The topics, which covered medical content, diabetes-related news items, and practical issues, were selected on the basis of our feasibility and usability testing [ 15].
For instance, if comparison across medical services or hospitals is the main objective, at least on a set of items, and practical constraints have to be taken into account, using a single generic questionnaire might be advantageous.
This cheeky e-commerce business offers an eclectic mix of merchandise, including gummy-bear lamps and flowers in a can and lots of other items, whimsical and practical.
Family support specific to physical activity: this was a 17-item questionnaire containing questions about perceived informational family support specific to physical activity (PIFSPA, three items), perceived emotional family support specific to physical activity (PEFSPA, three items), and perceived practical family support specific to physical activity (PPFSPA, 11 items).
Family support specific to healthy eating consisted of a 16-item questionnaire containing questions about perceived informational family support (PIFS-3 items), perceived emotional family support (PEFS-3 items), and perceived practical family support specific to healthy eating (PPFS-11 items).
Objective: To describe (1) the development of an index of physical functional health status (FHS) and (2) its hierarchical structure, unidimensionality, reproducibility of item calibrations, and practical application.
When we tested for agreement (using weighted Kappa) between patients and caregivers, we found agreement to be substantial for pain, moderate for four items (other symptoms, feeling anxious, family anxious and share feeling), fair for three items (life worthwhile, felt good and time wasted), and slight for two items (information given and practical problems).
But one of her favorite items, for decorative and practical reasons, was an antique padded fender bench she found at Ann Morris antiques.
In our first few auctions, we put only ridiculous items in there -- but now it's a mixture of ridiculous items that make for an entertaining runway show and practical items that we know will sell".
However, agreement for three of the items: information, time wasted and practical problems, should be interpreted cautiously, since the high level of percentage agreement for these items (71.9%, 95.3% and 76.6%) signaled that the weighted Kappa statistics may be affected by prevalence bias and thus underestimate the true agreement.
Of the 237 common variables (i.e. 79 items and three variables of each item evaluating the importance and practical implementation in the two periods) in the two rounds of the survey, there were 161 (67.9%) first-round variables with an IQR≤2, which increased to 209 (88.2%) in the second round.
