Only seven items were present in 50% or more of the observations, whereas eight items were observed in less than 50% of the consultations in the EAP group.
Five items were observed in less than 5% of the patients during nociceptive procedure.
Specifically, in addition to increased group means in all sections of the FRAS, decreased SDs for all statistically significant items were observed in the advanced group results compared with the novice group.
a) Feasibility: Missing items (percentage of no-answer): Hip and Knee Questionnaire; a high number of missing items was observed in questions 3, 4 and 5; which present multiple choice of answers for each studied joint (Table 1).
We were not able to find studies focusing on gender differences in the APSD-SR factor structure in mid-adolescent community youth, but in the work of Frick et al. [ 29], among children with a mean age of 10.7 years, less clear differentiation between the interpersonal and behavioral items was observed in girls than in boys, with many items showing double loadings.
As shown in Figure 2, the following 6 of 14 items were observed to have high risk of bias, where the proportion of items categorized as 'No' was high (more than 50%): adequate spectrum (item 1), adequate reference standard (item 3), partial verification (item 5), differential verification (item 6), incorporation bias (item 7), and description of reference test execution (item 9).
In a pilot study with the 51 items, ceiling or floor effects were observed in some items.
Figure 2 sets out a proposed new order of items, listing those that were observed in patients remaining in VS, MCS− and MCS+ at discharge.
Missing values for the Wells rule items or D-dimer test results were observed in 24 patients (4.0% for missing values on any of the Wells rule items or D-dimer test; range 0.5% for heart rate >100 beats/min to 2.7% for results of the D-dimer test).
High percentages of extreme satisfaction were observed in items 9, 10, and 14 (29.9%, 17.3%, and 12.1% respectively) as pertaining to its distribution.
Several modifications concerning the name and structure of this scale (e.g., item type, item number, anatomical district of interest) were observed in the literature.
