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No additional guidance or criteria for assessment was communicated by the project team; thus, nurse assessors were expected to rely on clinical judgment and the face validity of the various data sources when making final determinations regarding MDS item coding.
In this regard, a five item coding scheme is proposed, to draw comparisons across network sites.
To describe the newly developed item coding and computation of the total score for the Postpartum Depression Predictors Inventory‐Revised along with recommended cutoff points.
The polarities and their respective item coding for variables 1, 2, 3, and 4 are reversed from the original survey order.
Item coding was simplified based on item distribution, content and clinical considerations.
Codes applied were subsequently rationalised into one 56 item coding frame that was applied to all transcripts, assisted by NVivo software.
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We started by analyzing the distribution response for each dichotomous item (coded as 0 or 1).
"Palpitations" is the same item, coded in the same way as in the measure of anxiety symptoms.
Final analysis was characterized by an intercoder agreement of 92.5%, meaning the researchers did not reach consensus on less than 8% of items coded.
Item scores were coded according to the three scoring methods examined: Likert method (all items coded 0-1-2-3 0-1-2-3 0-1-2-3 0-1-2-3 coded 0-0-1-1), and C-GHQ method (PP items coded 0-0-1-1; NP items coded 0-1-1-1).
The latter will account for items coded as 'not applicable'.
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