The initial survey was piloted by four English academic PCPs who were asked to complete a paper-based version of the survey and give written and verbal feedback on the relevance of items, whether the items covered the area of interest and whether they would be able to interpret results from the answers.
In an older UK study differences in the perceived relevance of weighing influenced whether midwives would act in response to "abnormal" GWG, and whether they advised women to gain or lose weight during pregnancy [ 18].
His team created diverse maps and graphics for cities, assessing everything from crime in Jakarta and New Delhi, with related indices including the possible relevance of weather, to whether serving as host for the Olympic Games spurred employment.
It also could be, however, that we believe who wins this war over the status and relevance of science and whether facts matter in America is one that is critical to the future of our country and its citizens.
Observation of meetings identified that researchers actively contributed to decision making in a variety of ways including summarizing, presenting, interpreting and commenting on the quantity, quality and relevance of evidence, and whether and how it could inform decisions.
Although we found evidence of added value of OPG in risk reclassification for the endpoints cardiovascular death and HF, the clinical relevance of OPG will depend on whether or not therapeutic relevance is established.
We must always interpret registry-based results within a framework of clinical relevance, irrespective of whether we analyze implant survival, the incidence of a specific complication, or subjective outcome measures.
Along with disease staging in terms of tumor size, e.g. TNM, the KPS has established itself as a decision aid with relevance regardless of whether a patient is to receive either tumor-specific, or merely symptomatic treatment.
They were also told to assess the relevance of the items if whether it was easy to understand or whether something was ambiguous or could be offensive.
A district court, he said, should make a "fact-intensive, context-specific inquiry" to determine the relevance of the evidence and whether it might be unduly prejudicial to the defendant.
