Sentence examples for items was ascertained by from inspiring English sources

The content validity of the 18 mQSF items was ascertained by asking 25 medical and nursing education experts from Switzerland, Germany and Austria to rank the importance of each item on a four-point rating scale (1 = not at all important; 4 = very important), using an online survey tool.

The follow-up for the patients who returned a non-zero score on the suicide-ideation item was ascertained only by interviewing the practice nurses concerned to maintain patient confidentiality.

Specialized training was ascertained by the item: "Please check the areas [major psychiatric, alcohol/drug, children 0-12, adolescents 13-17, and marital/family] in which you have at least 1500 hours of training and experience and wish to provide services.

For responders, missing items were ascertained and inconsistent responses were identified following the rules described by Ware et al. [ 10], for 15 pairs of items.

Diabetes status was ascertained by a baseline questionnaire item that asked participants to place a check mark next to any diseases or conditions that had been diagnosed by a doctor.

The severity of depressive symptoms was ascertained by scoring the responses to the 21-item BDI [ 23], which all patients had to complete and the psychiatric diagnosis was subsequently confirmed upon having a diagnostic interview.

Lipoperoxidation was ascertained by the formation of MDA.

The end-point of reaction was ascertained by TLC.

Euthanasia was ascertained by electrocardiogram and auscultation above the thorax.

The accuracy of the method was ascertained by recovery method.

The patient population was ascertained by the Israel Diabetes Research Group IDRGG).