In contrast, the patient ratings for these items changed to a smaller degree.
You will see the status of the item change to "Won" if you win the bid.
HAQ, health assessment questionnaire; Item-Improved, Changes to items intended to improve their performance by altering parameters such as time frame and response options while retaining the same item stem; PF, physical function; PROMIS, Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System.
The FMSQ includes: (1) closed questions about the use and helpfulness of fatigue management strategies taught in FACETS and (2) open items about changes to lifestyle, attitudes or expectations, barriers or difficulties encountered and helpful strategies not covered in FACETS.
Qualitative research might be carried out to identify a more culturally appropriate wording for this item but changes to an established measure should generally be made cautiously because changes made locally may compromise the generalisability of findings.
Based on information from the participants, some items were changed to 2-step items (asking if an activity was done, and if it was done, then asking how difficult it was).
We retained the original items from OPCRIT (http://sgdp.iop.kcl.ac.uk/opcrit/) but the wording of some items was changed to take account of new items, as well as changes in terminology since publication of the original OPCRIT paper.
Changes included three items being transferred between concepts, renaming of contextual concepts, additional guidance on how to respond to items, and layout changes to guide respondents to the appropriate follow-up items [ 17].
When the task was to memorize (alphanumeric) identity, the items were changed to digits.
The items were changed to fit the new subject.
