If these types of items are implemented in smaller-scale projects to measure vocational competencies, some of the added constraints may not apply (translation and adaptation, for instance).
With this purpose, the mentioned items are implemented in a DEA model of efficiency, being the inefficient cities with an efficiency score lower than 100% defined as non-sustainable ones.
We measured the extent to which each item was implemented in the organizations using a Likert scale ranging from 1 (to a very little extent) to 5 (to a great extent).
Additional file 2: The comprehensive set of five psychiatric items and three psychosocial items to be implemented in routine obstetric care for the triage of mental disorders of the DSM-IV axis I and II.
Finally, the Raschpower method (for dichotomous and polytomous items and for cross-sectional and longitudinal designs) and the ratio-based approach (for dichotomous items) have been implemented in the free Raschpower module available at the website PRO-online http://pro-online.univ-nantes.fr.fr
For a valid detection of the full spectrum of common mental disorders during pregnancy, at least the intermediate set of five psychiatric items should be implemented in routine obstetric care.
The use of symptom questions for diagnosing chronic diseases was previously validated in a diagnostic item probability study implemented in 2003 by WHO in seven countries [ 16].
For the purposes of PRO label claim analyses and given other consistencies between descriptions, we assumed the BPI-SF worst pain item was actually implemented in the Xtandi studies for both the US and EU.
After the investigation, prevention and control measures, including closer adherence to the existing prohibition of importation of high-risk food items from Haiti, were implemented in tourist hotels across the Dominican Republic.
The Youth Actuarial Care Needs Assessment Tool for Non-Offenders can be administered by Dutch police officers and since it is solely based on police records and comprises only six items, it can easily be implemented in the Dutch police system, making the instrument efficient and cost-effective in the initial stage of risk assessment.
