The items addressed differ from those reported by recent guidelines focusing on genetics [ 3, 5].
Table 3 provides the following information relating to the publications included in this systematic review; hierarchy level, score achieved for the quality appraisal items most poorly addressed by the studies (items for which four or less studies scored a point), appraisal score and quality category.
Some of the excluded items may not have had health consequences if left unmanaged, or they may have addressed different constructs to ADL participation restriction, or the aspect of ADL participation restriction covered by the item was already addressed by another item.
Attitude toward contraception was assessed by thirteen items addressing: a. importance of contraception, e.g. "what did you do when you realized you did not use your contraceptive in a proper way?" ( 1 = nothing, 2 = went to house physician, 3 = ECP, 4 = something else).
Thus, despite some overlap between the two instruments, there are key differences – for example, the TSQM II Effectiveness scale has one of two items addressing symptom alleviation, not directly impacted by anti-coagulation or measured by ACTS.
The questionnaire validity was checked by the correlation between items addressing the same objectives.
The last item is easily addressed by evidence of past productivity.
As indicated previously, content validity for the item sets was addressed by grounding the questionnaire development in an earlier survey instruments, focus groups and in the development of the form with guidance from an expert panel.
The detail description of the sample's characteristics appears in Table 2.> As discussed earlier, content validity for the item sets was addressed by grounding the questionnaire development in earlier survey instruments, by using a conceptual framework for quality nursing care and by developing the scale with guidance from an experts' panel.
The MacTSQ first draft consisted of 13 items addressing specific aspects of treatment and one final item in which participants could note any aspects of treatment satisfaction that were not covered by the questionnaire.
