The primary outcome measure was the ABC-C Irritability subscale, with secondary measures comprised of the other ABC-C subscales, VAS, VABS, CGI-I, FXCPT, and several behavior-specific tasks.
This was a measure comprised of 5 clinician rated items pertaining to the general construct of anger.
Consequently, we made the decision to define the EMMI as a measure comprised of three subscales, with the intention of conducting confirmatory factor analyses in future studies with this instrument to further test this distribution of items.
The measure comprises of 141 test items and takes between 30 45 minutes to complete.
The Braden Scale is a summary measure comprised of six sub-scales for measuring an individual's functional determinants of pressure and tolerance of tissues to withstand pressure.
Caries experience (DMFT) is a composite measure comprising of untreated caries (decay), treated caries (fillings), and tooth loss due to disease.
The M&MS questionnaire [ 9] is a 16-item measure comprising of a 10-item emotional difficulties scale and a 6-item behavioural difficulties scale.
The measure comprises of either 133 or 125 brief items, employing a five-point response set (ranging from "Not true of me" to "True of me") and takes approximately 30 40 minutes to complete with no imposed time limits.
Numerous tools have been designed to capture these, such as the Satisfaction with Life Scale [ 24], Ryff's psychological wellbeing scale [ 25] and CASP-19, a needs satisfaction measure comprised of control, autonomy, self-realization and pleasure domains [ 23].
Within the treatment satisfaction literature we identified three methods commonly used; a single global evaluation question i.e. "How satisfied are you with your current treatment?" a set of separate measures for each aspect of treatment received, and a composite measure comprising of a global item and a set of separate items [ 29].
