The draft used in the validation studies incorporated revisions based on that process (see Appendix).
Two prior studies have utilized SGA with various modifications in critically ill populations; however, reliability of the tool was not assessed by either investigator and both studies incorporated other markers of nutritional status that are inappropriate for these populations.
In addition, the study incorporated derived words that were phonologically transparent, opaque, and included high- and low-frequency words from the Carlisle and Stone (2005) study.
In addition, our study incorporated several features that strengthen its internal validity – consecutive enrollment of a relevant population, clear description of included and excluded patients, blinded reading of index and reference tests by trained non-research staff, and a gold standard which incorporated multiple culture results and follow-up assessment [ 40, 41].
Only four studies incorporated objective sleep assessments.
Finally, this study incorporated elementary textbook pages that contained mistakes as methods course materials.
Moreover, Bottlang used electromagnetic motion tracking data to determine the elbow rotation axis, but the present study incorporated a CT segmentation technique that has proven to be accurate with rotational errors of (mean ± SD) 0.1° ± 0.1° and translation errors of 0.4 ± 0.1 mm [13].
The model developed for this study incorporated a modified chemical reaction mechanism that allows the addition of CO and Boudouard reaction that is considered significant in an oxyfuel combustion flame.
Although our study incorporated standardized measures of sensory hypersensitivity that have been detailed in published research [ 33, 36, 49], they are subjective in nature.
Apart from one study [ 59] that described comorbidity and physical performance in their study population, there were no studies that incorporated multidimensional indices that take into account physical, psychological, cognitive, functional and social factors as another confounding variable in their analysis.
