 = definitely true).
One item applied only to matched studies (item 6b) and another only to cohort studies (item 14c).
It might also be that the way the item was phrased could have discouraged respondents to indicate the item applied to them.
Influence on dignity: between 0 and 2 missing observations per item (of the respondents who indicated that an item applied to their life).
Depression risk was assessed using the Male Depression Risk Scale (MDRS) [ 23], comprised of 22 items on an eight-point scale (0 7), where participants rate how often an item applied to them in the previous month.
*For this item the mean score for influence on dignity is lower than 2.50, and less than 25% of the nursing home residents to whom the item applied indicated this to influence their dignity quite a lot or very much (score 4 or 5); this item will therefore be removed from the instrument.
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For example, the social objections item, "applying the theory of evolution to human affairs implies we are not fully in control of our behavior" was removed because it did not demonstrate a sufficiently high factor loading.
Respondents indicate the degree to which each item applies to them on a scale of 'never' (scored 0) to 'often' (scored 3), to give a total score out of 57, with higher scores corresponding to better QOL.
Participants indicate whether they believe the item applies to them by answering 'True' or 'False'.
Each module includes a number of symptom items coded on a dimensional scale: 0 indicates the item does not apply; 0.5 indicates the item applies or has applied in the past to some extent; and 1 indicates the item applies or has applied in full.
For example, for all nurses the item "applying pharmacology to practice" meant handing out medicines prescribed by a doctor.
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