Thus, while providing an acceptable lay interpretation of the data, it can be concluded that specific result claims magnify the results of the DFSS.
As a lay interpretation, the "response threshold" calculated as proposed can be assimilated to the minimally detectable difference, while the use of an external anchor would have configured a clinically minimal important difference.
Each health state description (Table 1) is a lay interpretation of the original wording in the cited references, in order to paint a meaningful picture of the respective Conn grades to members of the general public.
By so doing, the symbolic values attached to every naming, diagnosis and self-monitoring have been reconstructed and represented with respect to the participants' lay interpretation, construction and understanding.
Previous studies have shown the importance of paying attention to lay peoples' interpretations of risk of disease, in order to explain health-related behavior.
Skills such as financial management, strategic planning, writing for a lay audience, interpretation of patent law, and management of people are rarely taught by graduate programs or mentors, but these skills are exactly what will be needed for a career outside the lab.
As with the MSKCC system, patient-oriented reports, including lay language interpretation of findings and benchmarking of outcomes to those of men in CaPSURE with similar disease characteristics, are in development.
