After tests to gauge the reliability and validity of the measures employed (including confirmatory factor analysis), 237 responses to a mailed survey are analyzed and the presented framework evaluated.
Other standard wound care measures were employed, including extensive surgical debridement and adequate foot off-loading in both groups.
A wide variety of outcome measures were employed, including costing, quality of sedation, haemodynamic stability and time to extubation, among others.
Multiple performance measures of the beams are employed, including damage patterns, hysteretic loops, energy dissipation capacities, rebar strain profiles, shear distortions, and failure modes.
One centre (0.5%) reported that all measures in this category were employed, including close-circuit television (CCTV) cameras, automatic door locks, alarms on the medical radio, panic buttons by the desk or keyboard, wall-mounted panic buttons, portable alarms, alarms linked to an alarm centre, and information posters about alarms.
When measuring adherence it is recommended that a multi-method approach is employed, including both a self-report instrument and an objective measurement tool [ 1, 3].
Employment status was measured on a four-point nominal scale as 'gainfully employed' (including students), 'unemployed', 'on sick leave or disability pension', or 'old age retirement'.
Occupational status was measured on a four-point nominal scale as 'gainfully employed' (including students), 'unemployed', 'on sick leave or disability pension' or 'old age retirement'.
aPatients currently employed included in analysis (N = 145); values per study visit shown are means (SD); mean 24-week change from baseline values from repeated-measures analysis.
