The mean scores in the different scales were comparable to those of the original version [[ 10]], and so were the scales with relevant percentages of ceiling or floor according to the IQOLA project approach [[ 13]].
Further, no relevant floor- or ceiling effects occurred.
Two recent meta-analyses examining these claims did not include all relevant studies and ignored prevalent ceiling effects, age confounds, and did not distinguish between prospective memory subdomains (e.g., ProM proper, vigilance, habitual ProM) (see Uttl, 2008, PLoS ONE).
The floor effect was not relevant, but quite a high ceiling effect was present in almost all domains, especially for 'Self-care' (53.6%).
Age was considered relevant, but the recipient age ceiling was reduced to 65 because clinicians indicated that transplantation was less likely amongst over 65s.
The objective of the first study was to identify extant potentially relevant items, construct additional candidate ceiling and floor items to fill in gaps, and evaluate the newly proposed items for clarity, importance and relevance.
It does beat contemplating the dog days of baseball season, when it is suddenly relevant to discuss teams' debt ceilings because it turns out the Mets and the Dodgers are not the only potential financial train wrecks out there, writes Bill Shaikin in The Los Angeles Times.
As regards other special instruments, the Council recalls that Article 3(2) of the MFF Regulation states that commitment appropriations may be entered in the budget over and above the ceilings of the relevant headings.
Other relevant shortcomings are the floor and ceiling effects of the IONB-QoL scales and subscales (Table 1A).
