One participant in the control group was readmitted to hospital twice, first within two weeks of discharge and then again between the two week and one month assessments.
Since just one-fifth of the participants were personally examined by trained research assistants at the one-month assessment, measurements of these outcomes may have been imprecise and could potentially disguise existing differences, accounting for the lack of differences (risk of Type II error).
In addition, one month before assessment, the parents were invited to complete questionnaires on parental socio-economic status and the child's current general health and behaviour.
The point prevalence of pain in patients with MS is nearly 50%, and approximately 75% of patients report having had pain within one month of assessment.
The overall PCPPP follow-up rates for the first (one month) postpartum assessment of 80% are similar to those published for other studies.
Therefore, about one month after presentation, assessment of cervical and endometrial contours was attempted under general anesthesia, via 3 mm hysteroscope.
For operational reasons, the T3 assessment occurred approximately one month after the T2 assessment, such that there was a longer duration of time between the intervention and post-intervention assessment in the late group.
The second, mid-treatment assessment will take place four weeks following start of treatment and the third assessment one month following completion of treatment.
Analogous to the procedure in the experimental condition, the mid-treatment assessment will take place four weeks following start of treatment and the follow-up assessment one month following completion of treatment (see Table 1).
