When confronted to this fact, experts agreed that they had measured adequacy instead of technical efficiency.
For the first measure, adequacy was 75.4% and 81.8% in the Case and Control groups (p-value = 0.03), respectively.
For the third measure, adequacy of ANC was 54.4% and 69.0% in the Case and Control groups (p-value < 0.01), respectively.
In this study, the modified Kessner index was used because it is one of the main indices currently reported in the literature to measure adequacy of ANC [ 21– 23].
The three subscales measure adequacy (self-confidence), predilection (preference for) and enjoyment of physical activity, with higher scores indicating higher exercise self-efficacy.
Many investigators have attempted measure adequacy of splanchnic circulation either by measuring splanchnic blood flow in global splanchnic blood flow or local tissue perfusion or by evaluating metabolism in one region of the gastrointestinal tissue [ 28].
In a number of studies from the USA, multivitamins have been found to improve the measure of adequacy, although the measure of adequacy used was not as low as the LRNI cut-off used in this analysis.
In contrast, measures of adequacy of resources, efficiency, freedom from corruption, job security, and mobility were rated low.
Our study did not focus on "measures for adequacy of prenatal care".
The Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin Measure of Adequacy (KMO) is a measure of sampling adequacy (threshold: KMO >0.60).
