In stage one, a number of household items are utilized, ranging from cold and flu tablets to coffee filters.
Finally, the Anxiety subscale constituted of seven items was utilized to assess severity of anxiety symptoms.
A five-point response category for each item is utilized (from 0 = "never a problem" to 4 = "almost always a problem").
Not all items and scales were utilized in the study (refer to the Appendix 1).
Items of the QUOROM statement were utilized to assess quality of reporting, while items and total scores of the Oxman-Guyatt Overview Quality Assessment Questionnaire (OQAQ) were used to assess methodologic quality.
The item characteristic curves, item information and test information function curves were utilized for evaluating the performance of individual items within the scale.
In the initial FA operation, all the 26 items of the WHOQOL-Bref were utilized (i.e., including "overall rating of QOL" – OQOL, and satisfaction with health).
Only YAAPST items that were non-duplicative of those items already assessed on the RAPI were utilized in the USA.
All response options were utilized for all items, mean and median values were similar and there was evidence of skewed distribution for items at opposite ends of the severity spectrum.
In addition, the Flesch Reading Ease and Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level metrics were utilized to modify item language, thereby increasing reading ease, decreasing grade level, and allowing items to be more easily understood by patients and parents.
