The survey instrument consisted of 75 items and was divided into five domains: demographic data (10 items), cognition of COPD (15 items), behaviors (5 items), disease management (10 items), qualities of life (25 items) and economic burdens (10 items).
For the TB patients, medians and modes for the importance were 7 or 9 and CVs for the importance were lest 0.3 except for two items ("Behaviors related to deal with dishes", and "Percentage of patients who used dishes and chopsticks separately").
The Frontal Systems Behavior Scale (FrSBe) is a 46-item behavior rating scale that is intended to measure behavior associated with damage to the frontal systems of the brain, with subscales measuring Apathy, Disinhibition, and Executive Dysfunction.
Further studies with confirmatory factor analyses in different datasets are needed to better understand item behavior within the JSE.
According to the definition of the DIF, there should be no difference on the item behavior according to gender, age, living arrangement, disease duration, and education level.
The HFS-P used in the study consists of a 15-item worry subscale and a 10-item behavior subscale (Table 3) in accordance with the scale presented by Clarke et al. [ 6].
In a Norwegian population-based sample, 176 parents representing 102 children with type 1 diabetes (6 15 years old) completed the HFS-P, comprising a 15-item worry subscale and a 10-item behavior subscale.
The child's behavioural self-esteem was measured with the 14-item Behavior Rating Form – Revised [ 103], which measures young children's self-esteem as inferred or perceived by a parent or teacher.
The APSD, formerly known as the Psychopathy Screening Device [ 53], is a 20-item behavior rating scale developed to measure CU traits, narcissism and poor impulse control in children.
