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Fifteen studies used a multiple item instrument to assess patient expectations ranging from 3 [ 14] to 19 [ 30] items and two studies [ 17, 24] used a 1 item measurement, one study used an open ended item to elicit patients' expectations, in this study the number of expectations stated was used in the analysis [ 34].
In addition, respondents with a past history of depression were asked to respond to the open-ended question: "If you sought support from friends and or/family, what would you say were the advantages and/or disadvantages of doing this?" The current paper is concerned with responses to this open ended item.
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There were ten open ended items in the test and each item check whether specific problem solving strategies were used or not.
The survey included a mix of closed and open ended items.
We asked open ended items about perceptions of evidence, need, the hospital and Emergency Department context and facilitation elements [ 33].
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The client exit interviews had a mix of closed and open ended items to explore client experience in the clinic related to service supply and responsiveness, previous experiences, opinions about the NHIS, and suggestions for making the NHIS more responsive.
The initial version of the instrument contained 37 items; 16 structured items and two open ended questions concerning information received from the referring physician and 17 structured items and two open ended items about the information that the specialist gave the patient.
While the original and the modified Fresno test for physical therapy [ 9, 21] included two final open ended items unrelated to the scenarios relating to the identification of the best study design for questions of diagnosis and prognosis, it is interesting to note that none of the instruments contained clinical scenarios or the majority of items relating to different types of questions.
The willingness and ability to prolong working life is measured by asking two open ended items from the Netherlands Working Conditions Survey 2010 [ 62]: Until what age do you (1) think you are able to continue working, and (2) want to continue working?
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