58 To date, we have found no measurement instrument, neither a rating scale nor a questionnaire, that is suitable for measuring person-centred communication and person-centred care in the home health setting.
English proficiency certificates have two meanings: they measure language talent, and they also measure person's self-discipline and their capacity for self-development.
The map of persons and items is useful for comparing the range and position of the items and can be also utilized to measure person's distributions.
We measured person years from baseline (2004 08) until the date of death, loss to follow-up, or 31 December 2013, whichever occurred first.
Like many other population-based air pollution studies, we did not measure person-level pollution exposure.
Only mouth inhalation was measured, persons were wearing a nose clip to prevent nose respiration.
The impact on participation and autonomy (IPA) measured person-perceived restriction in participation and autonomy [ 33, 34].
The index based on CAT to measure persons' ability to adapt, has been used in several studies but has not yet been validated.
To assess the ability of the scales to appropriately target the population being measured, person-item threshold distribution maps were inspected.
With reliability analysis the scale measuring persons' ability to adapt showed good internal consistency, Cronbach's alpha =.80.
