If VF was not successfully reversed, 1 minute of sCPR or iCPR at the highest possible flow preceded the delivery of another sequence of up to two shocks.
According to the directions of the instrument, the answers of some negatively worded items should be reversed (1 is replaced by 7, 2 by 6, etc).
The response scale of the control negative dimension is reversed (1 'strongly agree' to 5 'strongly disagree') and thus has to be recoded for further analyses.
The dimension scores retained correspond to the mean of responses ranging from 1 to 5. For the negative control dimension only, the response scale is reversed (1 = "strongly agree" and 5 = "strongly disagree").
Furthermore, in a preclinical setting, the cocktail of the 3 compounds reversed: (1) oxidative stress and lesions to proteins, (2) immunohistological signs of axonal degeneration, and (3) locomotor impairment in bar cross and treadmill tests.
To make all the items coherent with their domain, the 5-points Likert-scale for items Q04, Q09, Q10, Q16, Q19, Q21, Q25, and Q28 was reversed (1 = 5, 2 = 4, 4 = 2, 5 = 1) so that the highest score (5) corresponds to the greatest satisfaction.
